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SERANGOON JUNIOR COLLEGE

2010 JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS

Higher 2 9740/2

Wednesday 25 August 2010

Additional materials: Writing paper

List of Formulae (MF15)

TIME : 3 hours

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Write your name and class on the cover page and on all the work you hand in.
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Answer all the questions.

Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place in the case
of angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
You are expected to use a graphic calculator.
Unsupported answers from a graphic calculator are allowed unless a question specifically states
otherwise.
Where unsupported answers from a graphic calculator are not allowed in a question, you are
required to present the mathematical steps using mathematical notations and not calculator
commands.
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.

Total marks for this paper is 100 marks.

This question paper consists of 9 printed pages and 1 blank page.

Section A: Pure Mathematics [40 marks]

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1 The computer company call “Orange” manufactures the latest electronic gadget in town
called the iBoard with 3 different storage capacities namely 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. The
profit earned from each unit sold is as shown in the table below.

Storage Capacity 16GB 32GB 64GB

Profit $x $y $z

Within the first week after it was officially launched, the sales from 3 of its outlets for the
three different storage capacities is as shown below.

Storage Capacity 16GB 32GB 64GB

Outlet A 75 120 20
Outlet B 180 230 70
Outlet C 45 50 10

The total profit collected from outlets B and C are $38 750 and $8750 respectively. If the
total profit earned due to both the sales of 16GB and 32GB iBoard is equal to 12 times
the total profit earned from the sales of the 64GB iBoard, find the value of x, y and z.
[4]
Find the total profit collected from outlet A. [1]

2 A curve C has parametric equations

π
0≤t ≤
x = a sin2 t, y = a cos t, 2 where a > 0.

(i) Sketch the curve. [2]

π
(ii) Find the equation of the normal at the point P where t = 3 . [3]

(iii) Using a non-calculator method, determine whether the normal at P will meet C
again. [3]

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y
A
x
1
2
0
C(3,0)
B(1,
• (4, –3)1)
1)

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The diagram above shows the graph of . On separate diagrams, sketch the graphs
y = f ( x)
of

, [3]
(i) y = f ( 1− 2x )
, [2]
(ii) y=f( x)
. [3]
(iii) y = 2f ( x ) + 1
showing in each case, the coordinates of the points corresponding to A, B, C and the
equations of the asymptotes.

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1 (a) (i) Show that [2]

 t +1  ( ln t ) 2

∫  t  ln t dt = t ln t − t + 2 + C.

(ii) A curve C is defined by the parametric equations

x = t + ln t
y = t − ln t, t > 0.

The region R, which is bounded by the curve C, the line ,

x =1

x = 2 + ln 2
R0
C
1
x
y

Find the exact area of R. [4]

(b) The region S is enclosed by the curve D with equation and the
( y + 2) = 4 − x
2

line .
y=x

Find the volume generated when S is rotated through radian about the x – axis,
2π
giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places. [3]

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2 A disease is found to be present in a protected reserve containing 35 orangutans. The

rate at which the number of infected orangutans, x, is increasing at any time t is
proportional to the product of the number of infected orangutans and the number that
have yet to be infected at that instant. Initially there were 5 animals infected.

Form a differential equation that describes this model and show that

35 Ae35kt
x= ,
1 + Ae35kt

[6]
where A>0 is to be found.

Deduce the total number of infected orangutans after a long period of time and represent
the solution to this model on an appropriate graph. [4]

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Section B: Statistics [60 marks]

3 A survey on dining experience was undertaken in a small town with 10 three-star

restaurants, 60 two-star restaurants and 30 one-star restaurants.

The 100 restaurants in the small town are numbered from 1 to 100. A sample of 10
restaurants is selected by randomly choosing 10 numbers that are assigned to the
restaurants.

(i) Suggest one disadvantage of this sampling method. [1]

(ii) Suggest a better method of sampling and explain briefly how this could be done.
[3]

Tuesda
R
W ’ednesd
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1 In a certain country, the probability that it rains on a given Tuesday is . For each of the
1
5
next 2 days, Wednesday and Thursday, the conditional probability that it rains, given that
it rained the previous day is and the conditional probability that it rains, given that it
α
did not rain the previous day is . The situation is illustrated in the uncompleted tree
β
diagram below.

