MOCK-DSE

MATH CP
Candidate Number
PAPER 1

HONG KONG DIPLOMA OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION

2020

MOCK EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part
PAPER 1
Question-Answer Book
17 February, 2020

8.25 am – 10.40 am (2¼ hours)

This paper must be answered in English

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INSTRUCTIONS

(1) After the announcement of the start of the examination, you

should first write your Candidate Number in the spaces
provided on Pages 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11.

(2) This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), A(2) and B.

(3) Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your answers

in the spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book. Do
not write in the margins. Answers written in the margins
will not be marked.

(4) Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be

supplied on request. Write your Candidate Number and
mark the question number box on each sheet, and fasten
them with string INSIDE this book.

(5) Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly

shown.

(6) Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be

either exact or correct to 3 significant figures.

(7) The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to

scale.

(8) No extra time will be given to candidates for writing

Candidate Number after the ‘Time is up’ announcement.

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 SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

1
( m 2 n3 ) 2
1. Simplify 2
and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
(n 3 m 4 ) 3

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2. Make x the subject of the formula k (2kx  h)  2 x  h . (3 marks)

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3. Factorize
(a) 3x3  13x2  12 x ,
(b) (3x  4)2  3x3  13x 2  12 x .
(4 marks)

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2(2  x)
4. (a) Solve the inequality  4x  5 .
3
2(2  x)
(b) Find all integers satisfying both  4 x  5 and 5x  17  0 .
3
(4 marks)

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 5. The volume of juice in a jar is measured as 0.87 L correct to the nearest 0.01 L.
(a) Find the least possible volume of the juice.
(b) Is it possible to share the juice among 18 children, such that each of them can have 50 mL of
juice correct to the nearest 5 mL? Explain your answer.
(4 marks)

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6. Wine A contains 10% alcohol while wine B contains 40% alcohol. In what ratio must wine A and
wine B be mixed to form a new wine C containing 20% alcohol? (4 marks)

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7. The coordinates of the points A and B are (3,  2) and (4,  6) respectively. A is rotated
anticlockwise about the origin O through 90 to A ' . B ' is the reflection image of B with
respect to the x-axis.
(a) Write down the coordinates of A ' and B ' .
(b) Prove that A ' , O and B ' are collinear.
(4 marks)

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 8. A sector of radius s cm and angle  is folded to form a right circular cone of base radius
7 cm and height 24 cm.

(a) Find the value of s . (1 mark)

(b) Hence, find the value of  . (3 marks)

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9. The box-and-whisker diagram below shows the distribution of the scores of the students in Class
X in a mathematics examination. There are 25 students in Class X. It is given that the range and
the inter-quartile range of the distribution are 67 and 42 respectively.

Score
30 a 59 85 b

(a) Find the values of a and b.

(b) A student in Class Y who scored 59 in the mathematics examination joins Class X and the
student in Class X who obtained the lowest score leaves Class X. The teacher of Class X
claims that the median of the scores of the students in Class X will increase. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

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 SECTION A(2) (35 marks)
10. It is given that f(x) partly varies as x 2 and partly varies as x. Suppose that f (3)  15 and
f (5)  55 .

(a) Find f (x). (3 marks)

(b) Using the method of completing the square, find the coordinates of the vertex of the graph
of y  f ( x)  3 . (2 marks)

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11. Let f (x) be a cubic polynomial. When f (x) is divided by x  2 , the remainder is 30 . When f (x)
is divided by 2 x  3 , the remainder is 51 . It is given that f (x) is divisible by 3x2  4 x  5 .
(a) Find the quotient when f (x) is divided by 3x2  4 x  5 . (3 marks)

(b) How many rational roots does the equation f ( x)  0 have? Explain your answer. (3 marks)

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 12. The pie chart below shows the distribution of the number of calculators owned by a group of
students.

1 2
(10%) (45%)

4
(15%)
3

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Distribution of the number of calculators owned by a group of students

(a) Write down the mode of the distribution. (1 mark)

(b) Find the mean of the distribution. (2 marks)
(c) Find the standard deviation of the distribution. (2 marks)
(d) It is given that there are 200 students in the group. If two students are selected from the
group, find the probability that both of them have at least 3 calculators. (3 marks)

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 13. Let O be the origin of a rectangular coordinate plane. The coordinates of two points Q and R are
(6, 0) and (0,  10) respectively. Let C be the circle passing through O, Q and R.

