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2x − y
1. Make y the subject of the formula k = . (3 marks)
x + 2y

n +1
2. Make n the subject of the formula
= m − 2. (3 marks)
n

y − 2x
3. Make x the subject of the formula 3y − 1.
= (3 marks)
2

4. Consider the formula 5(4m – n) = 3(m – 2).

(a) Make n the subject of the above formula.
(b) If the value of m is decreased by 10, write down the change in the value of n.
(4 marks)

−4
b9  a 
5. Simplify −3   and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
a b

(− x −2 y 3 )3
6. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
( x −4 y 2 )−2

−2
 −3a2 b−1 
7. Simplify  3  and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
 ab 

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8. Factorize
(a) 12m2 − 13mn − 4n2,
(b) 12m2 − 13mn − 4n2 − 8m − 2n. (3 marks)

9. Factorize
(a) 9 x 2 − 2 xy − 7y 2 ,
(b) 7y 2 − y + 2 xy + x − 9 x 2 . (3 marks)

10. Factorize
(a) 2x 3 − 2x ,
(b) x + 1 − xy − y ,
(c) 2 x 3 − x + 1 − xy − y . (4 marks)

11. Factorize
(a) p2 − 9q2,
(b) p2 − 9q2 − 3(p − 3q)2. (4 marks)

12. Factorize
(a) 4x3 – 12x2y,
(b) 4x3 – 12x2y – xy2 + 3y3. (4 marks)

13. The marked price of a fan is 20% higher than its cost. If it is sold at 10% off, the profit is $64. Find the
discount. (4 marks)

14. The cost of a handmade cake is $80. If the handmade cake is sold at a discount of 30% on its marked
price, then the percentage profit is 5%. Find the marked price of the handmade cake.
(4 marks)

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15. The marked price of a book is 40% above its cost. A profit of $18 is made by selling the book at a
discount of 20% on its marked price. Find the marked price of the book. (4 marks)

16. In a shop, a set of headphones is sold at $84 and the shop makes a profit of 40%. The cost of the set
of headphones now increases by 25%.
(a) If the shop keeps the selling price of the set of headphones at $84, find the percentage profit.
(b) If the shop still wants to make a profit of 40%, find the new selling price of the set of headphones.
(4 marks)

17. Mr. Wong deposits a sum of $200 000 in Bank A and Bank B. The simple interest rates offered by
Bank A and Bank B are 3.5% p.a. and 4.5% p.a. respectively. After 2 years, the simple interests
received from these 2 banks are the same. How much did Mr. Wong deposit in Bank A and Bank B
respectively? (3 marks)

3 5
18. Simplify + . (3 marks)
6 x − 5 7 − 10 x

5 4
19. Simplify − . (3 marks)
3x + 2 2 x + 7

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20. The prices of a child ticket and an adult ticket of an express train from Heung Kong city to Wuyang city
are $90 and $150 respectively. If the railway company can sell a total of 1 000 child and adult tickets
in each hour, and tickets are sold from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, then the total income obtained by
selling child and adult tickets each day is $1 716 000. Find the number of child tickets of that train sold
each day. (4 marks)

21. Cathy and John bought some stamps. If Cathy gives 3 stamps to John, they will have the same
number of stamps. If John gives 3 stamps to Cathy, the number of stamps that Cathy has will be 4
times that of John. Find the total number of stamps Cathy and John have. (4 marks)

22. A sum of money was shared between Cathy and Dennis in the ratio 2 : 7. Dennis then deposited his
share into two accounts A and B in the ratio 3 : 5. If 3 times the money in account A is $140 more than
that in account B, find the original sum of money. (4 marks)

23. (a) Round down 2714.2944 to 1 decimal places.

(b) Round up 2714.2944 to the nearest integer.
(c) Round off 2714.2944 to 3 significant figures. (3 marks)

24. (a) Round off 308.094 6 to the nearest integer.

