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Official 2020 Paper 2

20 questions · 75 min · Difficulty 50

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  1. Question 1Find the complete set of values of k for which the line y=x-2 crosses or touches the curve y=x^2+kx+2.
  2. Question 2Given that tanθ=2 and 180°<θ<360°, find the value of cosθ.
  3. Question 3A student makes the following claim: > For all integers n, the expression 4(dfrac9n+12-dfrac3n-12) is divisible by 3. Here is the student's…
  4. Question 4Consider the following statement: > Every positive integer N that is greater than 6 can be written as the sum of two non-prime integers…
  5. Question 5Which one of the following shows the graph of y=(2^x)/(1+2^x) (Dotted lines indicate asymptotes.)
  6. Question 6The function f(x) is defined for all real values of x. Which of the following conditions on f(x) is/are necessary to ensure that ∫_(-5)^0…
  7. Question 7Consider the following conditions on a parallelogram PQRS, labelled anticlockwise: - I length of PQ= length of QR - II The diagonal PR…
  8. Question 8A student is asked to prove whether the following statement (*) is true or false: > (*) For all real numbers a and b, |a+b| Statement (*)…
  9. Question 9A student wishes to evaluate the function f(x)=xsin x, where x is in radians, but has a calculator that only works in degrees. What could…
  10. Question 10The real numbers a, b, c and d satisfy both 0 0
  11. Question 11A spiral line is drawn as shown. This spiral pattern continues indefinitely. Which one of the following points is not on the spiral line?
  12. Question 12Which one of A–F correctly completes the following statement? > Given that a 0 for all x with a<x<b, the trapezium rule produces an…
  13. Question 13f(x) is a function for which ∫_0^3(f(x))^2 d x+∫_0^3 f(x) d x=∫_0^1 f(x) d x Which of the following claims about f(x) is/are necessarily…
  14. Question 14An arithmetic sequence T has first term a and common difference d, where a and d are non-zero integers. Property P is: > For some positive…
  15. Question 15Which one of the following is a necessary and sufficient condition for Σ_(k=1)^nsin(frackπ3)=frac√32 to be true?
  16. Question 16The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (FTC) tells us that for any polynomial f: fracdd x∫_0^x f(t) d t=f(x) A student calculates fracdd…
  17. Question 17A set of six distinct integers is split into two sets of three. The first set of three integers has a mean of 10 and a median of 8. The…
  18. Question 18In this question, f(x)=ax^3+bx^2+cx+d and g(x)=px^3+qx^2+rx+s are cubic polynomials. If f(x)-g(x)>0 for every real x, which of the…
  19. Question 19Nine people are sitting in the squares of a 3 by 3 grid, one in each square, as shown. Two people are called *neighbours* if they are…
  20. Question 20x is a real number and f is a function. Given that exactly one of the following statements is true, which one is it?