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6 HOLIDAY APPLIED MATHEMATICS WORK #2, 2020

Use g= 9.8m/s 2 where applicable unless otherwise.

SECTION A TYPE OF QUESTIONS.

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1. Use trapezium rule with five strips to evaluate  log
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10 x 2 dx , correct to three significant figures.

2. A particle initially located at point A (2,4,6) moves with a uniform speed of 12m/s in the
direction 2 𝒊 − 3 𝒋 − 𝒌 . Find the distance of the particle from the origin.

3. The table below shows the cumulative frequency distribution (F) of the ages in years of the
students in a given University.

Age <20 <21 <22 <23 <24 <25 <26 <27

F 5 9 15 19 26 36 44 50
(a) Use the data to find the actual frequencies of the distribution.

(b) Draw an ogive and estimate the semi inter quartile range of the distribution.
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4. A body of weight 50N is placed on a smooth plane inclined at an angle of sin-1(5) to the
horizontal. What would be the size of the minimum horizontal force required to maintain
equilibrium? Find also the size of the normal reaction between the plane and the body.

5. A factory has a machine shop in which three machines A, B and C produce a sanitizer of
capacity 100cm 3 . A quality controller is equally likely to sample the sanitizer from A and B,
and three times as likely to select sanitizer from C as he is from B. The defective rates from the
machines are 10%,10% and 20% respectively. What is the probability that a sanitizer selected
at random by the quality controller is defective?

6. The table below shows the behavior of x and y at different moments.

x 0.2 0.4 0.6

y -1.609 -0.9163 -0.5108

Use linear interpolation or extrapolation to estimate the value of

(a) y when x= 0.72. (b) x when y= -1.9661.

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7. A particle of mass 6kg rests on a rough plane inclined at angle of 50 0 to the horizontal. If the
coefficient of friction between the particle and the plane is 0.32, calculate the force acting
parallel to the plane which can move the particle up the plane.

8. Car P is accelerating at 2ms −2 . At the point where its velocity is 10ms −1 , it is overtaken by car
Q moving at 57.6kmhr −1 and accelerating at 1ms −2 . How long before does car P catches up
with car Q?

9. A discrete random variable x has the following probability distribution.

x 1 2 3 4

P(X=x) 0.1875 0.5000 0.2500 0.0625

Calculate (a) P (x  3 / x  2) (b) the median of x

10. The table below shows the prices (in Ug sh) and quantities of the items A, B and C for the
years 2010 and 2011 respectively.

Item Prices for Prices for Quantities Quantities

2010 2011 for 2010 for 2011

A 20,000 18,500 6 4

B 25,200 22,400 8 9

C 30,600 19,500 7 6

Taking 2010 as the base period, calculate the weighted aggregate price index for 2011. Comment
on your result.

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11. Find the range within which the true value of 6.23(3.125 - ) .
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12. An insect moves in the x-y plane so that its position vector at any time t is given by
r = (4t 2 - 3t) i + (8t+4- 6t 2 ) j .
a. Find the distance covered after a time of 3 units.
b. Show that the insect is accelerating uniformly.

13. A box contains 4red and 3 blue balls. Three balls are chosen randomly from the box without
replacement. Find the probability that;
a. the balls are all of the same colour.
b. the balls are blue given that the balls selected are of the same colour.

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14. Use the graphical method to show the root of the equation e x - 2 x +1= 0 between x=1.0
and x= 1.6. Hence estimate the root, correct to 1 decimal place.
15. Given that events M and N are mutually exclusive such that P(M)= ½ ,
P( either M or N) = 9/10.
Find (a) P( M   N  ) (b) P( M   N  ) (c) P( M  N  ) (d) P ( N  / M ).

