Problems

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Solution: The condition is that we match the first and second derivative (as well as passing through the point in question, which is \((\frac{\pi}{4}, 2 - \frac{\pi}{4})\) The gradient is \(y' = -1 + \sec^2 x\), so the value is \(1\). The second derivative is \(y'' = 2 \sec^2 x \tan x\), which is \(4\) If we have a circle, radius \(r\), so \((x-a)^2 + (y-b)^2 = r^2\) then \(2(x-a) + 2(y-b) \frac{\d y}{\d x} = 0\) and \(2 + 2 \left ( \frac{\d y}{\d x} \right)^2 + 2(y-b) \frac{\d^2y}{\d x^2} = 0\). Therefore we must have \(1+1+(2-\frac{\pi}{4}-b)4 = 0 \Rightarrow b =\frac52-\frac{\pi}{4}\) We know that the centre lies on the line \(y = 2-x\), so we must have \(a = \frac{\pi}{4}-\frac12\) and so the centre is \(( \frac{\pi}{4} - \frac12,\frac52 - \frac{\pi}{4})\) and the radius is \(\sqrt{\frac14 + \frac14} = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\)

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Solution: \begin{align*} \cos 3x &\equiv \cos (2x + x) \\ &\equiv \cos 2x \cos x - \sin 2x \sin x \\ &\equiv (2\cos^2 x - 1) \cos x - 2 \sin x \cos x \sin x \\ &\equiv 2 \cos^3 x - \cos x - 2\cos x (\sin^2 x) \\ &\equiv 2 \cos^3 x - \cos x - 2\cos x (1- \cos^2 x) \\ &\equiv 4\cos^3 x - 3\cos x \end{align*} Similarly, \begin{align*} \sin 3x &\equiv \sin (2x + x) \\ &\equiv \sin 2x \cos x + \cos 2x \sin x \\ &\equiv 2 \sin x \cos x \cos x + (1-2\sin^2 x) \sin x \\ &\equiv 2 \sin x (1-\sin^2 x) + \sin x - 2 \sin^3 x \\ &\equiv 3 \sin x -4 \sin ^3 x \end{align*}

1. \begin{align*} I(\alpha) &= \int_0^{\alpha} (7 \sin x - 8 \sin^3 x) \d x \\ &= \int_0^{\alpha} (7 \sin x - (6\sin x-2 \sin 3x) ) \d x \\ &= \int_0^{\alpha} (\sin x +2 \sin 3x ) \d x \\ &= -\cos \alpha - \frac23 \cos 3\alpha +1+\frac23 \\ &= -c - \frac23 (4c^3-3c) + \frac53 \\ &= -\frac83 c^3 +c + \frac53 \end{align*} as required. When \(c = -1\) this value is \(0\). Eustace will obtain the value \(\frac{7}{2} \sin^2 \beta - 2 \sin^4 \beta = \frac72 (1-\cos^2 \beta) - 2(1-\cos^2 \beta)^2 = \frac32 + \frac12\cos^2 \beta -2\cos^4 \beta\) So if \(\cos \beta = -\frac16\) he will obtain \(\frac32 + \frac{1}{2\cdot36} - \frac{2}{6^4}\) and he should obtain \(\frac{8}{3} \frac{1}{6^3} - \frac{1}{6} + \frac{5}{3}\) which are equal. We want to find all roots of: \begin{align*} && \frac32 + \frac12 c^2 - 2c^4 &= -\frac83 c^3+ c + \frac53 \\ \Rightarrow && 0 &=2c^4-\frac83c^3-\frac12 c^2+c +\frac{1}{6} \\ &&&= 12c^4-16c^3-3c^2+6c+1\\ &&&= (6c+1)(2c^3-3c^2+1) \\ &&&= (6c+1)(2c+1)(c-1)^2 \end{align*} Therefore \(\cos \alpha = - \frac16, -\frac12, 1\) will give the correct answers.

