Section A(1) (9 marks)

x4
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
( x 3 y 2 ) 2

1  3b  5a
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2. Make b the subject of the formula  4. (3 marks)
b

3. Factorize
(a) 4p2 – 9q2,
(b) 4p2 – 9q2 + 10p – 15q. (3 marks)

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 Section A(2) (18 marks)
4. An inverted right circular conical vessel contains some water. The vessel is held vertically.
The depth of water in the vessel is 10 cm. Carl then pours 546 cm3 of water into the vessel
without overflowing. He now finds that the depth of water in the vessel is 12 cm.
(a) Express the final volume of water in the vessel in terms of .
(2 marks)
(b) Carl claims that the final area of the wet curved surface of the vessel is at least 1250 cm2.
Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(3 marks)
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 5. The coordinates of A and B are (2, 5) and (6, 7) respectively. P is a moving point in the
rectangular coordinate plane such that PA = PB.
(a) Describe the locus of P. (1 mark)
(b) M is a point lying on the locus of P which is the nearest point to A. Q is a moving point
such that QM = MA.
(i) Find the coordinates of M.
(ii) Describe the locus of Q.
(iii) Find the equation of the locus of Q.
(5 marks)
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 6. Let $C be the cost of painting a box of surface area A m2. It is given that C is the sum of two
parts, one part is a constant and the other part varies as A. When A = 3, C = 15; when A = 4,
C = 18.
(a) Find the cost of painting a box of surface area 2 m2.
(4 marks)
(b) There is a larger box which is similar to the box described in (a), and the volume of the
larger box is 8 times that of the box described in (a). Paul claims that the cost of painting
the larger box is 4 times that of painting the box described in (a). Do you agree? Explain
your answer.
(3 marks)
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 9. In the figure, PQ, QR and RP are straight roads on the same N
horizontal ground. The bearing of Q from P is 063, and Q is 1 Q
km from P. The bearing of R from Q is 171, and R is 2 km from N
1 km
Q.
(a) Find the distance between P and R. (3 marks) P

(b) Find the bearing of R from P. (2 marks) 2 km

(c) At 6 p.m., Steven walks at an average speed of 3 km/h from R
along the road PR. When will he reach the nearest point to Q?
(Give the answer correct to the nearest minute.)
(3 marks)
R
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 10. A circle C 1 passes through the origin O and its centre is (–5, 4). The y-intercept and
1
the slope of the straight line L are k and  respectively.
4
(a) Find the equations of C1 and L. (3 marks)
(b) C1 and L intersect at the points A and B. M is the mid-point of AB.
(i) Express the coordinates of M in terms of k.
(ii) C2 is a circle with centre M, and the y-axis is a tangent to C2. If M lies on the x-axis,
find the equation of C2.
(4 marks)
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 11. In the figure, the shaded region (including the boundary) is bounded by three straight lines.
y

x – 2y + 6 = 0
6x + y – 16 = 0

x
O
3x + 7y + 5 = 0

(a) Write down the three inequalities that determine the shaded region. (3 marks)
(b) Find the coordinates of the vertices of the shaded region. (2 marks)
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(c) Find the maximum and minimum values of the function P = –3x + y subject to the
constraints in (a).
(3 marks)

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There are 18 questions in Section A and 9 questions in Section B.
The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Choose the best answer for each question.

Section A
1. 8202  9101  5. If a and b are non-zero numbers with
A. 6909 . a  b , which of the following must be
B. 24202 . true?
C. 36101 . I. a 2  b2
D. 72303 . 1 1
II. 
a b
a
III. 1
b
1
1 A. None
2. If a  2 , then a =
2 B. I only
1
b C. III only
1 D. I, II and III
A.  .
4
b
B. 1 .
4
b 6. In the figure, 8 identical spheres can be
C. .
b4 put into a cubic container with a cover. If
b the total volume of the 8 spheres is
D.  .
b4 288 cm3 , then the total external surface
area of the container is

3. 4x2  y2  4x  1 
A. (2 x  y  1)(2 x  y  1) .
B. (2 x  y  1)(2 x  y  1) .
C. (2 x  y  1)(2 x  y  1) .
D. (2 x  y  1)(2 x  y  1) .

