IFYMS002 Mathematics Science

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IFYMS002 Mathematics Science

Examination

2016-17

Examination Session Time Allowed

Semester Two 2 Hours 40 minutes
(including 10 minutes reading time)

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
SECTION A Answer ALL questions. This section carries 45 marks.

SECTION B Answer 4 questions ONLY. This section carries 80 marks.

The marks for each question are indicated in square brackets [ ].

 Answers must not be written during the first 10 minutes.

 A formula booklet and graph paper will be provided.
 An approved calculator may be used in the examination.
 Show ALL workings in your answer booklet.
 Examination materials must not be removed from the examination room.

DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL INSTRUCTED BY THE

INVIGILATOR

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Section A
Answer ALL questions. This section carries 45 marks.
Question A1

Point lies at (12, 4), point lies at 6, 10 and point lies at (9, ).

Line is perpendicular to line .

Find the value of . [4]

Question A2

Find the range of values which satisfy 12 0. [4]

Question A3

The 4th term of a geometric progression is 21952 and the 7th term is 117649.

Find the common ratio and the first term. [5]

Question A4

Solve
2
2916
∛ 64
[3]

Question A5

Solve the equation tan 3 for 0 2 .

Give your answers as exact multiples of . [4]

Question A6

A curve has equation 7 1.

When 3, .
[4]
Find the value of .

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Question A7

Evaluate
2

2

Give your answer in the form ln where and are integers. [4]

Question A8

Show that the differentiation of is [3]

Question A9

Write in the form where , and are

[4]
constants to be determined.

Question A10

Use integration by parts to find

3 cos
[3]

Question A11

A set of readings has mean 7.5 and standard deviation 2.4

The sum of the squares of the readings is 682.11

Find the value of . [3]

Question A12

In a large group of students, 40% are male.

A random sample of 24 students is selected. Find the probability that exactly 16

are female.

Give your answer to 4 significant figures.

In this question, 1 mark will be given for the correct use of significant figures. [4]

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Section B
Answer 4 questions ONLY. This section carries 80
marks.

Question B1

a) Solve the quadratic equation 6 2 0 by completing the square.

Give your answers in the form √ and √ where and are

integers. All working must be shown. [4]

b) The function is defined as 2 9 11 30.

i. Use the Factor Theorem to show that 2 is a factor of . [2]

ii. Divide by 2 and hence factorise completely. [4]

c) An arithmetic series is defined as 148, 140, 132, ….

i. Find the 50th term. [2]

ii. The sum of the first terms is 0.

Find the value of . [3]

d) A geometric series is defined as 2187, 729, 243, ….

i. Find the sum of the first 8 terms. [2]

ii. Find the sum to infinity. [2]

iii. Explain why it is possible to find the sum to infinity. [1]

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Question B2

a) A block of ice is brought into a warm room and it starts to melt. The mass
of ice, kg, after minutes from being brought into the room is given by the
formula
.
8

i. Find the time taken for the mass to reach 5 kg. [3]

ii. How much ice has melted after 29 minutes? [3]

b) Solve the equation

3 log 5 log 2 0. All working must be shown. [4]

c)

48°

16 m 63° 15.6 m

Figure 1

Figure 1 shows the quadrilateral which is made up of two acute-

angled triangles and . 16 metres, 15.6 metres, angle
48° and angle 63°.

i. Find the length of . [3]

The area of triangle is the same as the area of triangle .

ii. Show that angle is approximately 66°. Each stage of your working [4]
must be clearly shown.

iii. Find the length of . [3]

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Question B3

a) A curve has equation 9 6 1.

i. Find . [2]

ii. Show that there are stationary points at 0 and . [2]

iii. Confirm there is point of inflexion at 0 and determine whether there

is a maximum or a minimum at . [5]

iv. Find the coordinates of the stationary points. [1]

v. Sketch the curve of 9 6 1. On your sketch, show clearly

the coordinates of the stationary points. [2]

b) Use the substitution sin to evaluate

sin cos
[4]

All working must be shown: just giving the correct answer on its own scores
no marks.

c) The curve √ 5 3 is rotated about the axis between 2 and

4.

Find the volume formed. Show all working. [4]

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Question B4

a)
3

NOT TO SCALE

(1, 4)

O
Figure 2

Figure 2 shows the curve 3 and line which is a normal to the

curve at the point 1, 4 .

i. Find the equation of line . [3]

ii. Confirm that line crosses the axis at (13, 0) and find the
coordinates of the point where it crosses the axis. [2]

iii. Find the area, which is shaded on the diagram, that is bounded by the
and axes, the curve 3 and the line . [6]

b) The curve has equation 3 7 0.

i. Show that [4]

2
3

ii. Explain why there are stationary points when 2 . [1]

iii. Find the coordinates of the stationary points. [4]

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Question B5

a) Six sunflower seeds were sown and each plant was subjected to a
different light intensity during its early growth. The heights of the plants
were recorded after 14 days. The results are shown below.

Light intensity in kcd Height of plant in cm

19 4.6
62 5.5
45 5.3
66 5.8
11 4.9
25 5.1

The data can be summarised as follows:
∑ 228; ∑ 31.2 ; ∑ 11332; ∑ 163.16; ∑ 1231.1

i. Find , and . Hence find the Product Moment Correlation [5]

Coefficient. Show all working.

ii. Describe the correlation between light intensity and plant height. [1]

iii. The heights of the plants in the table above are given in cm. Without
doing any further calculations, state the Product Moment Correlation
Coefficient if the heights are given in mm instead of cm. [1]

b) Two events, and , are such that 0.8, ∪ 0.94 and

∩ 0.56.

i. Find . [2]

ii. Draw a Venn diagram to show this information. [3]

iii. Find ∪ and ∩ . [2]

iv. Are events and independent? Give a reason for your answer. [2]

c) The strengths of 50 pieces of wire were tested by subjecting each piece

to increasing tension until it broke. The results are shown below.

Tension, , at which wire broke Frequency

0.8 1.0 2
1.0 1.2 15
1.2 1.4 22
1.4 1.6 10
1.6 1.8 1

You may wish to copy and extend this table to help you answer some
of the following questions.
i. Estimate the mean [3]
ii. In which interval does the median lie? [1]

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Question B6

a) The masses of babies born in a large hospital can be assumed to follow a

Normal distribution with mean 3400 grams and standard deviation 200.

64.8% of babies have a mass of grams or more.

i. Find the value of . [3]

ii. A baby is selected at random. Find the probability that she or he has a [3]
mass above 3580 grams.

iii. Two babies are selected at random. Find the probability that one of [4]
them has a mass below 3580 grams and the other has a mass above
3580 grams.

b) A spinner has 5 sides which have scores 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4. It is claimed that

the spinner is fair (i.e. the probability of each score is equally likely). The
spinner is spun 100 times and the results are shown in the table below.

Score 0 1 2 3 4
Frequency 15 24 25 13 23

i. State your hypotheses. [2]

ii. Work out the expected frequency of each score. [1]

iii. Carry out a chi-squared test at a 5% level of significance.

[5]
What conclusion can you draw?

c) A discrete random variable, , has probability distribution given in the table

below.

1 4 5
0.24 0.52 0.15 0.09

Find the value of if E 3.7 [2]

This is the end of the examination.

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