2. (a) (b) Express as a single fraction in its simplest form Given that 3 = =, express y in terms of x. 2x 3x, Qx- 1? (Qx-1)" 2] B)Congruency & Similarity 10. _ In the diagram, Ois the centre of two concentric circles. A and D lie on the circumference of the smaller circle. B and C lie on the circumference of the larger circle. AC and BD intersect at O. Prove that (a) AAOB and ADOC are congruent. (b) A4BD and ADCA are congruent 34. The ratio of the areas of the bases of two geometrically similar buckets is 8 : 50 smaller bucket larger bucket (a) The area of the top of the smaller bucket is 240 cm’. What is the area of the top of the larger bucket? (b) Write down the ratio of the heights of the two buckets (c)_ Both buckets are filled with sand. ‘The mass of sand in the larger bucket is 25 kg. Find the mass of sand in the smaller bucket.In the diagram, OR = 10 cm, PO = 12 cm, AB = 7 cm and AB is parallel to OR. (a) Calculate the length of AQ. area of APAB (b) Find the ratio of ——SAO An __ area of trapezium ABRO 12/4 B In the diagram below, AC = CD = 7 cm, BC = 5 cm and CE = 9.8 cm. AE and BD are straight lines. (a) Name a pair of similar triangles and prove that they are similar. 3) (b) Show that lines AB and DE are parallel (1) (ce) Given that AB = 15 cm, calculate the length of DE. (2)13. Inthe diagram, PORS is a rectangle, SFE is a straight line and E lies on PQ. The line RF is perpendicular to the line SE at F. Given that SE = SR, PS= 9 cm, SR = 14 cm and ZFSR = ZFRQ. (a) Identify a pair of congruent triangles and give reasons for your answer. (b) Show that SF = 10.7 cm. (©) Find the area of EFRQ. E P Q 9 ‘P s R 14 14 In the diagram, AB//DC, AC and BD meet at X, AX = BX and CX = DX. A 8 SOO B D Cc 14 (a) Prove that triangle ABY and CDX are similar. (b) Given that AB = 8 cm, DC = 14 cm and XC=9 cm, find the length of AX. (c) Find the area of ADXC if the area of ABXA=80 cm’.8(a) Inthe diagram, ABCD is a quadrilateral such that AB is parallel to DC. It is given that AB= DC, ZBAD = 72" and ZABD =51". B Cc Aly ID (i) Stating all your reasons clearly, prove that AABD is congruent to ACDB. B) (ii) Find angle CBD. 2) (b) The containers shown below are geometrically similar. The base area of container A is z of the base area of container B. Container A Container B (i) Find the ratio of the height of container A to the height of container B a (Gi) The cost of painting container A is $0.45, find the cost of painting container B. —!1] (iii) The containers are completely filled with water. Given that container B holds 2 1.5 litres of water, calculate the capacity of container A. Q)9 (a) (b) (©) In the diagram showing APRS, ROTA is a parallelogram and AT meets SQ at B Stating all your reasons clearly, prove that APQT is similar to APRS. Given that RA = 9 cm, AS = 5 cm and RO =7 cm, (i) find the ratio of OT: RS. (ii) find the length of QP. (iii) find the ratio of SA : SR. (iv) find the length of BA If the area of APRS = 98 cm’, (i) find the ratio of area of APQT : APRS. (ii) find the area of trapezium OTSR. BI 2] a) 2] i] RQ)A vase has a height of 12 em and capacity 300 em’. A geometrically similar vase has a height of 15.6 cm and a base diameter of 78cm. (a) Calculate the base diameter of the smaller vase. (b) Calculate the capacity of the larger vase In the diagram, ABCD is a parallelogram. The points P and Q lie on the diagonal AC such that angle AOD = angle BPC = 90°. A B D (a) Prove that AADQ is congruent to ACBP (2) (b) Name another pair of congruent triangles. a)6. In the diagram below, D and E are two points on AABC in which DE // BC. Given that CD and BE intersect at F. AE = 4 cm and EC = 12 cm. A e c (a) Show that triangles ABC and ADE are similar. (b) Find the length of DE if BC = 18 cm. (©) Find (i) EF FB (i) area of ADEF area of MCBF (ii) area of MADE area of trapezium DECB area of MABE () Grea of MABC (2) (21 a a) v1Properties of a Circle 6 — (a) _ Inthe diagram 4, B, C, D and E lie on a circle centre O. Angle BCD = 116° and angle OED = 54° EF is tangent to the circle at E. Find (i) angle DOE, uy) angle DBE, 0) angle DEF, a angle OEB, i} angle BAE. P) (b) In the diagram, AB and AC are tangents to the circle with centre O at the points B and C respectively. c \? Given that AB = 36 cm, AD = 24 em, find (i) the radius of the circle, 2 Gi) the area of the quarilateral ABOC. 2Daily Applications (compound interest) 6. Jane borrowed $40 000 from a money lender which charged an interest of 8% per year, compounded monthly. She made a monthly payment of $2800 at the end of each month. Find the amount she owned the bank after the third payment. ing your answer correct to the nearest dollar. 