PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

FORM SIX PRE MOCK JOINT EXAMINATION
142/1 ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 1
TIME: 3 HRS Oct 8th 2020

INSTRUCTIONS:
i. This paper consists of 10 questions
ii. Answer all questions
iii. All work done in answering each question must be shown clearly
iv. Mathematical tables and non – programmable scientific calculator may be used

1. (a) By using a non programmable scientific calculator evaluate the following

(i) √ 3 e−3 cosec−1 ( 3 . 177 )

cos ( 43 .7 0 ) ×In ( 87 . 4 ) put your answer to 4 decimal places (02 marks)

(ii) √ 5 ( q−r ) ( q−s ) ( q−p )

( s−r ) ( p−r ) ( s−r )
put your answer to 7 significant figure
Where s = 1.475, p = 3.197, q = 5.77 and r = 0.175. (02 marks)

0.9
xsin−1 ( x 2 )
∫ dx
(iii) 0 . 1 √ 1+x 2
give your answer to 5 decimal places (02 marks)
(b) Use non programmable scientific calculator to evaluate the mean and standard deviation from the
following frequency distribution.
A 9.05 12.05 15.05 18.05 21.05 24.05 27.05 30.05 33.05 36.05
f 12 30 15 39 22 28 13 19 14 10
(02 marks)
2. (a) (i) Define sinhx and coshx in terms of exponential functions. (02 marks)

(ii) Using the definitions in (a) (i) above, show that

2 x=In ( cosh
cosh x−sinh x )
x +sinh x
.
Hence, by substituting
1 1
tanh x= , x= In2 .
(02 marks) 3 deduce that 2 (04 marks)
(b) Solve the equations

(i)
1
cosh(Inx )−sinh In x =1 34
2 ( ) (01 marks)
x
(ii) 4 sinh x+3 e +3=0 (01 marks)

(c) Prove that

tanh−1 x=
2 1−x( )
1 1+ x
for|x|<1
(02 marks)

3. A manufacturer of a certain product has two stores at Kigoma and Mtwara. He wants to transport goods to
two towns Singida and Moshi. He needs 60 tones and 40 tones of goods at Singida and Moshi respectively.
Kigoma store contains 80 tones and 60 tones at Mtwara store. The transportation cost per tone of goods are
as shown in the table below:-
TO SINGIDA MOSHI
FROM
KIGOMA 180,000/= 120,000/=

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 MTWARA 240,000/= 100,000/=
(a) How does the manufacture transport goods at a minimum cost?
(b) What is the minimum cost? (10 marks)
4. Below is a frequency distribution table showing the lifetimes of 400 radio tubes tested at J & L Tube
company.
Life time (Hours) 300 – 400 – 500 – 600 – 700 – 800 – 900 – 1000 –
399 499 599 699 799 899 999 1099 1100 – 1199

Number of Tubes 14 46 58 76 68 62 48 22 6

Calculate:-
(a) Mean by coding method use assumed mean as 649.5(04 marks)
(b) The absolute mean deviation. (02 marks)
(c) The variance by coding method. (02 marks)
(d) The semi-interquartile range.(02 marks)

5. (a) Define the following terms:-

(i) A set.(1/2 marks)
(ii) Symmetric difference of sets.(1 marks)
(iii) Power set of a set.(1/2 marks)

(b) Prove that A∩( B∪C )=( A∩B )∪( A∩C ) (02 marks)

(c) Use the laws of algebra of sets to simplify A'∩( B∪ A ) (02 marks)

(b) In a recent pool of 500 men and 500 women; it was observed that a total of 650 were married. Of those
married, 275 were men and 500 claimed to be happy. Out of 750 claimed to be happy, 400 were men of
which 200 were married. Represent this information on the Venn-diagram and find:-
(i) the number of married people who are happy.
(ii) The number of unmarried people who are not happy. (04 marks)

6. (a) (i) The function f and g are defined as f ( x )=¿ {x for x<0¿¿¿¿
and g ( x )=√ x , find the composite
function gof ( x ) and state the domain in which it is defined.(02 marks)
(ii) Find the composite functions fog(x) and gof(x) given that
f ={ (1 , 6 ) , ( 4 , 7 ) , ( 5 ,0 ) } and g= { ( 6 , 1 ) , ( 7 , 4 ) , ( 0 , 5 ) } (04 marks)

x3
f ( x )= .
(b) Sketch the graph of x 2 −9 (04 marks)

7. (a) (i) Derive the Newton Raphson formula for finding the solution of f ( x )=0 , (03 marks)
3x
(i) Consider the function f ( x )=3 sin 2 x−2 e +x . Use the Newton Raphson method starting at
x 0 =−2 to approximate the root to 4 decimal points.(03 marks)

1
6

∫ √1−x 2 dx
(b) Evaluate 0 by Simpson’s rule correct to 5 decimal points using 8 intervals. (04 marks)

8. (a) L(-1, 0), M(3, 7), N(5, -2) are the mid-points of the sides BC, CA, AB respectively of the Δ ABC .
Find the
equation of AB. (02 marks)
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 (b) At what angle do the lines whose equations are ax +by + c=0 and ( a−b ) x + ( a+ b ) y+ d=0 incline
to each other? (02 marks)

2 2 2 2
(c) Given two circles C I : x + y =16 and C 2 : x + y −2 x−4 y =0 . Find
(i) The angle at which the circles CI and C2 intersect. (03 marks)
(ii) The equation of the common chord of the two circles. (01 marks)
(iii) The points of intersection of the two circles. (02 marks)

dx 1
∫ x √Inx ∫ dx .
1−cos 2x
9. (a) Integrate the following with respect to x : (i) (03 marks) (ii) (04 marks)
2 3
(b) A curve has an equation9 y =16 x . Determine the length of an arc of the curve between the point
(1 , 4
3 ) and the point (4 , 32
3 ). (03 marks)

cos 2 x
10. (a) Use first principles to differentiate x . (03 marks)
dy
(b) Find dx in each of the following
3 2
(i) y=e−x (02 marks) (ii) y=7 x +2 x (02 marks)

(d) A 100m wire is cut into two pieces to be bent into a square and a circle accordingly. Find the
dimensions
(sides) of a square and radius of a circle) for their total areas to be as small as possible. (03 marks)

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