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CAPE Pure Mathematics Unit 1 · May/June 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 1(b)(i)

The polynomial f(x) = x³ + px² – x + q has a factor (x – 5) and a remainder of 24 when divided by (x - 1).

Find the values of p and q.

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  1. 1(a)(i)State the inverse and the contrapositive of the statement p → q.[2 marks]
  2. 1(a)(ii)Copy and complete the table below to show the truth table for p → q and ~q → ~p.[4 marks]
  3. 1(a)(iii)Hence, state whether the compound statements p ↔ q and ~q → ~p are logically equivalent. Justify your response.[2 marks]
  4. 1(b)(ii)Hence, factorize f(x) = x³ + px² – x + q completely.[5 marks]
  5. 1(c)Use mathematical induction to prove that 4S(n) = 5ⁿ⁺¹ – 5 for n ∈ N.[8 marks]

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