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S.6 REVISION WORK TERM 1 APPLIED MATHEMATICS P425/2

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I. A ship P is moving due west at 12kmh•l . The velocity of a second ship 1
Q relative to P is 15kmh•l in a direction 300 west of south. is given by - i k where IAMI and IANI
Find the velocity of ship Q.
are the respective errors in M and N. Hence calculate the

2. (a) Show graphically that the equation e 2x + 4x — 5 = O had only percentage relative error in finding
one real root between () and l.
(b) Use the Newton — Raphson iterative method to find the
root Of the equation in (a) above giving your answer correct to 2
6. Given that tan 300 = 0.577 and
decimal places. tan-1 (1.321) = 52.870, use linear interpolation
extrapolation to find the value of;
3. A tennis player hits a ball at a point 0, which is at a height of 2m
a) tan -I (0.865)
above the ground and at a horizontal distance 4m from the net, b) tan 600
the initial speed being in a direction of 450 above the horizontal.
If the ball just clears the net which is 1m high, (a) Show that the
7. A and B are events such that pcA) = % , pc B) = and
equation of path of the ball is P(A/B) —— . Find the
probability that;
16y = 16x — 5x 2
(i) neither A nor B occurs
(b) Calculate the;
(ii) Event B does not happen if event A has occurred
(i) distance from the net at which the ball strikes the ground.
(ii) magnitude and direction of the velocity with which the
ball strikes the ground. 8.ABCD is a parallelogram. Forces of magnitude 6N,
FN and 13v'i N act along the sides AB, AD and AC
4. A random variable X has a continuous probability density respectively in the direction indicated by the order of the
function (p.d.f) given by c(x + 1) letters. Given that angle ADC = 60 0, find the value of F and
3cx f(x) = the size of angle BAC.

9. A class contains 18 girls of which 6 are left handed, 12 boys

Elsewhere
of which 5 are left handed. A group of 5 pupils is selected
Where c is a constant. at random from the class. Find the
i) probability that at most 2 are girls ii) expected
a) Sketch the graph of f(x). Hence find the value of c.
number of left handed pupils in the
b) Determine the cumulative density function (c.d.f) F(x).
Hence find the group.
(i) Median
10. A particle Q moves such that its displacement from the
(ii) P(1.5 < X S 3)
origin at any time t is given by
5. Given that M = 8.542, N = 4.6 rounded off to the given ( r = 4t2 i + 2tj — 5k)m. Find the
number of decimal places. (i) Speed of the particle at t = 3s
a) State the maximum possible error in M and N. (ii) acceleration of the particle at any time.

11. The price index of an article in 2000 based on 1998 was

Determine the interval with in which the value of M —
130. The price index for the article in 2005 based on 2000
lies.
was 80. Calculate the;
b) Show that the maximum relative error in the function
a) price index of the article in 2005 based on 1998

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b) price of the article in 1998 if the price of the article (ii) angle P makes with the resultant
was 45,000 in 2005. 13. A discrete random variable X has a cumulative distribution
function (c.d.f) given below
12. Forces of magnitude 5N and PN are acting away from each 1 2 3 Find the value of ß
other at an angle of 600. Given that their resultant is IN,
find the: (i) value ofP and the mean of x

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S.6 REVISION WORK TERM 1 APPLIED MATHEMATICS P425/2
14. A particle of weight 20N is on a rough plane. Given that a (i) Reads N and the first approximation xo
force of ION acting away from the plane at 200 to the line (ii) Computes and prints the root to three decimal
of greatest slope is just suffcient to prevent it from sliding places or after exactly 4 iterations
down and the frictional force experienced by the particle
is 8N, find the angle of inclination of the plane and the Taking N = 85,xo — - 3.0 perform a dry run for the flow
reaction between it and the particle. chart. Give your root correct to three decimal places.

15. (a) On the same axes, draw a curve y = xex and a line y = x 21. Particles of mass 4, 6, 3 and 5kg act at the vertices A, C, B
+ 1 to show that the function xe x — x — 1 = 0 has a root in and D respectively of a rectangle ABCD, with AB = 6 cm and
the interval 0 and l. AD = 4 cm. Find the coordinates of the centre of mass of
Use the Newton Raphson method to find the root of the the particles.
equation correct to 3 decimal places. 22. Two masses of 4 kg and 9 kg are connected by a light
inextensible string passing over a smooth pulley at the
16. The marks scored in an exam are normally distributed with edge of the smooth inclined plane of inclination 300 as
mean 56 and standard deviation 14.2. Find the probability
shown below. If the system is released from rest,
that a candidate picked at random scored (i) between 62
and 72 marks. (ii) at least 40 marks.

17. Forces of (3i+13j)N, and act at points with position vectors

(i + , (3i+ 2j)M and 3i+5j)M . Find the;
(a) magnitude of the resultant force.
the equation of its line of action.

18. X B(n, p) with mean 5 and standard deviation 2. Find the

value of n and p .
4kg
1 1
Calculate the acceleration of the
19. Find the approximate value of fo x 2 +sinxdx using six
system ground
ordinates. (ii) tension in the string
(iii) Reaction on the pulley at the edge of the inclined
20. (a) Show that the iterative formula based on Newton plane.
Raphson formula for finding the root of the equation (iv) Maximum displacement of the 4kg mass up the
plane.

X= is given by Xn+l (3x + — 23. The table below shows the ages in years of workers on a
certain firm.
(b) Construct a flow chart that

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Age 15- 20- 30- 35- 50- 60- 65- 70- constant retardation of magnitude 3/ ms-2 until the speed
ears of the train is reduced to 36kmh•1 . The train travels at this
Frequency 0.4 0.5 1.6 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.0 0.0 speed for a distance and is then uniformly accelerated at f
densi ms-2 until it again reaches a speed of 108kmh•i as it passes
a) Represent the above data on a histogram, hence estimate point B. The time taken by the train in travelling from A to
the modal age. B, a distance of4km, is 4 minutes.
b) Calculate the (a) Sketch the speed-time graph for this motion
(i) Mean age (b) Calculate;
(i) the value of f
(ii) Variance
(ii) the distance travelled at 36kmh•L
24. The brakes of a train, which is travelling at 108km•i are END
applied as the train passes point A. The brakes produce a

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