STPM Mathematics (T) Past Year Questions

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Last Edited by April 27, 2014

Abstract
This is a document which shows all the STPM questions from year 2013 to year 2013 using
LATEX. Students should use this document as reference and try all the questions if possible.
Students are encourage to contact me via email1 or facebook2 . Students also encourage to
send me your collection of papers or questions by email because i am collecting various type
of papers. All papers are welcomed.

Contents
1 Mathematics (T) Specimen Paper 2
SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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STPM 2013 Paper 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
STPM 2013 Paper 1 (U1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
STPM 2013 Paper 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
STPM 2013 Paper 2 (U2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
STPM 2013 Paper 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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STPM 2014 Paper 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Mathematics (T) Specimen Paper Lee Kian Keong

1 Mathematics (T) Specimen Paper

SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 1
Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. The functions f and g are defined by

f : x 7→ e2x , x ∈ R;

g : x 7→ (ln x)2 , x > 0.

(a) Find f −1 and state its domain. [3 marks]

 
1
(b) Show that g = g(2), and state, with a reason, whether g has an inverse. [4 marks]
2

n
X
2. A sequence is defined by ur = e−(r−1) − e−r for all integers r ≥ 1. Find ur in terms of
r=1
∞
X
n, and deduce the value of ur . [5 marks]
r=1

   
2 −2 0 −1 1 0
3. The matrices P = 0 0 2 and Q =  0 0 −1 are such that PQ = QP.
a b c 0 −2 2

(a) Determine the values of a, b and c. [5 marks]

(b) Find the real numbers m and n for which P = mQ + nI, where I is the 3 × 3 identity
matrix. [5 marks]

√
4. Express the complex number z = 1 − 3i in polar form. [4 marks]
1 1
Hence, find z 5 + 5 and z 5 − 5 . [4 marks]
z z

5. The equation of a hyperbola is 4x2 − 9y 2 − 24x − 18y − 9 = 0.

(a) Obtain the standard form for the equation of the hyperbola. [3 marks]
(b) Find the vertices and the equations of the asymptotes of the hyperbola. [6 marks]

y−4 z+1
6. Find the equation of the plane which contains the straight line x − 3 = = and
3 2
is perpendicular to the plane 3x + 2y − z = 3. [6 marks]

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Mathematics (T) Specimen Paper Lee Kian Keong SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 1

Section B [15 marks]

Answer any one question in this section.

1
7. Express cos x + sin x in the form r cos(x − α), where r > 0 and 0 < α < π. Hence, find
2
the minimum and maximum values of cos x + sin x and the corresponding values of x in the
interval 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π. [7 marks]

(a) Sketch the graph of y = cos x + sin x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π. [3 marks]

(b) By drawing appropriate lines on your graph, determine the number of roots in the
interval 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π of each of the following equations.
1
i. cos x + sin x = − [1 marks]
2
ii. cos x + sin x = 2 [1 marks]

(c) Find the set of values of x in the interval 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π for which | cos x + sin x| > 1.
[3 marks]

8. The position vectors a, b and c of three points A, B and C respectively are given by

a = i + j + k,

b = i + 2j + 3k,
c = i − 3j + 2k.

(a) Find a unit vector parallel to a + b + c. [3 marks]

(b) Calculate the acute angle between a and a + b + c. [3 marks]
(c) Find the vector of the form i + λj + µk perpendicular to both a and b. [2 marks]
(d) Determine the position vector of the point D which is such that ABCD is a parallelo-
gram having BD as a diagonal. [3 marks]
(e) Calculate the area of the parallelogram ABCD. [4 marks]

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Mathematics (T) Specimen Paper Lee Kian Keong SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 2

SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 2

Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. The function f is defined by

(√
x + 1, x ≥ −1;
f (x) =
|x| − 1, otherwise.

