OUR LADY OF AFRICA S.

S NAMILYANGO (OLAN)
A LEVEL APPLIED MATHEMATICS SEMINAR QUESTIONS 2023
STATISTICS
1. (a). A certain set of data contain p zeros and q ones. Find the
(i). Mean
(ii). Standard deviation of the data
(b) (i). Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the four number 2, 3, 6, 9.
(ii). Two number 𝑎 and 𝑏 are to be added to this set of four number in bi), such that the mean is
increased by 1 and the variance is increased by 2.5. Find 𝑎 and 𝑏
(c) The heights and corresponding masses of 7 tourists were taken, and ranked as shown.
Calculate the spearman’s’ rank correction coefficient for this data. Comment on your result
RANKS
Height 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
mass 2 1 4 3 7 5 6
(OLAN)

2. The test marks of a certain group of candidates were distributed as follows:

Mark 0<x≤10 10<x≤20 20<x≤30 30<x≤40 40<x≤50 50<x≤60 60<x≤70 70<x≤80 80<x≤90
Frequency 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.8 1.4 1.1 0.7
density
(a) Calculate the;
(i) Mean mark.
(ii) Standard deviation.
(b) Construct the cumulative frequency curve and use it to estimate;
(i) Number of student who scored below 58 marks.
(ii) 25th percentile.
(JINJA COLLEGE)

3. The table below shows the distribution of the heights of students and their respective numbers in a
certain school.
Heights 120- 130- 135- 145- 155- 170- 175-<190
Number of 7 8 36 39 17 3 5
students
(a) Construct an O-give and estimate the;
(i) Medium.
(ii) Number less than the height of 150.
(b) Calculate the:
(i) Mean.
(ii) Standard deviation.
(CODE HIGH SCHOOL)

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4. The table below shows the weight of shows the weight of seeds of a certain type of plant.

Weight(grams) <0.10 <0.25 <0.35 <0.50 <0.60 <0.65 <0.80

frequency 2 3 5 9 3 2 3
(a) Calculate the;
(i) Standard deviation.
(ii) Number of seedling that weigh more 0.57g.
(b) Draw a histogram and use it to estimate the modal weight.
(ST MICHEAL SONDE)

5. The table below shows the weights to the nearest kg of 150 patients who visited health unit during a
certain week.

Weight (kg) 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-44 45-59 60-64 65-79

No. of 30 16 24 32 28 12 8
patients
(a) Calculate the approximate;
(i) Mean.
(ii) Modal weights for the patients.
(b) Plot an O-give for the data. Use the O-give to estimate;
(i) Median.
(ii) Probability that patients weighing between 13 and 52 kg visited the health unit.
(WHITE ANGELS HIGH SCHOOL)

PROBABILITY
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6. The probabilities of events A and B are 𝑃(𝐴)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃(𝐵) respectively. 𝑃(𝐴) = 12 , 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = 6
and 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) = 𝑞. Find in terms of 𝑞,

(i) 𝑃(𝐵)
(ii) 𝑃(𝐴/𝐵)
(iii) Given that A and B are independent, find the value of 𝑞.

(b) A box contains 8 green and 4 red apples. Five apples are selected at random from the box in
succession without replacement. What is the probability that three of them are green?

(JINJA PROGRESSIVE)

7. (a) A continuous random variable X has a probability density function f given by;

𝑘
1≤𝑥≤3
𝑓(𝑥) = { 𝑥(4 − 𝑥)
𝑓(𝑥) = 0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
2
(i) Show that 𝑘 = 𝐼𝑛 3.
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 (ii) Calculate the mean and the variance of X

(b) The probability density function of a random variable X is given by;

𝑐(𝑥 + 2), −1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 0
𝑓(𝑥) = {2𝑐(1 − 𝑥), 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2
0, 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
(i) Sketch 𝑓(𝑥) and find the value of 𝑐
(ii) Find the probability 𝑃(|𝑥 − 1| < 0.5)
(ST CHARLES LWANGA BUKERERE)

8. During an epidemic of a certain disease, a doctor was consulted by 110 people of which 45 were
female. Of those who consulted, 20 female and 15 males actually had the disease and among these 18
females and 3 males accepted to be treated while those that didn’t have the disease didn’t require any
treatment. Find the probability that a person chosen at random.

(i) Had the disease.

(ii) Was treated.
(iii) Is male given that he was treated.
(WAKISO HILLS)

9. (a) Metal rods produced by a machine have lengths that are normally distributed. 20% of the rods are
rejected for being shorter than the minimum acceptable length of 35mm. Given that 65% of the metal
rods produced are between 35mm and 45mm;

(i) Calculate the mean and variance of the lengths of the metal rods produced.
(ii) If 10 rods are chosen at random from a batch produced by the machine, find the that at
least one of them has a length greater than 40mm.
(b) A certain tribe is distinguished by the fact that 45% of the males have six toes on their right
foot. Find the probability that in a group of 200 males from the tribe, more than 97 have six toes
on their right foot.
(c) The heights students in a particular school are distributed with mean 𝜇 and standard
deviation𝜎. On the basis of the results obtained from a random sample of 100 students from the
school the 95% confidence interval for the 𝜇 was calculated and found to be [177.22cm,
179.18cm]. Calculate the value of the sample mean 𝑥̅ and value of 𝜎.
(TALENTS COLLEGE)

10. (a) Two tetrahedral dice each with four faces numbered 1 to 4 inclusive are tossed at once. If the
random variable S represent the sum of the scores on the faces on which the dice lands on.

