E-Math Practice Questions (July) (Full Solutions)
E-Math Practice Questions (July) (Full Solutions)
SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS
SECONDARY 5 NORMAL ACADEMIC
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𝟑𝟏𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟑 − 𝟐𝟔 × 𝟑𝟏𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟏
𝟑𝟏𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟏 + 𝟑
Solution
Solution
𝟏
𝟑
√−𝟖𝒂𝟑 𝒃 $𝟏 𝟐
× 𝟎. 𝟓𝒂 𝒃 4−𝟐𝒂𝒃𝟑 5 (𝒃𝟐 )
= 𝟏
𝟐𝒂√𝒃 𝟐(𝟐)(𝒂𝟐 ) 4𝒃𝟐 5
𝟓
𝒃𝟏𝟔
=−
𝟐𝒂
𝟐𝟕𝟎 = 𝟐 × 𝟑𝟑 × 𝟓
Solution
(a) 𝟑𝟗𝟔 = 𝟐𝟐 × 𝟑𝟐 × 𝟏𝟏
(b) (i) 𝒎 = 𝟐 × 𝟏𝟏
= 𝟐𝟐
(ii) 𝒏 = 𝟐 × 𝟑 × 𝟏𝟏𝟐
= 𝟕𝟐𝟔
Solution
𝟏 $𝟐
𝟐𝒙$𝟐
C E
𝟑𝒙
𝟐𝟕𝟐𝒙$𝟏 = 𝟗(𝟑𝒙 )
Solution
𝟗 𝟑
= 𝒙
𝟒
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚
𝒚𝟑
𝒙𝟐
Solution
Solution
∴ 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 = 𝟓𝟎 × 𝟑𝟔
= 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐦
= 𝟏𝟖 𝐦
𝟏
∴ 𝐌𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 = × 𝟕𝟎𝟎
𝟎. 𝟐𝟓
= 𝟐𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐦𝟐
Solution
When 𝒚 = 𝟗,
𝟗 = 𝒌𝒙𝟑
𝟏
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝒚 𝐛𝐞 𝒚𝐧𝐞𝐰 . 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝒙 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝒙 → 𝒙
𝟐
𝟏 𝟑
∴ 𝒚𝐧𝐞𝐰 = 𝒌 4 𝒙5
𝟐
𝟏 𝟑
= 𝒌𝒙
𝟖
𝟏
= (𝟗)
𝟖
𝟏
=𝟏
𝟖
𝟗𝟎 𝟑
𝐈𝐧 𝟓 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 4 5 = 𝟏𝟖 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛
𝟓 𝟒
∴ 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐧 = 𝟏𝟖 − 𝟏𝟎
= 𝟖 𝐦𝐞𝐧
Solution
Solution
𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 % = 𝟓%
𝒙 + 𝟑𝟐 𝒙 𝟓
− =
𝟏𝟗𝟐 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟔𝟎(𝒙 + 𝟑𝟐) − 𝟏𝟗𝟐(𝒙) 𝟓
=
(𝟏𝟗𝟐)(𝟏𝟔𝟎) 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟔𝟎𝒙 + 𝟓𝟐𝟏𝟎 − 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝒙 = 𝟏𝟓𝟑𝟔
−𝟑𝟐𝒙 = −𝟑𝟓𝟖𝟒
𝒙 = 𝟏𝟏𝟐
𝟏𝟔
𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝟒 %
𝟐𝟏
= $𝟐𝟑𝟓𝟖. 𝟏𝟒𝟐𝟖𝟐𝟕 …
= $𝟐𝟑𝟓𝟖. 𝟏𝟒 (𝟐. 𝐝. 𝐩. )
Solution
Difference = $𝟔. 𝟑𝟎 − $𝟔
= $𝟎. 𝟑𝟎
Solution
(c)
𝟒𝟖𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎
Solution
Shinkansen trains, Japan’s high speed bullet trains, can reach a speed of up to 𝟑𝟐𝟎 𝐤𝐦/𝐡
(a) Express 𝟑𝟐𝟎 𝐤𝐦/𝐡 in 𝐦/𝐬
(b) The distance between Tokyo and Kyoto is 𝟓𝟏𝟑. 𝟔 𝐤𝐦. Calculate the time taken, in hours and
minutes, to travel from Tokyo to Kyoto by the Shinkansen train
Solution
Solution
𝟎. 𝟒
−𝟏
𝟏+𝒙 𝟑 𝟐−𝒙
+ −
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟔 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙
Solution
𝟏 𝟑
𝟏+𝟏− =
𝟐 𝟏×𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟕
𝟏+ − =
𝟐 𝟑 𝟐×𝟑
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏𝟑
𝟏+ − =
𝟑 𝟒 𝟑×𝟒
…
𝟑 𝟕 𝟏𝟑 𝟓𝟕 𝟕𝟑 𝟗𝟏 𝟗
! − 𝟏' + ! − 𝟏' + ! − 𝟏' + ⋯ + ! − 𝟏' + ! − 𝟏' + ! − 𝟏' =
𝟏×𝟐 𝟐×𝟑 𝟑×𝟒 𝟕×𝟖 𝟖×𝟗 𝟗 × 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎
Solution
Solution
𝑻𝟏 𝑻𝟐 𝑻𝟑 𝑻𝟒 𝑻𝟓 𝑻𝟔 𝑻𝟕
𝟎 𝟐 𝟔 𝟏𝟐 𝟐𝟎 𝟑𝟎 𝟒𝟐
𝑻𝟏 = 𝟎
𝑻𝟐 = 𝟐 = (𝟎 + 𝟐 × 𝟏)
𝑻𝟑 = 𝟔 = (𝟎 + 𝟑 × 𝟐)
𝑻𝟒 = 𝟏𝟐 = (𝟎 + 𝟒 × 𝟑)
𝑻𝟓 = 𝟐𝟎 = (𝟎 + 𝟓 × 𝟒)
…
𝑻𝟏 = 𝟑𝟎 + 𝟏 + 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟔
𝑻𝟐 = 𝟑𝟏 + 𝟒 + 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
