Kamssa Joint Mock Examinations Pure Math
Kamssa Joint Mock Examinations Pure Math
Kamssa Joint Mock Examinations Pure Math
PURE
MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
July/ August 2022
3hours
PURE MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
3hours
Instructions to candidates:
•Answer All the eight questions in section A and questions from section B.
•Any additional question (s) answered will not be marked.
•All working must be shown clearly.
•Begin each answer on a fresh page.
•Graph paper is provided.
atleast of
formaulae may be used.
•State the degree of accuracy at the end of each answer given. If a calculator or a
mathematical table is used , indicate Cal for calculator or Tab for mathematical tables.
2. Evaluate: 2 (5 marks)
4. Show that the locus of a point P(x,y) which moves such that it divides the line joining
2, 3 and 3,4 in the ration 1:2 is a circle. State its radius and centre.(5 marks)
2 2 4 (5 marks)
6. Find the perpendicular distance of the point 3, 1,2 from the line
3 2 4 . (4 marks)
8. Air is pumped into a spherical balloon at a rate of 200 . When the radius of the
balloon is 80mm, find the rate at which the surface area is increasing. (5 marks)
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SECTION B: (60 MARKS)
Answer any five questions from this section. All questions carry equal marks
9. Evaluate the following:
a.
b. (12 marks)
(6 marks)
Find the equations of the tangents to the ellipse 1, which are parallel to 1.
(8 marks)
14. Describe the locus of a complex number which moves in the complex
3
1 6 1
15. a. Find the cartesian equation of the plane 0 2 3 , given that
1 1 7
, , is a general coordinate in the plane. (7 marks)
b. Find the cartesian equation of the line which passes through the point 4,4, 1
16. The rate at which the temperature of a liquid in an un-covered pan falls is directly
proportional to the difference between the temperature of the liquid and that of the
surrounding. The temperature of the liquid is initially 50 . After 20 minutes, the
temperature of the liquid is 35 . Given that the temperature of the surrounding is 15 .
What will be the temperature of the liquid after 26 minutes? (give your answer to 1 decimal
place) (12 marks)
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