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950/2 STPM 2021

SMK TINGGI MELAKA

(Malacca High School Est. 1826)
Ke Arah Kecemerlangan Pendidikan

PEPERIKSAAN PERCUBAAN STPM (SEMESTER 2)

MATHEMATICS M
PAPER 2
One and a half hours
(6 Okt 2021 / 1230 - 1400)

Instructions to candidates:
DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO SO.
Answer all questions.
Write the answers on the answer sheets. Begin each answer on a new page of the answer sheet.
All working should be shown.

Scientific calculators may be used. Programmable and graphic display calculators are not
allowed.

Answers may be written either in English or Malay.

Questions set by : Checked by : Verify by :

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( Choong Whui Bean ) ( Shu Chee Keong ) ( Azmi Bin Sakmis )
Subject Teacher Head of Mathematics Panel Senior Assistant of Form 6
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This question paper consists of 7 printed pages.

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Section A [45 marks]
Answer all questions in this section.
1. The histogram shows the duration of the speeches given by the headmaster of a school during school
assemblies.

(a) What is the unit for the frequency density? [1 mark]

(b) Complete the following frequency table for the data. [2 marks]

Time (t minutes) Frequency

2<𝑡≤4
4<𝑡≤6
6<𝑡≤7
7<𝑡≤8
8 < 𝑡 ≤ 10
10 < 𝑡 ≤ 16

(c) Estimate the mean time of the speeches. [2 marks]

(d) Forecast a possible probability a speech by the headmaster in the next assembly will be shorter
than 10 minutes. [2 marks]

2. A game is played using an ordinary six-sided die. A player throws the die. If the result is 2, 3, 4 or 5,
then that result is the player’s score. If the result is 1 or 6, the player throws the die a second time and
the sum of both throws is the player’s score. The events 𝐴 and 𝐵 are defined as follow:
𝐴: The player’s score is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9.
B: The player has two throws.
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(a) Show that P(𝐴) = 3 . [3 marks]
(b) Find (i) P( 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) [2 marks]
(ii) P( 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) [2 marks]
(iii) P( 𝐴 | 𝐵) [2 marks]
(iv) P(𝐵|𝐴′) [3 marks]

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3. (i) The diagrams below show the graphs of two functions f and g. [2 marks]

For each function f and g, give a reason why it cannot be a probability density function.

(ii) A continuous random variable X has probability density function f given by

𝑘𝑥, 1≤𝑥<5
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
(a) Determine the value of k. [3 marks]
(b) Sketch the graph of f (x). [2 marks]
(c) Find the P(X > 4). [2 marks]

4. The marks obtained by 30 students in a mock examination (x) and in the final examination (y) for
Mathematics are recorded. It is found that 30 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 80 and 45 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 95. Then linear product
moment correlation coefficient between x and y is calculated to be 0.989.
Comment on the reliability of the estimates made in the following:
(i) The regression line of y on x is used to estimate the mark obtained in the final examination by a
student who scored 43 in the mock examination. [2 marks]
(ii) Suppose that the linear product moment correlation coefficient between x and y is calculated to be
0.889 instead. The regression line of y on x is used to estimate the mark obtained in the final
examination by a student who scored 25 in the mock examination. [1 mark]

The following table shows the respective scores obtained by the seven students:
Student A B C D E F G
x 8 10 13 16 20 7 18
y 38 20 15 23 60 48 36
Plot the data on a scatter diagram of y against x, and comment on your diagram. [3 marks]

5. The following table shows the prices and the values of the main exports of a country, with the value
being the product of the price and quantity.

Year
Product 2020 2021
Price Value Price Value
(RM) (RM ’000) (RM) (RM ’000)
A 15 18 25 10
B 20 22.5 20 25
C 10 80 12 60
(a) By using 2020 as the base year, calculate Laspeyres price index for the year 2021. Comment the
answer. [4 marks]
(b) If the relative price index continues to increase at the same rate, what is the relative price index
in 2022 with 2020 as the base year. [2 marks]

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6. (a) What is meant by deseasonalised time series? [1 mark]

(b) The electricity bill, RM in thousands, of a company are tabulated below.

Year January April July October
2013 - 662 712 790
2014 686 718 821 846
2015 744 780 826 875

If the seasonal variation is -56 for the first quarter, -39 for the second quarter, 45 for the third quarter,
and 51 for the fourth quarter,
(i) interpret the seasonal variation for the first and fourth quarters. [2 marks]
(ii) find the seasonally adjusted data for 2015. [2 marks]

Section B [15 marks]

Answer any one question in this section.

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7. (a) Two events 𝐴 and B are such that P(𝐴) = , P(B) = and P(𝐴 |B) = .
8 4 6
Show that whether the events 𝐴 and B are independent or mutually exclusive. [5 marks]

(b) The probability that an orange sold in a fruit store is rotten is 0.02.
(i) If the oranges in the fruits store are packed in packets, determine the maximum number of
oranges per packet so that the probability that a packet chosen at random does not contain
rotten oranges is more than 0.85. [5 marks]
(ii) If the oranges in the fruits store are packed in boxes each containing 60 oranges, find,
using a suitable approximation, the probability that a box chosen at random contains less
than three rotten oranges. [5 marks]

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8. Metal rods salvaged from some collapsed building were straightened and sorted into 5 groups
according to their lengths as shown in the table below:

Length (cm) Frequency Cumulative frequency

50 ≤ 𝑥 < 70 16 16
70 ≤ 𝑥 < 90 37 53
90 ≤ 𝑥 < 110 44 97
110 ≤ 𝑥 < 130 23 p
130 ≤ 𝑥 < 150 q 130

(a) Obtain the values of p and q. [1 mark]

(b) Calculate the standard deviation. Correct the answer to the nearest integer. [3 marks]
(c) Construct a cumulative frequency curve for this data. [3 marks]
(d) Hence,
(i) determine the median length of the rod. [2 marks]
(ii) A worker is asked to marked rods of length within a standard deviation of the median length.
Calculate the maximum and minimum lengths of rods that have to be marked. Determine from
the graph the number of rods that have to be marked. [4 marks]
(iii) Rods of length in the lower quartile are put in the truck to be transported. What is the longest
length of the rod that is put in the truck? [2 marks]

END OF QUESTION PAPER.

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