(a) Find lim f (x). [3 marks]

x→−1
(b) Determine whether f is continuous at x = −1. [2 marks]

2. Find the equation of the normal to the curve with parametric equations x = 1 − 2t and
2
y = −2 + at the point (3, −4). [6 marks]
t

Z 1r
2 x
3. Using the substitution x = 4 sin u, evaluate dx. [6 marks]
0 4−x

R x−2
dx x2
4. Show that e x(x−1) = . [4 marks]
x−1
Hence, find the particular solution of the differential equation
dy x−2 1
+ y=− 2
dx x(x − 1) x (x − 1)
3
which satisfies the boundary condition y = when x = 2. [4 marks]
4

 3  3  5
d2 y dy d3 y dy 2 dy
5. If y = sin−1 x, show that = x and = + 3x . [5 marks]
dx2 dx dx3 dx dx
Using Maclaurin’s theorem, express sin−1 x as a series of ascending powers of x up to the
term in x5 . State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid. [7 marks]

6. UseZ the trapezium rule with subdivisions at x = 3 and x = 5 to obtain an approximation

7
x3
to 4
dx, giving your answer correct to three places of decimals. [4 marks]
1 1+x
By evaluating the integral exactly, show that the error of the approximation is about 4.1%.
[4 marks]

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Mathematics (T) Specimen Paper Lee Kian Keong SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 2

Section B [15 marks]

Answer any one question in this section.

7. A right circular cone of height a + x, where −a ≤ x ≤ a, is inscribed in a sphere of constant

radius a, such that the vertex and all points on the circumference of the base lie on the
surface of the sphere.
1
(a) Show that the volume V of the cone is given by V = π(a − x)(a + x)2 . [3 marks]
3
(b) Determine the value of x for which V is maximum and find the maximum value of V .
[6 marks]
(c) Sketch the graph of V against x. [2 marks]
1 1
(d) Determine the rate at which V changes when x = a if x is increasing at a rate of a
2 10
per minute. [4 marks]

6
8. Two iterations suggested to estimate a root of the equation x3 −4x2 +6 = 0 are xn+1 = 4−
x2n
1 1
and xn+1 = (x3n + 6) 2 .
2
(a) Show that the equation x3 − 4x2 + 6 = 0 has a root between 3 and 4. [3 marks]
(b) Using sketched graphs of y = x and y = f (x) on the same axes, show that, with initial
approximation x0 = 3, one of the iterations converges to the root whereas the other
does not. [6 marks]
(c) Use the iteration which converges to the root to obtain a sequence of iterations with
x0 = 3, ending the process when the difference of two consecutive iterations is less than
0.05. [4 marks]
(d) Determine whether the iteration used still converges to the root if the initial approxi-
mation is x0 = 4. [2 marks]

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Mathematics (T) Specimen Paper Lee Kian Keong SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 3

SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 3

Section A [45 marks]
Answer all questions in this section.

1. The number of ships anchored at a port is recorded every week. The results for 26 particular
weeks are as follows:
32 28 43 21 35 19 25 45 35 32 18 26 30
26 27 38 42 18 37 50 46 23 40 20 29 46

(a) Display the data in a stem-and-leat diagram. [2 marks]

(b) Find the median and interquartile range. [4 marks]
(c) Draw a box-and-whisker plot to represent the data. [3 marks]
(d) State the shape of the frequency distribution, giving a reason for your answer.[2 marks]

2. The events A and B are such that P(A) 6= 0 and p(B) 6= 0.

(a) Show that P(A0 |B) = 1−P(A|B). [2 marks]

(b) Show that P(A0 |B) =P(A0 ) if A and B are independent. [3 marks]

3. The number of defective electrical components per 1000 components manufactured on a

machine may be modelled by a Poisson distribution with a mean of 4.

