PEARSON EDEXCEL AS Further Mathematics PAPER 2 2020 MARK SCHEME (8FM0/28:

A-level
MATHEMATICS
Paper 2


Wednesday 10 June 2020 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials ⚫ You must have the AQA Formulae for A‑level Mathematics booklet. For Examiner’s Use
⚫ You should have a graphical or scientific calculator that meets the requirements
of the specification. Question Mark

Instructions ⚫ Use black ink or black ball‑point pen. Pencil should only be used 1
for drawing. ⚫ Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. ⚫ Answer all questions.
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Please write clearly in block capitals.


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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 the end of this book. Write the question number against your
answer(s).
⚫ Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost. ⚫ Do all rough work in this
book. Cross through any work that you do not want to be marked.

Information ⚫ The marks for questions are shown in brackets. ⚫ The maximum mark for this paper is
100.

Advice
⚫Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without proof, from the booklet. ⚫ You do not
necessarily need to use all the space provided.




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Section A


Answer all questions in the spaces provided.




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Which one of these functions is decreasing for all real values of x?

Circle your answer.
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f (x) ¼ ex f (x) ¼ e1x f (x) ¼ ex1 f (x) ¼ ex




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 1j ¼ 0


sec x ¼ 0




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3 2
in the binomial expansion of 2x 38 Find the
coefficient of x
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