IJC Prelim 2 H1 Math Solutions

Section A (Pure Mathematics)

Qn
1

Solution
k 2 kx 2 x 1 x 2 0
x 2 (k 2) x (1 k 2 ) 0
(k 2) 2 4(1 k 2 ) 0
k 2 4k 4 4 4k 2 0
5k 2 4 k 0

k (5k 4) 0
4
k 0
5
2e x 2e x 3,

2
3
ex
2
2u 3
u
2
2u 2 3u
2e x

2u 2 3u 2 0

2u 1 u 2 0
1
or
2
1
ex
or
2
rej. e x 0
u

x ln 2

u2
ex 2
x ln 2

4
5

2x

dx

3(i)

d
6x
ln 3x 2 2 2

3x 2
dx

3(ii)

1
6x
dx

3 3x 2 2

3x 2
1
ln 3x 2 2 C
3
3(iii) Area of region bounded
= area of rectangle area under curve
3 2x
2
=
dx
5 2 3x 2 2
2

4(i)

3
2 1
ln 3x 2 2
2
5 3
2 1
ln 25 ln10
5 3
2 1 5
ln
5 3 2
2x 2 y x 8
2 y 8 2x x

8 2 x
2
Let A m2 be the area of the window
1
A x 2 2 xy
2
8 2 x
1
A x2 2 x

2
2

1
A x 2 x 8 2 x
2
1
A 8x x2 x2 2x2
2

A 8 x 2 x 2
2

4(ii)

4
8 x
2

4(iii)

2 2
x m Shown

dA
8 4 x
dx
dA
0
For stat values,
dx
8 4 x 0

8
4

 8 4 8 2
A 8

4 2 4
64
32

4 4
32
=
shown
4

d2 A
dx 2

(4 ) 0

A is maximum when x

8
4

5(i)

5(ii)

Using GC,
At x 1,

dy
3.1549 (4 d.p)
dx

5(iii) Equation of tangent at (1, 2.2817)

y 2.2817 3.1549( x 1)
y 3.1549 x 5.4366
5(iv) Coordinates of P is 1.7232, 0 (4 d.p. or 3 s.f.)
Coordinates of Q is 0, 5.4366 (4 d.p. or 3 s.f.)
Area of triangle OPQ
1
5.4365808731.723238501
2
4.684262737
4.6843 (4 d . p.)

Section B (Statistics)
6(i)

Breakdown of 60 students into appropriate strata e.g. gender, year of

study
Mention that interviewer chooses people to survey till quota is reached

6(ii)

Disadvantage:
- Sample may be biased as not students from all the years may have
common lunch break.
- Sample is biased as students who do not go to the canteen may not get to
do the survey
- Student union survey approach students (or friends) who look more
friendlier or approachable in the canteen
Stratified sampling.
5
Yr 1:
60 25
12
4
Yr 2:
60 20
12
3
Yr 3:
60 25
12
Choose a random sample from each year group in size as shown.

7(i)

Ranking points
85

32
53

185

Time spent (h)

7(ii)

r = 0.97756 0.978 (3 s.f.)

As r is close to 1, it indicates a strong positive linear correlation between
amount of time spent on revision and (x) and the ranking points obtained (y).

7
(iii)

y 12.356 0.391899985 x
y 12.4 0.392 x

7(iv) For every additional hour spent on studying, the ranking points achieved
increases by 0.392.
7(v) For x = 170, y = 79 (nearest integer).
Since the value of r 0.973 is close to 1 and x = 170 is within the data range,
the estimate is reliable.

8(i)
(a)

Let A and B denote the event that chest A and chest B are selected
respectively.
Let G, S and C denote the events that a gold, silver and copper coin are
chosen respectively.
G
13/30

5/30

1/3
12/30

C
2/3

3/10

B
7/10

S
(b)

(c)

(ii)

1 5 2 7
PS
3 30 3 10
47

or 0.522
90
P A S
P A| S
PS

1 5

3 30

47

90
5

or 0.106
47
1 13 12 2 3 2
P G, G
3 30 29 3 10 9
136

or 0.10421
1305
1 5 4 2 7 6
P S, S
3 30 29 3 10 9
416

or 0.31877
1305
1 12 11
P C, C
3 30 29
66

or 0.050575
1305

Prob (both coins are of the same colour)

= P G, G P S , S P C , C
136 416
66

1305 1305 1305

206

or 0.474
435

9(i)
9(ii)

- Each interviewee is equally likely to be at risk

- Each interviewee is independently at risk of one another
P X 1 0.00142

20 1
19
p 1 p 0.00142
1
20 p 1 p 0.00142
19

Using GC, p = 0.36192 0.362

P 3 X 8 P X 7 P X 2
0.54755 0.548
9
(iii)

P X 4 1 P X 4
0.73148
Let Y be the no. of samples, out of 60, that have more than 4 interviewees at
risk.

Y ~ B 60, 0.73148
Since n = 60 large,
np = 43.889>5
nq = 16.111>5
Y ~ N 43.889, 11.785 approx

P Y 35 P Y 35.5 with c.c.

0.0072690 0.00727

10(i)
Unbiased estimate of the population mean

10
(ii)

562
960
200
957.19

Unbiased estimate of the population variance, s2

2
562

525250

199
200
2631.511457
2631.51
H o : 0
H1 : 0
Level of significance = 10% (= 0.10)

Since n 200 is large, by Central Limit Theorem (CLT), we use a Z-test

Test Statistic: Z

X 0
s

N(0,1) approximately

For H 0 to not be rejected,

957.19 0
1.64485
1.64485
2631.511457

200

957.19 5.96643 0 957.19 5.96643

951.22 0 963.16

10
(iii)

It refers to a probability of 0.1 that the test would wrongly reject the claim that
the average spending of any tourist is $ 0 , when it is actually true.
H o : 1100
H1 : 1100
Level of significance = 3% (= 0.03)

Since n 200 is large, by Central Limit Theorem (CLT), we use a Z-test

Test Statistic: Z

X
n

N(0,1) approximately

Using GC, with

x 1093 , 55 , n=200, 0 1100
p value 0.0359 0.03

Therefore we do no reject H o and conclude that there is insignificant

evidence at 3% significance level that the average spending of any tourist is
less than $1100.
11(i) Let T and W be r.v. denoting the mass (in kg) of a randomly chosen Thai and
Taiwanese guava respectively.
T ~ N(0.19, 0.012 ) and W ~ N(0.33, 0.042 )
0.012
)
8
T ~ N(0.19,0.0000125)

T ~ N(0.19,

P(T 0.18) 0.00234

11
(ii)

T1 ... T6 ~ N(6 0.19, 6 0.012 )

W1 ... W5 ~ N(5 0.33, 5 0.042 )
Let D (T1 ... T6 ) (W1 ... W5 )

E( D) 6 0.19 5 0.33

0.51

Var( D) 6 0.012 5 0.042 0.0086

D ~ N( 0.51, 0.0086)

P(0.5 D 0.5) 0.457

11
(iii)

Let A 4.20(T1 ... T5 ) 2.80(W1 ... W5 )

Let B 2.80(W1 ... W10 )

A B 4.20(T1 ... T5 ) 2.80(W1 ... W5 )
2.80(W1 ... W10 )
E( A B) 4.20 5 0.19 2.80 5 0.33 2.80 10 0.33
0.63

Var( A B) 4.202 5 0.012 2.802 5 0.042

2.802 10 0.042
0.19698
A B ~ N( 0.63, 0.19698)
P( A B) P( A B 0)
0.0779