EUNOIA JUNIOR COLLEGE

JC2 Preliminary Examination 2023

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

Higher 2

CANDIDATE
NAME

CIVICS INDEX NO.

GROUP

MATHEMATICS 9758/02
Paper 2 [100 marks]
21 September 2023
3 hours

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Section A: Pure Mathematics (40 marks)

1 The complex numbers z and w satisfy the following equations.

4 z + 5iw = 7
(1 − i) z + 8w =
30

Find z and w, giving your answers in the form a + ib where a and b are real numbers. [4]

2 (a) Find the exact roots of the equation x 2 − 7 x + 3 = 13 − x . [3]

(b) On the same axes, sketch the curves with equations y = x 2 − 7 x + 3 and =
y 13 − x, indicating the value
of the x-coordinates of any intersections. Hence solve exactly the inequality x 2 − 7 x + 3 < 13 − x . [5]

dy
3 The variables x and y are related by the differential equation π + y ( 3 − π tan x ) =
0.
dx

dz −3 z
(a) Using the substitution y = z sec x , show that = . Hence, show that the particular solution for
dx π
π
which y = 2 when x = can be expressed in the form y cos x = e a + bx where a and b are constants to be
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determined. [6]
(b) For the graph of the solution found in part (a), find the equations of the two vertical asymptotes closest
to the y-axis. [2]

4 A curve C has equation

x 3 + y 3 − xy =
A
where A is a non-zero constant.
(a) Show that any stationary points on C lie on
y = 3x 2 . [2]

(b) Find, in terms of A, the x-coordinates of the stationary points, and hence determine the range of values
of A for which C has two distinct stationary points. [4]
(c) Suppose that C has two stationary points. Determine the nature of each of the stationary points found in
part (b). [3]

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5 Planes p and q are perpendicular. Plane p has equation 2 x − z =

10 . Plane q contains the line l with equation
5  2
   
r =  −3  + λ  −2  , where λ is a parameter.
4 1
   

(a) 7.
Show that q has equation x + 2 y + 2 z = [2]

(b) Find a vector equation of the line m where p and q meet. [2]

The point A with coordinates ( 2,1, −6 ) lies on p and the shortest distance from A to q is k.

(c) Find the position vector of the foot of perpendicular, F from A to q. Hence find the value of k. [4]
(d) Find vector equations of the lines in p such that the shortest distance from each line to q is k. [3]

Section B: Probability & Statistics (60 marks)

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6 For the events A, B and C it is given that P( A) = P( A ∩ B ) = and P( B ) = 2P( A) . It is also given that
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3
P( B ∩ C ) = .
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(a) Find the greatest and least possible values of P( A ∩ C ) . [4]

(b) Draw a Venn diagram showing all 3 events representing the case where the value of P( A ∩ C ) is the
greatest. [1]

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It is now known that P( A′ ∩ B′ ∩ C ′) = .
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(c) If A and C are independent events, calculate the value of P( A ∩ C ) . [2]

7 X is a normal random variable with mean 1 and variance 1, and Y is also a normal random variable with
mean µ and variance 2.

(a) Given that P ( 0 ≤ X + Y < 3) > 0.44 , find the range of possible values of µ . [3]

(b) Given instead that µ = 10 and the probability that the sum of n independent observations of X exceeds
2Y by at least 10 is less than 0.03, find the largest possible value of n. [4]
(c) State an assumption needed for the above calculations to be valid. [1]

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8 A company produces ceramic vases. A fixed number of randomly chosen vases are inspected each day and the
number of defective vases found in a day is denoted by X.
(a) State, in context, two assumptions needed for X to be well modelled by a binomial distribution. [2]
Assume now that X has the distribution B(30, 0.04).
(b) Find the probability that, on a randomly chosen day, more than 2 defective vases are found. [2]
The number of defective vases found each day is independent of that on other days.
(c) Find the probability that, in a randomly chosen 5-day working week, more than 2 defective vases are
found on at most 1 day. [2]
(d) In a particular 5-day working week, a total of 5 defective vases were found. Find the probability that all
5 of them were found on exactly 2 days that are consecutive. [4]

