TEST CODE 02205020

FORM TP 2013136 MAY/JUNE 2013

CARIBBEAN E XAM I NAT I O N S COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION®

APPLIED MATHEMATICS

MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS

UNIT 2 – Paper 02

2 hours 30 minutes

27 MAY 2013 (p.m.)

This examination paper consists of THREE sections: Discrete Mathematics, Probability and
Distributions, and Particle Mechanics.

Each section consists of 2 questions.

The maximum mark for each section is 50.
The maximum mark for this examination is 150.
This examination consists of 9 printed pages.

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. DO NOT open this examination paper until instructed to do so.

2. Answer ALL questions from the THREE sections.

3. Unless otherwise stated in the question, all numerical answers MUST

be given exactly OR to three significant figures as appropriate.

Examination Materials:

Mathematical formulae and tables (Revised 2010)

Electronic calculator
Ruler and graph paper

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SECTION A

MODULE 1: DISCRETE MATHEMATICS

Answer BOTH questions.

1. (a) Construct the truth table for (p ˄ q) ˄ ∼ (p ˅ q). [5 marks]

(b) State, with reason, whether (p ˄ q) ˄ ∼ (p ˅ q) is a tautology or a contradiction.

[2 marks]

(c) Write a statement to show the proposition that is logically equivalent to ∼ (p ˅ q).
[2 marks]

(d) Using de Morgan’s Law, or otherwise, write an equivalent statement to

‘It is not true that it is hot and sunny.’ [3 marks]

(e) A switching circuit is given by the Boolean expression

p ˄ q ˄ (p ˅ r) ˄ (q ˅ (r ˄ p) ˅ s).

(i) Draw the circuit represented by this expression. [5 marks]

(ii) Simplify this Boolean expression to obtain an equivalent expression and draw the
corresponding circuit. [5 marks]

(f) Use logic gates to represent the following expression

∼ [(p ˄ q) ˅ r]. [3 marks]

Total 25 marks

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2. (a) In the activity network shown below, the vertices represent activities performed by workers
and the edges represent the time in days for the corresponding activity.

7
P W

5
0 3

4 S
3
0 6
Start Q X Finish

4
2
0
T

5 6
R

If there are an unlimited number of workers available, determine

(i) the EARLIEST start times of the activities S and X [3 marks]

(ii) the MINIMUM completion time of the project [2 marks]

(iii) the LATEST start times of the activities X and Q [3 marks]

(iv) a critical path of the activity network [2 marks]

(v) the float time for activity T. [3 marks]

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(b) The diagram below shows the routes connecting four shopping centres in a town.

D C

State the degree of the vertices A and C. [2 marks]

(c) The table below shows the cost, in dollars, of transporting an item from warehouses W1,
W2, W3 and W4 to supermarkets S1, S2, S3 and S4.

S1 S2 S3 S4

W1 6 5 7 9

W2 2 6 5 8

W3 10 5 1 9

W4 11 6 3 8

(i) Use Hungarian algorithm to determine the supermarket to which EACH warehouse
must be assigned in order to MINIMIZE the cost of delivery. [8 marks]

(ii) Hence, determine the total cost for EACH item at the four warehouses.
[2 marks]

Total 25 marks

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SECTION B

MODULE 2: PROBABILITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Answer BOTH questions.

3. (a) Independent random variables X and Y are such that E(X) = 5, E(Y) = 7, Var(X) = 3 and
Var(Y) = 4. Determine

(i) E(X + Y)
[2 marks]

(ii) E(2X – 3Y)

[2 marks]

(iii) [4 marks]
Var(2X – 3Y).

1
(b) X ∼ Geo — .
3

Calculate

(i) P(X > 3) [3 marks]

(ii) E(X)
[2 marks]

(iii) P(X = 5). [3 marks]

(c) The continuous random variable X is normally distributed with mean 60 and standard
deviation 10.

Calculate, to 3 decimal places,

(i) P(X > 65) [4 marks]

(ii) P(40 < X < 80). [5 marks]

Total 25 marks

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4. (a) On a certain highway, accidents occur at an average rate of one per week.

(i) Determine the probability of exactly 2 accidents in any one-week period.

[3 marks]

(ii)
Given that on average 4 accidents occur in a 4-week period, show that the probability
of at least 4 accidents in a 4-week period is 0.567 to 3 decimal places.
[4 marks]

(iii) A year consists of approximately thirteen 4-week periods. Determine the probability
that in a particular year there are exactly eleven periods during which AT LEAST
4 accidents occur. [5 marks]

(b) Nails are packaged in boxes of 100. The probability that a nail is defective is 0.02. With
the use of another justified probability distribution function as an approximation, determine
the probability that a box contains AT MOST two defective nails. [6 marks]

(c) The continuous random variable X has a uniform distribution, f, given by

k, 0<x<3
f(x) =
0, otherwise

Determine

(i) the value of the constant k

[3 marks]
(ii) the value of t such that
1
P(X > t) = — . [4 marks]
4
Total 25 marks

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SECTION C

MODULE 3: PARTICLE MECHANICS

Answer BOTH questions.

[Take g as 10 ms–2]

5. (a) A uniform rod, PQ, of weight 40 N, is hinged at a fixed point P. The rod is held in a
horizontal position by a string connecting Q to a point R which is vertically above the
hinge. The string is inclined at 45° to the rod.

(i) Draw a diagram to illustrate this information, and hence draw the coplanar force
diagram. [5 marks]

(ii) Calculate the tension in the string. [2 marks]

(b) A railway carriage, when occupied, has a mass of 700 kg. On a journey, it ascends an
incline of 18° to the horizontal for 30 m. The speeds of the carriage at the start and finish
of the incline are 18 ms–1 and 10 ms–1 respectively. Calculate the frictional resistance of
the railway. [8 marks]

A cyclist who approaches a hill at 10 ms–1 slows down gradually as he climbs the hill.
(c)
After t seconds of climbing from a point, O, at the bottom of the hill, his displacement
is x metres and his velocity is v ms–1. His velocity may be modelled by the differential
equation

dx
—– = 10 – kx, where k is a constant and 10 – kx > 0.
dt

1 10
(i) Show that t = — ln ——— . [7 marks]
k 10 – kx

(ii) On reaching the top of the 75 m long hill, his velocity has dropped to 4 ms–1. Find
the value of k. [3 marks]

Total 25 marks

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6. (a) Two particles, of mass 9 kg and 5 kg respectively, are connected by a light inextensible
string which passes over a fixed, smooth, weightless pulley. Determine

(i) the acceleration, a ms–2, of the system [3 marks]

(ii) the tension, T N, in the string [2 marks]

(iii) the distance travelled by EACH particle during the first 6 seconds. [3 marks]

(b) A ball, of mass 1.5 kg, strikes a smooth vertical wall horizontally with a speed of 7 ms–1
and bounces off it at 5 ms–1. Calculate the impulse of the ball. [4 marks]

(c) A particle is projected with a velocity v ms–1 at an angle of α to the horizontal. If it passes
through a point P (x, y), determine the equation of the particle’s trajectory. [5 marks]

(d) A bullet fired from a point, O, with velocity 30 ms–1 at an angle of α to the horizontal,
passes through a point, P, with coordinates (25, 40). Calculate, to the nearest degree, the
two possible values of α. [8 marks]

Total 25 marks

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