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WASSCE (SC) 2023

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MATHEMATICS/
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THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

West African Senior School Certiñcate Examination (WASSCE)
for School Candidates, 2023 For Examiner's
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FURTHER MATHEMATICS/MATHEMATICS (ELECTIVE) 2
SC 2023 [100 marks ] 2} hours Mark
Question
No.
Write your surname, other names, centre number and candidate's number in
the spaces provided at the top of thispaper: 1
Please note that your names should be written in the order in which they were
captured du°rng registration. 2

In addition to writing your name on the front page of this paper, write your full 3
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name in the area provided at the top of pages 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and
designated space "Candidate's Name:.. ". 4

A and four
Answer twelve guestions in all. AIlthe eight questions in Section 5
questions from Section B, with at least one question from each part.
precisely.
Write boldly and legibly in ink (blue or black) and state your answers
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Write your answers in the spaces provided.

Do not write answer(s) beyond the spaces provided for the question(s).
Do not write on the bar codes at the bottom of the pages. 9
so.
Do not tear offany partofthis booklet. It is examination malpractice if youdo 10
cordless calculator is allowed.
The use of non-programmable, silent and
use in the examination. 11
Graph sheets are provided on pages 5 and 10 for your
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[48marks ]
Answer all the questions in this section.
All questions carry equal marks.

1.
Irc,-' find the values ofx.

2. The volume ofa cube is increasing at the rate of Find the rate of change of the side
of the base when its length is 6 cm.

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3. The inverse of afunction fis given by f-')= O,x4. Find the:

4-x

(a) function,f(r);

(b) value ofx for which f(x) = 5.

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4. The first term of an Arithmetic Progression is - 8, the last term is 52 and the sum of terms is this margin.
286. Find the:
(a)number of terms in the series;

(b) common difference.

5. The table shows the distribution of the heights (cm) of 60 seedlings in a vegetable garden.

Heights (cm) 0.1 -0.3 0.4 - 0.6 0.7-0.91.0 - 1.4 1.5 - 1.9 2.0- 2.2 |2.3 - 2.5
Frequency 6 9 12 15 6 9

(a) Draw a histogram for the distribution.

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(6) Use the histogram to estimate the modal height of the seedlings.

from the class. find the

|6. There are 6 boys and 8 girls in a class. If five students are selected
probability that more girls than boys are selected.

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Abus travels with a velocity of 6ms. It then accelerates uniformly and travelsa distance of
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70 m. Ifthe finalvelocity is 20 ms, find, correct to one decimal place, the:
(a) acceleration;

b) time to travel this distance.

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write in B. Pis the mid-point of NO and equidistant
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find MP.

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[52 marks] this margin.
Answer four questions only from this section with at least one question from each part.
Allquestions carry equal marks.
PART I
PURE MATHEMATICS
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9. (a) Find the derivative of 4x with respect to x, from first principle.

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(b) Given that tan P= and tanQ= find tan(P - 0).
X-1 x+1

10. (a) Aquadratic polynomial, g) has (2x+ 1) as a factor. If gx) is divided by (r -1) and (x-2),
the remainders are -6 and -5 respectively. Find:
(i) g(r);
(ii) the zeros of gx).

(b) Find the third term is expanded in descending powers of x.

8x +8x+9 in partial fractions.

11. (a) Express
(x-1X2r + 3)
(b) The coordinates of the centre and circumference of a circle are (-2, 5) and 6 units
respectively. Find the equation of the circle.

PART II
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

12. The table shows the distribution of marks scored by some candidates in an examination.

Marks 11 - 20 21- 3031 - 4041 - 5051 - 60 61 - 70 71- 80 81 - 90 91 - 100

14 40 57 25 11 1
Number 5 39
ofcandidates

(a) Construct a cumulative frequency table for the distribution.

(b) Draw a cumulative frequency curve for the distribution.
(c) Use the curve to estimate the:
(i) number of candidates who scored marks between 24 and 58:

(ii) lowest mark for distinction., if 12% of the candidates passed with distinction.

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this margin. 13. (a) Abag contains 16identical balls of which 4 are green. Aboy picks a ball at random from
the bag and replaces it. If this is repeated 5times, what is the probability that he:
() did not pick a green ball:
(ii) picked a green ball at least threetimes?

(b) The deviations from amean of values from a set of data are -2, (m -1), (m+ 1), -1, 2,
(2m -1) and-2. Find the possible values of m.

PART III

VECTORS AND MECHANICS

14. A
particle of mass 2 kg moves under the action of aconstant force, F N, with an initial velocity
(3i + 2) ms and a velocity of (1 5i - 4)ms after 4 seconds. Find the:

(a) acceleration of the particle;

(b) magnitude of the force F:
(c) magnitude of the velocity of the particle after 8seconds, correct to three decimal places.

15. (a) Asee-saw pivoted at the middle is kept in balance by weights of Richard, John and Philip
such that only Richard whose mass 60kg sits on one side. If they sit at distances 2m, 3m
and 4m respectively from the pivot and Philip is 15 kg, find the mass of John.

(b) Abody of mass 12 kg rests on a rough plane inclined at an angle of 30° to the horizontal.
2
The coefficient of friction between the body and the plane is .Aforce of magnitude
3
P Newtons acts on the body along the inclined plane. Find the value of P, if the body is at
the point of moving:
(i))down the plane;
(i) up the plane.
[Take g= 10 ms

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