B

St. Paul’s College

F.5 Final Examination 2013-2014
Mathematics Paper 1

Section B

Name:

Class:

Class Number:

Group Number:

Instructions :

1. Answer ALL questions in this section on the question-answer book.

2. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should either be exact or correct to
3 significant figures.
3. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
4. All working must be clearly shown.

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SECTION B (30 marks)

14. In the figure, a trianglular tarp with 4m and 60° is used to making
shelter. For a faster set up, side BC is held on the ground and vertex A is tied up to a
vertical pole PQ tautly. The inclinations of AB and AC with the horizontal are 60°
and 30° respectively.
(a) (i) Find the lengths AB and BC.
(ii) Is AB a line of greatest slope of the inclined tarp? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)
Q
(a) (i) (a) In ∆ ,
sin 30°
2m A
In ∆ , 60
sin 60° 60 B
√
4m
m
P 30
In ∆ ,
C
√
cos 60°
√
3.48 m
. .
(ii) cos
. .
84.9°
90°
is not a line of greatest slope of the inclined tarp.

In order to provide more room for taller people, vertex B is tied up to another vertial
pole RS tautly. The inclination of BC is 60°.
(b) (i) Find PR.
(ii) Find .
(5 marks)
(b) (i) Add AD // PR.
S
In ∆
sin 60° B
.
3.01 m
In ∆ , Q
3.01 2 D
√
2.08 m A
is a rectangle.
2.08 m
R
(ii) In ∆ ,
P 60
cos 30° 30
2√3 m C
In ∆ ,
.
tan 60°
1.74 m
In ∆ ,
√ . .
cos
√ .
27.2°

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15. The straight line : 6 8 0 cuts the straight line :3 8 0 at a
point P.
(a) Find the coordinates of P.
(2 marks)

(b) Q is a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that 90°,
where O is the origin. Denote the locus of Q by Γ.
(i) Describe the geometric relationship between Γ and the line segment OP.
(ii) Find the eqaution of Γ.
(6 marks)

(c) The straight line l is parallet to . If l cuts Γ at O and A while cuts Γ at B and
P, find the ratio of the area of ∆ and ∆ .
(2 marks)

(a)
6 8 0…… 1
L1 y
3 8 0…… 2 L2
1 2 ,
90 x
0 O
Sub 0 into 1
8
The coordinates of are 0, 8 . Q

P
(b) (i) 90°
is a diameter of a circle passing , and .
Γ is a circle with diameter OP, excluding points O and P.

(ii) Centre ,
0. 4
Radius 4

0 4 4
4 16 is the required equation.
OR 8 0

(c) ∆ ∆ (A.A.S.) y
area of ∆ : area of ∆
=1:1 l L2
x
O
B

A
P

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16. The box-and-whisker diagram below shows the distribution of the test results of 18
students in group 1.

(a) Find the median and the range of the marks of group 1.
(2 marks)
(b) For the same test, the test results in group 2 are shown below:
Stem (tens) Leaf (units)
2 a 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 b
3 1 3 7 9 9
4 5 8 9
6 2 3 c
It is known that the median and the range of the test results of two groups are the
same.
(i) Write down the values of a, b and c.
(ii) Find the inter-quartile range of group 2.
(iii) From each group, a student is randomly chosen as the interviewees of
two groups. If the probability of the sum of marks of these two
interviewees at least 130 is , find the number of students in group 1
getting marks higher than 60.
(8 marks)
(a) Median = 29 marks
Range = 63 – 14
= 49 marks

(b) (i) median = 29

29
7
range = 49
60 20 49
9
0 4 and 3 9
0 and 9

(ii) the inter-quartile range = 45 25

= 20

(iii) Let x be the number of students in group 1 getting marks higher than 60.
130

4
There are 4 students in group 1 getting marks higher than 60.

End of Section B

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