2023-24 Term 1

Secondary 6
MATH EP
M1
SKH BISHOP BAKER
SECONDARY SCHOOL
2023 – 2024 Name
Term 1 Examination
Class &
Secondary 6 Class ( )
Number
MATHEMATICS Extended Part
Mark /100
Module 1 (Calculus and Statistics)
Question-Answer Book

Date: 1st February, 2024

Total No. of Pages: 26

Time allowed: (21/2 hours)

This paper must be answered in English

INSTRUCTIONS

1. After the announcement, you should first write your

name, class and class number in the spaces provided on
Page 1.

2. This paper consists of TWO sections, A and B.

3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your

answers in the spaces provided in this Question-
Answer Book. Do not write in the margins. Answers
written in the margins will not be marked.

4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be

supplied on request. Write your name, class and class
number on each sheet and attached them INSIDE this
Book.

5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly

shown.

6. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should

be either exact or given to 4 decimal places.

7. No extra time will be given to candidates for writing

your name, class, class number and the question
numbers after the ‘Time is up’ announcement.

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 SECTION A (50 marks)
1. Let X be a discrete random variable with probability function as shown in the following table,
where k is a positive constant:

x 1 2 4 k
P(X = x) 0.2 0.4 0.16 0.24

It is given that Var(X) = 7.0464.

(a) Find the value of k.

(b) Find Var(15 – 3X).

(c) Let Y be another discrete random variable with probability function as shown in the
following table:

y 1 2 3 4
P(Y = y) 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2
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Let G be the event that X + 2Y > 7 and H be the event that X < 3. Find P(G ∩ H).
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 2. In a card game, each player can choose to plays game A or game B to win a prize. The probability that
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a player plays game B is and the probability that a player wins a prize given that the player plays
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game B is . Given that a player does not win a prize, the probability that the player plays game A is
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(a) Find the probability that a player plays game B and wins a prize.
(b) Given that a player plays game A, find the probability that the player wins a prize.
(c) Given that a player wins a prize, find the probability that the player plays game A.

(7 marks)
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 3. Let a be a constant.
(a) Expand e−ax in ascending powers of x as far as the term in x3.
(b) Let y = (1 + ax)5e−ax. It is given that the coefficient of x3 in the expansion of y
is 63.
(i) Find a.
(ii) Someone claims that the graph of y = (1 + ax)5e−ax has only one turning
point. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(7 marks)
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 4. Let A and B be two events. Denote the complementary events of A and B by A' and B'
2P( B )
respectively. It is given that P(A ∩ B') = 0.56 and P(A' | B') = .
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(a) Find P(B).
(b) Suppose that P(A) = 0.68. Are A and B independent? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)
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 5. The weights of players in a team follows a normal distribution with a mean of µ kg and a
standard deviation of σ kg. It is known that 2.56% of players in the team weigh less than
55 kg and 75.8% of players in the team weighs more than 60 kg.
(a) Find the values of µ and σ.
(b) A player is selected randomly from the team. If the probability that the player
selected weighs more than α kg is less than 0.05, find the least integral value of
α.
(6 marks)
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 6. Let f(x) = ln (x3 + mx2 + nx + 25) for x ≥ 0. It is known that (1, ln 29) is a turning point of
the graph of y = f(x).
(a) Find m and n.
dy
(b) If x = 2u, find the value of when u = 1.
du
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 3x 2 − 2
7. Consider the curve C : y = .
x2 + 1
dy
(a) Find .
dx
(b) If a tangent L to C passes through the point (2, 3), find the possible points of
contact of L and C.
(6 marks)
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 8. In a research, the population P (in million) of a country is modelled by P = aeb t ,
where a (a > 0)
and b are constants, t (t ≥ 0) is the number of years elapsed since the start of the research.
(a) Express ln P as a linear function of t .
(b) It is given that the slope and the intercept on the vertical axis of the graph of the
linear
function obtained in (a) are –0.1 and 3ln 2 respectively.
(i) Write down the values of a and b.
Hence, show that the rate of change of the population is negative for all
t > 0.
(ii) Someone claims that the population when t = 80 is less than 40% of
that at the start of the research. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(6 marks)
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 SECTION B (50 marks)
9. The lifetimes of the batteries produced by a factory follows a normal distribution with a
mean of µ hours and a standard deviation of 160 hours.
(a) An inspection on the lifetimes of the batteries produced by the factory is
conducted to estimate µ. A sample of 50 batteries produced by the factory are
randomly selected and their lifetimes are recorded below:

