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May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

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1. a. i.

1
3

ii. 6.1
b. i. $12.80
ii. $2998.50
iii. $1078.50
iv. 56%

2. a. i. 2
ii. 5
b. i. 7(x + y)
ii. y(y + 1)
c. x = 3 ; y = 1
d. i. (2y + z)(2y z)
ii. (2a b)(x y)
iii. (3x 2)(x + 4)

May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

3. a. i.

U(40)
A(28)

B(30)

28 -3x 3x 30 -3x
x
ii. 58 2x
iii. x = 9
b. i. EF = 3 cm
ii. DF = 4 cm
iii. Area = 42 cm2

4. a. i. k = 0.5
ii. y = 450

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4. b. i.

G
ii. EF = 12 cm
iii.

5. a. i. a. f (4) = 3
b. gf (4) = 12
ii.

( )

b. i. Two centimetres to one unit on the x-axis.


ii. y - 3.8
iii. x = - 3 and x = 1
iv. 4 y 5
3

May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

6. a. i. x = 54 because it is an opposite interior angle with


. Opposite interior
angles formed by a transversal intersecting parallel lines are congruent.
ii. y = 65 because it is a same-side interior angle with
. Same-side
interior angles formed by a transversal intersecting parallel lines are
supplementary, hence y = 180 - 115 = 65.
b. i. a. (0, 0)
b. 90
c. anti-clockwise
ii. congruent, similar
iii. (2, 1)
7. a.
Distance (m) Frequency
20-29
3
30-39
5
40-49
8
50-59
6
60-69
2
b. 19.5 m
c.
10

Frequency
8

19.5

29.5

39.5

49.5

59.5

69.5
Distance (m)

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d. i. 8
ii.

or

8. a.

Fig. 4

b.
Figure Area of Figure Perimeter of
(cm2)
Figure (cm)
1
1
162=4
2
4
2 6 2 = 10
3
9
3 6 2 = 16
4
16
4 6 2 = 22
5
25
5 6 2 = 28
15
225
15 6 2 = 88
n
n2
6n - 2

9. a. i. a. 12 m/s
b. 4
c. 102 m
ii. a. 0s - 6s
b. 10s 13s
c. 6s 10s

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9. b. i. x + y 12
ii. and iii.
y (melons)
12

10

10

15

x (pumpkins)

iv. x = 3 and y = 3

10. a. i.

.
, the angle formed by the tangent line PQ and the chord PR, must
be half the angular measure of the arc . Therefore, if O is the centre of the
circle,
. Since
is given as 46, then
.
is an inscribed angle and
is a central angle, and
and

stand on the same arc,


, therefore
.

ii.

. The three angles in PQR have a sum of 180, therefore


(
)
.
is a straight angle measuring 180,
therefore
. The three angles in PRT have a sum of
(
)
180, therefore
.

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iii.

. Opposite angles in a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary, therefore


.

10. b. i. FT = 8.57m
ii. EG = 12.2m
iii. 47.0

11. a. i. AB = (

ii.

iii. ( )

)( )

iv. x = 8; y = 19
b. i.

JM =

1
3

K
JK

M
J

N
JN =

L
1
3

JL

ii. a.
b.
c.

iii. The length of KL is three times the length of MN; and is parallel to .

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