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TEST CODE 000573

FORM TP 20219 MAY 2000

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS

UNIT 2 - PAPER 01

If hours

( 01 JUNE 2000 (a.m.))

I This examination paper consists of THREE sections: Module 2.1, Module 2.2, and Module 2.3.

Each section consists of 5 questions.

The maximum mark for each section is 30.
The maximum mark for this examination is 90.
This examination paper consists of 5 pages.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

I. DO NOT open this examination paper until instructed to do so.

2. Answer ALL questions from the THREE sections.

3. Unless otherwise stated in the question. all aumcr!cal answers Ml;ST

be given exactly OR to three significant figures as appropriate.

Examination materials

Mathematical formulae and tables

Electronic calculator
Ruler and compass

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SECTION 1 (MODULE 2.1)

Answer ALL questions.

1. Solve, for x, the equation rJ.i - 3e" + 2 = 0. (6marks]

2. Find the derivative of the function,/, when

(a) fl.x) = x2 tan 3x (3marks]

(b) fl.x) = x In x - x, x > 0. [3marks]

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3. Express· x in partial fractions. [6marks]
(x-l)(x2+ I)

4. By means of the substitution u2 = x - 3. show that

J 2x+!
(x-3)3/2
dx = f[4+1i]du.
u3
[6 marks]

5. The rate of decline of an insect population due to the application of a certain type of insecticide
can be modelled by means of the differential equation

dx=-600.
dt 1+6t

where xis the number of insects alive t hours after the application of the insecticide.

If there were 1000 insects initially, calculate

(a) the number of insects alive after 24 hours [4 marks]

(b) how long the population of insects will survive. [2 marks]

Total 30 marks

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SECTION 3 (MODULE 2.2)

Answer ALL questions.

6. (a) Write down the first four terms of the series

20 (3 marks)
l:(-1)'+1 ,2.
r=I

(b) Express the infinite series

3+5+7+9+ ...

in sigma (I:) notation. [3marks)

7. Find the coefficient of xf> in the expansion of

(1 - 3.x)(l + 2x)9

as a· series of ascending powers of x. [6marks)

8. Find the sum of the convergent geometric series

I I I [6marks]
s= 2 + 2 + 8 + 32 +

9. (a) Show that the equation 2x3 + 6x - I = 0 has a root, ex, between 0 and I.
(3 marks]

(b) A first approximation to ex is 0.5. Find a second approximation to the root, a, to I

decimal place. [4 marks I

10. The true length and breadth of a rectangular lawn arc known to be SO m and 35 m respectively.
If the length is measured as 50.3 m and the breadth as 35.5 m, calculate

(a) the error in the area of the lawn [3marks]

(b) the percentage error in the area, correct to the nearest I decimal place.
(2 marks]

Total 30 marks

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SECTION 3 (MODULE 2.3)

Answer ALL questions.

11. (a) At a football match, there are four ticket offices and each can accommodate 75 people
standing in line. An official observes the number of people standing in the lines at
random times.

Determine the sample space for this experiment [2marks)

(b) One morning, there were 39 cars and 15 trucks lined up on a certain highway at a police
spot-check.

What is the probability that the police will search a car and then a truck?
(4 marks)

12. (a) 3 beads are chosen at random, with replacement, from a box containing 4 red, S green
and 3 blue beads. What is the probability that the 3 beads chosen are not of the same
colour? (3 marks)

(b) There are seven participants for a certain contest How many different combinations
of "winner" and "runner-up" are possible? (2 marks)

13. Use the tree-diagram given below to find the probabilities

(a) P(A f""\ B) (3 marks)

(b) P(A u B). (4 marks)

1
P(B/A) = -
4

- 3
P(B/A) = -
4

p (A) -- 3
2

- 1
P(B/A) = S

- - 4
P(B/A) = -
5

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14. The population, P(t) (in thousands), of a city is given by

P(t) = 1000 [I + (0.04)t + (0.003)t2]

with t measured in yeats, and t = 0 corresponding to the yeat 1980. Find

(a) the rate of change of P(t) in the yeat 1985 [3marks)

(b) the average rate of change of P(t) from 1983 to 1993. [3marks)

15. An insurance company estimates that a cenain model cat, after x years, depreciates at the rate
of 8x % of its value $c.

(a) . Determine; in terms of c, the estimated value, V, of this model cat after 2 yeats.
[3 marks)

(b) · A businessman bought a new cat of this model fifteen months ago for $40.000.00.
What will be the value of his cat at this time, as calculated by the insurance company?
[3 marks)

Total 30 marks

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