Remedial Daily Test II CS Mathematics Grade 11 Santa Laurensia Senior High School 2023/2024

Material: Approximations and Numerical Method

1. The mean number of houses sold by an estate agent is 2 per week

a) Find the probability that in the next 4 weeks the estate agent sells more than 5 houses. (6 marks)

The estate agent will receive a bonus if he sells more than 25 houses in the next 10 weeks.

b) Use a suitable approximation to estimate the probability that the estate agent receives a bonus (6 marks)

2. A factory produces components of which 2% are defective.

a) Using a suitable approximation, find the probability that a batch of 250 components contains between 1
and 4 (inclusive) defective components (6 marks)

The components are packed in boxes of 10 and a retailer buys 3 boxes of components

b) Find the probability that there are at least 2 defective components in each box (6 marks)

3. One weekend, 48% of customers at Soutergate Cinema went to see the latest superhero film. A random
sample of 100 customers was taken.
a) Find the probability that half of the sampled customers went to see the superhero film. (6 marks)
b) Using a suitable approximation to estimate the probability that half of the sampled customers went to
see the superhero film. (6 marks)
c) Calculate the percentage accuracy in your estimate (6 marks)

4. Given an equation 𝑒 −𝑥 = 2 − √𝑥.

a) Show that the above equation has a root, 𝛼, in the interval 3 < x < 4. (10 marks)
b) Show that the equation 𝑒 −𝑥 = 2 − √𝑥 can be written in the form 𝑥 = (𝑎 − 𝑒 −𝑥 )𝑏 , where a and b
are constants to be found. (8 marks)
c) Use the iteration formula 𝑥𝑛+1 = (𝑎 − 𝑒 −𝑥𝑛 )𝑏 with starting 𝑥0 = 4, to find the value of 𝛼, correct
to 3 decimal places. (10 marks)

5. Given that 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 11

a) Show that the equation of f (x ) = 0 can be written in the form 𝑥 = √

𝑎𝑥+𝑏 𝑑
, 𝑥 ≠ − , where a, b, c, and
𝑐𝑥+𝑑 𝑐
d are constants to be found (8 marks)
𝑎𝑥 +𝑏
b) Use the iterative formula 𝑥𝑛+1 = √ 𝑛 , 𝑥0 = 2 to find an approximation to the solution of
𝑐𝑥 +𝑑 𝑛

𝑓(𝑥) = 0, giving your answer to 3 decimal places. (8 marks)