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Solution:

1. \(\,\) \begin{align*} && 0 &= a+b \tag{1}\\ && 1 &= a\lambda -a\mu \tag{2} \\ && 1 &= a\lambda^2 -a\mu^2 \tag{3} \\ && 2 &= a\lambda^3 - a\mu^3 \tag{4} \\ (4) \div (2): && 2 & = \lambda^2+\lambda \mu + \mu^2 \\ (3) \div (2): && 1 &= \lambda + \mu \\ \Rightarrow && 2 &= \lambda^2 + \lambda(1-\lambda) + (1-\lambda)^2 \\ &&&= \lambda^2-\lambda+1\\ \Rightarrow && \lambda, \mu &= \frac{1 \pm \sqrt{5}}{2} \\ \Rightarrow && a &= \frac{1}{\lambda - \mu} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}} \\ \Rightarrow && b &= -\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}} \end{align*} (NB: This is Binet's formula)
2. \(\,\) \begin{align*} F_6 &= \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}} \left ( \left ( \frac{1 +\sqrt{5}}{2} \right)^6- \left ( \frac{1 -\sqrt{5}}{2} \right)^6 \right) \\ &= \frac{1}{2^6 \sqrt{5}} \left ( (1+\sqrt{5})^6-(1-\sqrt{5})^6 \right) \\ &= \frac{1}{2^5 \cdot \sqrt{5}} \left (6 \sqrt{5} +\binom{6}{3} (\sqrt{5})^3+\binom{6}{5}(\sqrt{5})^5 \right)\\ &= \frac{1}{2^5} \left (6 +20\cdot 5+6\cdot 5^2 \right)\\ &= \frac{1}{2^5} 256 = 2^3 = 8 \end{align*} (way more painful than just computing it by adding terms!)
3. \(\,\) \begin{align*} && \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{F_n}{2^{n+1}} &= \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{a\lambda^n + b\mu^n}{2^{n+1}} \\ &&&= \frac12 \left ( \frac{a}{1-\frac{\lambda}2} + \frac{b}{1-\frac{\mu}2} \right) \\ &&&= \frac12 \left ( \frac{2a}{2-\lambda} + \frac{2b}{2-\mu}\right) \\ &&&= \frac{2a}{4-2\lambda} + \frac{2b}{4-2\mu}\\ &&&= \frac{2a}{4-(1+\sqrt{5})} - \frac{2a}{4-(1-\sqrt{5})} \\ &&&= \frac{2}{3\sqrt{5}-5} - \frac{2}{3\sqrt{5}+5} \\ &&&= \frac{6\sqrt{5}+10-6\sqrt{5}+10}{45-25} \\ &&&= 1 \end{align*}

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Solution:

1. \(\,\) \begin{align*} && I &= \int_0^a \frac{f(x)}{f(x)+f(a-x)} \d x \\ u =a-x, \d u = - \d x: &&& \int_{u=a}^{u=0} \frac{f(a-u)}{f(a-u)+f(u)} (-1) \d u \\ &&&= \int_0^a \frac{f(a-u)}{f(u)+f(a-u)} \d u \\ &&&= \int_0^a \frac{f(a-x)}{f(x)+f(a-x)} \d x \\ \Rightarrow && 2 I &= \int_0^a \left ( \frac{f(x)}{f(x)+f(a-x)} + \frac{f(a-x)}{f(x)+f(a-x)} \right) \d x \\ &&&= \int_0^a 1 \d x \\ &&&= a \\ \Rightarrow && I &= \frac{a}{2} \end{align*} \begin{align*} && J &= \int_0^1 \frac{\ln (x+1)}{\ln (2+x-x^2)}\, \d x \\ &&&= \int_0^1 \frac{\ln (x+1)}{\ln((x+1)(2-x))} \d x \\ &&&= \int_0^1 \frac{\ln (x+1)}{\ln(x+1) + \ln ((1-x)+1)} \d x \\ &&&= \frac{1}{2} \tag{\(f(x) = \ln (x+1)\)} \\ \\ && K &= \int_0^{\frac\pi 2} \frac{\sin x } {\sin(x+\frac \pi 4 )} \, \d x \\ &&&= \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sin x }{\sin x \cos \frac{\pi}{4} + \cos x \sin \frac{\pi}{4}} \\ &&&= \sqrt{2} \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sin x }{\sin x + \sin (\frac{\pi}{2}-x)} \d x\\ &&&= \frac{\pi}{2\sqrt{2}} \end{align*}
2. \(\,\) \begin{align*} &&I &= \int_{\frac12}^2 \frac{\sin x }{x(\sin x + \sin \frac1x)} \d x \\ u = 1/x, \d u = -1/x^2 \d x : &&&= \int_{u = 2}^{u=\frac12} \frac{\sin \frac1u}{\frac{1}{u}(\sin \frac1u + \sin u)} (-\frac{1}{u^2} ) \d u \\ &&&= \int_{\frac12}^2 \frac{\sin \frac1u}{u (\sin u + \sin \frac1u)} \d u \\ \Rightarrow && 2I &= \int_{\frac12}^2 \left ( \frac{\sin x }{x(\sin x + \sin \frac1x)} + \frac{\sin \frac1x }{x(\sin x + \sin \frac1x)}\right) \d x \\ &&&= \int_{\frac12}^2 \frac{1}{x} \d x\\ &&&= 2\ln2 \\ \Rightarrow && I &= \ln 2 \end{align*}

