OFFICIAL JUNE 2024 AQA A LEVEL MATHEMATICS 73573 PAPER 3 MERGED QUESTION PAPER MARK SCHEME

.Official June 2024

AQA
A-level
MATHEMATICS
7357/3
Paper 3
Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme

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A-level
MATHEMATICS
Paper 3

Thursday 20 June 2024 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials For Examiner’s Use
l You must have the AQA Formulae for A‑level Mathematics booklet.
Question Mark
l You should have a graphical or scientific calculator that meets the
requirements of the specification. 1
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Instructions 3
l Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing. 4
l Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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l Answer all questions.
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l You must answer each question in the space provided for that question.
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l 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). 8
l Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 9
l Show all necessary working; otherwise marks for method may be lost. 10
l Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work that you do not want 11
to be marked
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Information
l The marks for questions are shown in brackets. 14
l The maximum mark for this paper is 100. 15
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Advice 17
l Unless stated otherwise, you may quote formulae, without proof, from 18
the booklet.
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l You do not necessarily need to use all the space provided.
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Do not write
outside the
Section A box

Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

1 Each of the series below shows the first four terms of a geometric series.

Identify the only one of these geometric series that is convergent.
[1 mark]

Tick () one box.

0.1 + 0.2 + 0.4 + 0.8 + …

1–1+1–1+…

128 – 64 + 32 – 16 + …

1+2+4+8+…

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Do not write
outside the
2 The quadratic equation box

4x2 + bx + 9 = 0

has one repeated real root.

Find b

Circle your answer.
[1 mark]

b = 0     b = ±12      b = ±13     b = ±36

Turn over for the next question

Turn over U

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