vertical ,It is given that the center of mass of the lamina is at a distance a/3 from the

AL Applied Mathematics 1997 Paper 1 edge OB and 5a/3 from the edge OA(6 marks)

Section A(40marks)

Answer ALL questions in this section 4.Two identical uniform spheres moving in the same straight line collide directly , the
coefficient of restitution being e .The velocity of the center of mass of the system of
Write your answers in the AL(C)1 answer book two spheres is u. The relative velocity between the spheres before the collision is v

1.In the x y plane forces F1 =I-j,F2 =-I+4j,F3 =ai-2j,F4 =I+bj act at points (a)express the velocities of each sphere before and after the collision in terms of u, v
O(0,0),A(1,0,)B(1,1),C(0,1)respectively ,where a ,b are positive constants and I, j are and e
unit vectors along the x, y axes .Suppose that the total moment of the forces about O
is �k,where k=I × j ,and the magnitude of the resultant is 5. (b)let E1 and E2 respectively denote the total kinetic energy of the system before and

(a)determine a and b after the collision ,show that

(b)find the equation of the line of action of the resultant (6marks ) v2 =4(E1 - E2 )u2 / (E2 -e2 E1 )(7marks)

2.A car of mass 1000 kg travels along a straight horizontal road against a resistance of 5.A particle P, initially at the pole O, moves along a plane curve so that the radius
1500N .The engine of the car produces a constant power of 60 kW.(Note: vector OP rotates with constant angular speed ù. When the polar coordinates of P are
Power=driving force of the car× speed)find the time taken by the car to accelerate (r, è),the transverse component of acceleration of P is 2ù2 sinè, the initial value of è
form rest to a speed of 20ms -1 (6marks) begin zero. Find the corresponding radial component of acceleration in terms of è and
ù It is given that the transverse and radial components of acceleration of P are
respectively 2rè+rèand r-rè 2 (7marks)

3. .

6.(a)show that the moment of inertia of a uniform cube of mass M and side 2a about
an axis L through its center and parallel to an edge is 2/3Ma2 ,It is given that the
moment of inertia of a uniform square lamina of mass m and side 2a ,about an axis
through its center and parallel to a side, is 1/3ma2

(b)The cube in (a)is such that M=3kg and a =0.1m.It is initially rotating at an angular
speed of 10/3(ð) rad s-1 about the axis L which is fixed Owing to frictional torque ,the
cube decelerates uniformly and stops rotating in 60 s, Find the average work done
against the frictional torque per revolution(8marks)
Consider a uniform triangular lamina OAB of mass m, where ИAOB=ð/2,OA=a and
OB=5a,The lamina is suspended freely form the vertex O, which is fixed ,and two ʳ
particles of mass 3m and m are attached to the vertices A and B respectively(see 7.
figure 1)The system is in equilibrium ,find the angle which OB makes with the
 the rail .the coefficient of friction between the bead and the rail is ì . the system is in
equilibrium with

ИCAB=è(see figure 3)

(a)(i)show that the tension in the string is W/sinè

(ii)find the fiction and normal reaction on the bead in terms of W and è

(iii)show that ì 1/2cosè(7marks)

A, B, and C are three points in the same horizontal plane such that B is at a distance d (b)suppose ì =1/4cotӰ and a force P parallel to AC applied at B is needed to keep
due east of A and C is at a distance 4d due south of B .An aero plane P leaves from A the system in equilibrium .If the bead is on the point of slipping
and flies towards the east. There is a wind of constant speed u blowing horizontally
form the south-east and the aero plane has a constant speed v in still air (i)show that the tension in the string is W/3sinè

(a)find ,in terms of u and v ,the direction in which the aero plane has to steer in order (ii)determine P(5marks)
to fly towards the east (3marks) (c)suppose the bead C is replaced by another bead of weight ëW(ӳ>0).If Ӵ=1/4cotè
(b)(i)suppose v>u. show that the time taken for the aero plane to reach B is Ѕ and no external force P is applied, what is the minimum value of ӳ in order to keep
2d/[-u+ (2v2 -u2 )] the system in equilibrium?(3marks)

(ii)can the aero plane reach B if v<u>Explain your answer(6marks)

(c)suppose v= 5u.At the moment P leaves A ,another aero plane Q leaves form C and 9.
flies towards the north .the speed of Q in still air is also v. find the shortest distance
between P and Q during their flight(6marks)

8.

