Kolej Matrikulasi Johor

Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia

SM025 ( Muafakat Set 1 )

Part A ( 25 marks )
Answer all question in this section

1. Given two vectors a = i + mj + 2k and b = mi + 2mj − k where m is a scalar.

a) If vectors a and b have the same magnitude, determine the values of m.

[2 marks]
b) If m = 3;

i) Find the Cartesian equation of the plane  passes through (1, −3,1) and contains

both vectors a and b . [4 marks]

y −1 1− z
ii) Find the angle between plane  in (i) and the straight line x = 3, = .
4 2
[3 marks]

2. The cumulative probability distribution function of a discrete random variable X is

0 , x  −1
1
 , −1  x  2
5
 3
F ( x) =  ,2  x  5
10
7
10 ,5  x  8

 1 ,x 8

(a) Construct the probability distribution table of X . [2 marks]

(b) Determine the mode of the distribution. [2 marks]
(c) Calculate the mean of X and hence calculate Var ( 2 − 3X ) [5 marks]
3. The average number of cars sold by Luxury Auto is four cars per day.
(a) What is the probability that exactly six cars will be sold tomorrow? [3 marks]
(b) Find the probability that 17 to 25 cars will be sold within a week. [4 marks]

Part B (75 marks)

Answer all questions in this section

1. Verify that the equation x3e− x + 1 = 0 has a root between −1 and 0. By using Newton-
2 x 3 − x 4 − e xn
Raphson method, show that the iterative formula is xn +1 = n 2 n 3 . [5 marks]
3 xn − xn

8 − 2x 8 − 2x
2. a) Express
x ( x − 2)
2
as partial fractions. Hence, find  x ( x − 2 ) dx.
2
[6 marks]


4
1 4
b) Find  cot 2 x dx. Hence, show that  cot 2 x dx = 4 ln 3 .

[7 marks]
6

3. a) Approximate the value of  x ln 2 x dx by using trapezoidal rule with 5 ordinates,

1

correct to three decimal places. [4 marks]

2

b) Evaluate  x ln 2 x dx correct to four significant figures by using suitable integration

1

method. [5 marks]
c) Compare and state the difference between the answer in (a) and (b). [1 mark]

dv
4. a) Find the particular solution for the differential equation = g ( 2 − v ) , where g is a
dt
constant, with the condition of v = 1 when t = 0. Determine the value of v when
t → . [5 marks]
 dy
b) Solve the differential equation + y tan x = sin 2 x. Express y in terms of x.
dx
[5 marks]
5. Two dice are thrown and the numbers x and y obtained from each dice are noted. The
discrete random variable W is defined as
x + y , x  y
Z =
 xy , x = y
5
(a) Write all the outcomes for z = 9 and hence show that P ( z = 9 ) = .
36
[3 marks]
(b) Construct a table of the probability distribution of the random variable Z. Hence,
show that Z is a discrete random variable.
[5 marks]

6. Continuous random variable X has a density probability function is given by

 ax ,0  x  1
a

f ( x ) =  ( 4 − x ) ,1  x  4
3
 0 ,otherwise

where a is a constant.

1
(a) Show that a = . [3 marks]
2
(b) Obtain the cumulative distribution function, F ( X ) . [4 marks]

(c) Sketch the graph of F ( X ) . [2 marks]

(d) Find
(i) P ( 0  X  3) . [2 marks]

(ii) the 20th percentile of X. [2 marks]

7. The distribution of the weights of all sugar sachets produced by a particular factory is
assumed to be normal with mean 30 gm and the standard deviation 4 gm.
Show that the probability of a randomly selected sachet weighs within 2 gm of the mean
is 0.383. [5 marks]
(a) If fifteen sachets are randomly selected, find the probability that between six and
eight weigh within 2 gm of the mean. [3 marks]
(b) Determine the sample size, n such that the probability that none of the sachet
weighs within 2 gm of the mean is 0.0894. [3 marks]
(c) If 150 sachets are randomly selected, approximate the probability that between 60
and 90 sachets weigh within 2 gm of the mean. [5 marks]