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4 MATHEMATICS, 2014
P425/1
Time: 2Hrs 45Mins
Instructions
Attempt all in Section A And any Five in Section B
SECTION A (40Marks)
1. Given that the functions f(x) and g(x) are defined as g(x) = x +5 and f(x) =x, find the
values of x for which fg(x) =1.0 (04marks)

2. An insect moved from a point P with coordinates (-2, 3) to H (0, 9) and finally to its rest
point K (2, 5). Determine the total time taken by the insect to move from P to K, if it
maintained an average speed of 4.5square units per second. (04marks)

3. A man of height 1.7m standing 23.06m a way from a tower observed that the angle of
elevation of the top of the stick 1.52m held vertically on the top of the tower is 52.
Determine the height of the tower above the ground. (04marks)

4. Given that log100 +log1000 = x/y and x = 4(x - 1), solve for all possible values of x and y
(04marks)

5. The area of the triangle A1B1C1 the image of triangle ABC after being given a
4.2 1.6
transformation M is 23.23 square units. Determine the area of ABC correct
2.1 2.0
your answer to 2 decimal places. (04marks)

6. In the diagram below is the tangent to the circle at P and O is the centre of the circle
with radius 7cm. Determine the area of the shaded sector correct to 2 decimal places.

(04marks)

7. x * y is defined as , evaluate (3 * -2) * -1 (04marks)

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8. If = + , . (04marks)

9. A bag contains white balls and black balls. The probability of picking a white ball is 3 5 .
(i) What is the probability of picking a black ball? (02marks)
(ii) If there are 15 white balls, find the number of balls in the bag. (02marks)

10. Complete the table below for the missing values of x and y. (04marks)
x(cm) 2 5 ------------- 9
y(cm) 48 750 1647.75 --------------

SECTION B (60 Marks)

Attempt any five questions in this section
11. Using a pair of campus, pencil and a ruler only, construct a triangle PQR and a circle center
T according to the following procedures.
(i) Draw a line PQ= 7.5cm, angle RPQ=45 and angle PQR=75.
(ii) Bisect angle RPQ and extend your bisector to cut line RQ at S. Measure a distance
ST=PS to locate T at the extreme end of the bisector. Note that T is not inside the triangle.
(iii) Draw a circle with radius, r = ST and T as the center.
(iv) Calculate the area of the triangle SQT formed.
(v) Calculate the area of the intersection of the triangle SQT and the circle. (12marks)

12. In a certain village 52 people were asked to find out how many owned pigs (P), dogs (D)
and goats (G). 23 had pigs, 21 owned dogs, 22 owned goats, 8 had both pigs and dogs, 10
had both pigs and goats, and 6 owned both goats and dogs. And 4 were found to own none
of the three animals.
a) Represent the above information in a Venn diagram.
b) Determine the number of people who:
(i) Owned all the three kinds of animals
(ii) Owned at least two kinds of animals
(iii) Only one kind
c) If a person is selected at random what is the probability that person owns only goats and
dogs. (12marks)

13. Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow
Given that O1 and O2 are the centers of the two circles, with radii r1 = 4.5cm and r2 = 2.1

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 cm respectively. =13.48cm, the length of the chord =2.16cm, angle QPS =105,
angle QFR = 88. Determine the: (Take = 3.142)
(a) area of the triangle QRN
(b) length of the major arc XN
(c) area of the shaded sector (12marks)

14. The figure below shows a rectangular piece of paper ABCD which has been folded along
EF such that C maps onto G and triangle AFD removed.

Given that =3 =4 . = ( + 2) = (2 + 3)
(a) Find:
(i) Find the area of the triangle ECF
(ii) An expression for the area of the shaded region ABEGF in terms of x
(b) If the shaded area is 26.5cm, show that x + x 5 = 0. Hence find the length of
(12marks)

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15. Sketch the curve y = 0.5x3 + 1.5x2 -8x + 5, for -5 3.
i. Determine the maximum and minimum points of the curve.
ii. Determine the co-ordinates the points where the line y =2x intersects with the
curve, y =0.5x3 + 1.5x2 8x + 5. (12marks)

16. The figure below shows a cage, given that the base ABCD and the roof PQRS are both
rectangular, , , , and are perpendicular to the base.

(i) Calculate the length

(ii) Determine the angle between the planes ABCD and PSBC
(iii) Calculate the angle between the line and the base.
(iv) Volume of the cage (12marks)

17. In a certain supper market a pen costs shs250, a pencil costs shs150 and a book costs
shs750. On a certain day Joel bought 2 pens, 4 books and 6 pencils, Job bought 2 books, 1
pen and 4 pencils. And Fatima bought 8pens, 3pencils and 5 books.
(i) Write a 3x3 matrix to show the items they purchased
(ii) Write a matrix for cost per each item.
(iii) By matrix multiplication find the total money spent by each.
(iv) Given that the super market offers a discount of 12% on all items bought,
to someone who buys more than 3 pencils. How much money did the
super market collect on that day? (12marks)

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