SECTION I (50 marks)
Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.
- Evaluate without using tables or calculators. (3 marks)
- Make x the subject of the equation (3 marks)
- Two pipes, P and Q can fill an empty tank in 3 hours and 4 hours respectively. It takes 5 hours to fill the tank when an outlet pipe R is opened the same time with the inlet pipes. Calculate the time pipe R takes to empty the tank. (3 marks)
- Given that M=i – 3j + 4k, W= 6i + 3j – 5k and Q = 2M + 5N, find the magnitude of Q to 3 significant figures. (3 marks)
- A triangle ABC is such that a =14.30 cm, b =16.50 cm and B =56º. Find the radius of a circle that circumscribes the triangle. (3 marks)
- Construct a circle centre O and radius 3 cm. Construct two tangents from a point T, 6.5 cm from O to touch the circle at W and X. measure Angle WTX. (3 marks)
- Grace deposited Ksh 16 000 in a bank that paid simple interest at the rate of 14% per annum. Joyce deposited the same amount of money as Grace in another bank that paid compound interest semi- annually. After 4 years, they had equal amounts of money in the banks.
Determine the compound interest rate per annum, to I decimal place, for Joyce’s deposit.(4 marks)
- Simplify, leaving your answer in the form, where a, b, and c are integers. (2 marks)
- Solve the equation (4marks)
- Grade I coffee cost sh 500 per kilogram while grade II coffee costs sh 400 per kilogram. The grades are mixed to obtain a mixture that costs sh 420 per kilogram. In what ratio should the two grades be mixed?(3 marks)
- The base length and height of parallelogram were measured as 8.4 cm and 4.5 cm respectively. Calculate the maximum absolute error in the area of the parallelogram. (3 marks)
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- Expand (1 + ½x)10up to the fourth term.
- Hence, find the value of (0.84)10. (3 marks)
- The graph below shoes the relationship between velocity of a body and time (t) seconds in the interval 0 ≤ t = 5.
Use the graph to determine ;- the average rate of change of velocity between t = 2.5 seconds and t = 5 seconds. (2 marks)
- the instantaneous rate of change at t = 4 seconds. (2 marks)
- In the figure below, the tangent HXY meets chord PQ produced at Y. Chord XZ passes through the centre, O, of the circle and intersects PQ at T. Line XY = 16 cm and QY = 10 cm.
- Calculate the length PQ. (2 marks)
- If ZT = 4 cm and PT: TQ = 3:5, find XT. (2 marks)
- Quantity P varies partly as Q and partly varies inversely as square of When Q = 1, P = 1 and when Q = ½, P = -3. Find the equation of the relationship connecting P and Q. (3 marks)
- A point Q divides line AB externally the ratio 5:2. Find the position vector of point Q. (3 marks)
SECTION II (50 Marks)
Answer any five questions from this section.
- Two tanks of equal volume are connected in such a way that one tank can be filled by pipe A in 1hour 20minutes. Pipe B can drain one tank in 3hours 36minutes but pipe C alone can drain both tanks in 9 hours. Calculate:
- The fraction of one tank that can be filled by pipe A in one hour. (2mks)
- The fraction of one tank that can be drained by both pipes B and C in one hour. (4mks)
- Pipe A closes automatically once both tanks are filled. Assuming that initially both tanks are empty and all pipes opened at once, calculate how long it takes before pipe A closes. (4mks)
- An examination involves a written test and a practical test. The probability that a candidate passes the written test is 6/11 if the candidate passes the written test, then the probability of passing the practical test is 3/5 , otherwise it would be 2/7
- Illustrate this information on a tree diagram. (2mks)
- Determine the probability that a candidate is awarded
- Credit for passing both tests. (2mks)
- Pass for passing the written test. (2mks)
- Retake for passing one test. (2mks)
- Fail for not passing the written test. (2mks)
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- Conctruct triangle PQR with PQ = 7.2cm, QR = 6.5cm and angle PQR = 480 (3mks)
- The locus L1, of points equidistant from P and Q, and locus , L2 of points equidistant from P and R, meet at M. Locate M and measure QM (4mks)
- A point x moves within triangle PQR such that QX ≥ QM Shade and label the locus of X. (3mks)
- The figure below represents a prism with a cross section of an equilateral triangle of side 8cm and length 12cm, as shown below.
- Draw the net of the prism ABCDEF (2mks)
- Calculate the angle between the plane ABCD and the line BF. (2mks)
- M is the midpoint of EF. Calculate
- The length BM (2mks)
- The perimeter of triangle BMD. (2mks)
- Calculate the angle between the plane ABM and the base plane ABCD. (2mks)
- Give the matrix
- Calculate A2 and A3 (2mks)
- Find the values of the constants p and q for which A2 = pA + qI where I is the identity matrix. (3mks)
- The triangle ABC maps onto A1B1C1 under the transformation represented by matrix A. Find the area of triangle ABC if the area of triangle A1B1C1 is 21cm2 (3mks)
- The figure shows two concetric circles such that the ratio of their radii is 1: 3. If the area of the shaded region is 78.4 square units, calculate the area of the larger circle. (2mks)
- A certain uniform supplier is required to supply two types of shirts: one for girls labelled G and the other for boys labelled B. The total number of shirts must not be more than 400. e as to supply more of type G than of type B. However the number of type G shirts must not be more than 300 and the number of type B shirts must not be less than 80. by taking x to be the number of type G shirts and y the number of type B shirts,
- Write down in terms of x and y all the inequalities representing the information above. (3mks)
- On the grid provided draw the inequalities and shade the unwanted regions. (4mks)
Given that type G costs Shs. 500 per shirt and type B costs Shs. 300 per shirt.- Use the graph in (b) above to determine the number of shirts of each type that should be made to maximize profit. (1mk)
- Calculate the maximum possible profit. (2mks)
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- The equation of a curve is given by y = X3 + X2 – bx. Show that the value of X at the minimum turning point is (3mks)
- The displacement X metres of a particle moving along a straight line after t seconds is given by X = 4t + 2t2 – t3
- Find its initial acceleration (2mks)
- Calculate the time when the particle was momentarily at rest. (2mks)
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- Find the values of X where the curve y = X2 (x - 2) crosses the x-axis. (1mk)
- Hence find the area enclosed by the curve y = X2 (x - 2), the lines x = 0, x = 2 2/3 and the x-axis. (2mks)
- The marks of 50 students in a mathematics test were taken from a form 4 class and recorded in the table below.
Mark (%)
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
Frequency
2
5
7
9
11
8
5
3
- On the grid , draw a cumulative frequency curve of the data. (3mks)
Take: 1cm to represent 5 students on the vertical scale and 1cm to represent 10 marks on the horizontal scale. - From your curve in (a) above
- Estimate the median mark. (1mk)
- Determine the Interquartile deviation. (2mks)
- Determine the 10th to 90th percentile range. (2mks)
- It is given that students who score over 45 marks pass the test. Use graph in (a) above to estimate the percentage of students that pass. (2mks)
- On the grid , draw a cumulative frequency curve of the data. (3mks)
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