(a) Calculate the probability that there are at most 3 defective electrical components in
the next 100 components manufactured on the machine. [3 marks]
(b) State the assumptions that need to be made about the defective electrical components
in order that the Poisson distribution is a suitable model. [2 marks]

4. The masses of bags of flour produced in a factory have mean 1.004 kg and standard deviation
0.006 kg.

(a) Find the probability that a randomly selected bag has a mass of at least 1 kg. State
any assumptions made. [4 marks]
(b) Find the probability that the mean mass of 50 randomly selected bags is at least 1 kg.
[4 marks]

5. The proportion of fans of a certain football club who are able to explain the offside rule
correctly is p. A random sample of 9 fans of the football club is selected and 6 fans are
able to explain the offside rule correctly. Test the null hypothesis H0 : p = 0.8 against the
alternative hypothesis Hl : p < 0.8 at the 10% significance level. [6 marks]

6. It is thought that there is an association between the colour of a person’s eyes and the
reaction of the person’s skin to ultraviolet light. In order to investigate this, each of a
random sample of 120 persons is subjected to a standard dose of ultraviolet light. The
degree of the reaction for each person is noted, ”-” indicating no reaction, ”+” indicating a
slight reaction and ”++” indicating a strong reaction. The results are shown in the table
below.

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Mathematics (T) Specimen Paper Lee Kian Keong SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 3

```
``Eye colour
```
Blue Grey or green Brown
Reaction ```
```
- 7 8 18
+ 29 10 16
++ 21 9 2

Test whether the data provide evidence, at the 5% significance level, that the colour of
a person’s eyes and the reaction of the person’s skin to ultraviolet light are independent.
[10 marks]

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Mathematics (T) Specimen Paper Lee Kian Keong SPECIMEN PAPER Paper 3

Section B [15 marks]

Answer any one question in this section.

7. A random variable T , in hours, represents the life-span of a thermal detection system. The
probability that the system fails to work at time t hour is given by
21
P (T < t) = 1 − e− 5500 t .

(a) Find the probability that the system works continuously for at least 250 hours.[3 marks]
(b) Calculate the median life-span of the system. [3 marks]
(c) Find the probability density function of the life-span of the system and sketch its graph.
[4 marks]
(d) Calculate the expected life-span of the system. [5 marks]

8. A random sample of 48 mushrooms is taken from a farm. The diameter in centimetres, of

48
X X48
each mushroom is measured. The results are summarised by xi = 300.4 and xi 2 =
i=1 i=1
2011.01.

(a) Calculate unbiased estimates of the population mean and variance of the diameters of
the mushrooms. [3 marks]
(b) Determine a 90% confidence interval for the mean diameter of the mushrooms.[4 marks]
(c) Test, at the 10% significance level, the null hypothesis that the mean diameter of the
mushrooms is 6.5cm. [6 marks]
(d) Relate the confidence interval obtained in (b) with the result of the test in (c).[2 marks]

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STPM 2013 Paper 1
Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. Sketch the graph of y = sin 2x in the range 0 ≤ x ≤ π. Hence, solve the inequality
1
| sin 2x| < , where 0 ≤ x ≤ π. [6 marks]
2

2. A sequence a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . is defined by an = 3n2 . The difference between successive terms

of the sequence forms a new sequence b1 , b2 , b3 , . . ..

(a) Express bn in terms of n. [2 marks]

(b) Show that b1 , b2 , b3 , . . . is an arithmetic sequence, and state its first term and common
difference. [3 marks]
(c) Find the sum of the first n terms of the sequence b1 , b2 , b3 , . . . in terms of an and bn .
[2 marks]

3. A system of linear equations is given by

x + y + z = k,
x − y + z = 0,
4x + 2y + λz = 3.

where λ and k are real numbers. Show that the augmented matrix for the system may be