3 2 x  1 4  3x
4. The solution of   or
2 4 8
6  4x
  2 is
3
A. x  3 .
B. x  6 . A. 54 cm2.
C. x  10 . B. 144 cm2.
C. 216 cm2.
D. all real numbers.
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7. In the figure, ABCD is a square of side 11. In ABC, AB : BC : CA  21: 29 : 20 .
6 cm. If DE  2 cm , then the area of sin C
Find .
the shaded region ABCE is tan B
A D 20
A.
E 29
441
B.
580
580
C.
441
29
B C D.
20
A. 9 cm2.
B. 18 cm2.
12. It is given that a varies directly as the
C. 27 cm2.
square root of b and inversely as the
D. 30 cm2.
square of c. Which of the following is
a/are constant(s).
8. If the compass bearing of A from B is
ac 2
N68E, the true bearing of B from A is I.
b
A. 068. 2 4
ac
B. 112. II.
b
C. 248. ac 2
D. 292. III.
b

A. I and II only
9. In the figure, ABC is a semicircle. If the B. I and III only
area of ABC is 32 cm2 and AB = BC, find C. II and III only
the area of the shaded region correct to 3 D. I, II and III
significant figures.
B

13. Suppose z is partly constant and partly

varies as x 2 . When x = 0, z = 5, when
A C x = 2, z = 9. Find z when x = 3.
A. 15.1 cm2
B. 16.7 cm2 A. 8
2
C. 18.3 cm B. 14
D. 19.8 cm2 C. 15
D. 33
cos  cos(180   )
10.  
sin150 tan 2 30
A.  cos  .
B. 5 cos  .
C. 2 cos   3sin  .
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14. Which of the following shaded regions of 16. Two fair dice are thrown. Find the
the Venn diagrams may represent A  B ? probability that the greatest common
A. U factor of the two numbers thrown is 1.
A B 4
A.
7
11
B.
18
7
C.
B. U 12
A B 23
D.
36

C. U 17. The coordinates of the points X and Y are

A B (7, 11) and (3, 9) respectively. If Z is a
point such that XZ  YZ , find the
equation of the locus of Z.
A. 5x  y  20  0 .
D. B. 5x  y  20  0 .
U
A B C. x2  y2  5x  y  20  0 .
D. 2x2  2 y 2  5x  y  20  0

15. A bag contains n red marbles and 8 yellow 18. The equation of the circle C is
marbles. If a marble is drawn randomly x2  y 2  12x  8 y  23  0 . The
from the bag, then the probability of coordinates of the points P, Q and R are
1 (1, 2), (11, 6) and (8, 9) respectively.
choosing a red marble is . Find the
n 1 Which of the following is/are true?
value of n.
A. 3 I. PQ is a diameter of C.
B. 4 II. R lies inside C.
C. 5 III. Area of PQR : Area of C = 21 : 29
D. 7
A. I only
B. I and II only
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Section B
19. Solve x2  6 x  5  0 and 21. Consider the following system of
13x  5 3  8x . inequalities.
A. x  1. x  0
0  y  2
B. x 3. 

C. 3 x5 x  3y  3
D. x  3 or x  5  x  2 y  5
Let D be the region which represents the
solution of the above system of
20. In the figure, AB and AC are straight lines. inequalities. If (x, y) is a point lying in D,
Which of the following systems of then the least value of 4 y  3x  2 is
inequalities has its solution represented by A. 19.
the shaded region(including the boundary) B. 13.
in the figure? C. 7.
y D. 10.
A
8 22. For 0    360 , how many roots does
the equation 2sin 2   cos   2 have?
A. 1
B. 2
C C. 3
B x
O 3 10 D. 4

x  0 23. In the figure, the bearing of A from B is


A. 8x  3 y  24 025 and the bearing of A from C is 344.
4 x  5 y  40
 It is known that AC = 151 km and
x  0 BC = 163 km. Find the distance between A

B. 8x  3 y  24 and B correct to the nearest 0.1 km.
4 x  5 y  40 N

A
y  0
 151 km
C. 8x  3 y  24
4 x  5 y  40 N

y  0 C

D. 8x  3 y  24 N
4 x  5 y  40
 B 163 km

A. 15.5 km
B. 210.0 km
C. 243.4 km
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24. There are 26 students in class A and 27 26. In the figure, the coordinates of the centre
students in class B. If 5 students are of the circle is (4, 4). If C touches the
selected from the two classes to form a straight line x = 1, find the equation of C.
team consisting of at least 3 students from
class A, how many different teams can be y
formed?
A. 1 315 250
(4, 4)
B. 1 382 030 C
C. 1 406 925
D. 1 487 655 x
O x=1

Cancel #25 A. x2  y 2  8x  8 y  23  0
25. How many ways of rearrangement of B. x2  y2  4x  4 y  23  0
letters are there in the word C. x2  y2  4x  4 y  69  0
“MATHEMATICS” such that the first D. x2  y 2  14x  12 y  0
letter is not C and the last letter is E?
A. 3 246 542
B. 3 258 810 27. The coordinates of two vertices of a
C. 3 265 920 triangle are (9, 2) and (0, k). If the
D. 3 274 030 coordinates of the circumcentre of the
triangle are (4, 2), then k =
A. 3 or 7.
B. 2 or 5.
C. 1 or 4.
D. 3 or 6.