(b) Round down 308.094 6 to 2 significant figures.
(c) Round up 308.094 6 to 2 decimal places. (3 marks)

25. The following items are found in a parcel of David:

Item Weight Quantity

Books 860 g per set 5 sets
Model car 1 230 g per box 7 boxes
Canned food 550 g per can 10 cans

(a) By rounding up the weight of each item to the nearest 100 g, estimate the total weight of the
items in the parcel.
(b) If a parcel is sent by post, the total weight of the items in the parcel cannot be greater than
20 kg. Can David send his parcel by post? Use the result of (a) to explain your answer.
(4 marks)

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26. A pack of salt is termed standard if its weight is measured as 60 g correct to the nearest 10 g, while
a pack of sugar is termed standard if its weight is measured as 55 g correct to the nearest 5 g.
(a) Find the maximum absolute errors of the weights of a standard pack of salt and a standard pack
of sugar.
(b) Is it possible that the total weight of 20 standard packs of salt is greater than that of 25 standard
packs of sugar? Explain your answer. (5 marks)

27. The weight of a watermelon is measured as 6.8 kg, correct to the nearest 0.1 kg.
(a) Find the least possible weight of the watermelon.
(b) Sarah cuts the watermelon equally into 8 slices. Is it possible that the weight of each slice of
watermelon is measured as 844 g, correct to the nearest g? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

28. In the figure, ABCDE is a pentagon and all the measurements are correct to the nearest cm.

(a) Write down the maximum absolute error of the measurement.

(b) Find the least possible length of AB.
(c) If the actual area of ABCDE is x cm2 , find the range of value of x. (5 marks)

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x +3 x −2
29. (a) Solve the inequality − ≥ 1.
4 3
(b) Raymond claims that all the integral solution of the compound inequalities

x + 7 < 8

x + 3 x − 2 are negative. Do you agree? Explain your answer. (4 marks)
 4 − 3 ≥1


3x − 7
30. (a) Find the range of values of x which satisfy both ≤ 2( x + 1) and 6x – 18 < 0.
4
(b) Find all the positive integers satisfying both the inequalities in (a). (4 marks)

31. Consider the compound inequality

y −3
y +3< or y + 2 > −7 ………(*)
2
(a) Solve (*).
(b) Write down the greatest negative integer satisfying (*). (4 marks)

32. Consider the compound inequality

1 x
( x − 5) ≤ − 1 or 2x + 13 > 3 .................... (*).
3 2
(a) Solve (*).
(b) Write down the smallest non-negative integer which satisfies (*). (4 marks)

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33. In a polar coordinates system, O is a pole. The polar coordinates of the points R and S are
(10,162°) and (a, 252°) respectively, where a is a positive constant. It is known that
RS = 26.
(a) Is ∆ORS a right-angled triangle? Explain your answer.
(b) Find the area of ∆ORS. (4 marks)

34. In a polar coordinates system, O is a pole. The polar coordinates of the points R and S are
(5, 263°) and (12, 353°) respectively.
(a) If R is rotated clockwise through 90° about the pole O to R’, find the polar coordinates of R’.
(b) (i) Find the length of RS.
(ii) Hence, find the shortest distance from O to RS. (5 marks)

35. In a polar coordinate system, O is the pole. The polar coordinates of the points A and B are ( 3,138°)
and (1, 228°) respectively.
(a) Find the length of AB and ∠OAB.
(b) Write down the polar coordinates of all possible point(s) of P such that ∆OAB ≅ ∆AOP.
(5 marks)

36. In a polar coordinate system, O is the pole. The polar coordinates of points A and B are (6, 35°) and
(6, 155°) respectively. Let L be the line which bisects ∠AOB.
(a) Is L perpendicular to AB? Explain your answer.
(b) Find the polar coordinates of the point of intersection of L and AB.
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37. The coordinates of the point A are (–5, 7). A is rotated clockwise about the origin O through 270° to
the point B.
(a) Write down the coordinates of B.
(b) Find the slope of AB.
(c) C(–18, k) is a point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that OC is the axis of reflectional
symmetry of ∆AOB. Find the value of k. (5 marks)

38. The figure shows the graphs for Andy and Billy running on the same straight road between town A and
town B during the period 8:00 to 12:00 in a morning. Billy runs at a constant speed during the period.
It is given that town A and town B are 40 km apart.

B 40
Distance from town A (km)

32 Billy

20

Andy

A 0
8:00 12:00
Time

(a) When do Andy and Billy meet during the period?