𝑻𝟑 = 𝟑𝟐 + 𝟕 + 𝟒𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐
𝑻𝟒 = 𝟑𝟑 + 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟓𝟐 = 𝟔𝟐
𝑻𝒏3𝟏 − 𝑻𝒏 = 𝟐(𝟑𝒏$𝟏 + 𝒏 + 𝟑)
Do note that the original presented question had an error! The above is the correct question
Solution
(a) 𝑻𝟓 = 𝟑𝟒 + 𝟏𝟑 + 𝟔𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑𝟎
(b) 𝑻𝟔 = 𝟑𝟓 + 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟕𝟐
= 𝟑𝟎𝟖
𝟖𝒂𝒃 𝟒𝒃𝟐
÷
𝟑 𝟗
𝟑𝟐𝒑𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝒒𝟐
Solution
𝒂(𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖)
𝒚=…
𝒃
𝟏 𝟑
−
𝒙 − 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑𝒙𝟐
𝒂𝟐 + 𝟕𝒃𝟐
…
𝒃𝟐
Solution
𝒂(𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖)
𝒚=…
𝒃
𝒂(𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖)
𝒚𝟐 =
𝒃
𝒚𝟐 𝒃 = 𝒂𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝒂
𝒂𝒙𝟐 = 𝒚𝟐 𝒃 + 𝟖𝒂
𝒚𝟐 𝒃 + 𝟖𝒂
𝒙𝟐 =
𝒂
𝒚𝟐 𝒃 + 𝟖𝒂
𝒙 = ±…
𝒂
𝟏𝟔𝒃𝟐
=… 𝟐
𝒃
=𝟒
Solution
Solution
Solution
𝑥 ; + 2𝑥 − 6 = (𝑥 + 1); − 1 − 6
= (𝑥 + 1); − 7
𝑦 = (𝑥 + 1); − 7
𝒚 = 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟏
(b)
𝟐
𝒚=
𝒙
Solution
(a)
−𝟏
(b)
(c)
𝒚 = 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟏
Some of the corresponding values of 𝑥 and 𝑦 are given in the following table
𝒙𝟑 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟏 = 𝟒
(d) By drawing a tangent, find the gradient at the point (𝟏, −𝟑)
(e) By drawing a suitable line on your graph, solve the equation
𝒙𝟑 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟏 𝒙+𝟒
=
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑 𝟔
Solution
𝟏 𝒙+𝟒
=
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑 𝟔
(𝒙 + 𝟒)(𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑) = 𝟔
𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟔
𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
−(𝟏𝟏) ± Ž(𝟏𝟏)𝟐 − 𝟒(𝟐)(𝟔)
𝒙=
𝟐(𝟐)
−𝟏𝟏 ± √𝟕𝟑
=
𝟒
𝒙 𝟑−𝒙
−𝟏 ≤ − <𝟐
𝟓 𝟕
Solution
𝒙 𝟑−𝒙 𝒙 𝟑−𝒙
−𝟏 ≤ − 𝐚𝐧𝐝 − <𝟐
𝟓 𝟕 𝟓 𝟕
𝒙 𝟑−𝒙
−𝟏 ≤ −
𝟓 𝟕
−𝟑𝟓 ≤ 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟓(𝟑 − 𝒙)
−𝟑𝟓 ≤ 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟏𝟓 + 𝟓𝒙
𝟏𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏𝟓 ≥ −𝟑𝟓
𝟏𝟐𝒙 ≥ −𝟐𝟎
𝟐
𝒙 ≥ −𝟏
𝟑
𝒙 𝟑−𝒙
− <𝟐
𝟓 𝟕
𝟕𝒙 − 𝟓(𝟑 − 𝒙) < 𝟕𝟎
𝟕𝒙 − 𝟏𝟓 + 𝟓𝒙 < 𝟕𝟎
𝟏𝟐𝒙 < 𝟖𝟓
𝟏
𝒙<𝟕
𝟏𝟐
𝟐 𝟏
∴ −𝟏 ≤𝒙<𝟕
𝟑 𝟏𝟐
𝒙
𝟐 𝟏
−𝟏 𝟕
𝟑 𝟏𝟐
Solution
(a) 𝒚 = 𝟐(𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒. 𝟓)
= 𝟐[(𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 − 𝟏 + 𝟒. 𝟓]
= 𝟐(𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 + 𝟕
𝒚−𝟐
𝒙=𝟏±…
𝟕
𝟕𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟏 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟖 𝟕 + 𝒙
− = −
𝟏𝟓𝒙 𝟑 𝟓𝒙𝟐 𝟏𝟎𝒙
Solution
𝟕𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟏 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟖 𝟕 + 𝒙
− = −
𝟏𝟓𝒙 𝟑 𝟓𝒙𝟐 𝟏𝟎𝒙
𝟕𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟖 𝟕 + 𝒙 𝟏
− + =
𝟏𝟓𝒙 𝟓𝒙𝟐 𝟏𝟎𝒙 𝟑
𝟏𝟎𝒙(𝟕𝒙 − 𝟒) − 𝟑𝟎(𝟑𝒙 + 𝟖) + 𝟏𝟓𝒙(𝟕 + 𝒙) 𝟏
=
𝟏𝟓𝟎𝒙𝟐 𝟑
𝟕𝟎𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝟎𝒙 − 𝟗𝟎𝒙 − 𝟐𝟒𝟎 + 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝒙 + 𝟏𝟓𝒙𝟐 = 𝟓𝟎𝒙𝟐
