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2. At noon, the position of ship A is 10km North of another ship B . ship A then
travels at 30 km per hour in the direction 090", and ship B travels at speed 50 km
At the instance when both ships rare at a position of closest distance, slrip B
changes direction so as to meet ship A. The speeds of both ships are unchanged.
Show that the direction ship B must steer to meet up with ship A is 077".
tirne tal'.en fer tbe pepulatien le dee rease te 25% ef its.eriginal nurnbtx. [3 marksl
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a. Show that P = Po, where P, is the initial population [4 marks]
tr. Find the time taken for the population to decrea se to 25Vo of its original number.
[2 marks]
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Al B
C
The diagram above shows A, B and C, with C on line AB such that AC :CB = 1:5 . If
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- b,
O,4 == ?and On
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(a) express BA, oC and nC in terms of a and b. 13 marksl
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(b) express iu interms of k, a and b, given that OE=kawherekisa
consitant. [2 marks)
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(c) express ED in terms of k,l, a and b, given that OD= l(g-Dwhere
/ is a constant. 17 markl
6. F'ind the values of x, where - n --<x <z for the following inequalitv
2cosZx > 3cosx-1 ITmarks]
7. The hourly wages, RM x, of 15 workers in a small factory are as tbllows:
Al'ter delicate wage negotiations, the workers are offered a choice of one oI'the
(ii) Using your answers from part (i) with new hourly rates,
y = x + 0.30 fbr scheme A and y = 1.05 x tbr scheme B, deduce the mean and standard
deviation of the hourly wages of the 15 workers under both schemes' [4 marksl
(iii) Explain why the managernent wr:uld'not mind which scheme was irnplernented, but
B. The events A and ^B are independent, and P(A) = P(B) - p, where 0 < p < I
9.A farmer noticed that some of the eggs laid by his hens had double yoiks' He
esrimated the probability of this happening to be 0.05. Eggs are packed in bc;xes of 12.
Find the probability that in a box, the number of eggs with double volks 'vvill be
(a) exactly one, [3marks]
(b) Find the probability that only 2 of the boxes contained exactiy 1 egg vrith a double
yolk t2marksl
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The diagram above shows A, B and C, with C on lineAB such that AC :CB =I:5.If
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oA==aand o;-b,
(a) express ;o, ;, una iL in terms of a and b. 13 marksl
constant. [2 marl<s]
(c) express rtn interms of k, l,a and b, given tnut io = I (g- b) where
/ is a constant. [1 mark]
(d) deduce the values of fr and / if E is the mid-point of CD. [4 marksl
10. Find the particular solution of (x2 * y\*= xy which has y = 1 when x = I'
)Express x explicitly in terms of y 16 marksl
'tr',\. Agarden centre sells canes of nominal length 150 cm. The canes are bought from a
supplier who uses a machine to cut canes of length I where t - N(p, 0'32)'
ljind the value of p, to the nearest 0.1 cm, such that there is only a 5Vo chance that a cane
surppliecl to the garden centre will have length less than 150 cm. [5 marks]