(b) Find the average speed for Andy running from town B to town A.
(c) Use the average speed during the period to determine who runs faster. Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

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39. The radius and the area of a sector are 10 cm and 20π cm2.
(a) Find the angle of the sector.
(b) Express the perimeter of the sector in terms of π. (4 marks)

40. In the figure, O is the centre of the circle ABDC. It is given that AB // CD, ∠BOC = 160°, ∠OCD = 30°
and the radius of the circle is 9 cm.

C
O

(a) Find ∠ACO.

(b) Express the area of the sector AOC in terms of π. (5 marks)

41. In the figure, AB and OD intersect at E. If ∠BAD = 30° and ∠ACB = 70°, find ∠BED. (5 marks)

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42. In the figure, O is the centre of the circle. AD and CE are diameters of the circle. It is given that
∠OCB =64° and ∠OED =34°.

D
E
34°
O

64° C
A

(a) Find ∠OAB .

AB
(b) Find .
AD
(5 marks)

43. In the figure, O is the centre of the circle ABCD. BAE and CODE are straight lines. It is given that
∠BDC = 48° and AO = AE.

48°
C E
O D

(a) Find ∠AOE.


(b) Someone claims that AB is shorter than AE. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

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44. In the figure, D and E are points lying on AB and AC respectively. BE and CD intersect at the point F.
It is given that BC // DE, ∠BAC = 50°, ∠ADE = 55° and ∠BEC = 75°.

F
C

(a) Find ∠EBC.

(b) Let ∠EDC = α. Express ∠BFC in terms of α. (5 marks)

45. The table below shows the distribution of the ages of 50 members in a club.

Age less than Cumulative frequency

60 50
50 38
40 x

x
30
2

It is given that the ratio of the number of the members aged from 50 to 59 and that of the members
aged from 30 to 39 is 6 : 5.
(a) Find x.
(b) A member in the club is chosen at random. Find the probability that the age of the chosen
member is between 40 and 49. (5 marks)

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46. The frequency distribution table and the cumulative frequency distribution table below show the
distribution of the times (in s) taken by a group of students to finish a 400 m run, where a, b, c, x, y
and z are integers.
Time (s) Frequency Time less than (s) Cumulative frequency
46–50 2 50.5 x
51–55 a 55.5 7
56–60 b 60.5 15
61–65 c 65.5 y
66–70 6 70.5 23
71–75 1 75.5 z
(a) Find a, b and c.
(b) If a student is randomly selected from the group, find the probability that the time taken by the
student selected to finish a 400 m run is less than 70.5 s but not less than 60.5 s.
(5 marks)

47. The bar chart below shows the distribution of the number of pets owned by the students in a group.
If a student is randomly selected from the group, then the probability that the selected student has no
1
pets is .
5

Distribution of the numbers of pets owned by the students in the group

Number of students

k
22

16
10

0 1 2 3
Number of pets

(a) Find the median of the above distribution.

(b) Some new students now join the group. It is found that the median of the distribution increases.
Find the least possible number of the new students in the group. (5 marks)

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48. The following table shows the distribution of the ages of the players in a football team.
Age 14 15 16 17 18
Number of players 2 5 k 7 10
It is given that k is a positive integer.
(a) Write down the greatest possible value of the inter-quartile range of the distribution.
(b) Given that the median age of the distribution is 16.5. Four more players now join the football
team. It is found that the ages of the four players are all different and the range of the
distribution remains unchanged. Find the least possible mean age of the players in the football
team. (5 marks)

49. There are ten balls numbered 4, 7, 8, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, a and b respectively, where a and b are positive
integers, and a > b. It is given that the mean of the ten numbers is 11 and the modes of the ten
numbers are 8 and 12.
(a) Find a and b.
(b) A ball is randomly drawn from the ten balls. Find the probability that the number drawn is
divisible by 3. (5 marks)

50. In the figure, the pie chart shows the distribution of the expenditure of Kevin in a month. In that
month, the expenditure on transportation is 15% less than that on food.

Entertainment

105° Rent
Savings 35°

68° x°
Transportation
Food

Distribution of the expenditure of Kevin in the month

(a) Find x.
(b) Is the expenditure of Kevin on entertainment less than that on food? Explain your answer.

