P425/2

Applied mathematics
Paper 2
3Hours

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education

APPLIED MATHEMATICS
(P425/2)
TIME: 3HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
 Attempt all the questions in section A and five from section B.
 All working must be shown clearly
 Begin each answer on a fresh sheet of paper.
 In numerical working g= 9.8ms-2.
 No paper should be given for rough work.
 Mathematical tables with list of formulae and squared paper are provided.
 Silent non programmable calculator may be used.
SECTION A
(Answer all questions in this section)
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1. Show that the equation 2 tanx=3 x has a real root between and hence use linear
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interpolation to find the root. (5 marks)
2. In the two rounds of a show jumping competition, seven riders recorded times, in
seconds, given in the following table.
Rider A B C D E F G
Round 1 127 131 133 139 140 141 146
Round 2 132 130 140 137 133 138 142
Calculate the rank correlation coefficient between the times for the two rounds and
comment on your answer at 5% level of significance. (5 marks)
3. The numbers 2.6954 , 4.6006 ,16.175 and 0.82 have been rounded to the given number
of decimal places. Find the range of values within which the exact value of
16.175
2.6954 (4.6006 − ) lies. (5 marks)
0 .82
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4. The probability of events A and B are P( A)and P(B) respectively. P( A)= ,
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1
P( AnB)= and P( AUB)=q ,
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(a) Find in terms of q, P(B)
(b) Given that A and B are independent events, find the value of q . (5 marks)
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5. Use the trapezium rule with eight strips to find the approximation for ∫ 2
dx ,
0 1+ x
correct to four decimal places. (5 marks)
6. A lorry covers distances of 25.6 m and 32 m in the fourth and eighth second of its
uniform motion respectively. Find its;
(i) Acceleration
(ii) Initial velocity. (5 marks)
7. The results for the time taken for a certain liquid to evaporate in an open container is
as shown below.
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Volume (m ) 98.5 82.5 72.0 60.5
Time (s ) 0.00 14.5 18.0 23.5
Use either linear interpolation or extrapolation to estimate;
(i) Time when volume is 40.5 m3
(ii) Volume when time is 16.5 s . (5 marks)
8. Two forces of 1 2 N and 17 N are acting on a body at an angle of 300 to each other.
Find the resultant force and direction on a body. (5 marks)

SECTION B
(Answer five questions in this section)
9. Two hundred and forty army recruits have the following heights.

Heights (cm) Number of recruits

165- 10
170- 37
175- 60
180- 65
185- 48
190-195 20
(a) Calculate the;
(i) Mean weight
(ii) Standard deviation
(iii) Interquartile range
b) Construct a cumulative frequency curve for the data and use it to estimate the
median and 7th decile.
10. (a) show graphically that the curve of y=2 x 3 and line y=8− 5 x have a root between
x=1 and x=2correct the root to 1 decimal place. (3 marks)
(b) Prove that the simplest iterative formula based on Newton Raphson method for
3
4 x n+ 8
solving equation 2 x +5 x −8=0 is given by x n+1= 2
3
where n=0, 1, 2… (4
6 xn +5
marks)
(c) Use x 0 , the first approximation in (a) above and the Newton Raphson method in
(b) to find the root of the equation correct to 3 decimal places. (5 marks)
 11. ABCD is a rectangle with AB=3 m as the positive x-axis and AD=4 m as the positive
y-axis. Forces of magnitude 6N, 4N, 10N, 8N and 15N act in the directions AB, AD,
AC, CD, and BD respectively in the direction of the letters. Find the;
(a) Magnitude of the resultant force and its direction. (7 marks)
b) Line of action of the resultant force and point where the resultant cuts the x-
axis, by taking moments at A. (5 marks)
12. (a) Given that x=5 , y=14 and z=8 all correct to the nearest integer. Find the
x+ z
maximum value and minimum value, absolute error, and percentage error in . (6
yx
marks)
(b) Two number x and y are approximated by X and Y with errors δx and δy
respectively. Show that the maximum relative error in approximating x y 2 as X Y 2 is

given by | | δx
X
δy
+2∨ ∨¿ (6 marks)
Y
13. (a) A good football striker is nursing his injury on the leg. The probability that his
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team will win the next match when he is playing is , otherwise it is . The
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probability that he will have recovered by the time of the match is . Find the
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probability that;
(i) His team will win the match.
(ii) Will have recovered given that they win the match. (5 marks)
(b) Events A and B are such that P( A)=0.4, P( A /B)=0.8 , and P( AnB)=0.25,
find;
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(i) P( An B )
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(ii) P( A UB)
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(iii) P(B / A ) (7 marks)
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14. (a) Use trapezium rule with 6 sub ordinates to estimate ∫ cosx dx , correct to 3 decimal
0
places. (6 marks)
b) Determine the percentage error in approximating the above integral using
trapezium rule. Hence suggest how the error can be minimized. (6 marks)
15. (a) A ball is projected upwards at a speed of 36 m s −1 from height H from the ground.
If the ball hits the ground 8.5 s later, find the value of H and the velocity with which
the ball hits the ground. (6 marks)
b) A Car initially moving at a velocity of 20 m s −1 accelerates uniformly at a rate
of 2 m s− 2 for 5 s . It maintains this velocity for 10 s and then decelerates uniformly
in 6 s. By drawing a velocity time graph, determine the total distance travelled by
the car. (6 marks)
16. The marks of 8 students were recorded from two principal subjects Mathematics and
Geography and were recorded in the table below.
 Mathematics 82 75 90 65 75 67 55 87
(x)
Geography 70 66 85 70 63 85 62 78
(y)
(a) Draw a scatter diagram and the line of best fit. Hence estimate the mark for
Geography for which Mathematics is 60. (6 marks)
(b) Calculate the spearman’s rank correlation coefficient for the above data and
comment at 1% level of significance. (6 marks)
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