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 SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

1. Simplify (5 4)(–3 2)6 and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
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2. Make a the subject of the formula . (3 marks)

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3. Factorize
(a) 10x2 + 3xy – y2,
(b) 6x + 3y – 10x2 – 3xy + y2.

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(3 marks)

4. (a) Find the range of values of x which satisfy both and

5 – x  9.
(b) How many integers satisfy both inequalities in (a)?
(4 marks)

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 5. The number of badges owned by John is 5 times that owned by Betty. If John gives 38 of
his badges to Betty, then the number of badges owned by Betty is 4 times that owned by
John. Find the total number of badges owned by Betty and John.
(4 marks)
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6. The marked price of a book is higher than its cost by $30. The book is sold at a discount of
15% on its marked price. After selling the book, the percentage profit is 36%. Find the
marked price of the book.
(4 marks)

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7. In a polar coordinate system, O is the pole. The polar coordinates of the points P and Q are
(24, 125) and (r, 215) respectively, where r is a positive constant. It is given that the

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distance between P and Q is 26. Find
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(a) POQ,
(b) r,
(c) the area of △OPQ.
(5 marks)

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 8. In the figure, ABCD is a circle. AD produced and BC produced meet at the point E.
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(a) Write down a pair of similar triangles.
(b) It is given that AB = 24 cm, AE = 45 cm, BE = 51 cm and CD = 8 cm.
(i) Is △ABE a right-angled triangle? Explain your answer.
(ii) Find the area of the circle ABCD.
(5 marks)

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9. The bar chart below shows the distribution of the numbers of days of a group of students
absent in a month.

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If a student is randomly selected from the group, then the probability of the student has been

absent less than 2 days in the month is .

(a) Find m.
(b) Write down the inter-quartile range and the standard deviation of the distribution.
(4 marks)

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 SECTION A(2) (35 marks)

10. It is given that f (x) is partly constant and partly varies as (x – 3)2. Suppose that f (7) = 24 and
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f (2) = –6.
(a) Find f (0). (3 marks)

(b) Denote the graph of y = f (x) + 6 by G.

(i) Write down the y-intercept of G.

(ii) Find the x-intercept(s) of G.

(3 marks)

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11. The following table shows the distribution of the numbers of customers for each table in a
restaurant.

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Number of customers 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 4 13 12 11 5

(a) Find the mean of the distribution. (2 marks)

(b) Are the median and the mode of the distribution equal? Explain your answer.
(2 marks)
(c) If n more tables are served and each of them has 6 customers, write down
(i) the value of n such that the mean of the distribution is increased by 1;
(ii) the least value of n such that the median of the distribution is increased by 2;
(iii) the greatest value of n such that the mode of the distribution remains unchanged.
(3 marks)

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 12. The polynomial p(x) is divisible by x – 4. When p(x) is divided by x2 + 1, the quotient and the
remainder are 3x2 – 5x – 30 and cx + 38 respectively, where c is a constant.
(a) Find c. (3 marks)
(b) Prove that x + 2 is a factor of p(x). (1 mark)
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(c) Someone claims that all the roots of the equation p(x) = 0 are rational numbers. Is the
claim correct? Explain your answer. (3 marks)

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13. The equation of the circle C is x2 + y2 – 20x – 48y – 6549 = 0. Let G be the centre of C. Denote
the origin by O.
(a) Find OG. (2 marks)
(b) Does O lie inside C? Explain your answer. (1 mark)
(c) Let P be a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that OP = GP. Denote
the locus of P by . Suppose that  cuts C at the points M and N. Find the area of the
quadrilateral OMGN. (4 marks)

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 14. The figure shows a thin paper sector with centre O and its area is 540 cm2. By joining OX
and OZ together, OXYZ is folded to form an inverted right circular conical container.
Y
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216

X Z

(a) Find the length of OX. (2 marks)

(b) Find the capacity of the container in terms of . (3 marks)
(c) Suppose that the container is held vertically. Water of volume 768  cm is poured into
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the container without overflowing. Someone claims that the area of inner dry curved
surface of the container is at least 950 cm2. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(3 marks)

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 SECTION B (35 marks)
15. A queue is randomly formed by 8 boys and 4 girls.

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(a) How many different queues can be formed? (1 mark)
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(b) Find the probability that no girls are next to each other in the queue. (3 marks)

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 16. The straight lines L1 and L2 are perpendicular to each other. The y-intercept of L1 is 6. It is
given that L1 and L2 intersect at the point (9, 12). Let R be the region (including the boundary)
bounded by L1, L2, the x-axis and the y-axis.
(a) It is given that R represents the solution of a system of inequalities. Find the system of
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inequalities. (3 marks)
(b) Find the greatest value of 3x – 4y, where (x, y) is a point lying in R. (2 marks)

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 17. Let A(n) be the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. It is given that A(8) = 35 and A(13) = 55.
(a) Find A(1). (2 marks)
(b) Suppose that for any positive integer n.

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Find the greatest value of k such that log81[G(1)G(2)G(3)…G(k)] < 666. (5 marks)

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 18. (a) ABCD is a paper card in the shape of a quadrilateral. It is given that AB = AD = 30 cm,
CB = CD = 20 cm and ABC = 100°. Find
(i) AC,
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(ii) BAC.
(3 marks)
(b) The paper card ABCD described in (a) is now given. The paper card is folded along BD
such that the plane ABD is perpendicular to the plane BCD.

(i) Find ABC.

(ii) Does the angle between the plane ACD and the plane ABC exceed 100°? Explain
your answer.
(4 marks)

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 19. Let f (x) = x2 – 10kx + 8x + 25k2 – 25k + 21, where k is a positive constant. On the same
rectangular coordinate system, denote the vertex of the graph of y = f (x) and the vertex of the
graph of y = 10 – f (x) by Q and R respectively.
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(a) Using the method of completing the square, express, in terms of k, the coordinates of Q.
(2 marks)
(b) Write down, in terms of k, the coordinates of R. (1 mark)
(c) The coordinates of the point S are (25k – 4, 5). Denote the inscribed circle of △QRS by
C.
(i) Express, in terms of k, the equation of the straight line which passes through Q
and S.
(ii) Express, in terms of k, the equation of C.
(iii) Suppose that QS is the tangent to C at the point T. Let U be the centre of C. It is
given that the coordinates of the point V are (37, –7). Is it possible that STUV is a
rectangle? Explain your answer.
(9 marks)

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