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 Section A(1) (35 marks)
( xy 2 ) 4
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
x3

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 3. Factorize
(a) 4a 2  4ab  b 2 ,
(b) 1  4a 2  4ab  b 2 .
(3 marks)

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4x 1
4. (a) Solve the inequality  3  x.
5
4x 1
(b) How many integers satisfy both the inequalities  3  x and 2 x  2  9 ?
5

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 5. The radius and the area of a sector are 10 cm and 2π cm2 respectively.
(a) Find the angle at the centre of the sector.
(b) Express the perimeter of the sector in terms of π.
(4 marks)

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2
 1  1  sin 
6. (a) Prove that   tan    .
 cos   1  sin 
2
 1 
(b) Hence, solve   tan x   2 , where 0  x  90 .
 cos x 
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 7. In the figure , the straight line L : 4x – 3y – 36 = 0 cuts the x-axis and the y-axis at points
A and B respectively. y

L : 4x – 3y – 36 = 0

A
x
O

(a) Find the area of △AOB.

(b) C(6, k) is a point on the straight line L where k is a constant. Is OC an altitude of △AOB?
Explain your answer.

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 8. The table below shows the distribution of the ages of 50 members in a club.

Age less than Cumulative frequency

60 50
50 38
40 x
x
30
2

It is given that the ratio of the number of the members aged from 50 to 59 and that of the
members aged from 30 to 39 is 6 : 5.
(a) Find x.
(b) A member in the club is chosen at random. Find the probability that the age of the chosen
member is between 40 and 49.

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 9. In the figure , O is the centre of the circle. AD and CE are diameters of the circle. It is given
that OCB  64  and OED  34  .

D
E
34
O

64 C
A

(a) Find OAB .

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AB
(b) Find .
AD
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 Section A(2) (35 marks)
10. The following box-and-whisker diagram shows the distribution of the weights of 60 dogs in a
pet shop.

(a) What is the weight of the heaviest dog? (1 mark)

(b) Find the range and the inter-quartile range of the weights of the dogs.
(2 marks)
(c) How many dogs that are less than 35 kg? (2 marks)

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 11. Let $C be the cost of making a toy car of volume V cm3. It is given that C is the sum of two
parts, one part is a constant and the other part varies directly as V. When V = 40, C = 25; when
V = 48, C = 29.
(a) Find the cost of making a toy car of volume 28 cm3.
(4 marks)
(b) Jenny has a bigger toy car which is similar to the toy car described in (a). The surface area
of the bigger toy car is 4 times that of the toy car described in (a). Jenny claims that the
cost of making the bigger toy car is 8 times that of making the toy car in (a). Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (3 marks)

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 12. Figure (a) shows a closed vessel with some water, which is in form of an inverted right circular
cone. The base radius and the height of the cone are 18 cm and 24 cm respectively. Kelly finds
that the depth of water in the vessel is 8 cm.

Figure (a) Figure (b)

(a) (i) Find the radius of the water surface.

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(ii) Find the area of the wet curved surface of the vessel in terms of .
(3 marks)
(b) Kelly turns the vessel upside down as shown in Figure (b).
(i) Find the new depth of water, correct to 1 decimal place.
(ii) Kelly claims that the wet curved surface of the vessel has increased. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

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 13. The coordinates of points X and Y are (3, 7) and (5, 1) respectively. P is a moving point in the
rectangular coordinate plane such that PX  PY . Denote the locus of P by  .
(a) (i) Find the equation of  .
(ii) Describe the geometric relationship between  and the line segment XY.
(4 marks)
(b) It is given that a circle passes through X and Y. Denote the centre of the circle by R.
(i) Does  pass through R? Explain your answer.
(ii) The line y  x divides the circle into two equal halves. Find the coordinates of R.
(4 marks)

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 14. Let f(x) = x3 + (k – 2)x2 – 3x + 1, where k is a positive constant. When f(x) is divided by x – 1
and x + k respectively, the remainders are the same.

(a) Find the value of k. (4 marks)

(b) How many real roots are there for the equation x  ( k  2) x  3 x  1  ( x  1)(2 x  5)  1?
3 2

Explain your answer.

