TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE, SINGAPORE

JC 2
Preliminary Examination 2018
Higher 1

MATHEMATICS 8865/01
Paper 1 12 Sep 2018

Additional Materials: Answer paper 3 hours

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Section A: Pure Mathematics [40 marks]

1 (i) Differentiate ln(e + e x ) 2 . [2]

a ex
(ii) Given that 0 e + ex
dx = 1 , find the value of a. [4]

2 (a) By means of the substitution u = x , and without the use of a graphing calculator,
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find the value of x which satisfies the equation 5 x − = 6. [3]
x

(b) Find, algebraically, the set of values of k for which

x2 − 2 x + kx + k 2 + 1 > 0
for all real values of x. [3]

1
3 (i) On the same diagram, sketch the graphs of y = ln ( x + 4 ) and y = ,
( x − 2)
2

showing the equations of the asymptotes and any axial intercept(s). [5]

1
(ii) Hence find the range of values of x for which ln ( x + 4 ) ≥ . [3]
( x − 2)
2

4 A particular industrial machine generates annual revenue at the rate R ' ( t ) = 5000 − 20t 2
dollars where t is the age of the machine in years. The annual operating and servicing costs
for the machine is given by C ' ( t ) = 2000 + 10t 2 dollars.
(i) Sketch y = R ' ( t ) and y = C ' ( t ) on the same diagram, indicating clearly the axial
intercepts. [3]
(ii) Find the range of values of t for which the machine generates a profit, that is the useful
life of the machine. [2]
(iii) Use integration to find the total profit generated by the machine over the period of
useful life. [3]

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5 4 4 4 4 4

x
y

The diagram shows a photo frame design with 8 identical rectangular holes, each x cm by
y cm, cut out for the display of photographs. The holes are spaced 4 cm from one another
and 4 cm from the edges of the photo frame.

It is given that x and y can vary but the total area of the 8 holes must be 576 cm2.

(i) Show that the shaded area, A cm2, the portion of the photo frame not covered by the
photos is given by
2880
A = 48 x + + 240 . [3]
x

(ii) Find the values of x and y for which A is a minimum. Hence find the minimum value
of A in the form a 15 + b where a and b are integers to be found. [6]

(iii) Find the rate of change of A when x is changing at the rate of 0.2 cm s–1 at the instant
when the value of y is twice the value of x. [3]

Section B : Statistics [60 marks]

6 A supermarket sells a particular type of durians. The masses of these durians are normally
distributed with mean μ and standard deviation σ in kilograms. As part of quality control,
the supermarket would discard durians that weigh less than 0.6 kg and reserve those that
weigh more than 2 kg for their regular customers. Based on past data, the supermarket
usually discards and reserves 15% and 1% of the durians respectively. Find the values of μ
and σ . [4]

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The diagram shows an observation wheel with 24 capsules. Each capsule can carry
passengers up to a maximum load of 3000 kg. The weights of male passengers have mean
70 kg and standard deviation 8.9 kg.

(i) The operator of the observation wheel allows n randomly chosen male passengers to
enter a capsule. Find the greatest value of n such that the probability that the total
weight of the n male passengers exceed the maximum load is less than 0.01. [4]

(ii) Explain whether it is necessary to assume that the weights of male passengers are
normally distributed. [1]

8 A manufacturer sells a new wifi router that is designed to have a mean signal range of
100 m. A quality control manager suspects that there is a flaw in the manufacturing process
and the routers produced have a mean signal range that differs from 100 m. A random
sample of 53 wifi routers is tested and found to have a mean signal range of 95.7 m and
standard deviation of 11.7 m.

(i) Find an unbiased estimate of the population variance.

Explain what is meant by “unbiased estimate” in this context. [2]

(ii) Test at the 2.5% level of significance whether the quality control manager’s suspicion
is justified. [4]

A second sample of 53 wifi routers is tested and the unbiased estimates for the population
mean and standard deviation calculated using this second sample are 97.8 m and s m
respectively. A test at the 2.5% significance level does not indicate that the routers have a
mean signal range of less than 100 m. Find the range of values of s that would result in such
a conclusion. [4]

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9 Eight students signed up for a weekly private tuition at eight different centres. They were
surveyed on the monthly fees ($x) they paid and their subsequent test scores (y %) after 6
months. The results are given in the following table.