Lifetime (x hours) Number of batteries

8000 < x ≤ 8100 8
8100 < x ≤ 8200 12
8200 < x ≤ 8300 15
8300 < x ≤ 8400 9
8400 < x ≤ 8500 6
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Construct a 99% confidence interval for µ. (4 marks)
(b) Another sample of 14 batteries is randomly selected and their lifetimes (in hours)
are recorded as follows:
8366 8356 8382 8180 8344 8264 8098
8038 8301 8022 8330 8350 8279 8266
The two samples are then combined. A α % confidence interval for µ is
constructed using the combined sample. If the lower limit of the constructed
confidence interval is 8187.25, find α.
(4 marks)
(c) Suppose µ = 8322. If the lifetime of a battery is greater than 8250 hours, the
battery is classified as standard; otherwise the battery is classified as poor.
(i) Find the probability that a randomly selected battery is standard.
(ii) A sample of 12 batteries is randomly selected and their lifetimes are
inspected one by one. Given that at least 4 batteries are standard, find
the probability that exactly 2 poor batteries are inspected among the first
4 batteries inspected.
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 10. There are 10 plants in a greenhouse. Assume that the numbers of rotten leaves on each
plant in the greenhouse follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2.8. The number of
rotten leaves on the plants in the greenhouse are independent. A plant with at least 4 rotten
leaves is classified as unhealthy.
(a) Find the probability that a plant in the greenhouse is unhealthy. (3 marks)
(b) Find the probability that at most 3 plants in the greenhouse are unhealthy.
(3 marks)
(c) Find the probability that exactly 3 plants in the greenhouse is unhealthy and
the total number of rotten leaves on the unhealthy plants is 13. (2 marks)
(d) Given that at most 3 plants in the greenhouse are unhealthy, find the probability
that the total number of rotten leaves of these plants is 13. (4 marks)
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 11. In an experiment, the radiation intensity (R units) of a chemical in a flask is given by
dR t2 + 5
= ,
dt 2t + 1
where t (t ≥ 0) is the number of hours elapsed since the start of the experiment. The
radiation intensity is 10 units at the beginning of the experiment. It is known that the rate
of change of the radiation intensity attains its minimum value when t = T.
(a) Find T. (4 marks)
(b) Find the exact value of R at t = T. (5 marks)
(c) The temperature (Q °C) of the chemical in the flask is given by Q = ln R.
dQ
Find at t = T. (3 marks)
dt
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 t 2 − kt + 3 du p (t )
12. (a) Let u = 2
, where k is a positive constant. If = 2 for some
t + kt + 3 dt (t + kt + 3) 2
polynomial p(t), express p(t) in terms of k. (2 marks)
(b) Using integration by substitution and the identity
t2 − 3
t + (6 − k )t + 9 = (t − kt + 3)(t + kt + 3), find ∫ 4
4 2 2 2 2
dt in terms
t + (6 − k 2 )t 2 + 9
of k. (4 marks)
(c) A geographer studies the area of a forest. Let A(t) (in hundred km ) be the area of
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the forest at time t, where t (t ≥ 0) is the number of months elapsed since the start
