Annual Subsidiary Mathematics
Annual Subsidiary Mathematics
Annual Subsidiary Mathematics
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
ALGEBRA
(2 x+1 )16 x
1. (a)Solve for x; (i) =1 (ii) 3 x+1 = 5 2 x−1 , correct to 4d.p
4 x + 2
x
(b)Given that ( y − x) 3 − ( y + x) 2 = 0 , express in the form a + b c
y
(c) solve for y given that : log 5 y + log y 25 = 3
1 1
(d)find x given that : x + ( x − 3) 2 = 3
2
sin 60 o − sin 45 o
2. (a)Express in the simplified surd form
cos 45 o − cos 60 o
−1 1
( x − 2) 2 + ( x − 2) 2
(b) Factorize completely:
1
( x − 2) 2 ( x 2 + x − 2)
(c) Solve for given that : 2 2 − 3(2 +1) + 23 = 0
(d)Solve the following pair of simultaneous equations : log ( x + y ) = log 100 and
2
log (2 x − y ) = log 10 .
2
(8t )(9 2t )
3. (a) simplify
108 t
4
bc
(b) Express in terms loga, logb and logc ; (i) log( 100 abc ) (ii) log( )
10a
(c)Given that log 2 = 0.3010 , log 3 = 0.4771 and log 5 = 0.6990 , evaluate
(i) log1.5 (ii) log 3 60 (iii) log 0.15 (iv) log 4.5
5
(d) Solve for x given log 4 x + log x 4 =
2
6. (a)Given that the roots of the equation x 2 + 6 x + c = 0 are and − 1 ,find the value of
1
c, hence form an equation with integral coefficients whose roots are and
1
.
−1
(b)Given that 2 and 2 are roots of the equation x 2 − 21x + 4 = 0 where , are both
positives. Find an equation whose roots are α and β.
(c) One of the roots of the equation 3x 2 + (k − 1)x − 2 = 0 is negative one times the other,
determine the value of k
MATRICES
2 5 b c 1 9
9. (a) Find the value of a,b,c and d given that; − =
3 a 3 4 d 4
1 1
(b)if A = and A2 = I,find values of x and y
x y
1 2 a b 4 3
(c) if P = , Q = and R = . If PQ=R, find Q.
3 4 c d 12 5
a 2a
(d) Given that P = is a singular matrix. Find the possible values of a.
a − 1 a + 1
7 6 7 6 x 1
10. (a) Find the inverse of , hence find x and y given =
5 4 5 4 y − 3
a b
(b) Given that B = , show that BB − I = I, where I is a 2X2 identity matrix
c d
(c)Use matrix method solve the following pair of simultaneous equations
3 x − 2 y = −3 , y + 2 x = 5
DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION
11. (a) Differentiate the following with respect to x
(i) ( 1 + x ) 3 (ii) ( x + 2)(21 − 2 x)
x x
b 1 5
(b) The gradient of a curve y = ax 2 + 2 at a point ( , ) is -6, find the values of a and b.
x 2 2
(c) Given that the curve y = x − 6 x + 9 x , find the turning points of the curve and
3 2
−1 1
x x
(c)Find the area enclosed by the y-axis and the curve x = y 2 − y − 6
dy
13. (a) A curve has a gradient = 1 − bx with a turning point at ( 1 , 21 )
dx 2 4
(i) Find the value of b
(ii) Determine the nature of the turning point .
TRIGONOMETRY
14. (a)Without using tables or calculators find the values of the following
(i) sin225o (ii)cos420o (iii) tan485o
5
(b)Given that cos ec = ,and that β is obtuse, find values of
4
(i)sin2β (ii)cos2β (iii)tan2β
(c)Solve for x on 0 x 360 given 6 sin 2 x + 5 cos x = 7
o o
(c)Find the sum of the first 10 terms of an AP whose first term is 60 and last term is -
104.
(d)Find the sum of all odd numbers between 20 and 100
19. (a) Find the number of ways in which the letters of the word ISOSCELES can be
arranged if the Es are neither together.
