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1.

ThevelocitiesofcarAandcarBarerepresentedbythepositionvectorsV 1=(3i+3j)
andV2=(5i+j)respectively.
(i)Calculatethemagnitudes,inms1,ofthevelocitiesofbothcars.(2)
(ii)DeterminethevelocityofcarBrelativetothatofcarA.(2)

2.

Infiguregiven,ACcutsBDatN.IfABisparalleltoDC,provethat
i).

<AND=2 ABD

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ii).

NC=ND

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C
N

3.

Infigurebelow,PQRistheinscribedcirclein ABCandOisthecentreofthe
circle.If<PQR=620,and<QPR=500,find
i).

<POQ

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ii).

<ACB,<BACand<ABC

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a).
Findthevalueofpand ,p>0and0< <900,where1tan canbenotes
topsec cos( + ),henceprovethat
2 sec 1tan 2 sec .

b).
Usingsubstitutiontanx=t,solvethisequation2sin2x+cos2x=1for
0 x 2 .

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5.
Therateatwhicharadioactivesubstancedisintegratesisproportionaltoitsmass.Themass
of20gishalvedafter100days.Afterhowmanydaystheoriginalmassisreducedto5g?
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6.

B(2,5)

A(4,3)
C(4,5)

ThefigureaboveshowsthreepointsA(4,3),B(2,5)andC(4,5).
(a)(i)StatethevectorABandthevectorACintermsofunitvectorsiandj.(4)
(ii)DeterminetheanglebetweenABandAC.(2)
(b)TwoforcesF1andF2withmagnitudes5Nand12NactalongABandAC
respectively.

(i)StateF1andF2intermsofunitvectorsiandj.(4)
(ii)Determinethemagnitudeoftheirresultant.(1)
(iii)DeterminealsothethirdforceF3whichmustactonthesystemsothat
theresultantforceiszero.(2)
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7.

Abasketcontainsfivegreenmarbles,eightbrownmarblesandfourwhitemarbles.Three
marblesarerandomlyselected.
Findtheprobabilitythatallthemarblesselectedare:
a)
b)

8.

ofthesamecolour(2)
notofthesamecolour(2)

Themeanandthevarianceofthefournumbers2,3,6,9are5and7.5.Iftwo
numbers, a and b ,aretobeaddedtothissetoffournumbers,suchthatthemean
isincreasedby1andthevarianceisincreasedby2.5.Find a and b .

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9.

Arandomvariable R taketheintegervalue r withprobabilityP( r )where

kr 3

P( r )=

Find
a).
b).
c).

10.

r 1,2,3,4
otherwise

Thevalueof k .
Themeanandvarianceofthedistribution.
Themeanandvarianceof5 R 3.

(1)
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Thehistogramaboveshowsthedistributionofagefortheholderofacertaininsurancepolicy.
(a)
Drawthecumulativefrequencycurveforthisdistributionandestimatethe
i.
ii.

(b)

Median
Numberofinsurancepolicyholderswhoseagesexceeds45

Calculatethemeanandstandarddeviationforthisdistribution.

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11.

12.

Iftheageoftwopeople,40and42respectivelyareadded,willthestandard
deviationincrease,decreaseorremainthesame?
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Independentlyforeachweek,thenumberofmilestravelledbyamotoristperweekisa
normallydistributedrandomvariablehavingmean235andstandarddeviation20.
i.

Calculatetheprobabilitythatthemotoristwilltravelbetween200and
240milesinaweek.
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ii.

Determinetheprobabilitythatthemotoristwilltraveladistanceofless
than1000milesinaperiodoffoursuccessiveweeks.
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iii.

Findtheprobabilitythatthedifferencebetweenthedistancestravelledby
themotoristintwosuccessiveweekswillbemorethan30miles.
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The continuous random variable X has probability density function f (x ) as follows.

2
9

f ( x)

a)
b)
c)

( x 2)(5 x),
0,

2 x5
otherwise

Sketch the graph f (x ) and verify mode for X

Find the mean and variance of X
Find the distribution function, F ( x ) and also P ( X 3)

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