9 A personality test assesses 32 key traits. These 32 traits are grouped into 4 domains – Cognition, Influence,
Rapport and Planning – with each domain consisting of 8 traits. The test result for a person consists of his/her
top 5 traits in ascending order of strength.
(a) Find the number of different results that the personality test can produce. [2]
(b) Find the number of different results that can be produced with traits from at least 2 domains. [2]
(c) Find the number of different results that can be produced with at least one trait from each domain and
neither of the top 2 traits are from the Cognition domain. [3]
(d) A result contains 2 particular traits from Rapport, 2 particular traits from Planning and 1 particular trait
from Influence. Find the number of different possible results that can be produced with no consecutive
traits from the same domain. [3]

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10 A batch of plants is grown and then studied to examine how well they are growing. For each plant, data on two
indicators are collected: the average root hair length x mm, and the amount of potassium found in the roots
y mg. The data from a random sample of 8 plants are shown in the table below.
Average root hair length (x mm) 3.3 3.9 7.5 8.1 13.3 22.1 32.2 36.1
Amount of potassium (y mg) 9 t 25 27 33 37 41 44

(a) (i) Calculate an unbiased estimate of the population variance of the average root hair lengths. [1]
(ii) Find an expression for the unbiased estimate of the population variance of the amount of
potassium in the roots, in the form

1 (C + t ) 
2

( B + t 2 ) − ,
A  D 

where A, B, C and D are positive integers to be determined. [2]

You are now given that t = 17 .

(b) Sketch a scatter diagram of y against x. State the value of the product moment correlation coefficient
between y and x. [2]
(c) With reference to your answers in part (b), explain whether an equation of the form =
y mx + k , where
m and k are constants, provides an accurate model of the relationship between x and y. [1]
(d) The data is instead modelled by the regression equation
= y p ln x + q . Find the values of p and q, and
the value of the corresponding product moment correlation coefficient. [2]
(e) Give a contextual interpretation for the value of p found in part (d). [1]
(f) Hence find the estimated amount of potassium in the roots of a plant with average root hair length
30.0 mm. Explain whether your estimate is reliable. [2]
(g) It is now required to estimate the average root hair length for a plant with 28 mg of potassium in its
roots. Explain whether it is appropriate to use the equation in part (d) to obtain this estimate. [1]

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11 The amount customers spend is often correlated with the amount of time they spend in stores. According to a
national survey of 500,000 shopping trips, the average time customers spend in a clothing store is 30 min. The
first, second and third quartiles of the time spent, in min, are also given as follows:

Q1 8.5
Q2 (median) 18.5
Q3 36.1

(a) Explain why the data suggests that shopping times do not follow a normal distribution. [1]
Jack, a clothing store manager, suspects that customers spend less time in his store than the national average.
(b) Determine whether Jack should carry out a 1-tail or a 2-tail test. State the hypotheses for the test and
define any symbols you use in this context. [3]
Jack collected a random sample of 50 shopping times. The results, x (in min), are summarised as follows:

=∑ x 1475,
= ∑ x 2 45029
(c) Test, at the 10% significance level, whether Jack’s suspicion is valid. [5]
(d) Explain what is meant by ‘at the 10% significance level’ in the context of the question. [1]
(e) Explain why in performing the hypothesis test, there is no need for Jack to be concerned that the
shopping times of customers in his store do not follow a normal distribution. [1]
Upon closer inspection of the data, Jack realises that he has made some miscalculations. While there is no
mistake in the calculation of ∑ x , the value of ∑ x 2 should be larger than initially calculated.

(f) Does this miscalculation affect Jack’s initial conclusion? Explain your answer. [2]

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