SECTION A

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Answer all questions in the boxes provided. Working may be continued below the lines if
necessary.

1.

In a school with 125 girls, each student is tested to see how many sit-up exercises
(sit-ups) she can do in one minute. The results are given in the table below.
Cumulative
Number of sit-ups
Number of students
number of students

(a)

15

11

11

16

21

32

17

33

18

99

19

18

117

20

125

(i)

Write down the value of p.

(ii)

Find the value of q.

(3)

(b)

Find the median number of sit-ups.

(2)

(c)

Find the mean number of sit-ups.

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(2)
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2.

A particle moves along a straight line so that its velocity, v ms1 at time t seconds is
given by v = 6e3t + 4. When t = 0, the displacement, s, of the particle is 7 metres.
Find an expression for s in terms of t.
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3.

(a)

Find

2 x + 3 dx.
(2)

(b)

Given that

2 x + 3 dx

= ln

P , find the value of P.

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(5)
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4.

Consider the function f (x) = 4x3 + 2x. Find the equation of the normal to the curve of
f at the point where x =1.
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5.

The Venn diagram below shows information about 120 students in a school. Of
these, 40 study Chinese (C), 35 study Japanese (J), and 30 study Spanish (S).

A student is chosen at random from the group. Find the probability that the student
(a)

studies exactly two of these languages;

(1)

(b)

studies only Japanese;

(2)

(c)

does not study any of these languages.

(3)

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6.

A set of data is
18, 18, 19, 19, 20, 22, 22, 23, 27, 28, 28, 31, 34, 34, 36.
The box and whisker plot for this data is shown below.

(a)

Write down the values of A, B, C, D and E.

A = ......

(b)

B = ......

C= ......

D = ......

E = ......

Find the interquartile range.

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7.

The weights of a group of children are normally distributed with a mean of 22.5 kg
and a standard deviation of 2.2 kg.
(a)

Write down the probability that a child selected at random has a weight more
than 25.8 kg.

(b)

Of the group 95% weigh less than k kilograms. Find the value of k.

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(c)

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The diagram below shows a normal curve.

On the diagram, shade the region that represents the following

information:
87% of the children weigh less than 25 kg
(Total 6 marks)

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SECTION B
Answer all questions on the answer sheets provided. Please start each question on a new
page.
8.

The following is the cumulative frequency curve for the time, t minutes, spent by
150 people in a store on a particular day.
150
140
130
120
110

c u m u la tiv e fre q u e n c y

100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

10

11

tim e ( t)
(a)

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(i)

How many people spent less than 5 minutes in the store?

(ii)

Find the number of people who spent between 5 and 7 minutes in the
store.

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(iii)

Find the median time spent in the store.

(6)

(b)

Given that 40% of the people spent longer than k minutes, find the value of k.
(3)

(c)

(i)

On your answer sheet, copy and complete the following frequency

table.

t (minutes)

0t<2

2t<4

Frequency

10

23

(ii)

4t<6

6t<8

8 t < 10

10 t < 12
15

Hence, calculate an estimate for the mean time spent in the store.
(5)
(Total 14 marks)

9.

Consider the point D with coordinates (4, 5), and the point E, with coordinates (12,
11).
(a)

Find DE .
(2)

(b)

Find

DE

.
(2)

(c)

The point D is the centre of a circle and E is on the circumference as shown in

the following diagram.

The point G is also on the circumference. DE is perpendicular to DG . Find

the possible coordinates of G.
(8)
(Total 12 marks)

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10.

(a)

Let y = 16x2 + 160x 256. Given that y has a maximum value, find
(i)

the value of x giving the maximum value of y;

(ii)

this maximum value of y.

The triangle XYZ has XZ = 6, YZ = x, XY = z as shown below. The perimeter of

triangle XYZ is 16.
(4)

(b)

(i)

Express z in terms of x.

(ii)

Using the cosine rule, express z2 in terms of x and cos Z.

(iii)

5 x 16
Hence, show that cos Z = 3 x .
(7)

Let the area of triangle XYZ be A.

(c)
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Show that A2 = 9x2 sin2 Z.

(2)

(d)

Hence, show that A2 = 16x2 + 160x 256.

(3)

(e)

(i)

Hence, write down the maximum area for triangle XYZ.

(ii)

What type of triangle is the triangle with maximum area?

(3)
(Total 19 marks)

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