Section A: Pure Mathematics [40 marks]

A tin has a fitting cylindrical lid which overlaps its cylindrical body by 5 cm. When
completely closed, it has base radius x cm and height y cm, as shown in the diagram.
The body and the lid are made from thin metal sheet such that the difference in their
radii is negligible. The total area of metal sheet used to make the tin and its lid is
400 cm2.

Show that the volume V cm3 of the tin is given by

V = x ( 200 x 2 5 x ) .
If x varies, find the values of x and y for which V has its maximum value.

(i)

[6]

Solve the equation

z 5 32 = 0 ,
expressing the answers in the form rei , where r > 0 and < .

[2]

(ii)

2w + 1
Explain why the equation
32 = 0 has four roots.
w

[1]

The roots of the equation are denoted by w1, w2, w3 and w4. By finding
4

show that

w
i =1

is a real number.

1
,
w
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The nth term and the sum of the first n terms of a sequence are denoted by un and Sn
respectively. Given that Sn is a quadratic polynomial in n and u1 = 100 , u2 = 90 and
10

= 360 , find Sn in terms of n.

[4]

r =3

Hence show that this sequence is an arithmetic progression.

[3]

The points A, B, C have position vectors i, 2j tk, tk relative to an origin O

respectively, where t is a fixed constant. The points X and Y lie on AB and BC
respectively such that
AX BY

=
=
,
XB YC 1

where is a parameter such that 0 < < 1.

(i)

Find the vector XY in terms of t and .

[2]

(ii)

Prove that O, X, Y are non-collinear.

[2]

(iii) Determine if XOY can be 90 , justify your answer.

[3]

(iv) Find the projection vector of XY onto 4i + j.

[2]

A point P(x, y) moves in the x-y plane such that the distance from the line x = 3 is
always equal to the distance from the point ( 6, 2 ) .
(i)

(ii)

Prove that the locus of P can be represented by a curve C with equation

2
( y + 2 ) = 9 ( 2 x 3) .

[2]

Sketch the curve C, making clear the main relevant features of C.

[2]

The region R is bounded by the curve C, the lines y = 7 and x = 2 . Find

(iii) the exact area of R , showing your working clearly,

[4]

(iv) the volume of revolution formed when R is rotated through 2 radians about
[3]
the x-axis.
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Section B: Statistics [60 marks]

6

An airline wishes to assess its in-flight service for a specific flight and employs a
marketing research company to administer a survey. The seats on this flight are
divided into classes as follows:

No. of Seats

First Class
20

Business Class
80

Economy Class
300

Total
400

An employee of the company proposes using stratified sampling method to select 80

seats and ask the passengers occupying these seats to complete a questionnaire.
Describe how this sample can be obtained. Suggest a practical difficulty which may
be encountered in carrying out this proposal.
[3]
Another employee suggests using simple random sampling method to choose a
sample of 80 passengers from the list of passengers who have checked in. Explain
why it may not be appropriate to use this sampling method.
[1]

A boy intends to arrange a set of coloured square tiles flat on the floor as shown
below with each row being labelled.
First row
Second row
Third row
Fourth row

There are four identical blue tiles, three identical yellow tiles, two identical green tiles
and one red tile.
Find the number of ways to arrange the tiles if
(i)

there are no restrictions,

[1]

(ii)

exactly one yellow tile and exactly two blue tiles are in the same row,

[3]

(iii) there are less than 3 yellow tiles in the fourth row .

[2]

All the ten tiles are now placed in a row. Find the number of ways he can arrange the
tiles such that all the blue tiles are separated.
[2]

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The life span, x (in hours), of a certain electronic component is known to follow a
normal distribution with mean 9000 hours and standard deviation hours. Following
a change in the manufacturing procedure, a batch of components is produced and a
random sample of 10 components is taken from this batch.
(a)

The life spans of the 10 components are summarized by

(x 9000) = 2010, (x 9000)2 = 911 157.