of the study. The geographer models the rate of change of the area of the forest
t
t2 − 3 1
by A' (t ) 4
= +  .
t + 2t 2 + 9  2 
(i) Find the change in area of the forest in the first two months of the study.
(ii) If the area of the forest at the start of the study is 8 hundred km2, estimate
the area of the forest after a very long time.
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 Standard Normal Distribution Table
z .00 .01 .02 .03 .04 .05 .06 .07 .08 .09
0.0 .0000 .0040 .0080 .0120 .0160 .0199 .0239 .0279 .0319 .0359
0.1 .0398 .0438 .0478 .0517 .0557 .0596 .0636 .0675 .0714 .0753
0.2 .0793 .0832 .0871 .0910 .0948 .0987 .1026 .1064 .1103 .1141
0.3 .1179 .1217 .1255 .1293 .1331 .1368 .1406 .1443 .1480 .1517
0.4 .1554 .1591 .1628 .1664 .1700 .1736 .1772 .1808 .1844 .1879
0.5 .1915 .1950 .1985 .2019 .2054 .2088 .2123 .2157 .2190 .2224
0.6 .2257 .2291 .2324 .2357 .2389 .2422 .2454 .2486 .2517 .2549
0.7 .2580 .2611 .2642 .2673 .2704 .2734 .2764 .2794 .2823 .2852
0.8 .2881 .2910 .2939 .2967 .2995 .3023 .3051 .3078 .3106 .3133
0.9 .3159 .3186 .3212 .3238 .3264 .3289 .3315 .3340 .3365 .3389
1.0 .3413 .3438 .3461 .3485 .3508 .3531 .3554 .3577 .3599 .3621
1.1 .3643 .3665 .3686 .3708 .3729 .3749 .3770 .3790 .3810 .3830
1.2 .3849 .3869 .3888 .3907 .3925 .3944 .3962 .3980 .3997 .4015
1.3 .4032 .4049 .4066 .4082 .4099 .4115 .4131 .4147 .4162 .4177
1.4 .4192 .4207 .4222 .4236 .4251 .4265 .4279 .4292 .4306 .4319
1.5 .4332 .4345 .4357 .4370 .4382 .4394 .4406 .4418 .4429 .4441
1.6 .4452 .4463 .4474 .4484 .4495 .4505 .4515 .4525 .4535 .4545
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1.7 .4554 .4564 .4573 .4582 .4591 .4599 .4608 .4616 .4625 .4633
1.8 .4641 .4649 .4656 .4664 .4671 .4678 .4686 .4693 .4699 .4706
1.9 .4713 .4719 .4726 .4732 .4738 .4744 .4750 .4756 .4761 .4767
2.0 .4772 .4778 .4783 .4788 .4793 .4798 .4803 .4808 .4812 .4817
2.1 .4821 .4826 .4830 .4834 .4838 .4842 .4846 .4850 .4854 .4857
2.2 .4861 .4864 .4868 .4871 .4875 .4878 .4881 .4884 .4887 .4890
2.3 .4893 .4896 .4898 .4901 .4904 .4906 .4909 .4911 .4913 .4916
2.4 .4918 .4920 .4922 .4925 .4927 .4929 .4931 .4932 .4934 .4936
2.5 .4938 .4940 .4941 .4943 .4945 .4946 .4948 .4949 .4951 .4952
2.6 .4953 .4955 .4956 .4957 .4959 .4960 .4961 .4962 .4963 .4964
2.7 .4965 .4966 .4967 .4968 .4969 .4970 .4971 .4972 .4973 .4974
2.8 .4974 .4975 .4976 .4977 .4977 .4978 .4979 .4979 .4980 .4981
2.9 .4981 .4982 .4982 .4983 .4984 .4984 .4985 .4985 .4986 .4986
3.0 .4987 .4987 .4987 .4988 .4988 .4989 .4989 .4989 .4990 .4990
3.1 .4990 .4991 .4991 .4991 .4992 .4992 .4992 .4992 .4993 .4993
3.2 .4993 .4993 .4994 .4994 .4994 .4994 .4994 .4995 .4995 .4995
3.3 .4995 .4995 .4995 .4996 .4996 .4996 .4996 .4996 .4996 .4997
3.4 .4997 .4997 .4997 .4997 .4997 .4997 .4997 .4997 .4997 .4998
3.5 .4998 .4998 .4998 .4998 .4998 .4998 .4998 .4998 .4998 .4998

Note : An entry in the table is the area under the standard normal curve
between x = 0 and x = z (z ≥ 0). Areas for negative values of z
can be obtained by symmetry.
A(z)

x
0 z
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