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Paul’s College
F.5 Final Examination 2020-2021

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part

PAPER 1 Section A2
Question-Answer Book

Time Allowed: 2 hours

Name
Class
Class No.
Group 1 FBL Group 2 LMW Group 3 WHP Group 4 TH
Group
Group 5 PSK Group 6 LTN Group 7 HL

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Attempt ALL questions.
2. Answer this section in the spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book.
3. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.
4. Marks will be deducted for poor and untidy presentation.
5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or correct to 3 significant
figures.
6. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Question No. 9 10 11 12 Total

Marks /30

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Section A2 (30 marks)

9. The price of a crystal ball of radius r cm is $P. P partly varies as r and partly varies as r 2 , where
1  r  5 . When r = 3, P = 720 and when r = 5, P = 1000.
(a) Find the price of a crystal ball of radius 4 cm. (4 marks)
(b) Someone claims that the price of a crystal ball of radius 5 cm is higher than the total price
of two crystal balls of radii 2 cm and 3 cm.
Is the claim correct? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

(a) Let P  k1r  k2 r 2 , where k1 and k 2 are non – zero constant. 1A

When r  3 , P  720 ,
720  k1 (3)  k2 (3)2 1M
240  k1  3k2 … … (1)
When r  5 , P  1000 , either one
1000  k1 (5)  k2 (5)2
200  k1  5k2 … … (2)
(2)  (1) 40  2k2
k2  20 1A
Sub k2  20 into (1)
240  k1  3(20) either one
k1  300
 P  300r  20r 2
When r  4 ,
P  300(4)  20(4) 2
 880
 The price is $880. 1A

(b) When r  2 ,
P  300(2)  20(2) 2
 520
Total price of the crystal balls with radii 2 cm and 3 cm
 520  720 1M
 1240
 1000
 The claim is disagreed. 1A f.t.

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10. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the ages of people got vaccinated in
a clinic.

Stem (tens) Leaf (units)

3 1 3 6 6
4 0 4 6 6 7 7 7
5 0 2 2 7 7 a
6 1 2 3 3

It is given that the range of the above distribution is twice its inter-quartile range.
(a) Find a.
(4 marks)
(b) Two more people now arrive and receive vaccination.
If the mean and the range of the distribution remain unchanged, find the greatest
possible standard deviation of the distribution.
(4 marks)

(a) Range  63  31 1M
 32
50  a  57 40  44
Inter-quartile range   1M
2 2
107  a
  42
2

 107  a 
32  2   42  1M
 2 
a9 1A

(b) Let p and q be the ages of the new visitors, where p  q

mean remains unchanged
 p  q  2x 1M
 2(49)
 98 1A

range remains unchanged

If p  31 , q  67( rejected )
 The greatest value of q is 63 when p  35 1A

 The greatest possible standard deviation is 10.2 (cor. to 3 sig. fig.)

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11. The cubic polynomial f(x) is divisible by x + 1. When f(x) is divided by x 2  1 , the remainder is
4x  k , where k is a constant.
(a) Find k. (3 marks)
(b) It is given that x  2 is a factor of f(x). When f(x) is divided by x, the remainder is 4.
Someone claims that all the roots of the equation f(x) = 0 are distinct.
Is the claim correct? Explain your answer. (5 marks)

(a) Let f ( x)  ( x2  1)q( x)  (4 x  k ) , where q( x) is a polynomial. 1M

f (1)  0
[(1)2  1]q(1)  4(1)  k  0 1M
k 4 1A

(b) Let f ( x)  ( x  1)( x  2)(ax  b) , where a and b are constants. 1M

f (0)  4
 (1)(2)(b)  4 1M
b  2 1A

From (a), f ( x)  ( x2  1)q( x)  (4 x  4)

f (1)  (12  1)q(1)  4(1)  4  8
(1  1)(1  2)(a  2)  8
a  2 1A

f ( x)  ( x  1)( x  2)(2 x  2)
 2( x  1)2 ( x  2)

Solve f ( x)  0
2( x  1)2 ( x  2)  0
x  1( repeated ) or 2

There are repeated roots.

 The claim is disagreed. 1A f.t.

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12. The straight line L1 : x  2 y  1  0 and the straight line L2 intersect at A . L1 cuts the x-axis at
B and L2 cuts the y-axis at C . Let P be a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane
such that it maintains an equal distance from the two straight lines L1 and L2 . Denote the locus
of P by  . It is known that  is a pair of straight lines L3 and L4 and the equation of L3 is
x y2  0.
(a) Describe the geometric relationship between  , L1 and L2 . (1 mark)
(b) Find the equation of L4 . (2 marks)
(c) Find the angle between L1 and L2 . (3 marks)
(d) Find the area of ABC . (2 marks)

(a)  is a pair of angle bisectors of the angles formed between L1 and L2 . 1A

(b) L3 and L4 also pass through A.

 x  2 y  1  0......(1)
 Solve  for A y 1M
 x  y  2  0......(2) L3 L2
L4

(1)  (2) , 3 y  3  0
y 1 L1
Sub y  1 into (1), x  1
The coordinates of A are (1,1) .
A
L3  L4
 (1)  slope of L4  1
B
slope of L4  1 O x

y 1  x 1
x  y  0 is the required equation. 1A
C

(c) tan ABO  slope of L1 .

1
tan ABO  1M
2
ABO  26.56505118

slope of L4  1 from (b)

Inclination of L4  45
BAO  45  ABO
 45  26.56505118 1M
 18.43494882
Angle between L1 and L2  2(18.43494882)
 36.9 1A

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 (d) B  (1, 0)
AB  (1  1)2  12
 5

Area of ABC
1
 ( 5)( 5)sin 36.86989765 1M
2
3
 1A
2

End of Section A2

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