reduced to  
1 1 1 k
 0 −2 0 −k  .
0 0 λ − 4 3 − 3k
[5 marks]
Hence, determine the values of λ and k so that the system of linear equations has

(a) a unique solution, [1 marks]

(b) infinitely many solutions, [1 marks]
(c) no solution. [1 marks]

√
4. The complex number z is given by z = 1 + 3i.

(a) Find |z| and arg z. [3 marks]

5
√
(b) Using de Moivre’s theorem, show that z = 16 − 16 3i. [3 marks]
z4
(c) Express in the form x + yi, where z ∗ is the conjugate of z and x, y ∈ R. [3 marks]
z∗

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c
5. Show that the parametric equations x = ct and y = , where c is a constant, define a point
t
on the rectangular hyperbola xy = c2 . [2 marks]
The points P , Q, R and S, with parameters p, q, r and s respectively, lie on the rectangular
hyperbola xy = c2 .

(a) Show that pqrs = −1 if the chords P Q and RS are perpendicular. [4 marks]
(b) Find the equation of the line passing through the points P and Q. Deduce the equation
of the tangent to the rectangular hyperbola at the point P . [4 marks]

6. Show that the point A(2, 0, 0) lies on both planes 2x − y + 4z = 4 and x − 3y − 2z = 2.

Hence, find the vector equation of the line of intersection of both planes. [5 marks]

Section B [15 marks]

Answer any one question in this section.

7. The polynomial p(x) = hx4 + kx3 + 2x − 1, where h and k are constants, leaves a remainder
of 4 when divided by x − 1, and a remainder of −2 when divided by x + 1.

(a) Determine the values of h and k. [3 marks]

2
(b) Express the polynomial p(x) in the form (x − 1)q(x) + r(x), where q(x) is quadratic
and r(x) is linear. [4 marks]
(c) Express q(x) in a completed square form a(x + b)2 + c. [2 marks]

i. Deduce that q(x) is always positive for all real values of x. [1 marks]
ii. Deduce the minimum value of q(x) and the corresponding value of x. [2 marks]

(d) Determine the set of values of x for which p(x) > 3x + 1. [3 marks]

−→ −−→
8. A tetrahedron OABC has a base OAB and a vertex C, with OA = 2i+j+k, OB = 4i−j+3k
−−→
and OC = 2i − j − 3k.
−−→ −→ −−→
(a) Show that OC is perpendicular to both OA and OB. [3 marks]
◦
(b) Calculate, to the nearest 0.1 , the angle between the edge AC and base OAB of the
tetrahedron. [5 marks]
(c) Calculate the area of the base OAB and the volume of the tetrahedron. [7 marks]

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STPM Mathematics (T) 2013 Lee Kian Keong STPM 2013 Paper 1 (U1)

STPM 2013 Paper 1 (U1)

Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. Sketch, on the same axes, the graphs of y = |2x + 1| and y = 1 − x2 . Hence, solve the
inequality |2x + 1| ≥ 1 − x2 . [8 marks]

√ 6
√ 6
√ 6
√ 6
√ of ( 63 + 2) and ( 3 − 2) to evaluate ( 3 + 2) + ( 3 − 2) .
2. Use the binomial expansions
Hence, show that 2701 < ( 3 + 2) < 2702. [7 marks]

3. A matrix P is given by  
−5 0 2
P =  0 2 −1 .
−1 4 −2
By using elementary row operations, find the inverse of P. [5 marks]

√ √
4. √
Express√ the complex number 6 − i 2 in polar form. Hence, solve the equation z 3 =
6 − i 2. [9 marks]

5. The equation of an ellipse is 3x2 + y 2 + 30x + 10y + 79 = 0.

(a) Obtain the standard form for the equation of the ellipse. [3 marks]
(b) Find the coordinates of the centre C, the focus F1 , and the focus F2 of the ellipse.
[4 marks]
(c) Sketch the ellipse, and indicate the points C, F1 and F2 on the ellipse. [2 marks]

6. Three vectors a = pi + qj, b = −5i + j and c = 4+7j are such that a and b are perpendicular
and the scalar product of a and c is 78.

(a) Determine the values of p and q. [4 marks]

(b) Find the angle between a and c. [3 marks]

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STPM Mathematics (T) 2013 Lee Kian Keong STPM 2013 Paper 1 (U1)

Section B [15 marks]

Answer any one question in this section.

7. (a) Show that for a fixed number x 6= 1, 3x2 + 3x3 + . . . + 3n is a geometric series, and find
its sum in terms of x and n. [4 marks]
(b) The series Tn (x) is given by

Tn (x) = x + 4x2 + 7x3 + . . . + (3n − 2)xn , for x 6= 1.

By considering Tn (x) − xTn (x) and using the result from (a), show that

