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I, and hence
show that the angle that the line AP makes with the plane BCD is sin
-1
_
.
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2
Find the general solution oI
d
dx
=
x
2
+x-
.
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Diagram 1
Diagram 1 shows a tangent oI line AB touches two circle at point M. Given
also line PR touches the smaller circle at point Q. MN is the chord oI the
smaller circle extended to point P, whereas point P touches the circumIerence
oI the bigger circle. RM is the chord oI the bigger circle and QM is chord Ior
the smaller circle. Prove that
(a) \BMQ \PQN \QPN,
(b) \RMQ \PQN,
(c) \RMQ \QMP.
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A M
C
8
n
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4 The position vectors oI the points P, Q and R are , 3 3 and 4 k.
Find the value oI k iI
(a) P, Q and R are collinear,
(b) the line PQ is perpendicular to the line QR and Y = Y.
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5 Express 3 sin x 4 cos x in the Iorm r sin (x - ) where r is positive and -
is an acute angle, giving the value oI - to the nearest
o
1 . 0 . Hence, Iind the
minimum and maximum value oI sin +8 cos + Ior the range oI
o
0
o
.
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A company has three printing machines, A, B and C. Machine A accounts Ior
37 oI the total output and 0.6 oI output Irom machine A is spoilt. Machine
B accounts Ior 42 oI the total output and 0.4 oI output Irom B is spoilt.
Machine C is known to have spoilt rate 1.2. A copy is Iound to be spoilt.
Find the probability that the copy is Irom
(a) machine A,
(b) machine B or machine C.
|3 marks|
|3 marks|
7 The rate oI decay oI a radioactive material is proportional to the mass oI the
material remaining given by
dm
dt
-. II one third oI the mass oI the material
is leIt aIter 12 years, Iind the percentage oI the material that will remain aIter
20 years.
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It is Iound that the number oI workers take a day oII in a certain department
Iollows a Poisson distribution with a mean oI 2.5. Assuming that the workers
take a day oII is independent each other, calculate:
(a) the probability that at least 4 workers take a day oII on a particular day,
(b) the least number oI consecutive working days iI the probability oI at least a
worker taking the days oII exceeds 0.9999.
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9 The random variable is distributed binomially with the parameter n 10 and
p 0.5 while Y is also distributed binomially with the parameter n 20 and
p a. Find the value oI a iI P(0) P(Y0).
|5 marks|
The discrete random variable takes the value k with the probability
{I = ) = c
- , = , , , where c is a constant.
(a) Determine the value oI c,
(b) Tabulate the values oI {I = ), = , , ,
(c) Calculate the mean and variance oI ,
(d) Sketch the graph oI this Iunction.
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Every morning Chong`s journey to school involves a walk, then a bus ride.
The time Ior walking, waiting at the bus stop and the bus trip are all normally
distributed with mean times oI 8 minutes, 7 minutes and 10 minutes
respectively. Their corresponding variances are 1, 2 and 5 respectively.
(a) What is the probability that the total journey takes more than 30 minutes?
(b) Find the probability that the time spent on waiting at the bus stop is greater
than the time spent in the bus.
|4 marks|
|4 marks|
2 The Iollowing data show the masses, in gm oI mangoes harvested in a
particular day.
9
8
99
8
8
9
9
8
Diagram 2
(a) Find the mean, median and mode,
(b) Find the standard deviation,
(c) Find the Iirst and third quartiles and the semi-interquartile range,
(d) Draw a boxplot to represent the data on Diagram 2,
(e) Comment on the shape oI the distribution.
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