2025 PHS PRELIMS P1 Q10

2025 PHS PRELIMS P1 Q10

Secondary 4
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2025 Presbyterian High School Prelims A Math Paper 1

It is given that \( \mathrm{f}(x)=2\sin\frac{x}{2} \) and \( \mathrm{g}(x)=3\cos x+1 \), where \( 0\le x\le 2\pi \).

  1. State the period of \( \mathrm{f}(x) \).[1]
  2. State the smallest value of \( \mathrm{f}(x) \).[1]
  3. State the largest value of \( \mathrm{g}(x) \).[1]
  4. Sketch on the same axes, the graphs of \( y=\mathrm{f}(x) \) and \( y=\mathrm{g}(x) \) for \( 0\le x\le 2\pi \). Label your graphs clearly.[4]
  5. The solutions to the equation \( \mathrm{f}(x)=\mathrm{g}(x) \) for \( 0\le x\le 2\pi \) are \( a \) and \( b \), where \( a<b \). State, in terms of \( a \) and \( b \), the range of values of \( x \) for which \( \mathrm{f}(x)>\mathrm{g}(x) \).[1]

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Answer:(a) \(4\pi\) (b) \(0\) (c) \(4\) (d) \(y=\mathrm{f}(x):(0,0),(\pi,2),(2\pi,0)\), smooth half-sine arch above the \(x\)-axis; \(y=\mathrm{g}(x):(0,4),(\frac{\pi}{2},1),(\pi,-2),(\frac{3\pi}{2},1),(2\pi,4)\), smooth cosine curve with midline \(y=1\); both curves labelled (e) \(a<x<b\)

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