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Solution:

1. \(D\) must be above the centre (of any kind) of the equilateral triangle \(ABC\). Therefore it is a distance \(\frac23 \frac{\sqrt{3}}2 = \frac{\sqrt{3}}3\) from \(A\). \(D\) is \(1\) from \(A\), therefore by Pythagoras \(PD = \sqrt{1-\frac13} = \sqrt{\frac23}\)
2. We can place \(D\) at \(\langle 0,0,\sqrt{\frac23}\rangle\) and \(A'\) (the midpoint of \(BC\)) at \(\langle-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6},0,0 \rangle\) and we find: \begin{align*} && \cos \theta &= \frac{(\mathbf{a}'-\mathbf{d})\cdot \mathbf{a}'}{|\mathbf{a}'-\mathbf{d}|| \mathbf{a}'|} \\ &&&= \frac{|\mathbf{a}'|}{|\mathbf{a}'-\mathbf{d}|} \\ &&&= \frac{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}}{\sqrt{\frac23+\frac{3}{36}}} = \frac13 \end{align*}
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   And therefore we must have \(\tan \frac{\cos^{-1} \frac13}{2} = \frac{r}{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}}\) therefore \begin{align*} && r &= \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6} \tan \left (\frac{\cos^{-1} \frac13}{2} \right) \\ &&&= \frac{\sqrt{3}}6 \sqrt{\frac{1-\cos(\cos^{-1}\frac13)}{1+\cos(\cos^{-1}\frac13)}} \\ &&&= \frac{\sqrt{3}}6 \sqrt{\frac{\frac23}{\frac43}} \\ &&&= \frac{\sqrt{6}}{12} \end{align*}

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Solution:

The curves touch when \(\sin x = 1\) ie \(x = \frac{4n+1}{2} \pi\). therefore \begin{align*} && I &= \int e^{-x} \sin x \d x \\ &&&= -e^{-x} \sin x + \int e^{-x} \cos x \d x \\ &&&= -e^{-x} \sin x -e^{-x} \cos x - I \\ && I &= -\frac{e^{-x}}2 ( \sin x + \cos x)\\ \\ && A_n &= \int_{\frac{4n+3}{2}\pi}^{\frac{4n-1}{2}\pi} e^{-x} (1-\sin x) \d x \\ &&&= \left [ -e^{-x} - \frac{e^{-x}}2(\sin x + \cos x) \right]_{\frac{4n+1}{2}\pi}^{\frac{4n+5}{2}\pi} \\ &&&= -\frac12\exp \left ( -\frac{4n+1}{2}\pi\right)+ \frac12\exp \left ( -\frac{4n-3}{2}\pi\right) \\ &&&= \frac12 (e^{2 \pi}-1) \left ( -\frac{4n+1}{2}\pi\right) \\ \\ && \sum_{n=1}^\infty A_n &= \frac12(e^{2\pi}-1)e^{-\pi/2} \sum_{n=1}^\infty e^{-2n\pi} \\ &&&= \frac12(e^{2\pi}-1)e^{-\pi/2} \frac{e^{-2\pi}}{1-e^{-2\pi}} \\ &&&= \frac12e^{-\pi/2} \end{align*}

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Solution:

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   Since the collision is perfectly elastic, the speed of approach and separation are equal, ie \(v_B = v_A - u\) \begin{align*} \text{COM}: && bmu &= bm(v_A - u) + mv_A \\ \Rightarrow && (b+1)v_A &= 2bu \\ \Rightarrow && v_A &= \frac{2b}{b+1} u \end{align*} Since \(0 < \frac{b}{b+1} < 1\), the largest \(0 < v_A < 2u\)
2. After the first collision with each \(B_i\) we will have \(\displaystyle v_{i+1} = \frac{2\lambda}{\lambda + 1}v_i\), ie \(\displaystyle v_{i+1} = \left (\frac{2\lambda}{\lambda + 1} \right)^i u\) and so \(\displaystyle v_A = \left (\frac{2\lambda}{\lambda + 1} \right)^n u\) which can be arbitrarily large. Suppose \(\lambda = 4\), then \begin{align*} && 20u &< v_A \\ &&&= \left (\frac{8}{5} \right)^n u \\ \Rightarrow && \log_{10} 20 < n \log_{10}(16/10) \\ && \log_{10} 2 + 1 < n 4\log_{10} 2 - n \\ \Rightarrow && n &> \frac{ \log_{10} 2 + 1}{ 4\log_{10} 2 - 1} \\ &&&\approx \frac{0.30103+1}{4 \times 0.30103 -1}\\ &&&= \frac{1.30103}{0.20412} \\ &&&>6 \end{align*} So \(n =7\) is the smallest possible

