BM005-4-0-MTS Final Exam Page 1 of 5

SECTION A (50 marks).

Answer ALL questions.

QUESTION A1 (5 marks)

Solve 4𝑥+2 × 8𝑥−1 = 16.

QUESTION A2 (5 marks)

Simplify the following expression, eliminate any negative exponents in your answer.
𝑥 −3 (𝑥 2 𝑦 4 )5/2
× (𝑥 4/2 𝑦 −3 )
𝑥 −2 𝑦 4

QUESTION A3 (5 marks)

Solve log 3 ⁡ 3𝑥 − 2 = log 9 ⁡ 𝑥.

QUESTION A4 (5 marks)

Given that log a x = p and log a y = q , express the following in terms of p and q.
√𝑥
log 𝑎
𝑦3

QUESTION A5 (5 marks)

Selena and Hailey are playing archery, where each of them is shooting at their target board.
1
The probability that Selena hits the bullseye is 2 and the probability that Hailey hits the bullseye
1
is 3. Find the probability if
(a) either one of them hits the target.
(3 marks)
(b) neither of them hits the target.
(2 marks)
QUESTION A6 (5 marks)

There are 30 sports magazines and a number of computer magazines in a bag. The probability
2
that a computer magazine is chosen at random from the bag is 5.
(a) Find the total number of magazines in the bag.
(3 marks)
(b) Hence, find the number of computer magazines.
(2 marks)

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QUESTION A7 (5 marks)

If P(A) = 0.3, P(A ∩ B) = 0.15 and P(A ∪ B) = 0.95, find

(a) P(B)
(3 marks)
(b) P(A|B)
(2 marks)

Refer to the following table to answer question A8 and A9.

𝑥
0.6 0.3 𝑥 0.4
2
0.7 0.2 + 𝑥 0.1 0.4 0.9

QUESTION A8 (5 marks)

Compute the value of x if the average is 0.46.

QUESTION A9 (5 marks)

Use your answer in part A8 to find

(a) mode.
(2 marks)
(b) median.
(3 marks)

QUESTION A10 (5 marks)

Table below shows the number of babies born per day at a public hospital per day for the month
of February 2022.
Number of babies
Frequency
born per day
12 5
13 4
14 8
15 6
16 3
17 2

Find the interquartile range for the above data.

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SECTION B (50 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

QUESTION B1 (25 marks)

(a) Three machines A, B and C are used to produce the same part, and their outputs are
collected in a single bin. Machine A produced 26% of the parts in the bin, machine B
38%, and machine C produced the rest. Of the parts produces by machine A, 8% are
defective. Similarly, 5% of the parts from B and 4% from C are defective. A part is
picked at random from the bin.
(i) Draw a tree diagram to represent this information.
(5 marks)
(ii) Find the probability if it was produced by machine A or B.
(3 marks)
(iii) Find the probability if it was produced defective.
(4 marks)
(iv) Find the probability if it produced by machine A, given that the part is good.
(4 marks)
(b) A genetic company is doing research on the relationship between the eyes and the hair
colours. The table below shows the characteristics of eyes and hair colour of a group of
people. A person is selected at random from the group.
Colour of hair
Colour of eyes Red Brunette Blonde Total
Blue 4 3 7 14
Hazel 5 8 3 16
Total 9 11 10 30

Find the probability if the person selected has

(i) hazel eyes and red hair.
(2 marks)
(ii) blue eyes or brunette hair.
(3 marks)
(iii) blonde hair, given that the eyes are hazel.
(4 marks)

QUESTION B2 (25 marks)

The data below shows the payment, in RM, by 40 customers at a counter in a shopping centre.

Customer Frequency,
payment, RM f
20-24 3
25-29 4
30-34 8
35-39 9
40-44 7
45-49 5
50-54 4

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(a) Construct a table with the following column labels:

(i) Cumulative frequency, F
(2 marks)
(i) Class midpoint, x
(2 marks)
(ii) fx
(2 marks)
(iii) fx2
(2 marks)
(b) Hence, calculate the values of the followings:
(i) Mean,
(2 marks)
(ii) Mode,
(5 marks)
(iii) Median,
(5 marks)
(iv) Standard deviation.
(5 marks)

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Formulae: Probability
(a) P( A  B) = P( A) + P( B) − P( A  B)
(b) P( A) = 1 − P( A)
P( A  B)
(c) P( A | B) =
P( B)
P( Ai )P(B | Ai )
(d) P( Ai | B) =
P( A1 )P(B | A1 ) + P( A2 )P(B | A2 ) + ... + P( An ) P(B | An )
Formulae: Statistics
x + x + ... + xn
(a) Mean (single data) = 1 2
N

Mean (grouped/ungrouped with frequency) =

 fx
f
n 
 − Fm−1 
(b) Median = Lm +  2   Cm
 fm 
 
 
 D1 
(c) Mode = L +    C
 D1 + D2 
(d) Standard Deviation (population – single data)

Standard Deviation (population – grouped/ungrouped with frequency)

Standard Deviation (sample – single data)

Standard Deviation (population – grouped/ungrouped with frequency)

Percentile location/class, L p = (n + 1)
P
(e)
100

(f) Percentile =

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