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$25,000 is invested in an account that pays compound interest of 3.5% per annum compounded annually. Find the total interest earned at the end of 3 years.
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Answer: Find the distance between the points (1, 5) and (3, 4).
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A map is drawn to a scale of 1 : 250 000. The actual length of a road is 17.5 km. Find, in centimetres, the length of the road on the map.
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2 5. In the diagram, ABC = 90o, AD 11cm, BC 12cm and CD = 13cm. Find (a) the length of AC, (b) (c) (d) the value of BCD, the value of cos ADC, the area of triangle ADC. A 11 D 13 B C
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3 7. The waiting times in minutes for 80 patients at two hospitals are given as follows.
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Estimated waiting time For Hospital A, do the following. (a) Calculate (i) the median waiting time, (ii) interquartile range [1] [2]
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A person is chosen at random from the group of people who waited more than 45 minutes. Find the probability that he waited more than 55 minutes. [2]
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Calculate the interquartile range for Hospital B. Compare, briefly, the waiting time for the two hospitals.
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In the diagram, AE = DE, ABD = 75o and CED = 40o . (a) CAD, (b) AEC, A
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5 9. In the figure, not drawn to scale, a regular hexagon of sides 5 cm is inscribed in a circle with centre O. Find the area of the shaded region in the figure. (a) Find EOD . (b) Calculate area of DOED . (c) Hence, calculate the area of the shaded region.
6 10. Jeremy wants to go to London to watch the Olympics in 2012. (a) He needs to borrow $30 000 from a bank. The table below shows the interest rates of 2 banks. Bank for Kings Simple interest of 10% p. a. for the first 2 years. Compound interest on the accumulated loan of 8% p.a. for every remaining year. Bank for Queens Compound interest of 7% p.a. every 8 months.
Jeremy intends to pay the loan within 4 years. (i) (ii) Calculate the total interest payable if he loans from Bank for Kings. Calculate the total loan amount payable if he loans from Bank for Queens. [3] [2] [1]
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He bought himself a Canon EOS E40D camera to bring to the Olympics. The camera costs $2050. He paid 15% deposit and repayment is to be made in 24 months at 3% per annum simple interest rate. (i) (ii) Calculate the total amount instalments he has to pay. Calculate his monthly instalments. [2] [1]
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Jeremy received 1471.40 after exchanging some Singapore dollars. Given that the current exchange rate is S$ 1 = 0.49047, how much did he exchange? Leave your answer to the nearest thousand. [1]