x + 2x2 − (3n + 1)xn+1 + (2n − 2)xn+2

Tn (x) = .
(1 − x)2
[5 marks]
20
X 19
X
Hence, find the value of 2r (3r − 2), and deduce the value of 2r+2 (3r + 1).[6 marks]
r=1 r=0

8. A parallelepiped for which OABC, DEF G, ABF E and OCGD are rectangles is shown in
the diagram below.

−→ −−→
The unit vectors i and j are parallel to OA and OC respectively, and the unit vector k is
−→ −−→ −−→
perpendicular to the plane OABC, where O is the origin. The vectors OA, OB and OD
are 4i, 4i + 3j and i + 5k respectively.
√
13 35
(a) Show that cos ∠BEG = . [6 marks]
175
(b) Calculate the area of the triangle AEG. [6 marks]
(c) Find the equation of the plane AEG. [3 marks]

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STPM Mathematics (T) 2013 Lee Kian Keong STPM 2013 Paper 2

STPM 2013 Paper 2

Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. The function f is defined by

 4
 √ , x < 0,
√ 4 − x


f (x) = 2, x = 0,

 x
√
 , x > 0.
1+x−1
(a) Show that lim f (x) exists. [5 marks]
x→0
(b) Determine whether f is continuous at x = 0. [2 marks]

2. The parametric equations of a curve are x = θ − sin θ and y = 1 − cos θ. Find the equation
1
of the normal to the curve at a point with parameter π. [7 marks]
2

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3. The equations of two curves are given by y = x2 − 1 and y = .
x2
(a) Sketch the two curves on the same coordinate axes. [3 marks]
(b) Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of the two curves. [3 marks]
(c) Calculate the volume of the solid formed when the region bounded by the two curves
and the line x = 1 is revolved completely about the y-axis. [6 marks]

4. Show that the substitution y = ux transform the differential equation

dy y
x = y − 2x cot
dx x
into the differential equation
du
x = −2 cot u.
dx
[3 marks]
Hence, find the solution of the given differential equation satisfying the condition y = 0
when x = 1. Give your answer in the form y = f (x). [5 marks]

5. Using the Maclaurin series for ln(1 + x), evaluate

x − ln(1 + x)
lim
x→0 x2
[3 marks]

6. Show that the equation x3 − 15x2 + 300 = 0 has a root between 5 and 6. [3 marks]
Given that x0 = 5 as an initial approximation, use the Newton-Raphson method to find the
root correct to three decimal places. [5 marks]

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STPM Mathematics (T) 2013 Lee Kian Keong STPM 2013 Paper 2

Section B [15 marks]

Answer any one question in this section.

7. A curve is defined implicitly by the equation x2 + xy + y 2 = 3.

dy 2x + y
(a) Show that + = 0. [3 marks]
dx x + 2y
(b) Find the gradients of the curve at the points where the curve crosses the x-axis and
y-axis. [5 marks]
(c) Show that the coordinates of the stationary points of the curve are (-1,2) and (1, -2).
[5 marks]
(d) Sketch the curve. [2 marks]

8. Given that y = sin−1 x.

(a) Show that

d2 y dy
(1 − x2 ) 2
−x = 0.
dx dx
[4 marks]
1
(b) Using Maclaurin’s theorem, show that the series expansion for sin−1 x is x + x3 +
6
3 5
x + . . .. State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid. [8 marks]
40
1
(c) Using the series expansion in (b), where x = , estimate the value of π correct to three
2
decimal places. [3 marks]

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STPM Mathematics (T) 2013 Lee Kian Keong STPM 2013 Paper 2 (U2)

STPM 2013 Paper 2 (U2)

Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. Evaluate
√
2x2 + 25 − 5
(a) lim , [3 marks]
x→0 x2
9x2 + 1
(b) lim . [3 marks]
x→∞ 3x − 1

2. A rectangle with a width 2x is inscribed in a circle of constant radius r.

(a) Express the area A of the rectangle in terms of x and r. [2 marks]

√
(b) Show that the rectangle is a square of side r 2 when A has a maximum value.[5 marks]

3. Using the substitution u = x − 2, show that

Z 4
x−1 1 π
2 − 4x + 8
dx = ln 2 + .
2 x 2 8
[8 marks]

4. The number of rabbits in a farm increases at a rate proportional to the number of rabbits
at a certain time. The number of rabbits doubled to 10000 from the beginning of the year
1985 until the beginning of 1990. At that time, an outbreak of a certain disease occurred in
