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Mathematics Paper 2 May 2009

CXC CSEC MATH P2

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Mathematics Paper 2 May 2009

CXC CSEC MATH P2

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test cove 01234020 FORM TP 2009092 MAYA/TUNE 2009 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION MATHEMATICS Paper 02 — General Proficiency 2 hours 40 minutes 20 MAY 2009 (a.m. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. Answer ALL questions in Section I, and ANY TWO in Section IL 2. Write your answers in the booklet provided. 3. All working must be shown clearly. 4. A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of this booklet. Exami jon Materials Electronic calculator (non-programmable) Geometry set ‘Mathematical tables Graph paper (provided) DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. ‘Copyright © 2007 Caribbean Examinations Council®. All rights reserved, ULATED 01234020/F 2009 L @ (o) 2 @ &) 01234020/F 2009 Page 3 SECTIONI Answer ALL the questions in this section. All working must be clearly shown. Using a calculator, or otherwise, calculate the EXACT value of giving your answer as a common fraction (3marks) «iy (2 as) 25 giving your answer in standard form. (3marks) ‘The basic wage eared by a truck driver for a 40-hour week is $360.00. (Calculate his hourly rate. (Amark ) For overtime work, the driver is paid one and a half times the basic hourly rate. Gi) Calculate his overtime wage for {0 hours of overtime. ( 2marks) ii) Calculate the TOTAL wages earned by the truck driver for a 55-hour week. ( 3marks) ‘Total 12 marks Factorise completely: (@)— 2ax+3ay ~ 2bx - 3by ( 2marks) Gi) 5x7 - 20 ( 2marks) Gil) 32+ 4x-15 : ( 2marks) ‘One packet of biscuits costs $x and one cup of ice cream costs $y. ‘One packet of biscuits and two cups of ice cream cost $8.00, while three packets of biscuits and one cup of ice cream cost $9.00. (® Write a pair of simultaneous equations in x and y to represent the given information above. ( 2marks) Gi) Solve the equations obtained in (b) (i) above to find the cost of one packet of biscuits and the cost of one cup of ice cream. (4 marks) ‘Total 12 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Page 4 (@)__ Inasurvey of 50 students, 23 owned cellular phones 18 owned digital cameras x owned cellular phones and digital cameras 2x owned neither. Let C represent the set of students in the survey who owned cellular phones, and D the set of students who owned digital cameras (Copy and complete the Venn diagram below to represent the information ‘obtained from the survey. ( 2marks) (ii) Write an expression in.x for the TOTAL number of students in the survey. (imark) (ii) Calculate the valiitof x. ( 2marks) (b) The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a rhombus, PORS, with the diagonal PR=6.cm, and the angle RPQ = 60°. Q 8 (@ Using a ruler, a pencil, and a pair of compasses, construct the rhombus PORS accurately, ( 4marks) Gi) Join QS. Measure and state, in centimetres, the length of QS. ( 2 marks) Total 11 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01234020/F 2009 Page 5 (a) The table below shows two readings taken from an aircraft's flight record. Time Distance Travelled] (km) | 08:55 957 09:07 1083 | For the period of time between the two readings, calculate (i) the distance travelled in kilometres (Amark ) Gil) the average speed of the aircraft in kam/h. (3 marks) (b) The map shown below is drawn to a scale of 1:50 000, (Measure and state, in centimetres, the distance on the map from L to M along a straight line. ( 2 marks) Gi) Calculate the actual distance, in kilometres, from Z, to M. ( 2 marks) Gi) The actual distance between two points is 4.5 km. Calculate the number of centimetres that should be used to represent this distance on the map. (3 marks) ‘Total 11 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01234020/F 2009 Page 6 5. (@)_—_ Given that fz) = 2x~5 and g(x) =2*-31, calculate the value of © 4D (Amark) qi) gf) ( 2 marks) Gi) fF"). ( 2 marks) (©) Given thaty=22 + 2x-3 @ Copy and complete the table below. =~[4[3[2] 2] 0] 1] 2 Peo 3|4| 3 5 ( 2 marks) (i) Using a scale of 2 em to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 1 em to represent Lunit on the y-axis, draw the graph of y =2x°+ 2-3 for -4 > OA =3aand OB =b. A v, c 6 5 x @ Write in terms of a and b: > Ceaee eee b) ac a °°) DC a DX ( 6 marks) Gi) State TWO geometrical relationships between DX and DC. (2 marks) Gii) State ONE geometrical relationship between the points D, C, and X. (Lmark) Total 15 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01234020/F 2009 4. @ ) co) Page 16 x 4) The value ofthe determinant of M=[ 5 | is 13. Calculate the values of x. ( 4marks) ei} ‘The transformation R is represented by the matrix ( ‘ 2 ‘ee revexomatinsimremty mas ( 2) (ab Write @ single matrix, in the form {° ] to represent the combined transformation § followed by R. (2marks) Gi) Calculate the image of the point (5, -2) under the combined transformation in ©) @ above. ( 3marks) oe! emarix N=[> | (@ Determine the inverse matrix of N. (2 marks) Gi) Hence, calculate the value of x and the value of y for which (4 marks) ‘Total 15 marks END OF TEST 01234020/F 2009

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