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6 Postal rates The postal rates of Pos Cekap from town M to town N are tabulated as follow: (MOM | 300330 | 300 | 90 | a ‘Amiru posts a 230 g parcel from town M to town N, what is the postal charge? 7. Saving plans If you are given the choice of the following saving plans, which plan would you choose? How much more would you have saved? Plan M: RMI on the first day, RM2 on the second day, RM3 on the third day and so on for fifteen days. Plan N: I sen on the first day, 2 sen on the second day, 4 sen on the third day and so on for fifteen days. 8 Seating capacity A cineplex has 13 rows of seats with 10 seats in the first row, 12 in the second, 14 in the third and so on. What is the total number of seats in the cineplex? 9 Reading rate Sulaiman intends to read a 200-page book within a specific period, He starts by reading 11 pages on the first day and increases his rate of reading by reading an extra 2 pages for each subsequent day. How long will he take to finish the book?” 10. The bouncing ball A ‘A ball is dropped from a height of 8 m and always rebounds + of the distance fallen, (a) How high does it rebound when it falls for the 6" time? (b) Approximately how far will the ball travel before coming t0 rest? LL. Pendulum ‘A pendulum of an antique clock swings through an arc of 32 em. On each successive swing, the length of the arc is reduced to 0.8 / of the previous length. A (a) Find the length of the arc after 6 swings (b) On which swing is the length of the arc less than 20 em for“ the first time? (0) Find the total distance covered by the pendulum after 10 swings. (@) Find the total distance covered by the pendulum before it comes to rest. 12. Compound interest ‘An amount of RM400 is deposited annually into a savings account on the first day of cach year at a compounced interest rate of 3% per annum. What isthe total sum received at the end of 6 years? 13. Critical thinking mn + (2m + 1) + m+ 2) +... + 4m (2m + 1) + (2m + 3) + Qm+ 5) +... + m1) +p find the values of & and. 8. Biology /” ‘The population of a certain kind of bacteria in a petri dish is measured at intervals of 1 hour. The following table shows the data of the population of the bacteria over several hours. It is believed that x and y are related by an equation of the form y = abt where @ and » are constants. (a) Plot a graph of log,, y against x and draw a line of best fit. (b) Use your graph to find i). the values of a and b, Gi) the expected population of the bacteria after 12 hours. 9. Optics ‘The object distance, u the image distance, v, and the focal length f ofa lens are related by the formula oT 1. 1 where f is a constant, The table below shows some corresponding values of u and v obtained from an experiment. F ey =< [= [<=] Bem << [oo fe [oe fs (a) Plot a graph of 4 against 1 and draw a line of best fit. (b) Use your graph to (determine the focal length of the given lens, Gi) calculate the value of w when v = 60, Gi) find the value of v when u = v. 100 Gas law ‘The pressure, P, and volume, V, ofa gas at constant temperature are known to be related by the equation PV = k where kis a constant, Several pairs of values of P and V ate “obtained from an experiment as shown below. () Explain how you would reduce the non-linear relation to the linear form and hence, plot a straight line graph. (b) Use your graph to find the value of k, Gi) the value of V when P = 0.5 unit. 11. Critical thinking Express each ofthe following equations in the form of Y= mX + ¢ suitable for drawing, a straight line graph, State the variables Y and X to be plotted and determine the constants m and c in terms of a and b where a and b are constants. oe () ax + by =x (© avy b= ace + bd) Jo. tate diagram, poins A and B are points of intersection ot the curve y = ve # 16 and the line 2y = =~ 8. Given that point A Ties on the y-axis. Find (a) the coordinates of points A and B, (b) the area of the shaded region. AI. Given the curve y (21+ 4x —. Show that when the region bounded by the curve, teeaxis: and the Fines x= —1 and x = 1 is rotated ‘completely about the x-axis, the Volume generated is the same as the volume OF ‘evolution when the region bounded by the curve, the x-axis, and the lines x = 3 rand x = 5 is rotated completely about 6 ais, Fre. diagram shows a shaded region bounded by the are y= 8-2, the lines x = 2 and y = 8. Determine ‘the volume 2 F rotution when the repion is rotated completly about the y-axis. 43, The shaded region is bounded by the curve I+ 16 y rs two tangents of the curve at x= 1, x= 6 and seas Determine the area of the shaded region. Application 14. Physics vrnsite of change of distance ofa vehicle £ seconds afet passing through P is given by 3'() = 4t + 5 wheres) is measured in metre Pet ‘second. Ifthe vehicle is 10 metres from P when t = 0, find {@) the total distance travelled in the first 10 seconds, {b) the average speed of the vehicle from the Sth second to the 10th second.

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