the farm which caused the death of rabbits at the rate of 100 rabbits per month. No vaccine
was found until the beginning of the year 1992. Find the remaining number of rabbits that
survived just before the vaccine was found. [9 marks]

5. Using the Maclaurin theorem, find the expansion of ln(1 + sin x) up to the terms in x3 .
[5 marks]
2x − ln(1 +sin x)2
Hence, evaluate lim . [2 marks]
x→0 2x2 − x4

6. By sketching the graphs of y = 3ex and y = 2x − 8 on the same diagram, show that the
equation 3ex + 2x − 8 = 0 has only one real root. [3 marks]
Use the Newton-Raphson method, with the initial approximation x0 = 1, to find the root
correct to three decimal places. [5 marks]

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Section B [15 marks]

Answer any one question in this section.

7. The graph of y = 2 cos x + sin 2x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π is shown below.

The points A and C are local extremum points. The points B, D, E and F are points of
inflexion.

(a) Determine the coordinates of

i. the points of local extremum. [5 marks]
ii. the points of inflexion. [5 marks]

(b) State the intervals where the graph is concave upward. [1 marks]
(c) Calculate the area of the region bounded by the curve and the x-axis. [4 marks]

8. Using the substitution u = ln y, show that the non-linear differential equation

dy
x + (3x + 1)y ln y = ye−2x
dx
can be transformed into the linear differential equation
du
x + (3x + 1)u = e−2x .
dx
[4 marks]
Solve this linear differential equation, and hence, find the solution of the original non-linear
differential equation, given that y = 1 when x = 1. [9 marks]
Find the limiting value of y as x → ∞. [2 marks]

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STPM Mathematics (T) 2013 Lee Kian Keong STPM 2013 Paper 3

STPM 2013 Paper 3

Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. A set of data has a mean of 6.1, a median of 5.4 and a standard deviation of 1.2. Calculate
the Pearson coefficient of skewness, and comment on your answer. [3 marks]

2. In a woman single badminton match, the first player who wins two out of three sets wins
the match. The probability of a particular player winning a set is 0.7 if she has won the
previous set. The probability of the player winning a set is 0.4 if she has lost the previous
set.

(a) Find the probability that the player wins the match given that she has lost the first
set. [2 marks]
(b) If the probability that the player wins the match is 0.64, find the probability that she
wins the first set. [6 marks]

3. The continuous random variable X has the probability density function



k, 0 ≤ x < 1,
k

f (x) = 2
, 1 ≤ x < 4,
x


0, otherwise.

4
(a) Show that k = . [3 marks]
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(b) Calculate the mean and Var(X). [7 marks]

4. A population distribution has a mean of 205 and variance of 520. If 25 samples, each of size
40, are taken from this population,

(a) calculate the probability that the sample mean is less than 200, [4 marks]
(b) determine the number of samples with mean less than 200. [2 marks]

5. A farmer claims that 95% tomatoes produced in his farm meet the food safety specifications.
A random sample of 100 tomatoes is taken from the farm and it is found that 92 tomatoes
meet the food safety specifications. Carry out a test, at the 5% significance level, whether
the tomatoes from the farm meets the food safety specifications. [7 marks]

6. The symptom of hypertension and smoking habit for 120 individuals is shown in the con-
tingency table below.

Smoking habit
Symptom of hypertension
Heavy smokers Moderate smokers Non-smokers
Presence 22 25 15
Absence 16 18 24

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Using a chi-squared test, at the 5% significance level, determine whether the symptom of
hypertension is independent of smoking habit. [11 marks]

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Section B [15 marks]

Answer any one question in this section.

7. Studies conducted in the past show that the mean number of serious accidents in a certain