𝟑𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝟒𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟕𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟒𝟖 = 𝟎 𝒙 −𝟑 −𝟐𝟏𝒙
(𝒙 − 𝟑)(𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔) = 𝟎
𝟕𝒙 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟔𝒙
𝟐
𝒙=𝟑 𝐨𝐫 𝒙 = −𝟐
𝟕
𝟕𝒙𝟐 −𝟒𝟖 −𝟓𝒙
𝟒𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟖
𝟔𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟏
Solution
𝟒𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟖 … … … (𝟏)
𝟔𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟏 … … … (𝟐)
𝟏
𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝒙 = 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝟑),
𝟐
𝟏
𝒚 = 𝟏 − 𝟔4 5
𝟐
= −𝟐
Solution
𝒙=𝟐 𝐨𝐫 𝒙=𝟒
𝒙𝟐 𝟖 −𝟔𝒙
Given that 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟒 = 𝟎. Without solving for 𝒙, find the value of 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟓𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔
Solution
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 = 𝟒
𝒙𝟐 = 𝟒 − 𝒙
(𝑨 ∪ 𝑩′) ∩ 𝑪
𝝃 𝑨
𝑩 𝑪
Solution
𝝃
𝑨
𝑩 𝑪
Solution
𝝃 = {𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔, 𝟕, 𝟖, 𝟗, 𝟏𝟎}
𝑨 = {𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟓, 𝟕}
𝑩 = {𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟒, 𝟗}
𝑪 = {𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟔}
(b) 𝑨 ∩ 𝑪 = {𝟐, 𝟑}
(c) {𝟎, 𝟗}
𝑨′ ∩ (𝑪′ ∩ 𝑩)
𝝃
𝑩
𝑨
𝑪
Solution
𝝃
𝑩
𝑨
𝑨∩𝑪
𝒏(𝑨 ∪ 𝑩′)
Solution
𝒙𝟑 − 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 = 𝟎
𝒙(𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑) = 𝟎
𝒙(𝒙 − 𝟑)(𝒙 − 𝟏) = 𝟎
𝒙=𝟎 𝐨𝐫 𝒙=𝟏 𝐨𝐫 𝒙=𝟑
𝑪 = {𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟑}
(a) 𝑨 ∩ 𝑪 = {𝟑}
𝒏(𝑨 ∪ 𝑩′) = 𝟕
Solution
(a) Let the drink distribution to the shops be matrix 𝑨, the cost per carton be matrix 𝑩
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟓 𝟎 𝟔
𝑨 = œ 𝟔 𝟐𝟎 𝟐• , 𝑩 = œ𝟖•
𝟖 𝟏𝟎 𝟓 𝟗
𝟏𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎
∴ 𝑪𝑨 = œ 𝟎 𝟏𝟓 𝟎 • œ𝟐𝟏𝟒•
𝟎 𝟎 𝟐𝟎 𝟏𝟕𝟑
𝟏𝟎(𝟏𝟖𝟎)
= C𝟏𝟓(𝟐𝟏𝟒)E
𝟐𝟎(𝟏𝟕𝟑)
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎
= œ𝟑𝟐𝟏𝟎•
𝟑𝟒𝟔𝟎
Mango Durian
Small 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟐
Medium 𝟖 𝟕
Large 𝟓 𝟔
The prices of each small, medium and large cakes are $𝟖, $𝟏𝟐 and $𝟐𝟎 respectively and the following
matrix is used to represent this information
𝑴 = (𝟖 𝟏𝟐 𝟐𝟎)
Solution
(c) The element in 𝑷 represent the sale from selling mango cake and durian cake
respectively
Lisa and Nancy wanted to surprise their parents by buying them a present for their 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 wedding
anniversary. Every day, they saved the balance of their pocket money in their piggy banks. After 𝟑
months, they opened their piggy banks to count how much they have saved. The number of coins
they have saved is given in the table below
Solution
(iii) It is the total amount of money, in cents, saved by each girl in 𝟑 months
The girls can achieve this target as they saved a total of $𝟓𝟏
Solution
(c) To find the interest incurred when charging via the compound interest scheme,
𝒓 𝒏
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 = 𝑷 u𝟏 + v −𝑷
