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1. The velocities of car A and car B are represented by the position vectors V
1
= ( 3 i + 3 j )
and V
2
= ( - 5 i + j ) respectively .
( i ) Calculate the magnitudes , in m s
1
, of the velocities of both cars . (2)
( ii ) Determine the velocity of car B relative to that of car A . (2)
2. In figure given, AC cuts BD at N.If AB is parallel to DC , prove that
i). < AND = 2 ABD (4)
ii). NC = ND (3)
D D C
A B
3. In figure below, PQR is the inscribed circle in

ABC and O is the centre of the

circle. If < PQR = 62
0
, and < QPR= 50
0
, find
i). < POQ (3)
ii). < ACB , < BAC and < ABC (4)
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R
Q
B
P C
O
1
N
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4 a). Find the value of p and , p > 0 and 0 < < 90
0
, where 1 tan can be notes
to p sec cos ( + ), hence prove that
-
2
sec

1 tan

2
sec .
(5)
b). Using substitution tan x = t , solve this equation 2 sin 2x + cos 2x = 1 for
0 x 2 . (4)
5. The rate at which a radioactive substance disintegrates is proportional to its mass. The mass
of 20 g is halved after 100 days. After how many days the original mass is reduced to 5 g ?
(10)
6.
The figure above shows three points A( 4 , - 3 ) , B ( 2 , 5 ) and C ( - 4 , - 5 ) .
( a ) ( i ) State the vector AB and the vector AC in terms of unit vectors i and j . (4)
( ii ) Determine the angle between AB and AC . (2)
( b ) Two forces F
1
and F
2
with magnitudes 5 N and 12 N act along AB and AC
respectively .
( i ) State F
1
and F
2
in terms of unit vectors i and j . (4)
( ii ) Determine the magnitude of their resultant . (1)
( iii ) Determine also the third force F
3
which must act on the system so that
the resultant force is zero . (2)
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A(4, - 3 )
C( - 4 , - 5 )
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7. A basket contains five green marbles, eight brown marbles and four white marbles. Three
marbles are randomly selected.
Find the probability that all the marbles selected are :
a) of the same colour (2)
b) not of the same colour (2)
8. The mean and the variance of the four numbers 2 , 3 , 6 , 9 are 5 and 7.5. If two
numbers , a and b , are to be added to this set of four numbers , such that the mean
is increased by 1 and the variance is increased by 2.5.Find a and b .
(4)
9. A random variable R take the integer value r with probability P( r ) where
P ( r ) =

=
otherwise
r kr
0
4 , 3 , 2 , 1
3
Find
a). The value of k . (1)
b). The mean and variance of the distribution. (3)
c). The mean and variance of 5 R 3. (2)
The histogram above shows the distribution of age for the holder of a certain insurance policy.
10. (a) Draw the cumulative frequency curve for this distribution and estimate the
i. Median
ii. Number of insurance policy holders whose ages exceeds 45 (6)
(b) Calculate the mean and standard deviation for this distribution. (3)
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(c) If the age of two people, 40 and 42 respectively are added, will the standard
deviation increase, decrease or remain the same? (1)
11. Independently for each week , the number of miles travelled by a motorist per week is a
normally distributed random variable having mean 235 and standard deviation 20.
i. Calculate the probability that the motorist will travel between 200 and
240 miles in a week. (3)
ii. Determine the probability that the motorist will travel a distance of less
than 1000 miles in a period of four successive weeks. (4)
iii. Find the probability that the difference between the distances travelled by
the motorist in two successive weeks will be more than 30 miles. (4)
12. The continuous random variable X has probability density function
) (x f
as follos.

=
, 0
), 5 )( 2 (
) (
!
2
x x
x f
otherwise
x 5 2
a) "#etch the $raph
) (x f
and verify mode for X (5)
b) %ind the mean and variance of X (5)
c) %ind the distribution function, %
) (x
and also &
) 3 ( > X
(5)
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