A gun is situated at a point A on horizontal ground and a balloon is fastened at a point

B on the ground at a distance d from A. The balloon is released and allowed to rise
vertically with constant speed v. At the same moment ,a shot is fired form the gun
with initial speed u at an angle of elevation ø to the ground in the vertical plane
containing A and B hit the balloon ,Ignore the sizes of the gun and the balloon

(a)(i)if the shot hits the balloon ,show that ø satisfies

consider a uniform rod AB of length 2a and weight 4W .The end A is smoothly
hinged to a fixed ,rough ,straight and horizontal rail. The end B is suspended by a u sinè-gd/2u cosø =v
light inelastic string of length 2a from a bead C of weight W, which is free to slide on (ii)if the shot is fired with initial speed gd, will it the hit the balloon? explain your
answer (6marks)
(b)suppose that the balloon rises with the greatest possible speed consistent with the 11.(a)A non-uniform rod AB of mass 2kg and length 1m is free to rotate about A
condition that the shot can hit it which is fixed. The center of mass of the rod G is at a distance h m from A. the
moment of inertia of the rod about an axis through G and perpendicular to its length is
(i)by considering v as a function of ø, show that ø must satisfy
IG kg m2
tan3 ӿ+tanӿ-2u2 /gd=0
(i)if the rod is slightly displaced from its equilibrium position and then released from
(ii)suppose that u= (5gd)find in terms of g and d , the greatest possible rising speed rest ,show that it will perform simple harmonic with period
of the balloon and the time the shot takes to hit it (9marks)
2ð[Ѕ(IG +2h2 )/(2gh)s

(ii)it is known that the period of oscillation of the rod in (i) is 1.8s.if B is fixed instead
10. of A, the period of small oscillations is 1.5s.Determine the values of h and IG ,giving
your answer correct two significant figures(10marks)

(b)

A smooth circular track of radius a and centered at O is held fixed in a vertical

plane .A and P of mass m is projected with a horizontal speed u from the lowest point
of the track and slides along the inside of the track

(a)let v be the speed of P of the reaction on P when it moves up to a point on the track the rod AB in (a)is suspended at its mid-point M form a fixed point by a vertical
such that OP makes an angle è with the downward vertical .show that inelastic string and held horizontal.(See figure 6)if the rod is released from rest show
that it begins to rotate about M with an initial angular acceleration of 12 rads-2 correct
(i)v2 =u2 -2ga(1-cosè) to two significant figures(5marks)
(ii)R=mu2 /a=mg(2-3cosè)(4marks) ʳ
(b)if u2 =g a ,describe briefly the motion of P. explain your answer(4marks)
12.
2
(c)show that P will describe complete circles along the track if u Њ5ga(3marks)

(d)suppose u2 Њ5ga .At the moment P passes the lowest point of the track, it picks up
a stationary bead of mass m/2,find the minimum value of u for the combined beads to
describe complete circles along the track(4marks)
A uniform disc ,with center O and radius a ,rolls along a straight line on a horizontal
plane .It is known that the foremost point A on the disc has a velocity u/ 2 inclined at AL Applied Mathematics 1997 Paper 2
45 downwards to the horizontal(see figure7)
Section A (40marks)
(a)find the velocity of the center O and the angular velocity of the disc in terms of u
and a Answer ALL questions in this section

Hence show that the disc is rolling on the plane without slipping(5marks) Write your answers in the AL(C1)answer book

(b)there is a perfectly rough step of height h(<a)some way beyond the disc. The disc 1.Let f(x) be a function of x that satisfies
impinges on the step .Assume that the impact is completely inelastic and that the disc
f(0)=3,f(1)=6and f(3)=18
will remain in the same vertical plane .the moment of inertia of the disc about an axis
through O and perpendicular to its plane is 1/2 Ma2 ,where M is its mass (a)find a quadratic polynomial that equals f(x) at x =0,1 and 3