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟔. 𝟓 𝟐
= 𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 4𝟏 + 5 − 𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟎𝟎
= $𝟏𝟎𝟕𝟑. 𝟖𝟎
Yes, I will recommend Mr Goh to take up the loan from the finance company as the
interest is lower. $𝟏𝟎𝟕𝟑. 𝟖𝟎 < $𝟏𝟏𝟐𝟎
Solution
Solution
𝟒 𝟒
𝟔𝟗𝟐 𝐀𝐔𝐃 = 𝟔𝟗𝟐 × 𝟎. 𝟖𝟓 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
𝟔
= 𝟓𝟖𝟖 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬
𝟏𝟑
𝟔
𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 = 𝟐𝟓𝟓 + 𝟓𝟖𝟖
𝟏𝟑
= 𝟖𝟒𝟑. 𝟒𝟔𝟏𝟓𝟑𝟖 …
= 𝟖𝟒𝟑. 𝟒𝟔 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬 (𝟐. 𝐝. 𝐩. )
Solution
𝑩
𝑫
𝒀
𝑨𝑩, 𝑩𝑪 and 𝑪𝑫 are adjacent sides of a regular polygon. Given that ∠𝑪𝑨𝑩 = 𝟕. 𝟓°, calculate
(a) the exterior angle of the polygon
(b) the number of sides of the polygon
(c) ∠𝑨𝒀𝑫
Solution
(c) Since this is a regular polygon, ∆𝑨𝑩𝑪 and ∆𝑩𝑪𝑫 are isosceles triangles, ∠𝑨𝑪𝑩 = ∠𝑪𝑩𝑫
∴ ∠𝑨𝒀𝑫 = ∠𝑩𝒀𝑪
= 𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝟕. 𝟓° − 𝟕. 𝟓°
= 𝟏𝟔𝟓° (𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬)
Solution
∴ 𝒚 = 𝟏𝟐𝟎
(a) Construct a quadrilateral 𝑨𝑩𝑪𝑫 where 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟖 𝐜𝐦, 𝑩𝑪 = 𝑪𝑫 = 𝟖 𝐜𝐦, ∠𝑩𝑨𝑫 = 𝟓𝟎° and ∠𝑨𝑩𝑪 =
𝟏𝟐𝟎°
(b) Construct the perpendicular bisector of 𝑨𝑩
(c) Construct the perpendicular bisector of ∠𝑫𝑨𝑩
(d) Mark, as clearly as possible point 𝑷, inside the quadrilateral which is equidistant from 𝑨𝑫 and
𝑨𝑩, and is nearer to 𝑨 than 𝑩
Solution
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝑨𝑩𝑿
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝑫𝑪𝑿
Solution
(𝑩𝑿)(𝑫𝑪)
𝑪𝑿 =
(𝑨𝑩)
(𝟐)(𝟗)
=
𝟓
𝟑
=𝟑
𝟓
𝑫𝑹
𝑪𝑹
(ii)
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝑨𝑩𝑷
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝑪𝑹𝑷
(iii)
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝑨𝑩𝑷
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝑷𝑩𝑪
(d) (i) To find the ratio, since ∆𝑨𝑩𝑷 𝐚𝐧𝐝 ∆𝑪𝑹𝑷 are similar,
𝑨𝑩 𝑩𝑷 𝑨𝑷 𝟐
= = =
𝑪𝑹 𝑹𝑷 𝑪𝑷 𝟓
𝑪𝑫 𝑪𝑹 − 𝑪𝑫
∴ =
𝑪𝑹 𝑪𝑹
𝟑
=
𝟓
(ii) To find the ratio, since ∆𝑨𝑩𝑷 𝐚𝐧𝐝 ∆𝑪𝑹𝑷 are similar,
𝟏
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝑨𝑩𝑷 𝟐 (𝑨𝑷)(𝑩𝑷)(𝐬𝐢𝐧 ∠𝑨𝑷𝑩)
=
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝑪𝑹𝑷 𝟏 (𝑪𝑷)(𝑹𝑷)(𝐬𝐢𝐧 ∠𝑪𝑷𝑹)
𝟐
Solution
(a) Since the two fish tanks are similar, let 𝑨𝟏 be the surface area of the smaller tank, 𝑨𝟐
be the surface area of the larger tank
𝑨𝟏 𝒍𝟏 𝟐
=4 5
𝑨𝟐 𝒍𝟐
𝟏 𝟐
=4 5
𝟑
𝟏
=
𝟗
(b) Since the two fish tanks are similar, let 𝑽𝟏 be the volume of the smaller tank, 𝑽𝟐 be
the volume of the larger tank
𝑽𝟏 (𝒍𝟏 )𝟑
=
𝑽𝟐 (𝒍𝟐 )𝟑
𝑽𝟏 (𝟏)𝟑
=
𝟏𝟎. 𝟖 (𝟑)𝟑
𝑽𝟏 = 𝟎. 𝟒 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬
Solution
(a) Since the pyramid is cut horizontally, all pyramids in the figure are similar in nature.
Let 𝑨𝟏 be the surface area of the smallest pyramid 𝑨, and let 𝑨𝟐 be the surface area of
the second largest pyramid 𝑪. Let the height of the pyramid be 𝒉
𝑨𝟏 (𝒍𝟏 )𝟐
=
𝑨𝟐 (𝒍𝟐 )𝟐
𝟏 𝟐
𝟏𝟑 u𝟒 𝒉v
=
𝑨𝟐 𝟑 𝟐
u𝟒 𝒉v
𝑨𝟐 = 𝟏𝟏𝟕 𝐜𝐦𝟐
(b) Since the pyramid is cut horizontally, all pyramids in the figure are similar in nature.
Let 𝑽𝟏 be the volume of the portion 𝑪, and let 𝑽𝟐 be the volume of the largest pyramid.