Student A B C D E F G H

x 200 300 180 340 220 280 400 500

y 44 51 62 56 48 50 59 65

(i) Plot a scatter diagram for the data. Giving a reason, identify a data pair which should
be regarded as suspect. [2]

The suspect data pair is subsequently removed from the data set.

(ii) Calculate the correlation coefficient for the revised data set. Comment on the value
obtained. [2]

(iii) Find the equation of the regression line of y on x, and use it to predict the test score of
a student who is paying $350 for tuition, correct to the nearest integer value. Comment
on the reliability of your prediction. [3]

(iv) A new equation of the regression line of y on x, y = 32.0555 + 0.066149 x is obtained

when a new data pair was added. If the value of x of this data pair is 550, find the
corresponding value of y. [3]

10 A machine is used to generate codes consisting of two integers followed by four letters. Each
of the two integers generated is equally likely to be any of the nine integers 1 – 9. The integer
0 is not used. Each of the four letters generated is equally likely to be any of the seven letters
of the alphabets {A, B, C, D, E, F, G}.

(i) Find the number of codes that can be formed, if no letter or integer is repeated in the
code. [2]

From (ii) onwards, letters and integers can be repeated in the codes.

Find the number of codes that can be formed

(ii) with two same integers, [2]

(iii) with exactly one vowel and three consonants. [2]

Hence find the probability that the last letter of a randomly chosen code is a vowel given
that there are exactly one vowel and three consonants. [3]

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11 A confectionary produces a large number of sweets every day. On average, 20% of the
sweets are wasabi-flavoured and the rest are caramel-flavoured.

(i) A random sample of n sweets is chosen. If the probability that there are at least three
wasabi-flavoured sweets in the sample is at least 0.7, find the least possible value of
n. [3]

The manufacturer decides to put the sweets randomly into packets of 20.

(ii) Find the probability that such a packet contains less than 3 wasabi-flavoured
sweets. [2]

(iii) A customer selects packets of 20 sweets at random from a large consignment until she
finds a packet with exactly 12 caramel-flavoured sweets. Give a reason why a
Binomial Distribution is not an appropriate model for the number of packets she
selects in the context of the question. [1]

The packets are then packed into boxes. Each box contains 10 packets.

(iv) Find the probability that all the packets in a randomly chosen box contain at least 3
wasabi-flavoured sweets. [2]

(v) Find the probability that there are at least 30 wasabi-flavoured sweets in a randomly
chosen box. [1]

(vi) Explain why the answer to (v) is greater than the answer to (iv). [1]

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12 A company manufactures tennis balls and packs them into cylindrical tubes for sale. The
tennis balls have radii that are normally distributed with mean 3.3 cm and standard deviation
0.2 cm.

(i) Find the probability that the radius of a randomly selected tennis ball lies between
3.135 cm and 3.465 cm. Without any further calculation, explain, with the aid of a
diagram, how the answer obtained would compare with the probability that the radius
lies between 3.465 cm and 3.795 cm. [3]

(ii) 3 tennis balls are randomly selected. Find the probability that exactly one of them has
a radius less than 3.4 cm and two of them have radii greater than 3.4 cm each. [2]

The cylindrical tubes are 20 cm long. 3 tennis balls are randomly selected and packed into a
cylindrical tube such that the first tennis ball is in contact with the end of the tube and each
subsequent ball is in contact with its neighbouring ball as shown in the diagram below.
Assume that the centres of all the tennis balls are horizontally aligned.

20 cm

end of tube opening of tube

First Second Third
tennis ball tennis ball tennis ball

gap

(iii) Find the probability that a gap exists between the third tennis ball and the opening of
the tube. [3]

(iv) Find the range of values of k such that the probability that the gap between the third
tennis ball and the opening of the tube is more than k cm is at most 0.15. [3]

State an assumption used in your calculations. [1]

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