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By using the laws of algebra of sets, prove that (A
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8)' ., (nw C)
= 1.
2. Obtain the first four terms of the expansion of (Z + 3x)* in ascending powers of x. State
the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid
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3.ltz=x+ iv andz2
=
a+ibwherex, y, aand b are real numbers, provethat
2x'=^{q\b'*t
4. Express
(k +1)(k+2)
in
partial
fractions.
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Hence, evaluate the value of
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fr,(k
+1)(k +2)
A variable point P lies on the curve yt
=
xt and is
joined
to a fixed point, A with coordinate
(2, 0). Frove that the equation of locus of the mid-point of AP is y
2
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6. lntegrate
le'
sinxdx
Find the solution set of the inequality
lr -
Zr1 .
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Sketch the graph of y
=
r *:
By sketching a suitabl" gr.if, on the same coordinate axes, show that the equation
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=0
has exactly 1 real root, o.
Using the Newton-Raphson method with ao=1.5 as the first approximation, find the
value of o, correct to 2 decimal places.
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(a) Given that matrix M is given by
I
1
-2
0I. Find the real numbers sand f such
[-r
-3
t)
that M2
=
sM
+
fl, where I is the 3 x 3 identity matrix. Deduce that Ma
=
-5M
+
61.
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(b) There are three commodities X, Y and Z which are bought and sold by three dealers
P, Q and R. Dealer P purchases 2 units of X and 5 units of Z and sells 3 units of Y.
Dealer Q
purchases 5 units of X, 2 units of Y and sells 7 units of Z and another
dealer R purchases 3 units of Y, 1 unit of Z and sells 4 units of X. ln the process P
earns RM 11 and R earns RM 5 but Q loses RM 12. lf the earning while purchasing
equals the losing while selling for each respective units find the earning of each of
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the commodities X, Y and Z.
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10. Functions
g, h and q are defined by
g:x-+lnx, xeR,x>0
h:x-+1+X, xeR
grX--+*-4x, xeR*
The function f is defined bY
f:x--+gh(x), xeR,x>-1
(a) Sketch the graph of y
=
f(x).
(b) Write down expression for g
-11x)
and n
-
t(x)
(c) Write down an expression for g
-
t
h
-
t(").
/,(d)
State the domain of q such that q is a one-to-one function.
11. Sketch the curves of y
=
x'15x
-
6) and y
=
x(4x
-
5) on the same diagram.
Show that the coordinates of their
points of intersection are (0, 0) and (1,
-
1).
Find
(a) the area of the region enclosed between the two curyes.
(b) the volume generated, when the region is rotated 360o about the x-axis.
12. Given that the polynomial p(x)
=
6x' +17x3 + axz + bx
-6
where a and b are constants
has a factor
(x-1) and when divided by (x+1) the remainder is 4, Find the value of a
and b. Hence factorise P(x) completely.
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Using substitution
y
=
;,
solve the equation
6ya+19y3
-2y'-17y-6=0
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1. Express 3 cos 0
+
r..3 sin
g
0o<q<
r.
2
Hence, solve the equation
in the form r cos (0
-
o), where r
>
0 and
3cosg+xEsing=3 for 0os0
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2. A, B and C are three points on the horizontal ground. B is to the north of A
while the bearing of C from B is 060". The angles of elevation of the top of a
tower right above B from A and from C both eqr.lal to the angle
B.
P is a point
on AC such that AP : PC
=
1 :2.
Show that the angle of elevation 0 of the top of the tower from P satisfies
tan o
= 16 tan
B.
3. By using the substitution y
=
vX
,
show that the ditferential equation
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dy
-
x'+2y2
dx 3xy
can be reduced to *
il
=
ax
1-v2
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Hence, find the general
solution of the differential equation.
4.showthat a.2=lt4'and
y!=
2.2.
Hence, prove that the angle at the circumference of a semicircle is a right angle.
5. ln the figure below, LT is the tangent at L to the circle LMN, O is the centre of the
circle LMTX and MX is perpendicular
to MN.
Prove that triangles LMN and TMX are similar.
Y is a point
on circle LMN, such that YM produced meet the tangent LT at T.
lf LM
=
MT and 4MLT
=
370, calculate the angle YLM and findlhe ratio of area
of triangles LMN and TMX.
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6. Water leaks from a full cylindrical tank of radius 2.5 m and height 3m, through a
round hole of radius 25 mm in the bottom of the tank. Given that water flows from
the hole with velocity approximately v
=
2.5Ji ms-1, h being the height of the water
in the tank.
(a) Write down the volume of water running out of the tank through the small hole
per second.
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(b) Write down the decrease of volume per second in the cylindrical tank.
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(c) Show that the differential equation of the rate of decrease of height h, of the
cylindrical tank is
O!
=
- 2.5 x 104
^n.
Hence solve this differential equation.
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(d) What is the height of the water in the tank after t hour?
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(e) Find the time (in hour) required for the tank to be empty.
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7. Every day, a fisherman can choose to fish at sea, by the river or at a lake.
The probabilities that he fishes at sea, by the river and at the lake are
+ +
l
and
.
respectively.
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lf he goes out to sea to fish, his chances of catching some fish is 80% while
his chances of catching some fish at the river and the lake are 40o/o and 600/o
respectively.
(a) Find the probability ihat the fisherman catches some fish on a randomly
chosen day.
(b) lf one day, the fisherman does not catch any fish, determine the place he
most probably has chosen to fish.
8. The discrete random variable X has a probability distribution as shown in the
table below, where p is a constant.
X 0 1 2 3
P(X
=
x)
t'\
Y
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-p
2'.
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-p
4'
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-p 20'
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(b) Find E(X) and Var(X), giving your
answers as exact fractions.
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9. The diameters of circular rods are normally distributed with mean 1 cm and
standard deviation 0.003 cm. The inside diameters of washers are normally
distributed with mean 1.005 cm and standard deviation 0.004 cm.
The rods and washers are randomly paired.
Find the percentage that they do not fit.
10. Given that 3% of a large consignment of mangoes produce by a plantation
are
over-ripe.
(a) A total of ten mangoes are selected at random. Calculate the probability
that
not more than 2 are over-ripe.
(b)An independent sample of 200 mangoes are selected at random and packed
into boxes. By using normal approximation, determine the probability
that at least five mangoes are over-ripe
11. A continuous random variable X represents the waiting time, in minutes,
for a commuter train. The cumulative diskibution function of X is given by
(t
l)r' ,
o<x<2
-/
\ lR
F(x,;=
1
"
4
l'-;"
'
x>2
(a) sketch the graph of F(x) and find the probability density function f(x).
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(b) Find the mean and standard deviation of X.
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(c) Find the probability that the waiting time is between t j to 4 minutes.
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12.The table below shows the heights (in cm) of 100 trees in a plantation.
Heiqht bm) Number of trees
81
-90
8
91
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100 12
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12A 18
121
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130 11
131
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135 15
136
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155 24
156
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(a) Display the above data by using a histogram.
(b) Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the height of trees.
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(c) Estimate the median and the interquatile range.
(d) State with reasons, whether the distribution is negatively skewed or
positively
skewed.
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