Let the height of the pyramid be 𝒉
𝑽𝟏 (𝒍𝟏 )𝟑
=
𝑽𝟐 (𝒍𝟐 )𝟑
𝟑 𝟑 𝟏 𝟑
𝟒𝟕. 𝟓 u𝟒 𝒉v − u𝟐 𝒉v
=
𝑽𝟐 (𝒉)𝟑
𝟒𝟕. 𝟓 𝟏𝟗
=
𝑽𝟐 𝟔𝟒
𝑽𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝐜𝐦𝟑
In the diagram, 𝑻𝑨 and 𝑻𝑩 are tangents to the circle at the points 𝑨 and 𝑩 respectively. 𝑻𝑩𝑺 is a
straight line. The straight lines 𝑨𝑩 and 𝑸𝑷 intersect at 𝒀. ∠𝑸𝑨𝑩 = 𝟐𝟕°, ∠𝑷𝑩𝑻 = ∠𝑷𝑸𝑩 = 𝟒𝟎° and
∠𝑨𝑻𝑩 = 𝟓𝟔°. Calculate and state all reasons clearly,
(a) ∠𝑷𝑨𝒀
(b) ∠𝑸𝑩𝑷
(c) ∠𝑻𝑨𝑷
(d) ∠𝑨𝒀𝑷
(e) ∠𝑨𝑪𝑸
Solution
(c) Since 𝑻𝑨 and 𝑻𝑩 are extending towards the point 𝑻, 𝑻𝑨 = 𝑻𝑩, ∠𝑨𝑩𝑻 = ∠𝑩𝑨𝑻
𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝟓𝟔°
∠𝑩𝑨𝑻 =
𝟐
= 𝟔𝟐° (𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞)
∴ ∠𝑻𝑨𝑷 = 𝟔𝟐° − 𝟒𝟎°
= 𝟐𝟐°
Solution
(b) ∠𝑷𝑿𝑺 = 𝟏𝟏𝟎° (𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐦, 𝑺 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝑿𝑷𝑺)
∠𝑷𝑺𝑿 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝟏𝟏𝟎° − 𝟔𝟓°
= 𝟓° (𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞)
∠𝑷𝑺𝑹 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝟏𝟏𝟎°
= 𝟕𝟎° (𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬)
∴ ∠𝑹𝑺𝑿 = 𝟕𝟎° − 𝟓°
= 𝟔𝟓°
Solution
Solution
Since ∠𝑫𝑩𝑪 = ∠𝑫𝑩𝑨 = 𝟑𝟔°, this shows the line 𝑫𝑩 cuts ∠𝑨𝑩𝑪 in half, implying that 𝑫𝑩
is an angle bisector of ∠𝑨𝑩𝑪
(c) 𝑷 is on the point 𝑶. This is because of the property angle at centre = 𝟐 × angle at
circumference. ∠𝑩𝑷𝑪 = 𝟑𝟔°, ∠𝑩𝑨𝑪 = 𝟏𝟖°
𝑬, 𝑭 and 𝑮 are points on level ground as shown in the diagram. 𝑬𝑮 = 𝟏𝟎𝟐. 𝟓 𝐦, 𝑭𝑮 = 𝟖𝟎 𝐦, ∠𝑬𝑭𝑮 =
𝟏𝟏𝟐° and bearing of 𝑭 is 𝟑𝟏𝟐°. A vertical clock tower 𝑮𝑻 stands at 𝑮, a man walks along 𝑬𝑯.
Calculate
(a) (i) the bearing of 𝑭 from 𝑮
(ii) the bearing of 𝑬 from 𝑮
(b) Given further that angle of depression of 𝑭 from 𝑻 is 𝟑𝟓°, find
(i) the height of the clock tower
(ii) The greatest angle of elevation of the top of the clock tower from the man’s view point
and how far he has walked from his starting point 𝑬 to this viewpoint
Solution
(a) (i) To find the bearing of 𝑭 from 𝑮, we shall draw a North line at 𝑬 and 𝑭
𝟖𝟎 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟏𝟐°
∴ 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝑬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝑮 = 𝟔𝟒° + ¦𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝟏𝟏𝟐° − 𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5§
𝟏𝟎𝟐. 𝟓
= 𝟎𝟖𝟓. 𝟔𝟒𝟐𝟖𝟔𝟖 …
= 𝟎𝟖𝟓. 𝟔° (𝟏. 𝐝. 𝐩. )
(ii) To find the greatest angle of elevation, we need to find the perpendicular distance
from 𝑬𝑯 to 𝑮. Let the point from the perpendicular distance of 𝑮 to 𝑬𝑯 be 𝑴
𝑮𝑴
𝐬𝐢𝐧 ∠𝑭𝑬𝑮 =
𝑮𝑬
𝟖𝟎 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟏𝟐°
𝑮𝑴 = 𝟏𝟎𝟐. 𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 ¦𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5§
𝟏𝟎𝟐. 𝟓
𝟖𝟎 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝟓°
∠𝑮𝑴𝑻 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧$𝟏 À Á
𝟖𝟎 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟏𝟐°
𝟏𝟎𝟐. 𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 ¤𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 u v¥
𝟏𝟎𝟐. 𝟓
= 𝟑𝟕. 𝟎𝟔𝟎𝟎𝟑𝟓 …
= 𝟑𝟕. 𝟏° (𝟏. 𝐝. 𝐩. )
Solution
𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟒𝟎°
∴ 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝑹 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝑷 = 𝟑𝟓° + 𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5