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Section A(2)
1. The monthly rent ($R) of a flat in a district partly varies directly as its floor area (A m2) and partly
varies inversely as its distance (D km) from the MTR station in the district. Suppose the rent of a flat
with floor area 100 m2 and located 0.5 km from the MTR station is $16000, while the rent of a flat with
floor area 150 m2 and located 0.8 km from the MTR station is $18400.
(a) Find the rent of a flat with floor area 250 m2 and located 0.5 km from the MTR station.
(3 marks)
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(b) Raymond lives in a flat with floor area 200 m . He wants to reduce the rent by half. He plans to
move to another flat with the same floor area but located at twice the distance from the MTR
station. Do you think his plan works? Explain your answer. (3 marks)

2. Peter is a salesperson. It is given that his monthly bonus A (in $) varies directly as the monthly sales
figure P and inversely as the square root of the number of complaints N he received in that month.
When P = 10 000 and N = 4, A = 1 000.
(a) Find Peter’s monthly bonus if his monthly sales figure is 18 000 and he gets 9 complaints in that
month. (3 marks)
(b) In a particular month, Peter receives 125% more complaints than the previous month. If his
monthly bonus remains the same, find the percentage change in his sales figure in that month.
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3. It is given that f(x) is the sum of two parts, one part varies as x2 and the other part is a constant.
Suppose that f(–2) = 7 and f(4) = –17.
(a) Find f(5). (3 marks)
(b) A(5, a) and B(–5, b) are points lying on the graph of y = f(x). Find the area of ∆ABC, where C is
a point lying on the x-axis. (3 marks)

4. Let $C be the cost of making a product of volume V m3. It is given that C is the sum of two parts, one
part varies as V and the other part varies as the square root of V. When V = 1.96, C = 98; when
V = 2.56, C = 120.
(a) Find the cost of making a product of volume 3.24 m3. (3 marks)
(b) There is a smaller product which is similar to the product described in (a), and the surface area
1
of the smaller product is times that of the product described in (a). Heidi claims that the cost
16
of marking the smaller product is greater than $10. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
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5. Let f(x) be a polynomial. When f(x) is divided by x − 1, the quotient is x2 + (h − 1)x − h and the
remainder is k, where h and k are constants. When f(x) is divided by x + h, the remainder is 5. It is
given that f(x) is divisible by x − 2.
(a) Find the values of h and k. (4 marks)
(b) Someone claims that all the roots of the equation f(x) = 0 are rational numbers.
Do you agree? Explain your answer. (3 marks)

6. Let f( x )= 3x( x − 1)2 + ax + b , where a and b are constants. It is given that x – 2 is a factor of f(x).
When f(x) is divided by x – 1, the remainder is 3a + 10.
(a) Find a and b. (3 marks)
(b) Someone claims that the equation f(x) = 0 has at least one irrational root. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (4 marks)

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7. Let f(x) = −4x3 + (a + 2)x2 + 2x − 3b, where a and b are constants. x + 1 is a factor of f(x). When
f(x) is divided by x − 2, the remainder is 9.
(a) Find a and b. (3 marks)
(b) Let g(x) be the quotient when f(x) is divided by −x2 + 2x + 3. Someone claims that the equation
kxg( x ) = f( x ) has more than one real root for all real values of k. Do you agree? Explain your
answer. (4 marks)

8. Let f(x) be a cubic polynomial. When f(x) is divided by x + 1, the remainder is 7. When f(x) is divided
by x – 4, the remainder is 87. It is given that f(x) is divisible by x2 + 3x + 1.
(a) Find the quotient when f(x) is divided by x2 + 3x + 1. (4 marks)
(b) How many rational roots does the equation f(x) = 0 have? Explain your answer.
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9. When f( x ) is divided by x 2 − 1 , the quotient is x + h and the remainder is 4x + k . It is given that

f( x ) is divisible by x + 1 .
(a) Find the possible value(s) of k. (3 marks)
(b) It is known that there are two distinct real roots for the equation f( x ) = 0 . Find the possible
value(s) of h. (4 marks)