(3 marks)

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16. (a) Express in the form of a + bi, where a and b are real numbers. (2 marks)
3i
5 5
(b) The roots of the quadratic equation x2 + cx + d = 0 are and .
3i 3i
(i) Find c and d.
(ii) If the parabola y = x2 + cx + d and the straight line y = mx do not intersect, find the
range of values of m.
(5 marks)

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 18. In the figure, the circle C passes through four points Q, R, S and T, where RT is a diameter of C.
RT cuts QS perpendicularly at U and is produced to P such that PQ and PS are tangents to C at
Q and S respectively.
Q
P

S
R

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(a) (i) Prove that △QTU  △STU.

(ii) Prove that T is the in-centre of △PQS.
(4 marks)
(b) A rectangular coordinate system is introduced on the figure so that the coordinates of P, Q
and S are (50, m), (0, 48) and (36, 0) respectively. Denote the centre of C by H.
(i) Find the coordinates of T.
(ii) Let A be a point lying on the incircle of △PQS such that A is farthest to H. Find the
distance between A and H.
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 19. In the figure, the bearing of B from A is 120 and the bearing of C from B is 230 .
AB  50 m and BC  90 m .

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(a) Find the distance between A and C. (3 marks)

(b) Find the shortest distance between B and AC. (3 marks)
(c) A student claims that the shortest distance between A and BC is the same as the shortest
distance between B and AC. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(2 marks)

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There are 28 questions in Section A and 17 questions in Section B.
The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Choose the best answer for each question.

Section A

5. If f ( x)  x3  2x2  x  5 , find the

1. If 3
a 3 a 3 a  a x , then x =
remainder when f ( x  3) is divided by
1 x3.
A. .
27
A. 0
13
B. . B. 3
27
C. 5
4
C. . D. 7
9
D. 3.
6. If f ( x)  1  x2 , then f ( x  1)  f ( x) 

2. Factorize x2  a2  b2  2ax . A. 1.

A. ( x  a  b)( x  a  b) B. x 2  1.

B. ( x  a  b)( x  a  b) C. x2.
D. (2 x  1) .
C. ( x  a  b)( x  a  b)
D. ( x  a  b)( x  a  b)
7. Which of the following is a rational
number?
3. Find the total surface area of a solid cone
with base radius 5 cm and height 12 cm. A. 5  20

A. 60  cm2 
B.
3.14
B. 85  cm2
3
C. 90  cm2 C.
4
D. 169  cm2
D. 3 3

4. If 2 x3  ax2  2 x  3b is divisible by
x  3 , then 3a  b 
A. –20.
B. 16.
C. 20.
D. Cannot be determined

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8. Which of the following may be the graph 9. The figure shows the graph of
of y   x  5 ? y   x  bx  c .
2

A.

x
O

A. b  0 and c  0
B. B. b  0 and c  0

y C. b  0 and c  0
D. b  0 and c  0

10. The solution of 5 x  3  2 x or

x 4  6 x  0 is
O

2
A. x .
C. 3
3
y B. x .
7
2 3
C.  x .
3 7
2 3
x D. x or x   .
O 3 7

11. Solve the equation ( x  3)( x  a)  2 x  6 .

D.

y A. x  2a
B. x  a2
C. x  3 or x  2  a
D. x  3 or x  a  2
x
O

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12. Which of the following graphs shows that 13. If p varies directly as the square root of q
y is partly constant and partly varies and inversely as r, which of the following
inversely as x? must be constant?
A.

y A. p qr

p q
B.
r
pr
x C.
O q2

p2r 2
D.
B. q

y
14. It is given that p varies directly as q and
inversely as the cube of r. If q is increased
by 10% and r is increased by 5%, then p is
1 decreased by
O x
A. 0.23% (corr. to 2 sig. fig.).
C. B. 5.0% (corr. to 2 sig. fig.).
C. 13% (corr. to 2 sig. fig.).
y
D. 21% (corr. to 2 sig. fig.).

15. In the figure, A, B, C and D are points on

x the circle, ABE, DCE, AFC and BFD are
O
straight lines. If ABD = 50 and
AEC = 24, find AFD.
D.

1
O x

A. 74
B. 76
C. 82
D. 98

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16. In the figure, ABC is a circle, BAC = 36 19. The figure shows 3 lines L1, L2 and L3
and BC  8 cm . Find the radius of the whose slopes are m1, m2 and m3
respectively. Which of the following must
circle.
be true?