√𝟖𝟗 − 𝟖𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟏𝟒𝟎°
= 𝟎𝟓𝟎. 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟖𝟏𝟕 …
= 𝟎𝟓𝟎. 𝟐° (𝟏. 𝐝. 𝐩. )
(b) (i) To find the distance 𝑹𝑻, we need to use sine rule
𝐬𝐢𝐧 ∠𝑸𝑻𝑹 𝐬𝐢𝐧 ∠𝑹𝑸𝑻
=
𝑸𝑹 𝑹𝑻
𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟕𝟓°
𝑹𝑻 =
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟒𝟎°
= 𝟕. 𝟓𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟔𝟗 …
= 𝟕. 𝟓𝟏 𝐤𝐦 (𝟑. 𝐬. 𝐟. )
𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
𝐬𝐢𝐧 ∠𝑻𝑹𝑸 =
𝑸𝑹
𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 = 𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟔𝟓°
= 𝟒. 𝟓𝟑𝟏𝟓𝟑𝟖 …
= 𝟒. 𝟓𝟑 𝐤𝐦 (𝟑. 𝐬. 𝐟. )
Solution
𝑨𝑩 = Ž𝒂𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃 + 𝒃𝟐
Solution
(d) To find the vertical height of 𝑹 above 𝑾𝑿𝑷, we shall partition the height into 2
segments, the vertical height of 𝑸 and the vertical height of 𝑺 as the vertical height of
𝑹 is made up of these 2 segments
𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝑹 = 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝑸 + 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝑺
= 𝟑𝟗 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝟗𝟎° − ∠𝑺𝑷𝑿) + 𝟑𝟔 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝟏𝟏𝟎°)
𝟑𝟔 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟏𝟎°
= 𝟑𝟗 𝐬𝐢𝐧 ¦𝟗𝟎° − 𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5§ + 𝟑𝟔 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟕𝟎°
𝟓𝟖
= 𝟔𝟓. 𝟓𝟎𝟖𝟏𝟒𝟎 …
= 𝟔𝟓. 𝟓 𝐜𝐦 (𝟑. 𝐬. 𝐟. )
Solution
(d) To find 𝑩𝑯, we shall first find 𝑩𝑫 and use Pythagoras’ Theorem
𝟐
∴ 𝑩𝑯 = Ç(𝟕)𝟐 + A√𝟗𝟒. 𝟐𝟓B
𝟓𝟕𝟑
=…
𝟒
= 𝟏𝟏. 𝟗𝟔𝟖𝟕𝟎𝟗 …
= 𝟏𝟐. 𝟎 𝐜𝐦 (𝟑. 𝐬. 𝐟. )
The diagram above shows a paper weight in the form of a prism where 𝑨𝑩𝑪𝑫, 𝑨𝑩𝑭𝑬 and 𝑪𝑫𝑬𝑭 are
rectangular faces and 𝑨𝑫𝑬 and 𝑩𝑪𝑭 are triangular faces. 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟔. 𝟓 𝐜𝐦, 𝑨𝑫 = (𝟏𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙) 𝐜𝐦, 𝑨𝑬 =
(𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑. 𝟐) 𝐜𝐦 and ∠𝑫𝑨𝑬 = 𝟑𝟎°
(a) Given that the difference in the area between the rectangle 𝑨𝑩𝑪𝑫 and the triangle 𝑨𝑫𝑬 is
𝟐𝟏. 𝟔 𝐜𝐦𝟐 , form an equation in 𝒙 and show that it reduces to
Solution
(a) Difference in the area = 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝑨𝑩𝑪𝑫 − 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝑨𝑫𝑬
𝟏
𝟐𝟏. 𝟔 = (𝟔. 𝟓)(𝟏𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙) − (𝟏𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙)(𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑. 𝟐) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝟎°
𝟐
𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝟑𝟗 𝟏 𝟏𝟗𝟐 𝟒𝟖
= 𝟕𝟖 − 𝒙 − 4𝟐𝟒𝒙 + − 𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙5
𝟓 𝟐 𝟒 𝟓 𝟓
𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝟑𝟗 𝟒𝟖 𝟑 𝟐 𝟏𝟐
= 𝟕𝟖 − 𝒙 − 𝟔𝒙 − + 𝒙 + 𝒙
𝟓 𝟐 𝟓 𝟐 𝟓
𝟑 𝟐 𝟐𝟑𝟏 𝟐𝟑𝟒
𝒙 − 𝒙+ =𝟎
𝟐 𝟏𝟎 𝟓
𝟏𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝟑𝟏𝒙 + 𝟒𝟔𝟖 = 𝟎 (𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐧)
𝟐
𝒙 = 𝟏𝟑 𝐨𝐫 𝒙=𝟐
𝟓
Solution
(a) (i) 𝑶𝑭 = (𝒓 − 𝟐) 𝐦
∴ ∠𝑨𝑶𝑪 = 𝟐(∠𝑭𝑶𝑪)
𝟒
= 𝟐 ¦𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5§
𝟓
= 𝟏. 𝟖𝟓𝟒𝟓𝟗𝟎 …