factory is one per year. The factory wishes to find the probability of the number of serious
accidents occurring on a yearly basis for the purpose of revising the insurance premium of
its employees. The factory is required to increase the insurance premium if the probability
of having less than two serious accident-free years out of five years is more than 0.35.

(a) Define the relevant random variable, and identify its distribution. [3 marks]
(b) Find the probability that
i. there is no serious accident occuring in the next one year, [2 marks]
ii. there are at least three serious accidents occuring in the next two years. [4 marks]
iii. there are less than two accident-free years occurring out of five years. [5 marks]

(c) Based on the result in (b)(iii), state whether the factory is required to increase the
insurance premium or not. [1 marks]

8. The manufacturer of a closed-circuit television (CCTV) claims that the proportion of house-
holds installed with CCTV for security- purposes in a city is 0.15. A random sample of250
households is taken from the city.

(a) Assuming that the claim of the manufacturer is true, calculate the probability that the
sample proportion is within 0.05 of the population proportion. [5 marks]
(b) If households from the random sample install CCTV. construct a 95% confidence in-
terval for the proportion of households with CCTV. [5 marks]
(c) If the number of persons, y, per household for the 30 households from the random
X30 30
X
sample is summarised by yi = 130 and yi 2 = 967, construct a 95% confidence
i=1 i=1
interval for the average size of households with CCTV. [5 marks]

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3 STPM Mathematics (T) 2014

STPM 2014 Paper 1
Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. Sketch, on the same axes, the graphs of y = |2x + 1| and y = 1 − x2 . Hence, solve the
inequality |2x + 1| ≥ 1 − x2 . [8 marks]

√ 6
√ 6
√ 6
√ 6
√ of ( 63 + 2) and ( 3 − 2) to evaluate ( 3 + 2) + ( 3 − 2) .
2. Use the binomial expansions
Hence, show that 2701 < ( 3 + 2) < 2702. [7 marks]

3. A matrix P is given by  
−5 0 2
P =  0 2 −1 .
−1 4 −2
By using elementary row operations, find the inverse of P. [5 marks]

√ √
4. √
Express√ the complex number 6 − i 2 in polar form. Hence, solve the equation z 3 =
6 − i 2. [9 marks]

5. The equation of an ellipse is 3x2 + y 2 + 30x + 10y + 79 = 0.

(a) Obtain the standard form for the equation of the ellipse. [3 marks]
(b) Find the coordinates of the centre C, the focus F1 , and the focus F2 of the ellipse.
[4 marks]
(c) Sketch the ellipse, and indicate the points C, F1 and F2 on the ellipse. [2 marks]

6. Three vectors a = pi + qj, b = −5i + j and c = 4+7j are such that a and b are perpendicular
and the scalar product of a and c is 78.

(a) Determine the values of p and q. [4 marks]

(b) Find the angle between a and c. [3 marks]

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Section B [15 marks]

Answer any one question in this section.

7. (a) Show that for a fixed number x 6= 1, 3x2 + 3x3 + . . . + 3n is a geometric series, and find
its sum in terms of x and n. [4 marks]
(b) The series Tn (x) is given by

Tn (x) = x + 4x2 + 7x3 + . . . + (3n − 2)xn , for x 6= 1.

By considering Tn (x) − xTn (x) and using the result from (a), show that

x + 2x2 − (3n + 1)xn+1 + (2n − 2)xn+2

Tn (x) = .
(1 − x)2
[5 marks]
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X 19
X
Hence, find the value of 2r (3r − 2), and deduce the value of 2r+2 (3r + 1).[6 marks]
r=1 r=0

8. A parallelepiped for which OABC, DEF G, ABF E and OCGD are rectangles is shown in
the diagram below.

−→ −−→
The unit vectors i and j are parallel to OA and OC respectively, and the unit vector k is
−→ −−→ −−→
perpendicular to the plane OABC, where O is the origin. The vectors OA, OB and OD
are 4i, 4i + 3j and i + 5k respectively.
√
13 35
(a) Show that cos ∠BEG = . [6 marks]
175
(b) Calculate the area of the triangle AEG. [6 marks]
(c) Find the equation of the plane AEG. [3 marks]

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