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SPM 2007 PAPER 1

1. The diagram shows the linear function h.

(a) State the value of m.
(b) Using function notation, express h in terms of x.

Answer:











[(a) 3 (b) h : x x + 1]

2. Given the function f : x 3 x , find the values of x such that f(x) = 5.
Answer:











[2, 8]

3. The following information is about the function h and the composite function h
2
.
h : x ax + b, where a and b are constants and a > 0.
h
2
: x 36x 35
Find the value of a and of b.
Answer:











[a = 6, b = 5]

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4. (a) Solve the following quadratic equation: 3x
2
+ 5x 2 = 0
(b) The quadratic equation hx
2
+ kx + 3 = 0 , where h and k are constants, has two equal roots.
Express h in terms of k.
Answer:







[(a) 2,
1
3
(b) h =
2
12
k
]

5. Find the range of values of x for which 2x
2
1 + x.
Answer:











[
1
2
x 1]

6. The quadratic function f(x) = x
2
+ 2x 4 can be expressed in the form f(x) = (x + m)
2
n, where m and n are constants.
Find the value of m and of n.
Answer:










[m = 1, n = 5]

7. Given that log
2
b = x and log
2
c = y, express log
4

8b
c
| |
|
\ .
in terms of x and y.
Answer:











[
3
2
x y +
]
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8. Given that 9(3
n 1
) = 27
n
, find the value of n.
Answer:








[
1
2
]

9. (a) Determine whether the following sequence is an arithmetic progression or a geometric progression.
16x, 8x, 4x,
(b) Give a reason for the answer in (a)
Answer:










[(a) Geometric progression (b) common ratio is the same and equal to
1
2
]

10. Three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression are 5 x, 8, 2x. Find the common difference of the progression.
Answer:













[d = 14]

11. The first three terms of a geometric progression are 27, 18, 12.
Find the sum to infinity of the geometric progression.
Answer:










[81]

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12. The variables x and y are related by the equation y
2
= 2x(10 x). A straight line graph is obtained by plotting
2
y
x
against x, as
shown in the diagram.

Find the value of p and of q.
Answer:











[p = 10, q = 14]

13. The straight line 1
6
x y
h
+ = has a y-intercept of 2 and is parallel to the straight line y + kx = 0. Determine the value of h and
of k.
Answer:










[h = 2, k =
1
3
]

14. The vertices of a triangle are A(5, 2), B(4, 6) and C(p, 2). Given that the area of the triangle is 30 unit
2
, find the values of p.
Answer:











[4, 21]

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15. The diagram shows a rectangle OABC and the point D lies on the straight line OB.


It is given that OD = 3DB. Express
OD

, in terms of x and y .
Answer:









[
3
(9 5 )
4
x y + ]

16. The following information refers to the vectors a and b .

2
8
a
| |
=
|
\ .
,
1
4
b
| |
=
|
\ .

Find
(a) the vector 2a b
(b) the unit vector in the direction of 2a b .
Answer:










[(a)
5
12
| |
|
\ .
(b)
5 12
13
i j +
]
17. Solve the equation cot x + 2cos x = o for 0
o
x 360
o
.
Answer:











[90
o
, 210
o
, 270
o
, 330
o
]

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18. The diagram shows a sector BOC of a circle with centre O.


It is given that AD = 8 cm and BA = AO = OD = DC = 5 cm.
Find
(a) the length, in cm, of the arc BC,
(b) the area, in cm
2
, of the shaded region.
Answer:












[(a) 18.5 cm (b) 80.5 cm
2
]

19. The curve y = f(x) is such that
dy
dx
= 3kx + 5, where k is a constant.
The gradient of the curve at x = 2 is 9. Find the value of k.
Answer:











[
2
3
]

20. The curve y = x
2
32x + 64 has a minimum point at x = p, where p is a constant. Find the value of p.
Answer:










[16]

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21. Given that
7
2
( ) 3 h x dx =
}
, find
(a)
2
7
( ) h x dx
}
(b)
7
2
[5 ( )] h x dx
}

Answer:













[(a) 3 (b) 22]

22. A set of data consists of five numbers. The sum of the numbers is 60 and the sum of the squares of the numbers is 800. Find,
for the five numbers
(a) the mean,
(b) the standard deviation.
Answer:












[(a) 12 (b) 4]
23. A coach wants to choose 5 players consisting of 2 boys and 3 girls to form a badminton team. These 5 players are chosen
from a group of 4 boys and 5 girls.
Find
(a) the number of ways the team can be formed,
(b) the number of ways the team members can be arranged in a row for a group photograph, if the three girls sit next to each
other.
Answer:












[(a) 60 (b) 36]

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24. The probability that each shot fired by Ramli hits a target is
1
3
.
(a) If Ramli fires 10 shots, find the probability that exactly 2 shots hit the target.
(b) If Ramli fires n shots, the probability that all the n shots hit the target is
1
243
. Find the value of n.
Answer:














[(a) 0.1951 (b) 5]

25. X is a continuous random variable of a normal distribution with a mean of 52 and a standard deviation of 10.
Find
(a) the z-score when X = 67.2
(b) the value of k when P(z < k) = 0.8849
Answer:














[(a) 1.52 (b) 1.2]