= 𝟏. 𝟖𝟓 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 (𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐧)
𝟒
∴ 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 = ¦𝟏𝟎 𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5§ (𝟏𝟐)
𝟓
𝟒
= 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5
𝟓
= 𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟐𝟕𝟓𝟒𝟐𝟔 …
= 𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝐦𝟐 (𝟑. 𝐬. 𝐟. )
(d) To find the volume of the barn, we first find the cross sectional area of the barn
𝟏 𝟐
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝑶𝑨𝑩𝑪 = 𝒓 𝜽
𝟐
𝟏 𝟒
= (𝟓)𝟐 ¦𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5§
𝟐 𝟓
𝟒
= 𝟐𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5
𝟓
𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 = 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝑶𝑨𝑩𝑪 − 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝑨𝑶𝑪 + 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝑨𝑪𝑫𝑬
𝟒 𝟏
= 𝟐𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5 − (𝟖)(𝟑) + (𝟖)(𝟕)
𝟓 𝟐
𝟒
= 𝟐𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5 + 𝟒𝟒
𝟓
𝟒
∴ 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐧 = ¦𝟐𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧$𝟏 4 5 + 𝟒𝟒§ (𝟏𝟐)
𝟓
= 𝟖𝟎𝟔. 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟓𝟔𝟓 …
= 𝟖𝟎𝟔 𝐦𝟐 (𝟑. 𝐬. 𝐟. )
Solution
𝟑 𝟒𝟓
𝒓= …
𝟒𝝅
= 𝟏. 𝟓𝟐𝟗𝟗𝟏𝟓 …
= 𝟏. 𝟓𝟑 𝐜𝐦 (𝟑. 𝐬. 𝐟. )
(d) (i) 𝑶𝑷 = 𝟔 𝐜𝐦
𝑶𝑸 = Ž(𝟔)𝟐 − (𝟑)𝟐
= √𝟐𝟕
= 𝟓. 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟏𝟓𝟐 …
= 𝟓. 𝟐𝟎 𝐜𝐦 (𝟑. 𝐬. 𝐟. )
𝑶𝑷 𝑷𝑸 𝑸𝑶
∴ = =
𝑶𝑻 𝑻𝑼 𝑼𝑶
𝟑 √𝟐𝟕
=
𝑼𝑻 √𝟐𝟕 + 𝟑
𝟑A√𝟐𝟕 + 𝟑B
𝑼𝑻 =
√𝟐𝟕
𝟑A√𝟐𝟕 + 𝟑B
𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱 = 𝟐 Í Î
√𝟐𝟕
= 𝟗. 𝟒𝟔𝟒𝟏𝟎𝟏 …
= 𝟗. 𝟒𝟔 𝐜𝐦 (𝟑. 𝐬. 𝐟. )
Solution
(a) (i) We can use similar figures to find the height of the cone
Let the height of the cone that was cut off be 𝒙 𝐜𝐦
𝟏 𝒙
=
𝟒 𝒙+𝟗
𝒙=𝟑
(ii) Arc 𝑩𝑪 corresponds to the circumference of the base of the pail. Let ∠𝑩𝑶𝑪 = 𝜽
(𝑶𝑪)(𝜽) = 𝟐𝝅(𝟏)
𝟐𝝅
𝜽=
√𝟏𝟎
𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 = 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝑨𝑶𝑫 − 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝑩𝑶𝑪 + 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐𝝅 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐𝝅
= A𝟒√𝟏𝟎B 4 5 − A√𝟏𝟎B 4 5 + 𝝅(𝟏)𝟐
𝟐 √𝟏𝟎 𝟐 √𝟏𝟎
𝟏𝟓𝟎
=4 + 𝟏5 𝝅 𝐜𝐦𝟐
√𝟏𝟎
𝟏𝟓𝟎
𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 = ¦4 + 𝟏5 𝝅§ (𝟎. 𝟖)
√𝟏𝟎
= 𝟏𝟐𝟏. 𝟕𝟐𝟖𝟑𝟑𝟑
= 𝟏𝟐𝟐 𝐦𝐥 (𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐥)
Solution
𝝅 𝟒
∴ ∠𝑷𝑩𝑳 = − 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬$𝟏 4 5
𝟐 𝟓
= 𝟎. 𝟐𝟖𝟑𝟕𝟗𝟒 …
= 𝟎. 𝟐𝟖𝟒 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 (𝟑. 𝐬. 𝐟. ) (𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐧)
Solution
𝑨(𝟒, 𝟎)
∴ 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 = −𝟐
(c) For a line that is parallel to 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟖, the gradient of the new line is −𝟐
∴ 𝒚 = −𝟐𝒙 + 𝒄 … … … (𝟐)
∴ 𝒚 = −𝟐𝒙
Solution
(a) To find the equation of the line 𝑷𝑹, we need to find the gradient and 𝒚-intercept
𝟑 − (−𝟓)
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝑷𝑹 =
−𝟓 − 𝟓
𝟒
=−
𝟓
𝟒
∴𝒚=− 𝒙+𝒄
𝟓
𝟒
∴𝒚=− 𝒙−𝟏
𝟓
(d) 𝑺 is either on the left of 𝑷 or the right of 𝑷. The distance from 𝑷 to 𝑺 is the same as