Test at the 5% level of significance whether the mean life span of the
components has increased after the change in the manufacturing procedure. [3]
(b)

Let x denote the mean life spans (in hours) of the 10 components in the sample.
If = 25, find the set of values of x so that we can conclude at the 1% level of
significance that the population mean life span of the components has increased.
State an assumption for the above test to be valid.
[5]

An orchard owned by Mark produces oranges which have masses (in grams) that
follow a normal distribution N(190, 576). Visitors to this orchard can buy the oranges
at $0.10 per 100 g.
Find the probability that the payment made by a visitor buying 20 oranges will differ
from 2 times the payment made by another visitor buying 10 oranges by at most
$0.15.
[4]
The orchard produces apples which are graded according to their mass. Apples with a
mass exceeding 150 g are graded as 'large' while apples with a mass less than 70 g are
graded as 'small'. Mark finds that the proportion of apples graded as 'large' is the same
as that of the apples graded as 'small'. It is given that the mass of a randomly chosen
apple from Mark's orchard follows a normal distribution with mean g and standard
deviation 30 g.
(i)

Find the value of .

(ii)

What is the probability that Mark will get at least 5 apples graded as 'large'
when he randomly selects 65 apples from his orchard?
[3]

[1]

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10 A public opinion poll surveyed a sample of 1000 voters. The table below shows the
number of males and females supporting Party A, Party B and Party C.

Male
Female
(a)

Party A
200
250

Party B
130
300

Party C
70
50

One of the voters is chosen at random. Events A, C and M are defined as

follows:
A : The voter chosen supports Party A.
C : The voter chosen supports Party C.
M : The voter chosen is a male.
Find
(i) P(A M ),
(ii)

P(M ' C ').

Determine whether A and M are independent.

(b)

[4]

It is given that in the sample, 20% of Party A supporters, 30% of Party B

supporters and 5% of Party C supporters are immigrants.
(i)

One of the voters selected from the sample at random is an immigrant.

What is the probability that this voter supports Party A?
[2]

(ii)

Three voters are chosen from the sample at random.

Find the probability that there is exactly one immigrant voter who
supports Party C or exactly one female who supports Party A (or both). [4]

11 At the counselling centre CareforSociety, the average number of call-ins received in a

month regarding alcohol abuse problem is denoted by . The probability of receiving
at most 9 such calls in a week is 0.701. Assuming that there are 4 weeks in a month,
(i)

show that the value of is 32.5, correct to 3 significant figures. State a

condition under which the distribution used is valid.
[3]

(ii)

by using a suitable approximation, find the probability that in a month, the

number of call-ins received is more than 25 but not more than 40.
[4]

The centre also has 70 support groups, each consisting of n people, which help one
another to deal with alcohol abuse problems. It is known that, on average, 3 in 20
people in such support groups will be successful in correcting their alcohol abuse
problem. Given that in the 70 support groups, the probability of having an average of
at least 4 people per group successfully correcting their alcohol abuse problem is
[4]
more than 0.7, determine the minimum value of n.

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12 With the implementation of the new bus fare system, Jasmine wanted to know how
the new system would affect her. She identified 12 common locations and used a map
to measure the straight line distance, x km, of each location from her home. She also
measured the road distance, y km, of each location from her home and the
corresponding bus fare, s cents. The data are shown below.

Location
Straight line
distance, x
Road
distance, y
Bus fare, s
(i)

7.7

3.0

8.8
121

24.1 13.2

9.3

9.0

10.4

3.5

3.3

28.0 16.1

9.4

8.9

12.5 15.8 22.5 5.0 2.2 2.8

81

181

125 121

149

137

149

17.6 4.5 2.0 2.5

173

91

71

71

By considering the values of x and y, explain why Location F should be omitted

from any further analysis. State, with a reason, another location that should be
omitted.
[2]

Omit the data for the two locations in (i).

(ii)

Use a suitable regression line to give an estimate of the straight line distance
when the road distance is 20.0 km.
[2]

(iii) Draw a scatter diagram of s against y. State, with a reason, which of the
following models is more appropriate to describe the relationship between y and
s:
Model I: s = a + by 2 ,
[3]
Model II: s = a + b ln y , where a and b are positive constants.
(iv) Using the more appropriate model found in (iii), calculate the equation of the
corresponding regression line.
[2]
(v)

Comment on the use of the regression line found in (iv) to estimate the road
distance travelled if the bus fare is 170 cents.
[2]

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