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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION 142 ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 1 (For Both School and Private Candidates) Time: 3 Hours Friday 03 May 2002 a.m. Instructions 1. Thispaper consists of sections A and B, 2. Answer ALL questions in section A and eny FOUR (4) questions ftom section B. 3. All answers must be waitien inthe answer booklet provided. 4. All work done in answering each question must be clearly shown 5. Mathematical tables, mathematical formulae, slide rules and unprogrammable scientific pocket calculators may be used.’ 6. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room, 7. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer bookie This paper consists of 4 printed pages. SECTION A (60 Marks) Answer ALL questions in this section, showing sll necessary steps and answers, ‘Simplify giving reasons the statement (A-B)- (AU BS) (2 marks) L @ {) Grae poultry farm in Dar es ser which produces three types of chicks, had is six-month eport which revealed that out of 126 of is regular customers, 65 bought broilers, 80 bought Inver and 75 bought cocks. 45 bought layers and cocks, 35 bought broilers and cocks, 10 ‘bought broilers only, 15 bought layers only and 6 bought cocks only. 6 ofthe customers did not ‘show up. (How many customers bough all three products? (2 marks) )) How many customers bought exactly two ofthe farm's producis? (2 marks) 2. (@) Find the equations ofthe lines through the point (2,3) which make an angle 45° with the line ax-y+3 "0. (@ mazks) () Shove thatthe radical axis of two circles x+y! + Qgx + Dfy + = 0 andx’ + 7 + 2g + 2f'y + c’ = 0 is perpendicular to the Tine joining their eenzes (S marks) 3. (@) Given that ffx) = 4x — 1 and g(x) = saby verify that (fg)?~ go'f" —— @ marks) (©) Find the relation connecting the constants, b and ifone root of te equation ax? + bx + ¢ =O is three times the other. (G marks) 4. (2) The sum ofthe fist n tems of a series is 2" 1). Find the general term of the series, (3 marks) (>) Prove using Mathematical Induction that 6" + 8 *is divisible by 7 for all positive odd. sumbers (G marke) 5. (8) Write sin (sin“! x + cos ~'x) in its most simplified form. (2 marks) 8 (0) Use the definition t = tan z to solve 2. cos @ +3 sin 8 —2 = 0 for @ between 0° and 360° inchusve (4 macs) 6. (e) IER = ar* where a ise constant and aa error of x % is made in measuring r, prove that the resulting error in R is nx %. (3 marks) OA defined by parametric tions x r and : Find ay curve is defined by parametric equa ty mdy= a. rm ist «=D &’ G marks) 7. (@) Find the cartesian equation ofthe plane containing the vector re = 1 ~ 2} + Kc (2 marks) which is perpendiculer toe = 21 —j + 3k. (b) Find the caresien equation of he line & which pases through the point (2-1, 3) and parallel to the vector perpendicular tothe vectors a ~ 21+ 2)—keand b= Sik” (marks) = G marks) 8. (a) Evaluste ©) Bee PaGnaE (©) Find the length ofthe spiral r = 2e*® from @ = 0 10 0 = 2m, (@ marks) 9. (a) A function f(x) = cx? defines a continuous probability function for a rendom variable x fom x =Otox = 3. Find the value ofc, (@ marks) (©) Calculate the mean and variance of the distribution in (a) above. (marks) 10. ‘The marks of 200 form six students in the Physics terminal examination at a certain school were recorded as follows:- Marks 1-20] 21-30 | 31-40 [41-50 | 51-0 | 1-70] 7-80 | 0 ‘Frequency T 20, a2 a ae a 1s 9g (@) Construct the histogram representing the data (2 marks) () Calculate () Mode (2 macs) (2 marks) (i) Median SECTION B (40 Marks) Answer any FOUR (4) questions from this section, showing all necessary steps and answers: ‘A small furniture company has two workshops which produce timber used in the manufacture of tables and chairs. In one day operation, workshop A can produce timber required to manufacture 20 tables and 60 chairs and workshop B can produce the timber required to manufacture 25 tables and SO chairs. The company needs enough timber to manufacture at least 200 tables and 500 chars. fit costs 100,000/= to operate workshop A for one day and 90,000 to operate workshop B for one day, how many days should each workshop be operated in order to produce a sufficient amount of timber at a minimum cost? What is the minimum cost? (10 marks) 12, (a) Locate the conjugates of the following complex numbers in the same complex plane. @ O+9@+3%) @ C2+9+6-9 @ marks) ©) Hf 2z + 1 isan imaginary pat of «complex number 2, what isthe nature of the locus of “FET the complex number? (4 marke) © Solvez?—1~ V3 i = 0 giving the values ofzin the form ofa +bi where ® end b are real numbers, (G marks)* 13. (@) flog 1.96) = 0.2923, 1og (1.97) = 0.2945, use linear interpoetion to find the number x for which log x ~ 0.2936. (G matic)

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