6 Kumar deposits $25, 000 in BDS Bank which pays an interest rate of 3% p.a compounded 6 (a) (b) 21 annually. Calculate how much interest he can get at the end of 36 months. On 12 September 2013, Denzel invested some money in a bank which pays simple interest at a rate of 3% per annum. He would be able to receive $573.75 in total interest on 12 December 2015. How much money did Denzel invest in the bank? At the same time, Denzel also invested $12 000 in another bank that pays compound interest at a rate of 2.25% per annum compounded half-yearly. How much money will Denzel get back at the end of 5 years? The price of a Certificate of Entitlement (COE) in Jan 2013 was 75% more than in Jan 2012. In 2013, the price of the COE was $92 000. Find the price of the COE in Jan 2012, giving your answer to the nearest hundred dollars. Mary wants to invest $8 000 in a savings account for 2 years. ()__Inone account, the rate of compound interest is fixed at r% per annum, At the end of the 2 years, there will be $8 560 in this account, Calculate the value of r to 1 decimal place (ii) In another savings account, the interest of 3% per annum is compounded every half- yearly. Calculate the amount Mary will have in this account at the year of 2 years giving your answer to 2 decimal places. 2]A hair salon is having a promotion in May for members in celebration of Singapore’s 50” birthday. ‘The membership fee is $25 and members get to enjoy the following discounts. Hair Service Service Rate | Member's | discount Haircut $40 15% Scalp treatment 390 20% Hair treatment $110 [25% Rebonding $230 [30% On 1 May, Lydia wants to have a haircut and hair treatment. Her hairstylist informs her about the promotion. a) Compare the rates for members and non-members. State if Lydia should take up the membership. Explain your reason(s) and show your workings clearly. As Lydia's birthday falls in the month of May, the hair stylist offers her a further 20% discount on the member's price for rebonding and scalp treatment. b) Write down an equation for the total amount, T. that Lydia needs to pay for rebonding and scalp treatment if she returns to the salon within the month of May for both services Use r and s to represent the original price of rebonding and scalp treatment respectively.3. Thomas plans to save $10 000 in a bank for 5 years. The bank offers him two investment plans. Plan A ‘The bank pays 5.5% simple interest per year for the | whole of the 5 years. Plan B The bank pays interest compounded monthly at the rate of 5% per annum for one year. The bank then pays interest compounded yearly at the same rate of 5% per annum for the next 4 years. (a) Calculate the amount of money Thomas will have at the end of 5 years ifhe chooses () Plan A, Gi) Plan B (b) Which plan should Thomas choose? Explain why. (a) Solve the inequality 3x+1 < 9-Sx < 24 B) (6) Ahmad needs a loan of $80 000 to buy anew car. Bank A charges an interest rate of 2.45% per annum compounded monthly Bank B charges a simple interest rate of 2.65% per annum, Which bank should he borrow from if he were to take a five year loan? Justify your answer. 14] -y [Formulae for Compound Interest: Total amount = (5) }Indices eta)? 3, (a) Simplify (<4) , expressing your answer in positive index form. (b) Given that 5“ +5” =125°, find the value of + 4. Solve the following equations. (a) 3°=81, (b) 4°? x" i Determine if 2°” or 5” is greater. Explain your answer. 1 Simplify (a) 2a* +3a", (b) 2b!) x Eb. 2. Simplify the following, leaving your answers in positive index. ay (2a°b°) . (3a‘b? ee (22%) . (2 ). ey) Bye > x 3 Evaluate the following without using a calculator. 4 io= 2 @sr*, () V1257, & (2)'. 