FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___

MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATIONS

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS
PAPER II
(100 marks)
Date: _____/_____/2020 Time allowed: 2hr 30 mins
Instructions:
1. Answer all the seven questions in section Question Tic if Do not write in
A and two questions in section B. number answered this Colum
2. Section A carries 60 marks and section B
carries 40 marks.
3. All answers should be written in the 1
spaces provided.
2
4. The graph paper at the end of the question
paper can be used if required. 3
5. Only non –programmable calculators may
be used. 4
6. All necessary working should be shown 5
and any numerical expression being
evaluated by calculators must be clearly 6
stated, otherwise marks for method may be
lost. 7
7. The final answer to the question requiring 8
the use of calculators should normally be
given to three significant figure. 9
10
8. The marks allocated to each question are
shown in blankets at the end of each TOTAL
question

© Chinsapo Turn over/…

Page 1 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___

SECTION A (60 marks)

(Answer all six questions in this section)

1. a) Write the series -1 + - … In sigma notation. (5marks)

b) A football player has an 80% chance of scrolling a penalty .If he takes 6 penalties
,calculate the probability that he will score more than 4 penalties. (4marks)

Page 2 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___
2. a) Given that A =( ) ,find the value of x if det A = 19 (4marks)

b) Calculate the length of the tangent from the point (4, 6) to the circle
x2+y2-4x +14y = -17 (6marks )

3. Determine the value of m such that a = 3i + mj and b = 6i +9j are parallel

Page 3 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___
(4marks)

4. Figure below shows four co-planar forces acting at a point

Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force . (7marks)

Page 4 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___

5. A machine is supposed to cut length of road 50cm long . A sample of 20 rods gave
the following results for the length:
∑ ( ) , ∑ ( ) =49711
i) Calculate the mean length of the 20 rods (4marks)

ii) Calculate the variance of the lengths of the 20 rods (4marks)

Page 5 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___

6. a) Which data source would be suitable in the following research objective ?

justify your answer
i)The minister of education wants to know the proportion of female students
selected to University of Malawi in 2017
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________ (2marks)
ii)Briefly describe one advantage and one challenge that may be there in
collecting a good and reliable statistical data in the following method
Focus group discussions
Advantage
____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________(1mark)
Challenge
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________(1mark)
ii)Give two characteristics of a well – structured questionnaire
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________(2marks)
b)The position vectors of A and B are 2i - 3j and ti +2j respectively
i) Find the value of t for which ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ and ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ are perpendicular (4marks)

Page 6 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___

ii) If t = 4 , find < AOB to the nearest degree (4marks)

7. Two events A and B are independent and are such that p(A) = x ,
P(B) = x + and P(A B) = ⁄ find

i) value of x (5marks)

Page 7 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___

ii) P (A B) (4marks)

SECTION B (40MARKS)
(answer two questions in this section)
8. a) The point A(3,4) is the center of the circle of radius 5 units. The equation
of the line l is 2x-y = 6

i) Find the distance of A from L (7marks)

Page 8 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___

ii) Determine whether L is a tangent m to the circle (4marks)

b) Use matrices to solve the following equations simultaneously

2x +y = 8
x+y = 5 (9marks)

Page 9 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___

9. a) Two numbers a and b are to be added to the set of four numbers;

2,3,6,9 such that the mean is creased 1 and the variance is increased
by 2.5. Find a and b. (10marks)

-1 o
b) A particle is projected from O with speed 30ms at an angle of 30
to the horizontal . find

i) the time of flight (5marks)

Page 10 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___

ii) the maximum height reached (5marks)

10. a) A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for 8 seconds reaching a
velocity of 18 ms-1 . It travels at this speed for 1 minute and then decelerates uniformly
for a distance of 45 meters where it comes to rest .

i) Sketch the velocity – time graph for the motion of the car . (2marks)

Page 11 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___

ii)Calculate the time taken during deceleration (3marks)

ii) Calculate the total distance covered by the car (4marks)

b) Show that the power series ∑ converges to 1 (11 marks)

( )

Page 12 of 13
FIRST NAME__________________SURNAME__________________CLASS___

END OF QUESTION PAPER!!!!!!!!!!

Page 13 of 13