10. It is given that x + 1 is a factor of the cubic polynomial f(x). When f(x) is divided by 1 − x2, the
remainder is ax + 12, where a is a constant.
(a) Find a. (3 marks)
(b) It is given that f(x) is divisible by x − 4. When f(x) is divided by x, the remainder is 8. Someone
claims that all the roots of the equation f(x) = 0 are integers. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

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11. A solid metal hemisphere with radius r cm is melted and recast into a right circular cone with radius
r cm and height h cm.
(a) Find r : h. (2 marks)
(b) The right circular cone is cut into a smaller right circular cone and a frustum with equal volume
144π cm3. Someone claims that the height of the frustum is greater than 3 cm. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (4 marks)

12. A hemispherical bowl of base radius 6 cm, and an inverted right circular conical container of base
radius 9 cm and height 18 cm are held vertically. The bowl is fully filled with water. The water in the
bowl is now poured into the container.
(a) Find the volume of water in the container in terms of π. (2 marks)
(b) Find the depth of water in the container. (3 marks)
(c) The opening of the container is covered with a seal and the container is put upside down.
Someone claims that the new depth of water in the container is greater than 2 cm. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (3 marks)

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13. The slant height and the base radius of a solid right circular cone are 51 cm and 24 cm respectively.
The circular cone is divided into three parts by two planes which are parallel to its base. The heights
of the three parts are equal. Express, in terms of π,
(a) the curved surface area of the middle part of the circular cone, (3 marks)
(b) the volume of the middle part of the circular cone. (3 marks)

14. A solid metal right cylinder of base area 56π cm2 and height 50 cm is melted and recast into two
similar solid right cones. The ratio of the base area of the smaller cone to the base area of the larger
cone is 1 : 9.
(a) Find the volume of the larger cone in terms of π. (3 marks)
(b) If the height of the larger cone is 36 cm, find the total surface area of the smaller cone in
terms of π. (4 marks)

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15. The coordinates of the points A and B are (−4, 3) and (6, 5) respectively. Let L be the perpendicular
bisector of the line segment AB.
(a) Find the equation of L. (3 marks)
(b) If AB is a chord of the circle x2 + y2 − 2ax + 4ay − 85 = 0, where a is a constant, find the value
of a. (3 marks)

16. A straight line L: 3x − 4y + 30 = 0 intersects with the circle C at A and B(6, 12). Denote the centre of
C by E. E is the point of intersection of the straight line y = 9 and L.
(a) Find the equation of C. (3 marks)
(b) P is a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that EP = BP. Denote the locus of P
by Γ.
(i) Find the equation of Γ.
(ii) It is given that Γ meets EB at D. Find the ratio of the area of ∆APD to the area of ∆BPD.
(4 marks)

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17. The x-intercept and the y-intercept of straight line L1 are –9 and 4.5 respectively. The equation of
straight line L2 is x − 2y − 3 =.
0 P is a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that the
perpendicular distance from P to L1 is equal to that from P to L2. Denote the locus of P by Γ.
(a) (i) Describe the geometric relationship between L1 and L2. Explain your answer.
(ii) Find the equation of Γ. (5 marks)
(b) The equation of the circle C is x 2 + (y − n)2 =
9 , where n is a constant. If L1 cuts C at A and B,
while L2 cuts C at H and K and AB = HK , find n. (3 marks)

18. The circle C passes through two points A(0, 8) and B(0, −16). Denote the centre of C by G. It is given
that the x-coordinate of G is 5.
(a) Find the equation of C. (3 marks)
(b) L1 and L2 are two parallel lines. It is given that L1 passes through A and G. Let P be a moving point
on the rectangular coordinate plane such that the perpendicular distance from P to L1 is equal to
the perpendicular distance from P to L2. Denote the locus of P by Γ. It is given that Γ passes
through B.
(i) Describe the geometric relationship between Γ and L1.
(ii) Find the equation of Γ.
(iii) Suppose that Γ cuts C at another point D. Someone claims that ∠AGD < 45°. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (6 marks)

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19. The coordinates of the points E and F are (8, −20) and (2. 4) respectively. Let P be a moving point in
the rectangular coordinate plane such that EP = FP. Denote the locus of P by Γ.
(a) (i) Describe the geometric relationship between Γ and the line segment EF.
(ii) Find the equation of Γ. (3 marks)
(b) The coordinates of the point G are (5, 9). H is a point lying on Γ such that FG ⊥ FH.
(i) Find the coordinates of H.
(ii) Let C be the circle passing through F, G and H. Someone claims that E lies outside C. Do you
agree? Explain your answer. (6 marks)

