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Commonwealth Sec 3 EOY07 Paper 2 Solutions
Commonwealth Sec 3 EOY07 Paper 2 Solutions
1 4a 2 3
1. ( a) x =
4 b
4a 2 3
4x =
b
4a 2 3
(4x)2 =
b
4a 2 3
16x2 =
b
16bx2 = 4a2 – 3
4a 2 3
b =
16 x 2
2 2x 1 2 2x 1
(b) 2 = (factorise denominator)
3x 1 9 x 1 3 x 1 (3 x 1)(3 x 1)
2(3 x 1) (2 x 1)
=
(3 x 1)(3 x 1)
6x 2 2x 1
=
(3 x 1)(3 x 1)
4x 1
=
(3 x 1)(3 x 1)
2. (a) Total property tax paid per year = 10% of (total value of the 2 properties)
10
= × ($12000 + $15500)
100
= $2750
Total property tax paid in 2 years = $2750 × 2
= $5500
br b 2 4 ac
(c) x [ note: a = 11, b = –42, c = 33 ]
2a
42 r 1764 1452
=
22
42 r 312
=
22
= 2.71 or 1.11
33 33
x = 2.71 is rejected because the length of wire bought = = 12.2 m
x 2.71
will be less than the length of wire sold (22 m).
§ 0.14 0.17 0.3 8 · § 1.2 ·
¨ ¸ ¨ ¸
¨ 0.2 0.15 0.25 4 ¸ ¨ 2.8 ¸
4. (a) ¨ 0.1 0.5 0.3 30 ¸ . ¨ 1.5 ¸
¨ ¸ ¨ ¸
¨ 0.25 0.3 0.28 3 ¸ ¨ 0.2 ¸
© ¹ © ¹
| 86.747 m
= 86.7 m (3 sig. fig.)
75 86.747
(b) = Sine rule
sin CAB sin 60q
75 sin 60q
sin CAB =
86.747
= 0.74875
CAB = 48.482q
The bearing of C from A is 090q – 048.482q
= 041.518q
= 041.5q (1 d.p.)
In right-angled 'BNC,
h2 = 62 – b2 --- (2) (Pythagoras’ Theorem)
§ 82 7 2 62 ·
cos CAB = ¨¨ ¸¸
© 2(8)(7) ¹
CAB = 46.6q