4 Solve 3 202) (a) 2 =1, (b) 497" =1 (a) Find the value of 3 (a) 7 , correct to 3 significant figures, 3.x 107 — 1.39 x1 2 (1622)3 2 (b) Without using a calculator, evaluate 2? x VB i ‘ F (c) Pressure is defined as force per unit area, as shown in the formula P = . If F = 0.00000316 and P=2.5 x 107°, (i) express Pas a decimal. (ii) Find the value of A and express your answer in standard form, If | litre of air contains 2 762 350 oxygen molecules, how many oxygen molecules are there in 10 millimetres of air? Give your answer in standard form. (b) Simplify the following and express your answers in positive index notation. 3x? )* GS) a Gi) (-s»'n'} x V8mn . (c) (i) Solve 3%" = 1 (ii) Given that 2° = (3) = 16°, find the value of x6 (a) Simplify the expressions and leave your answers in positive index notation. ify vP* (i) (iil) (da°b?Y = (4a’ety. {b) Given that 37°" x 81" =1 , find the value of m. 11a) Solve yam, b) If 7° =36, find the value of es 12 a) Simplify (4x’} +2x° ‘ 125)3 ay - by Express “5° in the form { ©] where a and b are prime numbers and » isan integer. qi (a) Simplify 1+ 2x? (b) Simplify xy x 2° 9 (a) _— Given that V5 x (5?)/"! = 1. Find the value of kInequality 8 (a) Solve the inequality Bx-1]_ 74+4x, 2-17x 4 6 12 (b) Ihustrate the solution with a number line 5S. (a)_ Solve the inequality 3x-S< x +4 <16-3x B) (b) Hence, write down the largest value of x if x is a prime number. 0) Danny needs to reach Pasir Ris, which is 30 km away. He wants to ride his bicycle for x km before taking a taxi to minimise his taxi fare. His average cycling speed is 10 km/h and the taxis average speed is 80 km/h. (a) Given that Danny must reach Pasir Ris within one hour, form an inequality in x. {1] (b) Solve the inequality in (a) to find the minimum distance that he should travel by taxi in order to reach Pasir Ris on time. B) 10 (a) Solve the inequalities 3(x ~ 5) < 2x~3and 2—x < 5x (b) Given that ~—* <2—* <2 find 4 3 4 @ the range of values of x that satisfy the inequality and represent your solutions on a number line. the greatest integer value of x. the largest prime value of x. 11 The length of a rectangle is (x + 4) cm and its breath is 6 cm shorter. If the perimeter of the rectangle cannot exceed 48 cm, (a) Write down an inequality in x and simplify it. (b) Hence, write down the largest possible area of the rectangle.Ta) (b) The diagram shows a AABC whereby the perimeter of the triangle is not greater than 32 cm, A ay By-3 B 3y +6 c (3) Form an inequality in terms of y. (ii) Solve the inequality. (iii) Determine the greatest possible length of AB ify is an integer. x Solve the inequalities -2 < 2% 3 and 2x < 4x — 10 < I8. Given that x and y are integers, where —710. (b) Hence write down the greatest integer value of x which satisfies 3-2x>1010 12 (a) Sketch the quadratic graph of y= 5—(x+2)?. (b) Wnite down the coordinates of the maximum point of the curve y= 5—(x+2). Given that2 < x < 6 and -5 < y < 3, find (a) the possible minimum value of (2x+ y)?. 2 (b) the possible maximum value of ~~. x (c) the possible minimum value of y(1- x)’.Maps 13. A map is drawn to a scale of 1: 200 000. (a) Find the actual distance, in kilometres, represented by 8 cm on the map. (b) The actual area of a park is 2.5 km”. Find, in square centimetres, the area on the map representing the park. 5 (a) _Itis given that y is directly proportional to (x- 5)" When y= 1,x=7. Find (an equation connecting y and x, a (ii) the value of y when x= 2, a (ii) the value of x when y= 3. a (b) An island represented by an area of 2000 cm* on a map has an actual area of 500 km’. (i) Find the actual area of a pond represented by 150 ¢m’ on the map. [1] (ii) Express the scale of the map in the form 1 =n. 2 7 A map is drawn toa scale of 1: 20000. (a) This scale can be written in the form 1 cm: x km, Find x. (b) On the map the area of the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park is 15.5 cm’. Calculate the real area of the park, in square kilometres.Misleading Statistics Average price for 3-room HDB Mat (SS) The graph shows the average price for a 3-room HDB flat in 2010 and 2011 HUGE INCREASE IN PRICE FOR 3-ROOM HDB FLAT IN 2011 285 | seen o as t - | 26s | Thousands 2010 2011 Year Do you think the