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Innova J unior College [Turn over

INNOVA J UNIOR COLLEGE
J C 2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 1
in preparation for General Certificate of Education Advanced Level
Higher 2

CANDIDATE
NAME

Civics Group INDEX NUMBER


Mathematics
Paper 2

Additional materials: Answer Paper
Graph paper
List of Formulae (MF15)
9740/02

01 July 2011

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Section A: Pure Mathematics [40 marks]
1 The curve with equation ( )
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y x x a = , where 0 a > is transformed by a translation of a
units in the positive x-direction, followed by a stretch with scale factor parallel to the y-
axis, where 1 b > , followed by a reflection about the x-axis.
(i) Find the equation of the new curve in the form f ( ) y x = . Sketch the new curve,
indicating the coordinates of the points of intersection with the axes. [5]
(ii) The volume of the solid of revolution formed when the region bounded by the x-
axis and the curve ( )
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y x x a = is rotated completely about the x-axis is denoted
by S. The volume of the solid of revolution formed when the region bounded by
the x-axis and the curve f ( ) y x = is rotated completely about the x-axis is denoted
by T. Express T in terms of S. [2]

2 Find the roots of the equation
( )
3
4 4 3 i 0 z + = , expressing each root in the form
i
e r

,
where 0 > r and < . [4]
Two of the roots are denoted by
1
z and
2
z

such that
1 2
0 arg( ) arg( ) z z < < . Show the
points P, Q, and R representing
1
z ,
2
z and
1 2
z z + respectively on an Argand diagram
with origin O. Hence find the exact value of
1 2
arg( ) z z + . [3]
Describe briefly the geometrical relationship between O, P, R, and Q. [1]

3 (i) Given that
( )
2
d
1 2
d
y
y x y
x
+ = + and 1 y = when 0 x = , find Maclaurins series
for y up to and including the term in
3
x . [6]

(ii) Denote the answer to part (i) by f ( ) x and let
4
3 3
g( ) 1 f ( )
2
x x x

= +


. Find the
coefficient of
2
x in the series expansion of g(x) . [3]
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4 (a) Show that the substitution 3 z x y =

reduces the differential equation
( )
2
d
2 3 2
d
y
x y
x
= to

2
d
5 2
d
z
z
x
= + . [2]

Hence find the particular solution of the differential equation
( )
2
d
2 3 2
d
y
x y
x
= given that
5
2
y = when 0 x = . [5]
Sketch the graph of the particular solution for 0.7 0.2 x . [2]

(b) The population of a community is known to increase at a rate proportional to the
size of the population at time t years. When t = 0, the population is A. If the
population doubles in 6 years, find the number of years it takes for the population
to be tripled, giving your answer correct to 1 decimal place. [7]

Section B: Statistics [60 marks]
5 Olympus J unior College has a total student population of 500 with the following
breakdown according to the students nationality.
Nationality Singapore Malaysia Thailand Vietnam
No of Students 350 105 10 35

The principal wishes to select a sample of 40 students to find out their views on the level
of cohesiveness between the various nationalities in the college.
(i) He intends to choose a sample by selecting 10 students from each country. Give a
reason why the sample formed is not a random sample. [1]
(ii) Describe how stratified sampling can be used by the principal to obtain a random
sample of 40 students. [2]
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6 A random sample of 6 students is taken from those sitting examinations in Mathematics
and Social Studies, and their marks, x and y, each out of 100, are given in the table.

Mathematics mark (x) 52 75 39 90 65 70
Social Studies mark (y) 45 70 50 72 55 60

(i) Draw the scatter diagram for these values, labelling the axes clearly. [2]
(ii) Find the value of the product moment correlation coefficient between x and y. [1]
(iii) Find the equation of the regression line of
(a) y on x, (b) x on y. [2]




7 An office telephone switchboard handles both internal and external calls which occur at
random times. On average, there are 3 internal calls arriving in any ten-minute period
and 5 external calls arriving in any thirty-minute period. Internal and external calls occur
independently.
(i) Find the probability that exactly one internal call and at least two external calls
arrive during a twenty-minute period. [2]
(ii) Using a suitable approximation, find the probability that there are at least 30 calls
arriving during a one-hour period. [4]
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8 (a) Find the number of three-letter code-words that can be formed from the word
CARTOON. [3]

(b) A group of eleven people consisting of four married couples and three children
visits a mini-theatre at Science Centre to watch a show. The layout of the seats in
the mini-theatre is shown below.








Find the number of possible seating arrangements if
(i) all the eleven people do not mind where they sit, [1]
(ii) the three children sit in the 2
nd
row, and each man sits next to his wife. [2]

9 At a chess competition, a set of 3 games are played between two players J ohn and Mary.
Each game is won by either J ohn or Mary. Past records have shown that:
The probability of J ohn winning the first game is 0.65.
For each game after the first, the probability of J ohn winning a game is 0.86 if
he has won the preceding game.
For each game after the first, the probability of Mary winning a game is 0.72 if
she has won the preceding game.

Find the probability that
(i) Mary wins the second game, [2]
(ii) J ohn wins the third game, [3]
(iii) J ohn wins the first game, given that he loses the third game. [3]
1
st
row
2
nd
row
3
rd
row

Screen
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10 A budget airline charges for breakfast on its early morning flights. On average 8% of its
passengers on its early morning flights order breakfast.
Using suitable approximations, find
(i) the probability that, out of 35 randomly selected passengers on one of its early
morning flights, more than 5 order breakfast, [3]
(ii) the probability that, out of 130 randomly selected passengers on one of its early
morning flights, more than 10 but at most 40 order breakfast. [4]
The plane has a capacity of 150 passengers and the early morning flights are always fully
booked. Each passenger orders at most one breakfast set. If the airline wishes to be at
least 98% certain that the plane will have sufficient breakfast sets for all passengers who
order them, find the minimum number of breakfast sets that should be carried on each
flight. [2]

11 The head circumference of 3-year-old boys is known to be normally distributed with
mean 49.7 cm. A nutritionist claims that boys who have been fed on a special organic diet
will have a larger mean head circumference than other boys. A random sample of twelve
3-year-old boys who have been fed on this organic diet is selected, and the head
circumference, x cm, of each boy is measured. It is found that

( ) 50 5.4 x =

,
( )
2
50 30.58 x =

.
(i) Find unbiased estimates of the population mean and variance. [3]
(ii) Carry out a test at the 10% significance level to examine the nutritionists claim.
[4]
(iii) Find the least significance level at which this sample would indicate that the
nutritionists claim is true. [1]
(iv) Explain, in the context of the question, the meaning of at the 10% significance
level. [1]
(v) Explain why the Central Limit Theorem does not apply in this context. [1]

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12 The masses, in grams, of potatoes and tomatoes sold in a market have independent
normal distributions with means and standard deviations as shown in the following table.





(i) The random variable X denotes the mean mass of n randomly chosen potatoes.
Find the value of n such that
( )
P 280 0.4617 X > = . [3]
(ii) Find the probability that sum of the mass of 2 randomly chosen potatoes exceeds
five times the mass of a randomly chosen tomato by at least 100 grams. [3]
(iii) Potatoes cost $1.50 per kilogram and tomatoes cost $2 per kilogram. Find the
probability that the total cost of 10 potatoes and 20 tomatoes is less than $8. [5]
(iv) A random sample of 12 tomatoes is taken. Find the probability that between 4 and
8 inclusive have a mass of less than 80 grams each. [2]










Mean Standard deviation
Potatoes 275 180
Tomatoes 87 20.5
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