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MATHEMATICS 9164/4
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NOYEIVIBER 2O1O SESSION 3 horns

Additional materials:
Answer paper
Graph paper
List of Formulae

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer
paper/ilnswer booklet. e

There isno re$riction onfu number of questions which you may attempt

If'aiiinerieal:aoswer carmot be gi\ra €xady, dtre accurey rquiredis ntit specified in the
question, then in the case o1'41 angle it should be give,n to the nearest degree, anA i" other cases it
should be given correct to 2 significant figures.
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"'tf a numerical value : 9.81 ms-2

for g is necessary, take g .

INFORMATTON FOR CANDTDATES _-a.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

The total number of marks for this paper is.120.

Within each section'of the paper, questions are printed in the order of their mark allocations and
candidates are advised, within each section, to attempt questions sequentially.

The use of an electronic calculator is expected, where appropriate.

You aie reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

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Section (a): Statistics

The probability density function for a discrete random variable X, is given

as follows:

p(x = r) forx = 2,3,4,5;

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f(X= *)=+t6
forx=6,7,8.

(a) Draw up a table showing the probability distribution of X. tu

(b) Calculate ECE. t21

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.<Stete the nature of the distuibrilion

In a large batch of bolts, the prrohbility lhat a chosen bolt is defective is

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a random sample of 42 bolts is talm, find the probability thet mse ltm
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A continuous random variable X has a probability density function,

lkx,
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f(r)--13k(4-r), 3 =x<4
[0, otherwise,
ufte,re f,is aconstant

Ji Find the vahre of f, and skerch the graph of/(r). t4l

O) Find the probability that x >2.. t3l

X Y are two independent random variables whose means and variances arQ
and
shown inthe table below.
e(x z)
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Mean

20
Variance

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Y t0 4

The random variable Z defined by aX + bY, where a and b are integers, has
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a mean of 20 and a variance of 145.
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Find the values of a and b. b@) = t7l
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Three players A, B and C, in that order, throw a fair cubical die. The first to
throw a 6 wins. The game is continued indefinitely until one of the players wins.

(a) Find the probability that A wins

(r) on his frst throw; t1l

(ir) on his second throw, tzl

(iir) the game. t3l

(b) Given that the probability tbat B wins is *, *O the probability that
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C wins. l2l
The following data havt bim collected for a sample from a population that is
normally distributed-

5, 10,8, 11, 12,6,15,13

(a) Calculate the rmbid estinate of the population mean and the standard
deviation- t3l

(b) Fida95%cdfuce fsthepopulaionmean tsl

The table below shows exmindion milks in two papers for seven A-level
Chemistry students.

Student A B C D E F G

Chemistry 68 74 37 75 52 75 44
Theory (x)

Chemistry 80 63 49 62 65 80 56
Practical (y)

lx = 425 2*' =n 359 \ y = 455

2r' = 3a 375 2-y =28 Aos I

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(a) Find the equation of the regression liney on x. VLX1' Lr4I

(b) Use your equation to estimate the Chemistry Practical mark for a
student who gets 58 in the theory paper. t1I

(c) Find the product moment correlation coefficient and comment on yow
result. t3l

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The General Mechanical Engineering Deparftnent has 5 buses which it hires

out on a weekly basis. The weekly demand for these buses is known to have
a poison distribution with a mean of 3.

Find theprobabilities, correct to 3 decimal places that in a given week,

(a) no bus is hired ou!

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(b) at least 2 buses will be hired out,

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(c) the demand for the buses exceeds the available number of buses.
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The following table gives the frequency distribution of the number of computers
sold during the past month at all dlfferent computer stores in Harare.

Compte, s 50-52 53-s5 56-58 59-61 62-64

sold

Number of 5 l0 2t 8 6
stores

(a) state the nrmber of computer stores rhat soldtre comptrters.

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o) Calculate the mean.
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4a Draw the cumulative frequency curve and hence estimate the

(D median,

(ii) qua*iles.
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(d) Comment onthe nature ofthe distibution.
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10 (a) In an election held lm20a7,60% of the voters voted for party A. In
a poll of opinion conducted last week,250 potential voters were asked
how they would vote if there was an etection now. 135 of the voters
said they would vote for parly A.

Investigate at So/olevel of significance whether the proportion of the

voters in favour of Party A has decreased significantly.
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(b) Ambulance service claims it takes an average of g.9 minutes to respond
to emergency calls. To veriS this claim, the Agency which licences
ambulance services timed 50 responses to emergency calls. The observed
data gave a mean of 9.3 minutes and a standard deviation of 1.g minutes.

TesJ a! the S%significance level whether there is evidence to justiff

Ambulance Service's claim.
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1l The number of electrical faults at a station was observed over a period of 160 days.
The following table gives the frequency distribution of the observations.

Number of electrical a
0 I 2 J 4 5 6 7
faults

Number of days 25 35 3s! 25 20 10 7 3

Apply the 12 test at the SYolevel of significance to deterrnine if the number of

electrical faults follows a Poisson distribution.
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Scctfum (b): Mechanics

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bird's position

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2,5 m

A 30m
A stone is projected from point A with a speed of 20 ms-l, at an angle of 30o
to the horizontal, towards a bird 30 m away. The bird is standing on a
a pole 2,5 m venically above the level ground (see diagram).

Assuming that the path of the stone is not impeded, determine whether the
stone will hit the bird and if not by how far vertically above or below the bird
does the stone miss it.

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A block of weight ZIN is placed on a rough horizontal plane inclined at34

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angle B to the horizontal, wherc sinp -, . The block is acted on by a
horizontal foroe of P N and is abmm dip downwards. (See diagram)

Given flrat tre ooefficient of ftictim bc*rveen the block and plane is |, show that

thehui"fftal fore PN lrceffio pwent the blockfrrom slipping is

162s N. t6l

14 A particle starts from rest and moyes in a straight line" Its acceleration
r--:
a
msi is given by r:'

A=<I
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[-3 2< t <8
when ris time in seconds.

(a) Write down the velocities of the particle when t=2alrdf = t. tzl
(b) Hence sketch the (ty) graph and frud tre toal distance tnavelled by the
particle in the interval 0 < r < 8. t4I

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2,5 m

Masses
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of Zkg and 5 Et.S connected by a light inextensible string and hang

vertically on either side desmth pulley. The system is released from rest
with both portions of stringulical and both particles at a height of 25 metres
above the ground (scedfigm)

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(c) If the 5 kg mass hits the ground and does not rebound, find the greatest
height reached by the 2 kg mass if it does not hit the pulley. t21

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