(i) Generate a probability distribution for S

(ii) Sketch the p.d.f f(s) and determine the expected value.

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 (b) In a game, a player pays 𝑈𝑔𝑥 5000 to toss three coins biased in such way that they are twice as
likely to show a head than a tail. Depending on the number of tails he obtains, he receives a sum of
money as shown in the table below;

Number of tails 0 1 2 3
Sum received (Ugx) 1000 3000 6000 10000
(i) Calculate the player’s expected gain or loss over 12 games.
(OLAM)

NUMERICAL METHODS

11. (a) Use trapezium rule with seven ordinates to estimate the area bounded by the curve 𝑥𝑦 = 12 and
the 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑥 = 1 𝑡𝑜 𝑥 = 4

(b) Find the exact area under the curve in (a)

(c)(i) Find the percentage error in your estimation.

(ii) How can this error be reduced?

(ST JAMES BUDDO)

12. (a) Wear test on 100 components gave the following grouped frequency distribution of the life length.

Life length (x hours) Number of

components
500≤x<530 15
530≤x<550 24
550≤x<570 33
570≤x<600 21
600≤x<650 7
Use linear interpolation to estimate the probability that a component drawn at random from the
100 has a life length between 540 and 580 hours.

(b) The duration of 60 telephone calls are summarized in the table below.

Duration(minutes) 0- 9- 18- 27- 36- 45-

Number of calls 6 10 21 20 3 0
Use linear interpolation to estimate the probability that the duration of a call, selected at random
from the 60 calls, exceeds 30 minutes.
(ST JOHNS NTEBETEBE)

13. (a) Given that A=3.3366, B=0.559 round off to given accuracy, find the interval with in which the
𝐵−𝐴
exact value of 𝐴𝐵
is expected to lie. Give your answer to 3 decimal places

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 𝑙
(b) The period of a simple pendulum (T) is given by 2𝜋√𝑔 where 𝜋 and g are constants. Given that the
percentage increase in the length (l) is 4%. Find the percentage increase in the period (T)

(PRIDE COLLEGE)

14. On the same pair of axes, draw graphs of 𝑦 = 𝑥𝑒 −𝑥 and 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 5 for the interval0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4. Use your
graphs and locate the root to 1 decimal place of the root 𝑥𝑒 −𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 5 = 0hence use the Newton
Rasphon method and find the root of the equation, correct to two decimal places.

(PAUL MUKASA)

15 (a) The dimension of a rectangular plot are 1.25km and 0.44km. if the length and width have 5% and
4.2% error respectively in the estimates. Calculate the limits with in which the area of the plot lies correct
to two significant figures.

(b) The height and radius of a cylinder are measured as h and r with maximum possible errors ∆1 and ∆2
respectively. Show that the maximum percentage error made in calculating the volume is
∆ ∆
(| ℎ1 | + 2 | 𝑟2 |) 𝑥100.

(NAMRUTH HIGH SCHOOL MUKONO)

MECHANICS
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16. The position vector of a particle of mass 4kg at time t is given by 𝑟 = (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖̃ + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑗̃ + 2 𝑡 2 𝑘̃) 𝑚.find
the;
(i) Kinetic energy at time t.
(ii) Power exerted by the force at time t
(iii) Work done by the force between t=0 and t=4s
(GAYAZA ROAD TRIANGLE KIWENDA)

17. A ship, A is travelling on a course of 0600 at speed of 30√3𝑘𝑚ℎ−1and ship B is travelling on a course of
0300 at 20𝑘𝑚ℎ−1. At noon, B is 260km due east of A. Calculate the least distance between A and B to the
nearest kilometer and the time taken for this to happen.
(MENTHA HIGH SCHOOL)
18. (a) A uniform rests in limiting with its top end against a smooth vertical wall and its base on a rough
horizontal floor (coefficient of friction𝜇). If the ladder makes an angle of 𝜃 ,prove that 2𝜇𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 1
(b) A non- uniform ladder AB of length 6m has its center of gravity at a point C on the ladder such that
AC=4m. The ladder rests in limiting equilibrium with end A on rough horizontal ground of coefficient of
1 1
friction 3 and end B against a rough vertical wall of coefficient of friction 4. If the ladder makes an a cute
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angle 𝜃 with the ground, show that 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 12.

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 (QUEENS S.S)

19. (a) A particle B of mass m kg keeps Particle A of mass 10kg at rest on rough inclined plane of angle
4
= tan−1 3 . If the coefficient of friction of friction between A and inclined plane is 0.5, calculate the minimum
and maximum values of m.

(b) If the mass of A is doubled, calculate the magnitude of the accelerations of the particles.

20. (a) A projectile is released with speed u at an angle of elevation θ to the horizontal, it just clears two
obstacles both of height 𝒉 m whose distances from the projection point are 𝒃 m and 3b m respectively. Show
that the range of the projectile is 𝟒𝒃 m

(b) The maximum range of a projectile, fired with speed 𝒖 is𝑹. A target is placed 𝒉m above the landing point.
Show that the speed with which it must be projected if it is to hit the target without changing the angle of
𝑢2
projection is
√𝑢2 −𝑔ℎ

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