2025 Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Further Mathematics Advanced PAPER 3A: Further Pure Mathematics 1 Combined Question Paper and Marking Scheme

2025 Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Further Mathematics
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PAPER 3A: Further Pure Mathematics 1 Combined Question Paper and Marking Scheme
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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 9FM0/3A
Further Mathematics
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PAPER 3A: Further Pure Mathematics 1

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,1. (a) Given that
2
y = ecosec x




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complete the table below with the value of y corresponding to x = 2, giving your
answer to 2 decimal places.


x 1.5 1.75 2 2.25 2.5

y 2.73 2.81 5.22 16.31

(1)

(b) Use Simpson’s rule, with all the values of y in the completed table, to estimate, to
one decimal place, the value of
2.5 2



cosec x
e dx
1.5
(3)




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(c) Using your answer to part (b) and making your method clear, estimate the value of
2.5 2



cot x
e dx
1.5
(2)




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(Total for Question 1 is 6 marks)



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, 2.  The Taylor series expansion of f(x) about x = a is given by 
 
 f(x) = f(a) + (x – a)f ′(a) + (x  a)2 (x  a)r (r) 
f ′′(a) + ... + f (a) + ...




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 r!
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2!

Given that

d2 y dy
 3  2xy  4 (I)
dx 2 dx


(a) show that

d4 y dy d2 y d3 y
a  bx c
dx4 dx dx2 dx3

where a, b and c are integers to be determined.
(4)
dy
Hence, given that y = 1 and = 1 when x = 2
dx




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(b) determine a Taylor series solution, in ascending powers of (x – 2), up to and
including the term in (x – 2)4, of the differential equation (I), giving each coefficient
in simplest form.
(4)




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