Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Mathematics Advanced PAPER 2: Pure Mathematics 2 QP JUNE 2024
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and integration, or have retrievable mathematical formulae stored in them.
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booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
• – use this asfora guide
are 15 questions in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 100.
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•• Try to answer every question.
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,1. y 4x3 7x 2 5x 10
(a) Find in simplest form
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dy
(i)
dx
d2 y
(ii)
dx2
(3)
2
d y
(b) Hence find the exact value of x when =0
dx2
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(Total for Question 1 is 5 marks)
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, 2. Jamie takes out an interest‑free loan of £8100
Jamie makes a payment every month to pay back the loan.
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Jamie repays £400 in month 1, £390 in month 2, £380 in month 3, and so on, so that the
amounts repaid each month form an arithmetic sequence.
(a) Show that Jamie repays £290 in month 12
(1)
After Jamie’s Nth payment, the loan is completely paid back.
(b) Show that N 2 – 81N + 1620 = 0
(2)
(c) Hence find the value of N.
(2)
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