(a) Find the equation of C. (3 marks)

(b) Find the equation of the tangent to the circle at Q. (3 marks)

(c) Let P be a moving point such that the length of tangent from P to the circle C is 4. Describe
the locus of P. (2 marks)

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 14. In Figure 1, S denotes the circle AOCD (solid curve). S  denotes the circle centred at O
and passing through A and C (dotted curve). B is the point of intersection of S  and
OD .

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Figure 1
(a) (i) Prove that DCB  BCA .
(ii) Hence, prove that B is the in-centre of ACD .
(4 marks)

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 14. (b) CB in Figure 1 is extended to cut the circle S at E as shown in Figure 2. CE and
AD intersect at F . S  denotes the circle CDF (dashed curve). G is the point of
intersection of AC and the circle S  .

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Figure 2
(i) Prove that DE is tangent to S  at D .
(ii) If CD is a diameter of S  and CDB  20 , by using (a)(ii) and(b)(i), find ADE .
(4 marks)

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 SECTION B (35 marks)
15. 4 people are selected from 7 couples in a party.

(a) Find the number of possible ways such that there are no couples. (2 marks)

(b) Given that there is at least one couple, find the probability that there are exactly two
couples.
(2 marks)

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 16. Let b and c be constants, where c  0 and c  1 . Denote the graph of y  b  logc x by G.
The x-intercept of G is 64 and G passes through the point (256,1) . Express x in terms of y.
(4 marks)

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 17. In Figure 3, A1B1C1D1 is a square of side 10 cm. A second square A2 B2C2 D2 is formed inside
A1B1C1D1 such that A1 A2 D2 , B1B2 A2 , C1C2 B2 and D1D2C2 are straight line segments,
B2 B1C1  60 and A1D1D2 , D1C1C2 , C1B1B2 and B1 A1 A2 are congruent. This process
is continued to form an infinite number of squares An BnCn Dn , where n is a positive integer,
n2.
A1 D1

A2

D2

B2

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C2

B1 C1

Figure 3

(a) Express the area of C1B1B2 in surd form. (2 marks)

(b) Express the length of B2C2 in surd form. (2 marks)

(c) Let K1 be the area of C1B1B2 . For any integer n  1 , let K n be the area of
Cn Bn Bn1 . Find the sum of the areas of the shaded regions. (3 marks)

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 18. In Figure 4, ABC is a piece of triangular paper lying on a horizontal plane, where
AB  BC  10 cm and AC  8 cm . D and E are the mid-points of AB and AC
respectively.

Figure 4 Figure 5
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(a) (i) Show that cos B  .

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(ii) Hence, show that the length of the altitude of ABC which passes through A is
8
21 cm .
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(3 marks)
(b) ADE in Figure 4 is folded along DE such that A lies vertically above BE as shown
in Figure 5. N denotes the projection of A onto the horizontal plane.
(i) Find AN .
(ii) Hence, find the angle between ADE and the horizontal plane.
(5 marks)

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 19. (a) Figure 6 shows the circumcircle of an obtuse-angled triangle ABC with centre G. AD is a
diameter of the circle. AB  c , BC  a , CA  b , ACB   and the radius of the circle
is R. C

c
(i) Prove that sin   .
2R
A B
abc
(ii) Prove that the area of ABC is .
4R
G
(3 marks)
(b) The coordinates of point E are (18, 24) . D

(i) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector

of OE, where O is the origin. Figure 6
(ii) F is a point such that OF  14 and EF  40 . It is given that OEF is an

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obtuse-angled triangle.
(I) Using (a)(ii), or otherwise, find the radius of the circumcircle of OEF .

(II) Let N (a, b) be the circumcentre of OEF . Show that a 2  b2  625 .

Hence find the values of a and b.
(III) Let Q be a moving point such that the areas of OEQ and OEF are equal.
Find the minimum value of QO  QE .
(9 marks)

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