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Cambridge International AS & A Level: Mathematics 9709/15

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MATHEMATICS 9709/15
Paper 1 Pure Mathematics 1 May/June 2025

1 hour 50 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: List of formulae (MF19)

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● If additional space is needed, you should use the lined page at the end of this booklet; the question
number or numbers must be clearly shown.
● You should use a calculator where appropriate.
● You must show all necessary working clearly; no marks will be given for unsupported answers from a
calculator.
● Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in
degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 75.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 The equation of a curve is such that = 12 (2x - 5) 2 + 8x . It is given that the curve passes through the
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Find an equation of the curve. [4]

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2 In the expansion of (3 + ax) 5 + (6 - x) 4 , the coefficient of x 2 is six times the coefficient of x.

Find the possible values of the constant a. [5]