PAPER 2

1 The table 1 below shows the values of two variables, x and y. It is known that
x and y are related by the equation py  qx2  4x where p and q are
constants.

x 1 2 4 5 6 7

y 3.5 10 32 47.5 66 87.5

Table 1
y
(a) Plot against x , using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x-axis, and 2 cm to 2
x
y
units on the axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
x
(b) From your graph, find the values of p and q.

2 The table 2 below shows the values of two variables, x and y obtained from an
experiment. The variables are related by the equation ay = bx + 5 x , where a and b
are constants.

x 1 2 3 5 7

y 8 12.49 16.39 23.42 29.87

Table 2
(a) Explain how a straight line may be drawn to represent the given equation.
(b) Plot the graph from equation (a) and estimate the values of a and b.
(c) Find the value of y when x = 25.
3 Table 3 shows the values of two variables, v and u, obtained from an experiment. It
is known that v and u are related by the equation, u  pk v , where p and k are
constants.
v 2 4 6 8 10 12

u 3.16 5.50 9.12 16.22 28.84 46.77

Table 3
(a) Plot log10 u against v by using a scale of 2 cm to 2 units on the v-axis and 2

cm to 0.2 unit on the log10 u -axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.

(b) From the graph, find the values of

(i) p
(ii) k
(c) Find the values of u when v = 7.5

Table 4 shows the values of two variables, x and y, obtained from an experiment.
4
p
Variables, x and y, are related by the equation y  2kx2  x , where p and k are
k
constants.
x 2 3 4 5 6 7
y 8 13.2 20 27.5 36.6 45.5
Table 4
y
(a) Plot against x by using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on both axes. Hence,
x
draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use your graph in (a) to find the value of
(i) p
(ii) k
(iii) y when x = 1.2 (SPM 2007/paper 2/section B/no : 7)
 Table 5 shows the values of two variables, x and y, obtained from an experiment.
5
Variables x and y are related by the equation y  pk x 1 , where p and k are
constants.
x 1 2 3 4 5 6

y 4.0 5.7 8.7 13.2 20.0 28.8

Table 5
(a) Plot log y against ( x  1) by using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x  1 -
axis and 2 cm to 0.2 unit on the log y – axis. Hence, draw the line of best fit.
(b) Use the graph from (a) to find value of
(i) p
(ii) k (SPM 2006/paper 2/section B/no : 7)

END OF MODULE 12