(i)show that for all values of u and h (<a),the disc will continue to rotate in the same (b)suppose f(x ) is three times differentiable with άf(3)(x)άЉ3 when 0ЉxЉ
direction immediately after the impact 3,using(a)show that 10Љf(2) Љ12(6marks)

(ii)suppose that h=a/6, show that the disc will climb over the step if
u 3/4 (2ga)(10marks)
3.The motion of a particle along a straight line at time t satisfies the following
Key :Section A equation:

d2 x/dt2 +(2)dx/dt+5x=cos t,

where x is the displacement of the particle from a fixed point on the line

(a)solve the equation

(b)does x approach zero as t becomes very large? explain briefly(7marks)

4.Statistics show that the daily pocket-money which secondary school students
receive from their parents has the following distribution:

Daily pocket-money Percentage

$20-$29 29

$30-$39 35
$40$49 16
$50$59 12
$60$69 8
(a)find the expected value of the daily pocket-money received by a randomly selected
secondary school student
Section B (60marks)
(b)using normal approximation to binomial probabilities, find the probability that in a
Answer any FOUR question in this section
random sample of 100 secondary school students ,at least 30 of them receive daily
pocket-money of $39.5or more(7marks) Write your answers in the AL(C2)answer book

7.The population of a country is under study ,It is known that the annual birth rate in
the country is equal to r times its population and the annual death rate is equal to r/k
5.It is known that 4% of the adults in a city have coronary heart disease. A health
times the square of its population, where r and k are positive constants. at time(in
center provides a medical test to diagnose this disease. extensive study has shown that
years)t=0,the population of the country is N, where N/k .Let x(t)be the population of
on receiving the test
the country after t years. Assume that x(t)may be treated as a continuous variable.
(1)95% of adults having coronary heart disease will be correctly diagnosed as having
(a)set up a differential equation to relate the rate of population increase dx/dt to the
the disease; and
birth and death rates0
(2)3% of healthy adults will be incorrectly diagnosed as having the disease
by solving the above equation, show that x(t)=kN/N+(k-N)e-rt (7marks)
(a)find the probability that a randomly selected adult reveling the test is diagnosed as
(b)suppose N<k/2,sketch the graph of x(t)against t (4marks)
having coronary heart disease
(c)in 1996,the population of the country was 5 million and the rate of population
(b)Mr Chan is diagnosed by the test as having coronary heart disease. find the
increase during 1996 was known to be 1.5% of its population. suppose r=0.02.predict
probability that he actually does not have the disease
the population of the country in 2006.give your answer correct to 3 significant
(c)in a certain day ,five adults receive the test ,find the probability that only one of figures(4marks)
them is incorrectly diagnosed(7marks)

ʳ
8.A teacher recommends his students to estimate the value of ð by first evaluating the
6.Let x1 ,x2 ,……
..xn be a sample of size n( 2)randomly drawn form a large population integral
whose standard deviation is 3 .the sample variance s2 is defended as follows:
 (b)suppose that f(x)is a twice differentiable function for any real value of x and that
the equation f (x)=0 has a root a such that f`(a)Ћ0,if newton’ s method is used to find
a, show that its iteration function h(x)satisfies the condition h`(a)=0(2marks)

(c)show that the equation f(x)=0 ,where f(x)=x-cosx, has exactly one root a in the
interval [0,ð/2]and that f`(a)Ћ0,with 1 as an initial guess(5marks)

10.In a dairy products company, standard milk mocks are produced ,it is known that
the probability of having x defective packs reported in a week is

P(x)=C/2x (x!),x=0,1,2,…
…

Where C is a constant ,assume that the number of defective packs reported behaves
independently form week to week

a. show that C=e1/2 (3marks)

b. find the expected value of x(3marks)

c. the company has decided to inspect the production line whenever two or more
defective packs are reported in a week

(i)find the probability that the company will have to inspect the production line in a
given week