the length of 𝑸𝑹 (𝟒 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬)
𝑺 = (−𝟗, 𝟑) 𝐨𝐫 (−𝟏, 𝟑)
Solution
(a) At 𝑨, 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒(𝟎) = 𝟐𝟒
𝒙=𝟖
At 𝑩, 𝒙 = 𝟎
𝟑(𝟎) + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟐𝟒
𝒚=𝟔
𝑨(𝟖, 𝟎) 𝑩(𝟎, 𝟔)
(b) To find the shortest distance, need to find the perpendicular distance from 𝑶 to 𝑨𝑩
𝟏
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚∆𝑨𝑶𝑩 = (𝟖)(𝟔)
𝟐
𝟏
(𝑨𝑩)(𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞) = 𝟐𝟒
𝟐
𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 =
𝟏 𝟐 + (𝟔)𝟐 v
𝟐 uŽ(𝟖)
𝟒
= 𝟒 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬
𝟓
∴ 𝑪(𝟒, 𝟑)
In the diagram above, 𝑶𝑨𝑩 is a triangle. 𝑪 is a point on 𝑨𝑩 such that 𝑨𝑪: 𝑪𝑩 = 𝟏: 𝟑. The side 𝑶𝑩 is
ÕÕÕÕÕÕ⃗ = 𝐚 and 𝑶𝑩
produced to point 𝑫 such that 𝑶𝑩: 𝑩𝑫 = 𝟑: 𝟐. It is given that 𝑶𝑨 ÕÕÕÕÕÕ⃗ = 𝐛
(a) Express, as simply as possible, in terms of 𝐚 and/or 𝐛
ÕÕÕÕÕÕ⃗
(i) 𝑨𝑩
ÕÕÕÕÕÕ⃗
(ii) 𝑶𝑪
ÕÕÕÕÕÕ⃗
(iii) 𝑶𝑫
(b) Show that
𝟏𝟕 𝟓 𝟏𝟓
ÕÕÕÕÕÕ⃗ =
𝑪𝑫 4 𝐛− 𝐚5
𝟐𝟎 𝟑 𝟏𝟕
𝟏𝟓
ÕÕÕÕÕÕ⃗ =
𝑶𝑬 𝐚
𝟏𝟕
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝑶𝑫𝑬 𝟏
=
Area of ∆𝑶𝑫𝑨 𝟒
𝑩𝑬
𝑬𝑪
(d) Show that the areas of ∆𝑶𝑪𝑬 and ∆𝑶𝑫𝑬 are equal
(e) Find
Area of ∆𝑩𝑫𝑬
Area of ∆𝑩𝑶𝑪
Frequency 𝟑 𝟕 𝟏𝟒 𝟏𝟏 𝟓
Find an estimate of
(a) the mean
(b) the standard deviation
Solution
= 𝟒. 𝟒
Solution
(a) To find the mean of the five numbers, we first find the mean of 𝒂, 𝒃 and 𝒄
𝒂+𝒃+𝒄
𝟖=
𝟑
𝒂 + 𝒃 + 𝒄 = 𝟐𝟒 … … … (𝟏)
(b) To find the 𝑺𝑫 of the five numbers, we first find the 𝑺𝑫 of 𝒂, 𝒃 and 𝒄
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐
√𝟕 = … − (𝟖)𝟐
𝟑
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟐𝟏𝟑
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 + 𝟒𝟐 + 𝟖𝟐 𝟏 𝟐
𝑺𝑫 = … − 4𝟕 5
𝟓 𝟓
𝟐𝟏𝟑 + 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟔𝟒 𝟑𝟔 𝟐
=… −4 5
𝟓 𝟓
𝟑
=𝟐
𝟓
Frequency
(c) Class 𝑩 perform better because the median mark of Class 𝑩 is higher than the
median mark of Class 𝑨
Frequency 𝟎 𝟏 𝟖 𝟐𝟒 𝟕
(f) 𝐏(𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟑 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬) = 𝟏 − 𝐏(𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟑 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬)
𝟗 𝟖 𝟕
= 𝟏−4 54 54 5
𝟒𝟎 𝟑𝟗 𝟑𝟖
𝟐𝟒𝟒𝟎
=
𝟐𝟒𝟕𝟎
𝟒𝟖 𝟔𝟎 𝟑𝟗 𝟓𝟓 𝟒𝟐 𝟓𝟒 𝟒𝟑 𝟒𝟔 𝟔𝟖 𝟔𝟔 𝟔𝟏
Solution
𝟑𝟗 𝟒𝟐 𝟒𝟑 𝟒𝟔 𝟒𝟖 𝟓𝟒 𝟓𝟓 𝟔𝟎 𝟔𝟏 𝟔𝟔 𝟔𝟖
𝒌 = 𝟒𝟑
𝒎 = 𝟓𝟒
𝒏 = 𝟔𝟏
The population of a small town is surveyed. The results are shown in the bar chart below. Explain
why the bar chart is considered to be misleading
Solution
From the bar chart, the number of females in the small town seems to be 𝟓 times that of
the males, but in actual fact, it is just 𝟐 times instead. This is because the bar chart does
not start from 𝟎
Solution
𝟔
𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝒙 = 𝟏𝟐 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝟐),
𝟑𝟕
𝟔
𝟐𝟒 u𝟏𝟐 𝟑𝟕v
𝒚=
𝟓
𝟏𝟒
= 𝟓𝟖
𝟑𝟕
Solution
(c) To find the probability, do note that there is only 1 possible case: 𝟐, 𝟏, 𝟏
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝐏(𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟑 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐬 "2") = 4 5 4 5 4 5
𝟔 𝟔 𝟔
𝟏
=
𝟑𝟔
Solution
Ball 2
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟓
Ball 1
Solution
Solution
3 Pass
5
3 Pass
5
2
5 Fail
2
5
Fail
End of Paper J