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2021 Elective Mathematics Paper 2 Solution

This document contains 15 multi-part mathematics problems and their solutions. The problems cover a range of topics including algebra, trigonometry, probability, statistics, and mechanics. Key aspects addressed include finding values of variables, sketching graphs, calculating probabilities, determining angles and tensions in inclined planes, and solving word problems involving motion.

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2021 Elective Mathematics Paper 2 Solution

This document contains 15 multi-part mathematics problems and their solutions. The problems cover a range of topics including algebra, trigonometry, probability, statistics, and mechanics. Key aspects addressed include finding values of variables, sketching graphs, calculating probabilities, determining angles and tensions in inclined planes, and solving word problems involving motion.

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2021 ELECTIVE MATHEMATICS PAPER 2 SOLUTION

1.
The polynomial f(x) =2x3 + px+ qx - 5 has (x-1) as a factor and a remainder of 27 when divided by
(x + 2), where p and q are constants. Find the values of p and q.

SOLUTION
2.

SOLUTION
3.
Given that (p + 1/2√3)(1 - √3)2 = 3- √3,
find x the value of p.
SOLUTION
4.
5yC2 = 190, find the value of y

SOLUTION

5.
The table shows the distribution of monthly income (in thousands of naira) of workers in a
factory

Monthly Income (GHC1000) 135-139 140-149 150-154 155-164 165-169

Number of workers 20 42 28 38 22
(a) Draw a histogram for the distribution.
(b) Use your graph to estimate the mode of the distribution.
SOLUTION

Monthly Income Number of Workers Class Boundaries

135-139 20 134.5 - 139.5

140-149 42 139.5 - 149.5

150-154 28 149.5 - 154.5

155-164 38 154.5 - 164.5

165-169 22 164.5 - 169.5


(a)

(b) Modal class: This is the class boundary with the highest frequency.

In this case, it is 139.5 and 149.5.

From the histogram, the modal income is 3 +139.5

= 142.5

6.
A bag contains 24 mangoes out of which six are bad. If 6 mangoes are selected randomly from the
bag with replacement, find the probability that not more than 3 are bad.
SOLUTION
7.
(a) The speed of a moving bus reduced from 45m/s to 5m/s with a uniform retardation of 10m/s2.
Calculate the distance covered.
(b) A bucket full of water with mass 16kg is pulled out of a well with a light inextensible rope. Find
its acceleration when the tension in the rope is 240N. [Take g= 10m/s2]

SOLUTION

8.
−4 −9
Given that x =( ) and y = ( ) calculate, correct to the nearest degree, the angle between
3 15
the vectors.
SOLUTION
9.
(a) A jogger is training for 15km charity race. He starts with a run of 500 metres, then he increases
the distance he runs daily by 250 metres.

(i) How many days will it take the jogger to reach a distance of 15km in training?
(ii) Calculate the total distance he would have run in the training.
(b) The second term of a Geometric Progression (GP) is -3. If its sum to infinity is 25/2, find its
common ratios.
SOLUTION
10.
P and Q are two linear transformations in the X-Y plane defined by

P: (x, y) → (-3x + 6y, 4x + y) and

Q: (x, y) → (2x-3y, -4x - 6y).

(a) Write down the matrices of P and Q. (b) What is the image of (-2,-3) under the transformation
Q?

(c) Obtain a single transformation representing the transformation Q followed by P.

(d) Find the image of (1,4) when transformed by Q followed by P.

(e) Find the image P1 of the point (-√2,2√2) under an anticlockwise rotation of 225° about the
origin.

SOLUTION
11.

(a) Find the equation of the normal to the curve y = (x2 - x + 1)(x - 2) at the point where the curve
cuts the X - axis.

(b) The coordinates of the pints P, Q and R are (-1, 2), (5, 1) and (3, -4) respectively. Find the
equation of the line joining Q and the midpoint of line PR.

SOLUTION
12.
A box contains 5 red, 7 blue and 4 green identical bulbs. Two bulbs are picked at random from the
box without replacement.

Calculate the probability of picking: (a) same color of bulbs; (6) different color of bulbs (c) at least
one red bulb.

13.
The table shows the frequency distribution of heights (in cm) of pupils in a certain school.

Heights 100-109 110-119 120-129 130-139 140-149 150-159 160-169

Frequency 27 58 130 105 50 25 5


(a) (i) Construct a cumulative frequency table.

(ii) Use the table to draw a cumulative frequency curve.

(b) Using the curve, estimate the:

(i)median height;

(ii) inter quartile range

(iii) percentage of students whose heights are most 130cm.

SOLUTION

Height (in cm) Frequency


Not exceeding 99.5 0
Not exceeding 109.5 27
Not exceeding 119.5 85
Not exceeding 129.5 215
Not exceeding 139.5 320
Not exceeding 149.5 370
Not exceeding 159.5 395
Not exceeding 169.5 400
(ii)

bi) Median 1/2 of N = 1/2 x 400 = 200

Cumulative frequency level From the curve, it is 118.5cm

(ii) Inter quartile range = upper quartile - lower quartile upper quartile

= 3/4 of N

= 3/4 x 400 = 300

Cumulative frequency level From the curve, it is 126.5cm

lower quartile = 1/4 of N

= 1/4 x 400 = 100

Cumulative frequency level From the curve, it is 111.0cm

Inter quartile range = 126.5cm -111.0cm = 15.5cm

(ii) From the curve, students whose heights are at most 130cm are 240.

240
Percentage óf students whose heights are at most 130cm = x 100
400

= 60%
14.
The position vectors of P, Q and R with respect to the origin are (4i-5j), (i+3j) and (-5i+2j)
respectively. If PQRM is a parallelogram, find:

(a) the coordinates of M;


(b) the acute angle between P¯M and P¯Q, correct to the nearest degree.
SOLUTION
15.

(a) A girl threw a stone horizontally with a velocity of 30m/s from the top of a cliff 50m high. How
far from the foot of the cliff does the stone strike the ground? [Take g= 10m/s2]

SOLUTION

(b) A body A, of mass 2kg is held in equilibrium by means of two strings AP and AR. AP is inclined
at 56° to the upward vertical and AR is horizontal.

Find the tensions T1, and T2, in the strings [Take g= 10ms2]

SOLUTION

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