graph is misleading? Give your explanation supported by working.Real Numbers 1. (a) Express 958 nanograms in grams, giving your answer in standard form. (b) The diameter of a circular organism is 7 micrometres. (i Express 7 micrometres in metres. (ii) Find the area, in square metres, of the circular organism, giving your answer in standard form, 2 (a) Evaluate Wea (6) Evatuate( 4.4310") +(1.23%10°°+0.456), giving your answer in standard form 5. Given that p = 6.89%10" and q =1.28x 10”, evaluate the following leaving your answers in standard form. 3p oy =P. (a) 2p+q, (b) 2q 12. The table below shows the cost of desks and chairs from a Tuck Sing Furniture Shop. Furniture Cost Student Desk ‘330 per item : Student Chair ‘325 per item ‘Transport charges | $30 per trip Supervisor, Shantimalar would like to purchase 20 desks and as many chairs as possible given a budget of $1,200, Using inequality, calculate the maximum number of chairs she can purchase. 1 (@) Caculate SS » giving your answer in 4 significant figures, (b)Arange the following numbers in ascending order, 096, -0.923, 0.57, -2 B2 (a) The atomic radius of hydrogen is about 52.5 picomeues. Express 52.5 picometres in metres, giving your answer in standard form, (b) The length of a micro-organism ¥ is 4.210" m and the length of a micro- organism ¥ is 4.4x10~ m. Giving your answer in standard form, find the mean length of the two micro-organisms. and ¥. Solution: a) 525x10" m= 5.25 x 10" m (BI) ) 2.32x 10° m [MIAI or B2; BI for 0.000232] 3 Atankis : full. Afler 55 litres of petrol is pumped into it, itis 3 full, Find the total capacity of the tank 8 (a) Study the number sequence below and find the values of p and g. HA 3 2 5 8 Pee ea eet (b) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the sequence 12, 23, 34, 45, 56, (a) Express 10 800 as the product of its prime factors: m (0) Given that 1080 where k and p are integers and pis as large as possible, find the values of k and p. 2) (©) The lowest common multiple of two numbers is 10 800. The highest common factor of these two numbers is 900, Both numbers are greater than 900. 2) Find the two numbers,(a) (b) () Alice cycled from her home in Redhill to Clementi, a total distance of 10 km. For the first 6 km, her average speed is y km/h but for the last 4 km, her average speed is 2 km/h less. Express, in terms of y, the number of hours she took to cycle for (i) the first 6 km, 1 (ii) the last 4 km. ul If the total joumey took 30 minutes, form an equation in y and show that it reduces to y? ~22y+24=0 RI (i) Solve the equation y? ~ 22y-+24= places. giving the answers correct to2 decimal [3] (ii) Hence, find the time taken to cycle the last 4 km, giving your answer in minutes and seconds. a Look at the pattern (a) (b) (©) (a) 1224122 T,=2'4325 T,=245=9 T,=P47=15 ‘Write down an expression for 7, ay Find an expression, in terms of », for the term, T., of the sequence 2) Evaluate Ty. 0 Explain whether the value of 7, is even or odd for > 1 m002 1a) Evaluate . giving your answer correct to 3 decimal places. 3.03 Ansvier (a) >) Arrange the following numbers in order starting with the smallest. 524x108 , 505x10” , 548x10" , 0.0557 x10" > Evaluate 2O+I2+14+16418+ +198 25-+30+35440445-+..+ 495 5. John has 48 apples, 72 oranges and 96 pears in his store room. John wants to pack the fruits into baskets. Itis given that each type of fruit is distributed equally among the baskets. a) Find the greatest number of baskets needed to pack the fruits. » te the number of apples, oranges and pears in each basket. 8 A video production company needs to back up 50 sets of SD cards with storage capacity of 128 gigabytes each If one external hard disk has storage capacity of 2 terabytes, what is the least number of extemal hard disk required to back up all the data in the SD cards?7 Numbers are written out in three columns to make the following patterns. Column] | Column2 | Column3 Row! 143 2 1 Row 2 138 8 8 Row 3 =133 oe Row4 128 32 4 Row 3 P q r Rown x on (a) Study the pattems and write down the value of op 0 wg, mH (iil) r. 0 (b) Find expressions, in terms of n, for each of x, y and z. B) (©) _Itis given that Row m, Column 2 contains the