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MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
JC2 Preliminary Examination 2007
MATHEMATICS 9740
Higher 2
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1 The diagrams below show the graph of f and its derivative f ' . State clearly, with
reasons, which is the graph of f and that of f ' . [2]
Diagram 1 Diagram 2
3 A farmer raises chickens in a farm. Taking into account various conditions, such as
sale of poultry, deaths etc. that affect the population of chickens in his farm, the
number of chickens at the end of n months is modelled by un , where
= un 0.875un −1 + 50 .
Express u1 , u2 and u3 in terms of u0 .
Show that = un 0.875n (u0 − 400) + 400 and deduce the value of un when n becomes
very large. [5]
d2 y
dy
4 (i) Given that y = tan x , show that 2
= 2y
. Hence find Maclaurin’s series
dx dx
for y, up to and including the term in x3. [5]
(ii) Using the standard series expansion for ln (1 + x ) and Maclaurin’s series for y,
find the series expansion of ln (1 + tan x ) , in ascending powers of x up to and
including the term in x3. [2]
2
sec 2 x
(iii) Hence show that the first three non-zero terms in the expansion of ,
1 + tan 2 x
are 1 − 2 x + 8 x 2 . [3]
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6 Suppose that a chemical mixture contains two substances whose masses are x kg and
y kg, and whose combined mass is 1 kg. At any time t, the rate at which x is
increasing is proportional to the product of the two masses at that time. Obtain a
differential equation relating x and t. [1]
Show that the general solution of the differential equation may be expressed in the
Cx
form ln = kt , where C and k are positive constants. [4]
1− x
1 1
Given that initially x = and when t = 1, x = , express x in terms of t. [3]
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Show that x → 1 as t → ∞ . [1]
7 The mass of sugar sold in bags is normally distributed with mean µ kg and variance
σ2 kg2. It is known that 30% of the bags of sugar have masses which differ from µ kg
by at least c kg. Find the probability that a randomly chosen bag of sugar has a mass
which differs from µ kg by less than 2c kg. [5]
8 Ponds are home to a huge variety of microbes. When pond water is examined under a
microscope, the average concentration of microbes is 3 per ml. If there were at least k
microbes in 95% of all 1-ml samples of pond water taken, find the value of k. [2]
Find the probability that a random sample of 3 ml of pond water contains at most 3
microbes. [2]
Ten samples each of 3 ml of pond water are collected for a particular research study.
(i) Find the probability that exactly two out of the ten samples will each contain at
most 3 microbes. [2]
(ii) Using a suitable approximation, find the probability that the ten samples will
contain more than 83 microbes. [3]
Data Set A 51 75 54 58 63 78 49 70 64 68
Data Set B 88 70 58 91 82 71 90 77 85 76
(i) With the aid of a suitable diagram, comment on the correlation between the 2
data sets, pointing out any irregularities, if applicable. [3]
(ii) A doctor, on closer look, discovered that not all data points are reliable and that
the value of the linear product moment correlation coefficient is only
approximately -0.4. Suggest which pair of data points the doctor should ignore
so as to obtain a better value of the linear product moment correlation
coefficient, and calculate the new linear product moment correlation
coefficient. [3]
(iii) With the pair of data points dropped in part (ii), the estimated least squares
=
regression line of y on x is given as y 128.5 − 0.74 x .
(a) State what data set B represents. [1]
(b) Estimate the heart rate when the diastolic blood pressure is 80, correct to
the nearest whole number. [2]
(iv) Give a reason why it might be unwise to use either of the regression lines to
establish diastolic blood pressure when the heart rate is 90. [1]
The management office invited the graduates to participate in a survey on the amount
of time they spent at the central library during the month of their final year
examination.
(a) Describe how a stratified sample of 50 graduates may be taken to represent the
4 faculties. Write down one advantage and one disadvantage of this method of
sampling. [4]
(b) From a survey of the 50 graduates, x represents the number of hours the
graduates spent at the central library. The summarised data are as follows:
∑ x = 1564 ∑ ( x − 30)2 =
786
(i) Calculate the unbiased estimates of the population mean and variance. [3]
(ii) Estimate the probability that a random sample of 50 graduates spent an
average of at least 32 hours at the central library. [2]
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13 A footwear company wishes to check out the average length of a toddler’s feet. Eight
children are selected randomly, and their left feet measured in centimetres. The
measurements are:
9.5 8.9 8.6 10.4 8.7 10.2 8.9 9.6
These measurements are used to test, at 5 % significance level, the hypothesis that the
mean foot-length of toddlers is 10 cm.
(a) Explain what is meant by the phrase ‘a 5% significance level’ in this context. [1]
(b) State, giving your reasons, whether a normal test (z-test) or a t-test should be
used, and carry out the test. [6]
(c) State an assumption made for the test in (b) to be valid. [1]
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