(i) Complete the tree diagram to represent all the possible outcomes up to Thursday.
[2]
For and , find
1 2
α= β=
3 3
(ii) the probability that it rains on a Thursday, [2]

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(iii) the probability that it rains on at least two days given that it rains on a Thursday.
[3]

1 Paul ordered 9 plates of sushi, namely 3 plates of unagi sushi, 2 plates of uni sushi and 4
plates of ebi sushi.

(i) Find the number of ways Paul can eat the 9 plates of sushi. [2]
(ii) Find the number of ways Paul can eat the 9 plates of sushi such that the first plate
and last plate are different types of sushi. [4]
(iii) Find the number of ways of arranging the nine plates of sushi on a round table
such that no two plates of ebi sushi are placed together. [2]

1 Miss Curious wants to determine if there is any correlation between the amount of
preparation and the results obtained in a recently concluded exam.

She asked her friends how much time they spent preparing for the exam (x), with their
exam scores (y), and recorded her findings in the table below.

x (hour) 10 15 22 27 38 46 53 64
y (score) 11 40 51 56 61 62 64 66

(i) Give a sketch of the scatter diagram for the data and find the equation
of the least squares regression line of y on x. [2]

(ii) State, with a reason, which of the following would be an appropriate model
to represent the above data (where a and b are constants and b > 0).
[2]
b B : y = a + be− x C : y = a + b ln x
A: y =a+
x

(iii) For the appropriate model chosen, find the values of a and b.
[1]
Explain how this model is a better one than the equation found in part (i). [1]

(iv) Obtain a good estimate of the score of a student who spent 8 hours
studying for the exam and comment on the reliability of your answer. [2]

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1 You are an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) expert. While reading the newspaper, you become
interested in a newspaper advertisement that reads as follows:

Increase the IQ of your children by 10 points in just 16

weeks!

Subscribe now to Dr. Dune’s Drill (DDD) program
and astound your children’s friends, teachers and
grandparents!
Assure a university education for your children
(and security for you in your old age).

A scientific study of 15 children from all over Singapore
showed an average IQ score of 108*
after only six weeks of the fantastic DDD program .

As a concerned IQ expert, you would like to investigate the validity of this

advertisement. You know that for the general population of children, the mean IQ is 100.
Through close contacts in the industry, you confirmed that the scientific study as stated in
the advertisement is valid.

(i) Test at 5% significance level, whether the mean IQ points of children who
participated in the DDD program has increased. State any assumptions that you
have to make in carrying out the test. [6]

(ii) What do you understand by 5% significance level in this context? [1]

Suppose that the population standard deviation is now known and a larger sample size
σ
of 50 children is taken.

(iii) Find the range of values of the sample mean in terms of if the conclusion at
σ
5% significance level is now different from that concluded in part (i). [4]

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1 In a certain country, it is found that on average the number of pairs of twins born weekly
are 2.

(i) Find the most probable number(s) of pairs of twins that are to be born weekly.
[1]

(ii) Find the probability of having at most 7 pairs of twins to be born in a two-week
period. [2]

(iii) Assuming there are 26 two-week periods in a year, estimate the probability that
there are less than 73 two-week periods with at most 7 pairs of twins born in 3
years. [3]

(iv) Using a suitable approximation, find the least number of consecutive weeks such
that the probability of having at most 20 pairs of twins born falls below half. You
may assume that the number of weeks is more than 5. [3]

(v) Find the probability that the mean number of pairs of twins born in 50 weeks is
less than 1.8. [2]

1 An ornithologist, who studies the behavior of birds, captures one male and one female
hornbill from a forest in Osaka, Japan. The masses of hornbills in that forest are assumed
to follow normal distributions with male hornbills having mean 3500g and standard
deviation 150g while female hornbills having mean 3000g and standard deviation .
σ
(i) It is found from research that 5% of the female hornbills from the forest have
masses exceeding 3.2kg. Show that . [2]
σ = 122

(ii) Find the probability that the difference in mass between two randomly chosen
male hornbills is at least 0.1kg. [3]

(iii) Find the probability that the mass of 5 randomly chosen female hornbills exceeds
twice the mass of 2 randomly chosen male hornbills. [3]

(iv) Five male hornbills are randomly chosen. Find the probability that the fifth male
hornbill is the third hornbill with mass exceeding 3.6kg. [3]

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