first term which is greater than 900. Find the value of m. m (@) lis given that Row &, Column 1 contains the first positive term. Find the value of k. 0 (©) Explain why 1727 cannot be found in column 3, uy A Holy Innocents’ High School See 3Exp Mathematics Mid-Year Exam 2013 Paper 2In Russia, four nuclear reactors exploded, resulting in a radiation leak. Radiation is measured in units called ‘Sieverts’ (Sv). Each of the reactors produced 2.1%10* Sv of radiation at the source of the radiation leak. ‘The amount of radiation present decreases as the distance from the source increases. ‘The amount of radiation 4 present is given by the formula: where Ais the original amount of radiation and r is the distance away from the source of the radiation leak in km. 5 Sv of radiation is enough to kill a person. ‘The Russian government proposes setting up a circular safety zone with a radius of 25 km around the source of the radiation leak. An expert on radiation feels that the safety zone should be larger With appropriate calculations, discuss whether the expert is right, and if so, how much larger the safety zone should be. 4 (a) ‘The number 5003.08 can be written as 5x10°+3x 10" + 8x10" Given that x and y are integers, find the values of x and y. (b) The diameter of the Sun is 1.392%10° dan. The diameter of the Earth is 1.275x10"km. How many times bigger is the diameter of the Sun than the diameter of Earth? Give your answer in standard formPolygons 7 One of the interior angles of an octagon is (3x +8) Another two angles are each (5x + 46)’ and the remaining angles are each (3x). Find the value of x. Answer all questions. (a) The interior angle of a regular polygon is nine times that of its exterior angle. Find the number of sides of this polygon. (21 (b) The figure shows a regular octagon ABCDEFGH. The lines BC and ED produced meet at X. Calculate A B H ‘sx @ D F E (i) the size of each interior angle of the octagon, (2) (ii) angle DCX, 1 (iii) angle CXD. a)Proportional 17 (a) Given that y is directly proportional to (x +3)? and y=15 when x= 2 Express y in terms of x. (b) A shipyard can repair a ship with 55 workers working 8 hours a day for 30 days. A special request was put in so that the same repair can be completed in just 22 days. Ifthe workers work for 10 hours each day, find the number of ‘workers it takes to fulfil this special request? (a) It is given that y is directly proportional to (x-5)° When y= 1,x= Find (an equation connecting y and x, a the value of y when x= 2, a (iii) the value of x when y= 3. Q] (b) An island represented by an area of 2000 cm” on a map has an actual area of 500 km” (i) Find the actual area of a pond represented by 150 ¢m? on the map. [1] Gi) Express the scale of the map in the form 1 :n. 2Quadratic Equation Sa)(i) Sketch the graph of y=(x-+1)(3—x), showing clearly the intercepts on both axes, (ii) Write down the equation of the line of symmetry. (){i) Express x? -6x+2 in the form (x—a)’ +b (ii) Sketch the graph of point —6x+2, showing clearly the coordinates of the tuning 7. Given that x° -6x +1=0, without solving for the value of x, find the value of each of the following expression @ xt x wy (s-4). x 9. x = 6 isasolution to the equation x* + kr~756=0, where kis a constant. (a) Find the value of k. (b) Hence, find the other solution to the equation x° + kr ~ 756 =0 3. By completing the square, solve the equation x” —8x = 4 (3) 8 Mark has a budget of $120 to buy cupcakes for his colleagues. (a) Given that the price of each cupcake is Sx, write down an expression in x for the number of cupcakes that he ean buy. 0 (b) At the shop, he discovers that the price of each cupcake has risen by $0.50. Write down and simplify an expression in x for the number of cupeakes he can buy now. u (©) Dueto the increase in price, Mark could only buy 6 fewer cupcakes. Form an equation in x and show that it reduces to 2x” +.x~20=0 B) (a) Solve the equation 2x" +x~20= 0, giving your answers to 1 decimal place. QI (e) Using your answer in (d), calculate the number of cupcakes he could afford before the increase in price. 