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Solution: \begin{align*} && 1 &= \int_0^1 f(x) \d x \\ &&&= ak + b(1-k) \\ &&&= b + (a-b)k \\ \Rightarrow && k &= \frac{1-b}{a-b} \\ \Rightarrow && b & < 1 \tag{\(0 < k, \,a > b\)} \\ && k &> 1 \\ \Rightarrow && a-b & > 1-b \\ \Rightarrow && a > 1 \end{align*}

1. \(\,\) \begin{align*} && \E[X] &= \int_0^1 x \cdot f(x) \d x \\ &&&= \int_0^k ax \d x + \int_k^1 b x \d x \\ &&&= a \frac{k^2}{2} + b \frac{1-k^2}{2} \\ &&&= \frac12b + (a-b) \frac{(1-b)^2}{2(a-b)^2} \\ &&&= \frac{(1-b)^2+b(a-b)}{2(a-b)} \\ &&&= \frac{1-2b+ab}{2(a-b)} \end{align*}
2. \(\,\) The median \(M\) satisfies \[\frac12 = \int_0^M f(x) \d x \] If \(ka = \frac{a-ab}{a-b} \leq \frac12 \Leftrightarrow 2a-2ab \leq a-b \Leftrightarrow a+b \leq 2ab\) then \(M > k\) otherwise \(M < k\). In the latter case: \begin{align*} && \frac12 &= Ma \\ \Rightarrow && M &= \frac{1}{2M} \end{align*} In the former case \begin{align*} && \frac12 &= ka + (M-k)b \\ &&&= k(a-b) + Mb \\ &&&= 1-b + M b \\ \Rightarrow && M &= 1-\frac1{2b} \end{align*}

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Solution:

1. If she plays \(P\) twice her probability is \(q(p^2+2p(1-p)) = qp(2-p)\). If she plays \(Q\) twice her probability is \(pq(2-q)\). Since \(p < q\) she should play \(P\) twice.
2. Under strategy 1, her probability is \(q(p^3+3p^2(1-p)+3p(1-p)^2) = qp(p^2+3p-3p^2+3-6p+3p^2) = qp(3-3p+p^2)\) Under strategy 2 her probability is \((p^2+2p(1-p))(q^2+2q(1-q)) = pq(2-p)(2-q)\). Under strategy 3 her probability is \(qp(3-3q+q^2)\) \begin{align*} && q - p &> \frac12 \\ \Rightarrow && (2-p)(2-q) & < (2-p)(\frac32 - p) \\ &&&= 3 - \frac72p + p^2 \\ &&&< 3- 3p + p^2 \end{align*} Therefore Strategy 1 dominates if \(q-p > \frac12\). If \(p = \frac14, q = \frac12\) then \((2-p)(2-q) =\frac74 \cdot \frac32 = \frac{21}{8}\) and \(3-3p + p^2 = 3 - \frac34 + \frac1{16} = \frac{48-12+1}{16} = \frac{37}{16} < \frac{42}{16}\) so strategy 2 dominates. Notice that strategy 1 always dominates strategy 3 since \(f(x) = 3-3x+x^2\) is decreasing for \(x < 1.5\). If \(p = \frac14, q = \frac12\) then \((2-p)(2-q) =\frac74 \cdot \frac32 = \frac{21}{8}\) and \(3-3p + p^2 = 3 - \frac34 + \frac1{16} = \frac{48-12+1}{16} = \frac{37}{16} < \frac{42}{16}\) so strategy 2 dominates. For strategy 1 to dominate, we need \(3-3p+p^2 > (2-q)(2-p)\) or \(\frac{3-3p+p^2}{2-p} > 2-q\). When \(p = \frac12\) this is \(\frac{3-\frac32 + \frac14}{2 - \frac12} = \frac{\frac{7}{4}}{\frac{3}{2}} = \frac76 = 2-\frac{5}{6}\) so take any value of \(q\) larger than \(\frac56\).