(b) A team containing 5 men and 6 women is to be chosen from 7 men and 9 women. In
how many ways can this be done
(c)A committee of six is to be formed from nine women and three men. In how many
ways can the members be chosen so as to include atleast one man
STATISTICS
20. The times corrected to the nearest seconds , taken by 100 athletes to cover a lap of of
running track were recorded as follows
Time(sec) 70- < 75 75 -< 80 80- < 85 85 - < 90 90 - < 95 95 -< 100
No of 8 20 26 30 9 7
athletes
(a) Using a working mean of 87.5 , calculate the mean and the standard deviation
(b) Draw the cumulative frequency curve and use it to estimate ;
(i) Median time
(ii) Semi- interquartile range
(iii) P40 –P60 percentile range
(iv) D2 – D8 decile range
(v) The number of athletes who posted above 88 seconds
(vi) The time corresponding to the middle 20% of the distribution
PROBABILITY THEORY
21. (a)Events A and B are such that P( A I B I ) = 0.1 , P( A I B I ) = 0.8 and P ( Aonly) = 0.3 .
Find (i) P(A) (ii)P(B) (iii)P(A or B but not both) (iv) P ( A B )
(b) In a large group of people, its known that 10% have a hot breakfast, 20% have a hot
lunch and 25% have a hot lunch and a hot breakfast. Find the probability that a person
picked at random from this group ;
(i) has a hot breakfast and a hot lunch
(ii) has a hot lunch, given that he had a hot breakfast
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
22. (a) A random variable X has a probability distribution given below
X 0 1 2 3 4 5
P(X = x) 1 A 10 b 5 1
32 32
32 32
25. (c)Given that X ̴ B(n,p) with mean 5 and standard deviation 2. Find the values of
n and p
2001 7000 X
27. The table below gives the number of bags of cement sold each week by a certain
hardware shop in the first twelve weeks of a year
week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Bags 422 318 349 252 386 230 256 141 264 168 272 260
sold
(a)Calculate the four point moving totals and hence the four point moving averages for
the data
(b)On the same axes, draw a graph of moving averages and the actual sales
(c)Comment on the sales of cement over the twelve weeks period
(d)Estimate the probable sales in the thirteenth week.
MECHANICS
28. (a) A particle is projected away from an origin O with an initial velocity of 0.25ms-1. The
3
particle travels in a straight line and accelerates at ms − 2 . Find
2
(i)How far the particle is from O after 4seconds.
(ii)the distance travelled by the particle in the 4th second
(b)A stone is projected vertically upwards from the ground level at a speed of 24.5ms-1.
Find how long is the stone atleast 19.6metres above the ground level.
29. (a)Forces of (10i+2j)N and (ai+bj)N acting on a body of mass 500g cause it to accelerate
at (24i+3j)ms-2. Find the constants a and b.
30. (a) When a horizontal force of 37N is applied to a body of mass 10kg which is resting on
a rough horizontal surface, the body moves along the surface with an acceleration of
1.25ms-2. Find , the coefficient of friction between the body and the surface
(b)Three forces qN, pN and 20N act on a particle in the directions, north,S050oW and
S070oE respectively. If the system is in equilibrium, find the values of p and q.
(c) ABCD is a rectangle. Forces of magnitude 8N, 4N, 10N and 2N act along AB, CB, CD
and AD respectively, in the directions indicated by the order of the the letters. Find the
magnitude and direction of the resultant
INDEX NUMBERS
31. (a) A pharmacist had the following records of unit price and quantities of drugs sold for
the years 2010 and 2011. Taking 2010 as the base year.
Asa 80 125 40 45
Pana 100 90 70 90
c/quinine 55 70 8 10
Caps 90 100 10 10
English(x) 50 58 35 86 76 43 40 60
Math(y) 65 72 54 82 32 74 40 53
33. (a) 12 students were given a test at the beginning of of the course and their scores Xi
were compared with their scores Yi obtained in an examination at the end of the course
Xi 1 2 2 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 9
Yi 3 4 5 5 4 8 6 6 6 7 8 10
(i)Calculate the rank correlation coefficient and comment on your result at 1% level of
significance.
(ii) Plot a scatter diagram and comment on your graph