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Senior Five Applied Mathematics Paper2 Time: 3hours: Instruction: Answer All Questions

This document contains a 13 question mathematics exam for senior five students. It covers topics including: 1) Probability problems involving unions, intersections, and conditional probabilities. 2) Estimating integrals using the trapezium rule. 3) Rank correlation and relationships between paper scores. 4) Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and distributions. 5) Solving equations using methods like Newton's method and linear interpolation. 6) Probability problems involving normal distributions, life spans, and sampling. 7) Relative error approximations. The exam tests a wide range of mathematical concepts and calculations over multiple sections.

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Senior Five Applied Mathematics Paper2 Time: 3hours: Instruction: Answer All Questions

This document contains a 13 question mathematics exam for senior five students. It covers topics including: 1) Probability problems involving unions, intersections, and conditional probabilities. 2) Estimating integrals using the trapezium rule. 3) Rank correlation and relationships between paper scores. 4) Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and distributions. 5) Solving equations using methods like Newton's method and linear interpolation. 6) Probability problems involving normal distributions, life spans, and sampling. 7) Relative error approximations. The exam tests a wide range of mathematical concepts and calculations over multiple sections.

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SENIOR FIVE

APPLIED MATHEMATICS PAPER2


TIME: 3HOURS
Instruction: Answer all questions

SECTION A (40marks)

7 7
1. Events A and B are such that P(AUB) = , P(A/B) = and 4P(A) = 3 P(B) ,find
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i) P(AnB)
ii) P(AUB’) (5marks)
π /2
2. Use trapezium rule with 5 ordinates to estimate the value of ∫ 1+ 1sinx dx . Truncate your
0

answer to 3 significant figures (5marks)


3. Boxes p contains 4red and 3green balls and box Q contains 7red and 4green balls. A box
is chosen randomly and 2balls are selected from it one at a time without replacement. If P
is twice as likely to be picked as Q , find the probability that both balls are

i) Of different colours,
ii) From P given that they are of different colours. (5marks)
4. The table below shows the values of tanX

X 1.11 1.15 1.19 1.23

tanX 2.0143 2.2345 2.4979 2.8198

Use linear interpolation or extrapolation to find


i) tanX when X=1.17,
ii) X when tanX = 3.0096 (5marks)
5. Marks obtained by students in mathematics paper I and paper II are illustrated in the table
below

Paper I 40 90 60 35 55 82 27
Paper II 37 83 76 50 44 68 40

SENIOR FIVE MATHEMATICS PAPER 2, END OF TERM THREE EXAMS - 2012


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Calculate the rank correlation coefficient between the two papers and comment on the relationship

6. The grade units for sample of soil are; 10.3, 18.1, 16.6, 20.3, 17.35, 12.0, 13.8, 9.2, 22.4
and 11.9. Use the data above to find the mean and standard deviation. (5marks)
9
7. The distribution of height of men recruited into the UPDF follows the form X N (11 , )
16
. Find the probability that men recruited their weight lies between 9.2unites and 12.2
unites. (5marks)
8. Given that X = 5.21, Y= 13.2 and Z = 8.543 all rounded to the nearest decimal places
X−Z
shown , find the range within the exact value of lies (5marks)
Y

SECTION B (60marks)
9. The table below shows the ages of people who attended a certain function

Age(years) Frequency
10– 19 6
20– 34 16
35– 44 27
45– 64 39
65-79 18
80 - 89 8

a) Draw a cumulative frequency curve and use it to estimate the semi interquartile range
(6marks)
b) Calculate the;
i) Mean and (3marks)
ii) Standard deviation age (3marks)
10. The probability distribution function of a continuous random variable T is represented
graphically as shown below

4.

1. 3. 2.

SENIOR FIVE MATHEMATICS PAPER 2, END OF TERM THREE EXAMS - 2012


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Find the;

i) Value of K (3marks)
ii) Equation of f(t) (3marks)
iii) P(0.5¿ t< 2¿ (3marks)
iv) Mean of T (3marks)
11. a)Show that there is a root of the equation 8sinX – X = 0 between X = 2.6 and X= 2.8
c) Use the Newton’s Raphson method to find the root of the equation correct to 3
significant figures (12marks)

12. a) A machine producing electrical components occasionally makes faulty ones. In a batch
of 20 such components, 5 are found to be faulty. A sample of 3 of this batch is taken and
examined. Find probability that;
i) It contains exactly one faulty
ii) It contains faulty components. (6marks)

b) The life time of batteries produced by certain factory is normally distributed. Out of 10000
batteries selected at random, 668 have life time less than 130 hours and 228 have life time more
than 200hours.

i) Find the mean and standard deviation


ii) Find the probability that the life time of the batteries produced exceeds
165 hours. (6marks)
P p
13. a)Show that the maximum relative error made in the approximation of by is given
Q q
e1 e2
| || |
p
+
q
Where e1 and e2 are errors in p and q respectively.

√P
b) Find the relative error in the expression 2 , given that P = 2.8 and Q= 6.4 all rounded
Q
to the given number of decimal places (12marks)

THE END
(Merry Christmas and prosperous new year)

SENIOR FIVE MATHEMATICS PAPER 2, END OF TERM THREE EXAMS - 2012


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