2_ AQA
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A-level
MATHEMATICS
Paper 2
Wednesday 10 June 2020 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials For Examiner’s Use
You must have the AQA Formulae for A-level Mathematics booklet.
You should have a graphical or scientific calculator that Questio Mark
meets the requirements of the specification. n
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Instructions 2
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing.
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Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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Answer all questions.
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You must answer each question in the space provided for that question.
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at 6
the end of this book. Write the question number against your 7
answer(s). 8
Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost. 9
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work that you do 10
not want to be marked. 11
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Information 13
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
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The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
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Advice 16
Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without
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proof, from the booklet. 18
You do not necessarily need to use all the space provided. 19
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Do not write
outside the
Section A box
Answer all questions in the spaces
provided.
1 Which one of these functions is decreasing for all real values of x?
Circle your answer. [1
mark]
f ( x) ¼ e x f (x) ¼ —e1—x f (x) ¼ —ex—1 f (x) ¼ —e—
x
2 Which one of the following equations has no real
solutions? Tick (3) one box.
[1
mark]
cot x ¼ 0
ln x ¼ 0
jx þ 1j¼ 0
sec x ¼ 0
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3 Find the coefficient in the binomial expansion of 2x
of x —
x [3 marks]
Turn over for the next question
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