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    ST LAWRENCE ACADEMY, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

    REMEDIAL EXAMINATION FOR TERM I 2022

    APPLIED MATHEMATICS FOR S.6

    SECTION A

    Attempt all questions in this section

    DURATION : 2 HOURS

    1. The table below shows the values of x and the corresponding values of a function f(x)
    𝑥 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2
    𝑓(𝑥) 3.00 3.22 3.69 4.06
    Use linear interpolation to find;
    a) 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 = 0.4
    b) 𝑥 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓(𝑥) = 3.8
    2. The table below shows the cost of ingredients used for making Chapats for two different
    birthday parties for 2015 and 2017.

    Ingredients Cost

    2015 2017

    Salt 200 350

    Baking flour 3800 4600

    Cooking oil 1500 1800

    By taking 2015 as a base year, calculate the price relative for each ingredient and hence,
    obtain the average index number.
    2 1
    3. Events A and B are such that P(A) = and P( B /A) = . Find P(A  B).
    5 2
    4. The table below shows the marks awarded to eight competitors by two judges during
    a competition.

    A B C D E F G H
    Judge I 63 65 55 63 63 55 60 58

    1
    Judge II 77 70 60 75 68 58 54 68

    (a) Calculate the rank correlation coefficient between the two judges.

    (b) Comment on the relationship between the two judges at 5% level of


    significance.

    5. For every 20 glasses produced by a machine, 11 are non-defective. If a random sample

    of 15 glasses are selected, find the probability that;

    (i) exactly 8 glasses are defective

    (ii) at most 7 glasses are defective.

    6. A random sample of 100 adults is taken from a population. At sample is found to


    have a mean weight of 76.0 and variance of 144.0. find the 97% confidence limits for
    the mean of the population
    SECTION B
    Attempt 3 questions in this section.
    7. A continuous random variable X has a cumulative distribution function given by
    0; 𝑥≤0
    𝑘 2
    𝑥 ; 0≤𝑥≤2
    𝐹(𝑋) = 2
    𝑘(6𝑥 − 𝑥 2 − 6); 2≤𝑥≤3
    { 1; 𝑥≥3
    a) Determine the value of k. 𝐻𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑐𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐹(𝑥)
    b) Find the probability density function pdf of X
    8. a) Use the trapezium rule with 6 ordinates to estimate
    0.5
    1
    ∫ 𝑑𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠.
    0.1 2𝑥 + 1
    0.5 1
    b) Evaluate ∫0.1 𝑑𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠
    2𝑥+1

    c i) Determine the percentage error in the estimation in (a) above, correct to two
    decimal places
    ii) Suggest how the percentage error may be reduced.

    2
    9. The table below shows the marks obtained by 100 students in a mathematics test.
    Marks Number of students
    20−< 40 5
    40−< 50 15
    50−< 55 10
    55−< 60 15
    60−< 70 25
    70−< 90 25
    90−< 100 5
    a) Calculate the mean mark
    b) Draw a cumulative frequency curve (Ogive) and use it to find the;
    (i) Median mark
    (ii) Range of the middle 40% of the marks
    10. a) The height of pupils in a school is normally distributed with mean 130 cm and
    standard deviation of 7 cm. If a pupil is selected at random. Find the probability that
    his/her height is
    i) above 144 cm
    ii) less than 123 crn
    b) determine the lower and upper quartile heights
    (c) If 4000 pupils are selected at random, determine the number whose height will lie
    between 126.5 cm and L37 cm.

    END

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