SECTION A (60 Marks)

Answer ALL questions in this section, showing all necessary steps and answers.

1. (a) Use the appropriate laws to simplify (An (Au B)')'.

(02 marks)

(b) A certain farmer who produces 3 types of food crops: maize, beans and millet
conducted a survey of 205 families. The following were the findings:· 82 use maize,
110 use beans, 73 use millet, 59 use beans and millet, 32 use maize and millet and 20
use all the products. How many of the families interviewed use none of these
products.
(04 marks)

\/'2. (a) Show that C(7, -2) and D(l , 6) are all equidistant from the line 3x-4y- 4 = 0.
(03 marks)
(b) Prove that M[x, x2 ,
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is the mid point of the line segment joining P 1 (x 1 , Yi) and P2 ( x2 , Y2).
(03 marks)

3. (a) .Given that f(x) = lOx, g(x) = x +3 find fg(x) and (fgy1(x).
Verify that if b = fg(a) then (fg) - 1 (b) = a.
(03 marks)

(b) Find the set of values of p for which f(x) = x2 +3px +p is greater than zero
for all real values of x.
(03 marks)
n
4. (a) Show that the term of � fo 2 are in arithmetic progression. Fnd the sum
r
,v1 r -
of the first n terms. 1

(02 marks)

(b) The third term of a convergent geometric-progression is the arithmetic mean of the
first and second terms .. Find
· the common
· ratio and the sum to infinity if the first tenn
is 1.
(04 marks)

js. (arProve that sin 2 8 = 2 tan 8 .

1 +tan 2 8
(02 marks)

,/ (b) Find the general solution of the equation 3 sin 8 +4 cos 8 = -2.5 for 0° < 8 < 360° .
(02 marks)

L) (c) Parametric equations of a curve are x = cos 8 and y = sin 8. Find the equation of the
tangent to the curve at the point (cos 8, sin 8) on the curve.
(02 marks)

J 6. (a) Find the derivative of y = x sinx.

(02 marks)

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 v' (b) Show that every function f(x) defined by f(x) = Ae 4x
+ Be_zx where A and B are
arbitrary constants, is a solution of the differential equation

g:y2 -2dy -8y = 0.

dx dx
(04 marks)

v"· (a) Find a vector equation of the line passing through points A(3, -2) and B(-1, 4).
(02 marks)

(b) Find the vector and cartesian equation of the plane through the points
A(2, 0, -2), B(-1, 1, 3) and C(2, 1, -1).
(02 marks)

8. (a) Integrate with respect to x.

/(i) f 4x2 - 2x + 3 dx.

(x2 + l)(x -2)

(ii) f � (x2 + 2x - 1) dx.

(04 marks)
(b) Evaluate

(02 marks)

J9. (a) From the probability distribution below find

(i) E(x). (ii) E(x2). (iii) E(x -xf.

X 8 12 16 20 24
i; t; 1/
P(x) s 6 jIs !I.. 12
(03 marks)

v«b) In a certain mathematics examination, one student estimates that his chances of getting
A is 10%, B is 40%, C is 35%, Dis 10%, E is 4% and Sis 1%. By obtaining an A he
gets 5 points, B he gets 4 points, C he gets 3 points, Dhe gets 2 points, E he gets 1
point and S he gets Y2 point. Find his expectation.
(03 marks)

10. A zoologist weighs 200 eggs and records the weights in the following grouped frequency
table.

24-29 30 -35 36-4 1 42 -47 48-54

22 45 72 43 18

Find the mean and standard deviation correct to 2 decimal places.

(02 marks)

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 SECTION B (40 Marks)

Answer any FOUR (4) questions from this section showing all necessary steps and answers.

11. A farmer has two godowns A and B for storing his groundnuts. He stored 80 bags in A
and 70 bags in B. Two:customers C andD place orders for 35 and 60 bags respectively.
The transport costs per bag from each godown to each ofthe two customers are as
tabulated below.

Transport costs
Godown Customer C CustomerD
A 8/= 'X 12/= y
B 10/= 13/=

How many bags of the groundnuts should the farmer deliver to each customer from each
godown in order to minimize the total transport costs?
(10 marks)
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12. (a) Find the roots ofthe equation Z3 - 8i = 0. 2
(03 marks)
z
l (� 3 i - :;
(b) Using binomial theorem, expand (cos p j i sin pj
4
Jith tf! heli of�heDemoivres
theorem, show that
•

tan 4 p = 4 tan @ - 4 tan 3 @ �1- t Ji- �;(1�j

1 - 6 tan 2 p+ tan 4 p
2 (05 marks)

(c) Find the equation in terms ofx and y ofthe locus represented by I Z- 1 I= I Z- i 1-
(02 marks)

/1' (a) Show that the equation x - 2x - 1 =0 has a root lying between x =2 and x = 3.
2

Apply the method of bisection in four iterations to obtain an approximate root.

(05 marks)
,;) Use Simpson's rule with 7 ordinates to find an approximate value of

(05 marks)

J4. (a) Ify =(A+ Bx)e -2x, prove that

4:y+ 4dy+ 4y = 0.
dx2 dx

(b) Solve the following differential equations.

(i) gy =y� ify{l) .� 0. t-

dx X �
\�
\J�l
�q � Lt t \(1�U
\--x c{K

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 (ii) xdy - xy = y (x > 0, y > 0) given that y = 1 when x = 1.
dx

(07 marks)

15.l(a) Write down four conditions required for an experiment to be a binomial experiment.
(02 marks)
/
/ (b) Let p be the probability of an event to be successful and q be the propability of an
event to be unsuccessful. If n independent trials are performed in a binomial
V experiment

(i) show that the mean value of the random variable x which represents the number
of successes in the binomial experiment is np.

(ii) find the mean and standard deviation for the distribution of defective dry cells
in a total of 400, given that the probability of a defective dry cell is 0.1
(08 marks)

{0· 15. A projectile, fired �ith spe�d v and at an elevation 8 from point A on the ground, reaches
the ground at a honzontal distance d metres from A.

(a) Prove that v = ..j gd cosec 2 8 and that the greatest height attained by the
projectile is \4 d tan 8.

(b) If the projectile just clears an obstacle of height h metres at a horizontal distance
a metres from A, show that tan 8 = hd
a(d-a)
(10 marks)

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