O REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN

Paix-Travail-Patrie
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MINISTERE DES ENSEIGNEMENTS SECONDAIRES
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REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
Peace-Work-Fatherland
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MINISTRY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
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CELLULE D’APPUI A L’ACTION PEDAGOGIQUE TEACHERS’ RESOURCE UNIT
ANTENNE RÉGIONALE DU NORD OUEST REGIONAL BRANCH FOR THE NORTH WEST
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BP 2183 MANKON BAMENDA P.O. BOX: 2183 MANKON BAMENDA
TEL 233 362 209 TEL 233 362 209
Email : trubamenda@yahoo.co.uk Email : trubamenda@yahoo.co.uk

MARCH 2019
The Teachers’ Resource Unit and the Regional SUBJECT CODE
PAPER NUMBER
Inspectorate of Pedagogy, in collaboration with NUMBER
2
MTA 0575

GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION SUBJECT TITLE

REGIONAL MOCK EXAMINATION ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS
DATE
ORDINARY LEVEL Friday 29th March 2019
AFTERNOON

Time Allowed: TWO and a half hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Mobile phones are NOT ALLOWED in the examination room.

Answer ALL questions in section A and ANY TWO questions in section B or section C

Candidates are expected to answer a combination of Section A and Section B OR Section A and Section
C NOT a combination of all three.

All questions carry equal marks.

All necessary working must be shown. No marks will be awarded for answers without brief statements
showing how the answers have been obtained.
Electronic calculators are allowed.

Where necessary take g as 10ms2

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SECTION A (PURE MATHS) ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.
1. a) Given that α and β are the roots of the quadratic equation , find the value of
+ (4 marks)
b) Solve for x, the equation -1=0 (5 marks)
2. a) Find the value of k in f(x) = , given that (x+1) is a factor of f(x).
(2 marks)
Hence b) factorize f(x) completely and solve for f(x) = 0 (5 marks)
3. Given that the first and third terms of a geometric progression with positive values are 6 and respectively.
Find,
a) the common ratio (4 marks)
b) the sum to infinity of the G.P. (3 marks).
4. a) In how many different ways can a committee of three men and two women be formed from ten men
and six women? (4 marks)
b) Given that the first four terms in the binomial expansion in ascending powers of x, of
( are 1, ax, and , find the constants a, b and c. (4marks)
5. a) Find the point whose image is (-1, 8) under the transformation matrix T, where
0 1 
T  (4marks)
 3 2 
b) The binary operation * is defined on the set of integers Z as x * y = (xy)mod10.
(i) Copy and complete the table below.
* 1 3 5 7 9
1
3 9
5 5
7 9
9 1
(3 marks)
ii) Show that the set A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} does not formed a group under the operation * (2 marks)
6. (i) Find the vector equation of the line that passes through the point with position vector 3i + j and is
parallel to the vector -2i + 4j. (3 marks)
(ii) Find the cosine of the acute angle between the lines with vector equations
= I + 2j + and = 2i + j + (5 marks)

7. a)Solve for x in the range the equation = 0.5 (4 marks)

b) Prove that =2 (4 marks)

8. (i) Find given that a) y = , (3 marks)

b) y = (3 marks)
(ii) Find the area bounded by the curve y = , the X-axis, the lines x =0 and x = 1 (4 marks)

SECTION B (MECHANICS) ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS

9. (a) A particle P moves in the XY plane such that its position vector after t seconds is given as
= ( I + 2j)meters.
Calculate the distance from the origin when t = 2 seconds,
Find the initial velocity of P.
the acceleration of P. (10 marks)
A particle (A) of mass 2kg moving with a speed of 30m/s, hits another particle (B) of mass 4kg moving
in the same direction, at a speed of 10m/s. Given that particle (A) moves with speed of 10m/s after
collision, calculate
(i) the speed of particle (B) after collision.

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 (ii) the magnitude of the impulse on particle (A). (7 marks)
10. a) Given that the Resultant of the three forces = (ai + 4j)N and
= (7i – j)N is = (8i + bj)N find,
(i) the values of a and b,
(ii) the fourth force , that can be added to the system to establish equilibrium,
(iii) the magnitude and direction of the fourth force. (9 marks)
b) The diagram below shows a wedge with smooth surfaces, having two particles of masses 6kg and 2kg,
connected by a light inextensible string, which passes over a smooth pulley. The string runs parallel to the
surface of the wedge.

2kg
6kg

Find the acceleration of the masses and the tension in the string. (8 marks)

11) a) The finite area enclosed by the y = x and the curve y = between the ordinates x = 0 and x = 1, is
rotated completely about the X-axis. Calculate the volume of the solid formed. (6 marks)
b) A cylindrical can of base radius 0.3m, is being filled with water at the rate of 0.9 . Find the rate
at which the water level is rising. (Volume of cylinder = ) (5 marks)
C) Find the coordinates of the center of gravity of three particles of masses 2kg, 3kg and 5kg located at
the points (1, 3), (-2,6) and (3, 2) respectively. (6 marks)

SECTION C (STATISTICS) ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS

12) The marks distribution of 60 students in a certain text is as follows
Marks ( X) 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44
Number of 1 4 10 13 12 10 5 3 2
students

a) Find the mean and standard deviation of the distribution correct to 2 significant figures. (7 marks)
b) Draw a histogram for the distribution and use it to estimate the mode. (5 marks)
C) Draw a cumulative frequency curve and from it estimate the median of the distribution.
(5marks)

13. The random variable X has probability function given by P(X=x) =

a) Copy and complete the table below
x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
P(X=x) 4k 3k
(3 marks)
b) Find the value of the constant k. (3 marks)
c) Find the mean and variance of X. (7 marks)
Another random variable Y is defined by Y = 3X – 2. Find the mean and variance of Y.
(4 marks)

14. a) Two events A and B are such that P(A) = , P(B) = and P(A )= .
(i) Find P(A . (3 marks)
(ii) Show that A and B are exhaustive (2 marks)
(iii) Show that A and B are not independent (2 marks)
(iv) Find P(B/A) (2 marks)

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 b) A company produces canned dog food of two brands A and B. Given that 30% of the food is brand A
and 70% is brand B, and given also that 60% of brand A produced are of small sizes and 70% of brand B
produced are of small sizes. Use a tree diagram or otherwise, find the probability that a canned dog food
selected at random from the quantity produced by the company,
(i) is a small size of brand B.
(ii) is a small size.
(8 marks)

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