SECTION B TYPE OF QUESTIONS

16. Six forces 8N, 10N, 12N, 14N, 16N and 18N act along the sides AB, BC, CD, DE, EF
and FG respectively of a regular hexagon, their directions being shown by the order of
the letters. If AD is horizontal,
a. Express each force as vector. (b) Find the magnitude and direction of the
resultant force.
17. Use the graphical method to estimate the only positive root of the equation 2- 2x - x 3 =0,
correct to 1 decimal place. Derive a simple formula based on Newton – Raphson method
and use your graph result to find the better root of the equation, correct to three decimal
places.
18. A particle of mass 200grams is acted on by forces (4t i+2 j) N, (-6 i+2t k) N and (6t j-k) N,
where t is the time in seconds. If initially the velocity of the particle is (3 i – 2 k ) m/s, its
displacement is (6 j -4 k ) metres .

19. Find the (a) impulse of the particle after 2 seconds. (b) position vector of the particle after
2 seconds.

20. A continuous random variable X has the probability functions given by;
𝑘𝑥; 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 10
f(x)={𝑘(20 − 𝑥); 10 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 20
0; 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
Where k is a constant.
a) Sketch f(x) and find the value of k.
b) Calculate P (0  x  8) /(5  x  12) ]
c) Construct a cumulative probability function, F(x) and use it to find the median.

21. Two balls are projected from the top of the vertical cliff 50m above the level ground. The
balls are projected at the same time and in the same vertical plane, one at 25m/s and angle of
elevation of tan −1 (3⁄4) and the other ball at 25m/s and angle of depression tan −1 (3⁄4).
Given that g= 10m/s 2 , find the;
a. time interval between the balls hitting the ground.
b. horizontal distance between their points of impact.

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22. (a) Use the trapezium rule with six ordinates to evaluate, ∫0 𝜃𝑆𝑖𝑛𝜃𝑑𝜃 correct to three
decimal places.
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(b) Find the actual value of  Sin2d ,correct to three decimal places.
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(c) Calculate the relative error made in (a) above and state how you would reduce such an

error.
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x
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23. (a)Use trapezium rule with five sub intervals to find the value of Sin2xdx , correct to
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three significant figures.

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x
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(b) Find the exact value of Sin2xdx , correct to three significant figures.
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(c) Find the percentage error made in (a) above and state how you would minimize the
error.

24. The table below shows the masses (in grams) of 200 animals of the same species.

Mass 70-79 80-84 85-89 90-94 95-99 100-109

Cumulative 7 37 103 160 187 200
Frequency
(a)Calculate the mean and variance.
(b)Draw a histogram and superimpose a frequency polygon.

25. (a)Round off to three significant figures;

(i) 6.9449 (ii)10.459 (iii)12436 (v) 0.01004

(b) The numbers A and B are estimated to a and b with errors e 1 and e 2 respectively.

a 2 e1 e 2
Show that the maximum possible error made in estimating A 2 /B is (2 + ) .
b a b
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Hence if a =2.5 and b =0.6, find the absolute error in a .
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26. (a)A trunk is pulled across a horizontal ground by a force of 55N inclined at 35 0 to the

horizontal. The trunk has a mass of 40kg and moves with a constant velocity. Calculate the

resistance to motion. (ii) normal reaction.

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(b) A lift has a mass of 600kg and holds three girls of masses 75kg, 45kg and 80kg. If

g =10ms −2 , determine the tension in the cable when the lift is moving upwards and

decelerates at 0.5 ms −2 .

(c) A particle of mass 100grams is projected up a smooth inclined plane with an initial

speed of 19.6m/s. The plane is inclined at 20 0 to the horizontal. Find the;

(i) deceleration of the particle.

(ii) distance travelled up the plane before the particle comes to rest.

27. (a) In a certain school, the need for pocket money is given as the reason for 40% of all
theft cases in students` dormitories. If 8 theft cases are reported to the house mistresses,
find the
(i) mean and standard deviation of the cases.
(ii) probability of reporting between 3 and 7 cases inclusive.
(iii) probability of reporting between 3 and 7 cases.
(b)A girls` chance of hitting the target is 0.2. Find the number of times the girl must try in
order to be 95% sure that she hits the target at least once.

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