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{"name": "cormac's copy of CF Maths January test mock paper Partial Fractions 3 - double root", "extensions": [], "custom_part_types": [], "resources": [], "navigation": {"allowregen": true, "showfrontpage": false, "preventleave": false, "typeendtoleave": false}, "question_groups": [{"pickingStrategy": "all-ordered", "questions": [{"statement": "\n    <p>&nbsp;</p>\n  <p>&nbsp;</p>\n    ", "metadata": {"licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", "description": ""}, "parts": [{"marks": 0, "type": "gapfill", "prompt": "<p>Split \\[\\simplify{(({b1+b3})x^2+{b1*p+b1*q+b2+2*p*b3} * x + {b1*p*q + b2*q + b3*p^2})/ ((x + {p})^2 * (x + {q}))}\\] into partial fractions.</p>\n<p>Input the partial fractions here: [[0]].</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>", "unitTests": [], "showCorrectAnswer": true, "gaps": [{"checkingAccuracy": 1e-05, "marks": "5", "extendBaseMarkingAlgorithm": true, "checkingType": "absdiff", "checkVariableNames": false, "vsetRange": [10, 11], "type": "jme", "failureRate": 1, "vsetRangePoints": 5, "unitTests": [], "showCorrectAnswer": true, "showPreview": true, "scripts": {}, "showFeedbackIcon": true, "notallowed": {"partialCredit": 0, "strings": [")(", ")*("], "message": "<p>Input as the sum of partial fractions.</p>", "showStrings": false}, "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "customMarkingAlgorithm": "", "variableReplacements": [], "answer": "{b1} / (x + {p}) + {b2}/(x + {p})^2 + {b3} / (x + {q})", "expectedVariableNames": []}], "scripts": {}, "showFeedbackIcon": true, "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "customMarkingAlgorithm": "", "variableReplacements": [], "extendBaseMarkingAlgorithm": true, "sortAnswers": false}], "rulesets": {"std": ["all", "!collectNumbers", "fractionNumbers", "!noLeadingMinus"]}, "variablesTest": {"condition": "b1+b3=0\n", "maxRuns": "100000"}, "tags": [], "advice": "<p>a)</p>\n<p>We use partial fractions to find $A$, $B$ and $C$ such that:&nbsp;<br/>$\\simplify{({a1+a3}x^2+{a1*a+a1*b+a2+2*a*a3} * x + {a1*a*b + a2*b + a3*a^2})/ ((x + {a})^2 * (x + {b}))} \\;\\;\\;=\\simplify{A/(x+{a})+B/(x+{a})^2+C/(x+{b})}$</p>\n<p>Dividing&nbsp;both sides of the equation by $\\displaystyle \\simplify[std]{1/( (x+{a})^2(x+{b})&nbsp;)}\\;\\;$ we obtain:</p>\n<p>$ \\simplify{A(x+{a})(x+{b})+B(x+{b})+C(x+{a})^2 = {a1+a3}*x^2+{a1*a+a1*b+a2+2*a*a3}*x + {a1*a*b + a2*b + a3*a^2}}$</p>\n<p>$\\Rightarrow&nbsp;\\simplify[std]{(A+C)x^2+({a+b}A+B+{2a}C)x+({a*b}A+{b}B+{a*a}C)={a1+a3}*x^2+{a1*a+a1*b+a2+2*a*a3}*x + {a1*a*b + a2*b + a3*a^2}}$</p>\n<p><strong>Identifying coefficients:</strong></p>\n<p>Coefficient $x^2$: $\\simplify[std]{A+C={a1+a3}&nbsp;}$</p>\n<p>Coefficent $x$: $ \\simplify[std]{ {a+b}A+B+{2a}C&nbsp;= {a1*a+a1*b+a2+2*a*a3}&nbsp;}$&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Constant term: $\\simplify{{a*b}A+{b}B+{a*a}C ={a1*a*b + a2*b + a3*a^2}}$</p>\n<p>On solving these equations we obtain $A = \\var{a1}$, $B=\\var{a2}$ and $C=\\var{a3}$</p>\n<p>Which gives:$\\simplify{({a1+a3}x^2+{a1*a+a1*b+a2+2*a*a3} * x + {a1*a*b + a2*b + a3*a^2})/ ((x + {a})^2 * (x + {b}))} \\;\\;\\;=\\simplify{{a1}/(x+{a})+{a2}/(x+{a})^2+{a3}/(x+{b})}$</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Apply same method to solve b) and c)</p>", "preamble": {"css": "", "js": ""}, "functions": {}, "extensions": [], "name": "cormac's copy of CF Maths January test mock paper Partial Fractions 3 - 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