(ii)find the probability that the production line does not require any inspection in four
consecutive weeks

9.(a)consider the equation E1 :x=g(x),where g(x)is a twice differentiable function for (iii)find the expected number of consecutive seeks which do not require any
any real value of x. It is known that E1 has a root r in an interval I=[a, b]such that inspection give your answer to the nearest integer (9marks)
g`(r)=0

(i)write down the taylor’ s expansion of g(x)about x=c, up to and including the term in
(x-c)2

(ii)let x0 be a value in I, define xn+1 =g(xn ),where n=0,1,2,…

….assume that the iterates
..all lie in I and that άg``(x) άЉM for any x in I. using(i),show that
x1 , x2 , x3 ,…

άxn+1 -rάЉ1/2Mάxn-rά2
11.The manager of a large company gives two aptitude tests to its trainees after two
Hence deduce that if 1/2M άx0 -rά<1,then the iterates x0 , x1 , x2 ,…
.converge to r
months’ training in the company One test measures verbal ability and the other
(8marks)
measures quantitative ability .the manager knows from past experience that the verbal
score(x)and the quantitative score(y)are independently and normally distributed with (a)state appropriate null and alternative hypotheses for the authority to examine the
means and standard deviations as shown in the following table: complaint(2marks)

Test Mean Standard deviation (b)the authority has limited the probability of committing a type I error to 0.05 and
ʳ Verbal 56 8 has decide to reject the null hypothesis whenever the sample mean exceeds C mg/l

Quantitative 60 12 Determine C

Hence draw a conclusion based on the above date(6marks)

(a)the company’ s consultant suggests that an interview for promotion should be given
to those trainees whose verbal and quantitative scores are both 60 or above (c)suppose the true mean pollution level in the water under investigation is
5.4mg/l.find the probability of committing a type II error ,hazed on the decision rule
(i)find the probability that a randomly selected trainee attains 60 or above in the
in (b)(3marks)
verbal test
(d)a researcher in the authority thinks that 10 water samples are not sufficiently
(ii)find the proportion of trainees who will be eligible for an interview
informative .he randomly collects 40 more water samples near the discharge point .the
(iii)if there are altogether 20 trainees, what is the probability that at least four are mean of the pollution levels measured in these 40 water samples is found to be
eligible for an interview?(7marks) 5.9mg/l.construct a 95% confidence interval for ì based on the combined information
of the 50 water samples(4marks)
(b)the manager ,however, prefers to set a criterion based on a combined score
w=2x+y.whoever attains 190 or above in the combined score will be interviewed

(i)state the distribution of w excluded from an interview by the manager?(8marks)

(ii)find the proportion of trainees who will be interviewed Key :Section A

(iii)it is known that a trainee ,John ,is eligible for an interview according to the 1.a.the polynomial is
consultant’ s rule in (a)and that his verbal score is 62,what is the probability that Horn
p(x)=(x-1)(x-3)/(0-1)(0-3)×3+(x-0)(x-3)/ (1-0) (1-3)×6+(x-0)(x-1)/(3-0)(3-1) ×18
will be e12.A factory discharges inorganic wastes into a nearby river. to prevent the
river form being excessively polluted ,the environmental protection authority has set {this is the lagrange interpolation polynomial}
the criterion that the mean pollution level(ì )in the water of the river should not
Шp(x)=x2 +2x+3
exceed 5mg/l. recently the authority has received complaints from some farmers that
the water is too polluted ,the authority randomly collects 10 water samples near the b. |f(2)-11|Љ|(2-0)(2-1)(2-3)/3!| ×|f(3)(î )=1
discharge point and measures the pollution level x(in mg/l)in each sample. the results
are as follows: {the error formula for using lagrange interpolation polynomial}

5.4 4.6 5.6 6.5 5.9 Ш10Љf(2) Љ12

5.0 8.7 6.2 6.8 3.6

3.a.the characteristics equation is
assume that x follows a normal distribution with mean ì mg/l and standard deviation
1.2 mg/l ӳ2 +2ë+5=0

Шӳ=-1̈́ 2i