1Answer the whole of this ques ion on a sheet of graph paper. The variables x and y are connected by the equation y = -3x’ +2x +8 Some corresponding values are given in the following table. x 3 2 - 0 1 2 3 4 y 25 a 3 8 7 0 | -3 | 32 (a) Calculate the value of a. a (b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 em to represent 3x? +2x+8 for the ‘5 units on the y-axis, draw the graph of range -3£x<4. B) (©) From your graph, i) estimate the roots to the equation — 3x? +2x+8=0. 0) (ii) estimate the coordinates of the turning point. m1 (a) By drawing a tangent, estimate the gradient of the graph at x = 2 2 (©) By drawing a suitable line, estimate the solution of @ —--3x7 42x48 = 15 R) Q] (i) -3x7 +20488 (a) Express y= x? +3x+2in the form of y=(x+p)” —g- (b) Sketch the graph of y= x7 +3x-+2 indicating clearly its intercepts with the axes and it’s turning point. 2 9 Sketch the graph of y= x? +4x—5 indicating clearly its intercepts with the axes and it’s tuming point. B) 4(a) (i) Express x? -8x ~29 in the form (ii) Hence, solve the equation x? -8x -29 = 0 5 (a) ‘The diagram shows the graph y =-x" + 3x +4. It cuts the x-axis at A and B. (i) Find the coordinates of 4 and B. (ii) Find the equation of the line of symmetry for the graph. (b) Jerry bought x number of handphones using $7800. (i) Jerry wanted to make a profit of $500 for each handphone. Write down an expression for the selling price of each handphone. (ii) 6 handphones were fourid to be faulty. Jerry will only make a profit of $435 on cach of his remaining handphones. Write down an expression for the selling price of each remaining handphone. (iii) If the selling price of each handphone remains the same, form an equation in x and show that it reduces to x7 — 6x ~ 720 = 0, (iv) Solve the equation x7 — 6x ~ 720 = Oto find the original number of handphones that Jerry bought. — a) ~ bwhere a and bare constants. [2] (2) a] o) 2)10 @ b) (c) 10 Answer the whole of this question on a single sheet of graph paper. ‘The variables x and y are connected by the equation y= — 2x7 + x + 8. x 2 [a oy. 2 3 y 2 |p 8 7 2 | = J Find the value ofp. my Draw the graph of y= -2x? +x + 8 Using a scale of 2 cm to represent } unit, draw a horizontal x-axis for ~2 ) The gradient of AC is -2 Find the coordinates of C. (© Calculate the area of the triangle ABC.6. Inthe diagram [not drawn fo scale}, OR and PR are straight lines. fa) (b) Given that the line OR has the same gradient as the line y= 2x +5, write down the equation of the line OR. 2) Given that the line PR is parallel to the x- axis and the line QR meets the x-axis at the point 7, Calculate (i) the coordinates of the point R, 2) (ii) the coordinates of the point 7. uw (iii) Hence, find the ratio of QR: RT. (2)Algebra 11. (a)_ Simplify the following algebraic expressions. 2(3x+4 2y)-5(x-2y) (b) Express the following as a fraction in its lowest term. 1 3 eed xz (©) Factorise completely the following algebraic expression. 2a?x—3bx — 8a’ y +12by 4. Solve the equation =2. 3 x42 7 Solve 2 (a) Factorise the following completely. () x49, (i) (b) Express the following as a single fraction in its lowest terms. 4 4 x+30x 4 (b) Solve the equation 3. + -25 Give your answers correct to 2 decimal places, (4) (4)4. Factorise the following expressions completely. () x? -16a" (b) 3 vd +3ud ~ uv 9 Solve the following equations. (a) (2x45)? = 64 (b) (x-3)x-2)=30 12. Solve the simultaneous equations Sxt4y +l y+3x= 14. (a) Solve the equation 2 = 208+) x-1 3x43 2 (b) Express 5 a single fraction in its simplest form, Gly 18 (a) Solve the equation 2 3 2a ED 56, (b) One solution of the equation 3x? + kx-8 2 where kis.a constant, isx= + Find (i) the value of &, (ii) the second solution of the equation. (a) Simplify ae 12) 2] ® Simply 2S, 1 ©) 13] agi +r (@) tis given that p= (i) Make q the subject of the equation. (i) Find the value of g when p=-15 and r=3. 13]6 Solve the simultaneous equations Sx-4y=3, 4x-6y=1. 13. Factorise completely a) 16 a) 2 (a) (b) ©) @ 3 (a) (b) (b) 8)"-50y, b) m= 3m 42mm ~ 6n Solve (2x - 5x~2)=15. b) Simplfy 2) Given that + es expess vin terms of wand f. 2 z Factorise 4(9a7c—b?c-+9a°d)—4b'd. Given that 2y~ 2x = x+y, find the value(s) of Simplify 2x-3(1-x)?. Factorise 1— 4x? Factorise fully 6x? —3xy —10x+5y . 2. Solve the equation —*