20. In the figure, APQ and ARS are straight lines. It is given that AP = 28 cm, PQ = 72 cm, AR = 35 cm
and RS = 45 cm.

(a) Prove that ∆AQR ~ ∆ASP. (2 marks)

(b) It is given that QS = 60 cm.
(i) Is ∆QRS a right-angled triangle? Explain your answer.
(ii) Find PS. (5 marks)

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21. In the figure, ABCD is a square. BFC and CGDE are straight lines. It is given that BF = DE.

C F B

D A

(a) Prove that AF = AE. (3 marks)

(b) It is given that AG bisects ∠FAE.
(i) Prove that ∆AFG ≅ ∆AEG.
(ii) If ∠EAD = 18°, find ∠DAG. (4 marks)

22. In the figure, ACED is a rectangle. BE intersects DC at F such that BE ⊥ DC and BC = AD.
A B

D C
F

(a) Prove that ∆CEF ~ ∆EDF. (2 marks)

(b) It is given that AD = 15 cm and BF = 12 cm.
(i) Is F the mid-point of BE? Explain your answer.
(ii) Find ED. (5 marks)

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23. (a) In Figure (a), ABCD is a circle. ∠BAC is an acute angle. BD is a diameter of the circle.

Figure (a)
BC
Prove that = BD . (3 marks)
sin ∠BAC
(b) In Figure (b), PQRS is a circle. ∠QPR is an acute angle. PS bisects ∠QPR . Let p = QR and
θ = ∠QPS .

Figure (b)
(i) Express RS in terms of p and cos θ .
(ii) Using (a), prove that sin2θ = 2 sin θ cos θ . (5 marks)

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24. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the scores (in points) obtained by a
basketball team in the matches of a tournament.
Stem (tens) Leaf (units)
4 a 9 9
5 0 0 1 b 4 5 7 7 9 9 9
6 0 0 1 1 4 c 6 7 9
7 1 2 5
It is given that the range of the distribution is 32 points.
(a) Find a. (2 marks)
(b) It is given that the mean of the distribution exceeds 59 points and the inter-quartile range of the
distribution is 13 points. Find
(i) b and c,
(ii) the greatest possible standard deviation of the distribution. (6 marks)

25. A factory introduces a new machine for manufacturing water pipes. At first, 20 trial pipes are
produced. The factory manager records the lengths of the 20 trial pipes in the following stem-and-leaf
diagram.
Stem (10 cm) Leaf (1 cm)
12 a 7 8 8 8 8 9
13 0 5 6 6 7 8
14 0 1 b 4
15 3 8 9
It is given that the range and the inter-quartile range of the lengths of the 20 trial pipes are 35 cm and
13 cm respectively.
(a) Find the values of a and b. (3 marks)
(b) Two more trial pipes are added to the above sample. It is found that the mean is decreased by
1 cm and the range is increased by 1 cm. Find the lengths of each of the trial pipes.
(4 marks)

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26. The following stem-and-leaf diagram shows the ages of the players of a basketball team.
Stem (tens) Leaf (units)
1 b 9
2 1 a 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 9
3 2 4
It is given that the mean and the range of the above distribution are 25 and 15 respectively.
(a) Find the inter-quartile range and the standard deviation of the above distribution.
(5 marks)
(b) If one player is selected randomly, find the probability that the age of the selected player is 23 or
above. (2 marks)

27. The box-and-whisker diagram below shows the distribution of the scores (in marks) of the students of
a class in a biology test.

Score (marks)
38 46 55 x y

It is known that the inter-quartile range of the above distribution is 18 marks and the range is equal
to 2.5 times the inter-quartile range. The mean of the distribution is 58 marks.
(a) Find the values of x and y. (3 marks)
(b) Four students, whose scores are 39 marks, 79 marks, 48 marks and z marks have dropped
biology. The biology teacher finds that the mean of the distribution remains unchanged. Find the
value of z and hence find the median of the scores of the remaining students in the test.
(3 marks)

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