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 SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

1. Make a the subject of the formula = . (3 marks)

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2. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)

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3. Factorize
(a) m2 – mn – 2n2,
(b) m2 – mn – 2n2 – 3m + 6n.

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(3 marks)

4. In a club, the number of girls is 30% more than the number of boys. If 41 girls leave the club,
then the number of boys is 40% more than the number of girls. Find the number of boys in the
club.
(4 marks)

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 5. Consider the compound inequality

5x + 3  and 3x – 2 > –11 ………(*).

(a) Solve (*).

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(b) How many integers satisfy (*)?
(4 marks)

6. Let a, b and c be non-zero numbers such that = and = 8. Find

(a) a : b : c,

(b) .

(4 marks)

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7. In the figure, CE is a diameter of the circle ABCDE. It is given that AB = BC.

If ÐABC = 112, find ÐBDE.

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(4 marks)

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 8. In a polar coordinate system, O is the pole. The polar coordinates of the points P and Q
are (20, 80) and (k, 110) respectively, where k is a positive constant. It is given that ÐOPQ
= 60.
(a) Is △OPQ a right-angled triangle? Explain your answer.
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(b) Find the area of △OPQ.
(5 marks)

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9. The table below shows the distribution of the numbers of books read by a group of students in
last week.

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Number of books read 1 2 3 4
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Number of students 9 12 18 30
(a) Find the median and the inter-quartile range of the distribution.
(b) If a student is randomly selected from the group, find the probability that the number of
books read by the student last week is greater than the median of the distribution.
(5 marks)

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 SECTION A(2) (35 marks)

10. It is given that f (x) is partly constant and partly varies as (x – 2)2. Suppose that f (4) = 1 and
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f (–3) = 85.
(a) Find f (x). (3 marks)

(b) Denote the graph of y = f (x) by G.

(i) Write down the y-intercept of G.

(ii) A(a, 21) and B(b, 21) are two points lying on G, where a and b are constants.
Find AB.
(3 marks)

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11. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the ages of the employees in a
company.

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Stem (tens) Leaf (units)

2 a 3 6 7
3 0 1 2 5 7 7
4 4 4 5 6 9
5 0 0 b

It is given that the range of the distribution is 36 and the mean of the distribution exceeds 38.
(a) Find a and b. (4 marks)
(b) Find the greatest possible standard deviation of the distribution, correct to 2 decimal
places. (2 marks)

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 12. The base radius and the curved surface area of a solid metal right circular cylinder are 40 cm
and 6000 cm2 respectively.
(a) Express, in terms of , the volume of the circular cylinder. (3 marks)
(b) The circular cylinder is melted and recast into two solid right circular cones. Denote
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these two circular cones by A and B. It is given that the base radius and the height of A
are 40 cm and 60 cm respectively, and the base radius of B is 60 cm. Someone claims
that A and B are similar. Is the claim correct? Explain your answer. (4 marks)

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13. Let f (x) = ax3 + 2x2 + bx – 15, where a and b are constants. When f (x) is divided by
x2 – 3x + 3, the remainder is x – 39.
(a) Find a and b. (3 marks)
(b) Is x + 3 a factor of f (x)? Explain your answer. (2 marks)
(c) Someone claims that the equation f (x) = 0 has only one real root. Is the claim correct?
Explain your answer. (3 marks)

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 14. In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium with AD // BC. AC and BD intersect at E. It is given that
ÐABD = ÐDAE and ÐBAD = 90.

A D
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B C

(a) Prove that

(i) △ADE ~ △CBE,
(ii) △ABD ~ △EAD.
(4 marks)
(b) It is given that AE = 72 cm and DE = 54 cm.
(i) Find BE.
(ii) Is there a point F lying on BD such that the distance between C and F is less than
125 cm? Explain your answer.
(4 marks)

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 SECTION B (35 marks)
15. In a box, there are 14 white balls and 6 black balls. From the box, 2 balls are randomly drawn

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at the same time.
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(a) Find the probability that the 2 balls drawn are black. (2 marks)
(b) In a bag, there are 10 black balls. The 2 balls drawn from the box are put into the bag
and then 4 balls are randomly drawn at the same time from the bag. Find the probability
that the 4 balls drawn are of the same colour. (2 marks)

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 16. The 2nd term and the 5th term of a geometric sequence are 972 and 2304 respectively.
(a) Find the 1st term of the sequence. (2 marks)
(b) Find the greatest value of n such that the sum of the first n terms of the sequence is less
than 5 × 1012. (3 marks)
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 17. The equation of the circle C is x2 + y2 + 4x – 96 = 0. The coordinates of the point A are (4, –8).
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(a) Show that A lies on C. (1 mark)
(b) It is given that the straight lines L1: 3x – 4y – 44 = 0 and L2 are tangents to C at the
points A and B respectively. L2 is perpendicular to L1, and cuts L1 and the positive y-axis
at the points D and E respectively. P is a moving point in the rectangular coordinate
plane such that the perpendicular distance from P to DA is equal to the perpendicular
distance from P to DB. Denote the locus of P by .
(i) Describe the geometric relationship between  and ÐADB.
(ii) Find the equation of .
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 18. (a) It is given that ABC is a triangle, where AB = 15 cm, AC = 14 cm and ÐBAC = 75.
Find BC and ÐACB. (4 marks)
(b) The figure shows the pyramid ABCD, where BD = 6 cm, AB = AD and BC = CD. The
lateral face ABC of the pyramid is the triangle described in (a).
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Does the angle between triangles ABC and ADC exceed 25? Explain your answer.
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 19. Let f (x) = x2 + 8kx – 10x + 16k2 – 38k + 28, where k is a positive constant. On the same
coordinate system, denote the vertex of the graph of y = f (x) and the vertex of the graph of
y = f (10 – x) by P and Q respectively.
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(a) Using the method of completing the square, express, in terms of k, the coordinates of P.
(2 marks)
(b) Write down, in terms of k, the coordinates of Q. (1 mark)
(c) The coordinates of the point R are (5, 3 + 4k). Denote the circumscribed circle of
△PQR by C.
(i) Express, in terms of k, the equation of the perpendicular bisector of QR.
(ii) Express, in terms of k, the equation of C.
(iii) Denote the mid-point of QR and the centre of C by M and G respectively. The
coordinates of the point S are (–1, 3). Is it possible that GMRS is a parallelogram?
Explain your answer.
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