A. 6 cm
B. 9 cm
20
C. cm A. m1  m2  m3

B. m1  m3  m2
40
D. cm
 C. m3  m2  m1
D. m3  m1  m2
17. For 0    360 , the greatest value of
3  cos 
is 20. If the lines 2x  9 y  k  0 and
3  cos 
4 x  3 y  6  0 meet at a point on the
x-axis, find the value of k.
1
A. . A. –3
2
B. 2. B. –2

C. 3. C. 2

D. 4. D. 3

21. The equation of a circle is

sin(90  A) sin( A)
18.  x  y  4x  8 y  11  0 .
2 2
Which of the
cos(360  A)
following are true?
I. The coordinates of the centre of the
A.  sin A .
circle are (–2, 4).
B. sin A .
II. The circumference of the circle is 6.
sin 2 A
C.  . III. The area of the circle is 9.
cos A
sin 2 A
D. .
cos A A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

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22. Find the coordinates of the centre of the 25. According to the frequency curves of the
circle 4x2  4 y 2  4x  8 y 11  0 . two sets of data A and B, which of the
following must be true?

A. (–2, 4)
1
B. (  , 1)
2
1
C. ( , –1)
2
D. (2, –4) I. The mean of A is equal to that of B.
II. The standard deviation of A is larger
23. A moving point P(x, y) is always than that of B.
equidistant from the lines L1: y  x  5 III. The range of A is smaller than that of
and L2: y  x  3 . Find the equation of the B.
locus of P. A. I only
B. III only
A. y  x 1 C. I and II only

B. y  x2 D. II and III only

C. y  x 1
26. The cumulative frequency curve below
D. y  x  2
shows the distribution of the weights (in kg)
of the students in a school.
24. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows
the distribution of the heights (in cm) of
the students of class 6C. Find the mode,
median and range of the distribution.

Which of the following box-and-whisker

diagrams may represent the distribution of
their weights?

Mode Median Range

A. 7 cm 168 cm 30 cm A.
B. 7 cm 169 cm 34 cm
B.
C. 177 cm 168 cm 34 cm
D. 177 cm 169 cm 30 cm
C.

D.

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27. If the point (3, 4) lies outside the 30. The graph of the figure shows the linear
circle x2  y 2  6x  ky  7k  2  0 , then relation between log3 x and log3 y .
the range of values of k is
A. k  3.
B. k  3.
C. k  3 .
D. k  3 .

Section B Which of the following graph may

28. The imaginary part of 3i  (2  i)2 is represent the relation between x and y?
A.
A. – 1.
B. – i.
C. 3.
D. 3i.

29. It is given that f ( x) and g ( x) are two

polynomials. If the H.C.F. of f ( x) and B.
g ( x) is f ( x) , which of the following
must be true?
I. f ( x)  g ( x) .

II. g ( x) is a multiple of f ( x) .

III. The L.C.M. of f ( x) and g ( x) is

g ( x) .
C.

A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

D.

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31. The figure shows the graphs of y  a x 33. Find the number of solutions of the
and y  b x , where a and b are constants. equation 2sin 2 x  cos x  1  0 for
0  x  360 .
Which of the following must be true?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

34. The quadratic graph of y  x2  8x  k

cuts the x-axis at points A and B. The graph
I. ab. also passes through P(1, 5).
II. b  1 .
III. The two graphs intersect at (0, 1).

A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

32. The equation of the graph in the figure may

be Find the area of PAB.
y

1 A. 10 sq. units
B. 15 sq. units
C. 16 sq. units
x
O 180 360 D. 24 sq. units

–1 35. If  and  are unequal numbers such that

x and  2  5  4 and  2  5  4 , then
A. y   cos .
2 (  2)(  2) 
B. y   cos x .
C. y   cos 2 x . A. –10.
B. – 2.
1
D. y   cos x . C. 2.
2
D. 10.

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36. In the figure, ACB is a semicircle, AB = d, 39. Which of the regions in the figure
TAB = 90 and ATC = . Find TC. x  y  6
represents the solution of  ?
2 x  y  4
y

6
I

IV

II
x
2 6
A. d cos  tan 
B. d sin  tan 
III
d sin 
C. –4
tan 
d cos  A. Region I
D.
tan  B. Region II
C. Region III
37. In the figure, XY and ZT are the tangents to D. Region IV
the circle at Y and Z respectively. Find
XYZ.
40. The figure shows the graph of
y   x3  3x2 . Using the following figure,
which of the following has/have only one
real solution?

A. 110
B. 125
C. 130
D. 145
I. x3  3x2  0
II. x3  3x2  2  0
38. If the circle x2  y 2  Dx  4 y  9  0 III. x3  3x 2  3  0
touches the x-axis, then D =
A. 1 . A. II only
B. 3 . B. III only
C. 5 . C. I and II only
D. 6 . D. I and III only

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45. If 3 boys and 5 girls are seated randomly in
a queue, find the probability that the five
girls sit next to each other in the queue.

1
A.
7
1
B.
8
5
C.
8
1
D.
14

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