THE FINAL JOINT PRE-NECTA EXAMINATION

PUGU SECONDARY AND KISUTU SECONDARY SCHOOL

142/2 ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 2

TIME: 3 HOURS Thursday 18th JUNE 2020 P.M

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of section A and B with a total of eight (08) questions.

2. Answer all questions in section A and two (2) questions from section B.

3. All work done in answering each question must be shown clearly.

4. NECTA Mathematical tables formulae and Non-programmable calculators may be used

5. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room

6. Write your Examination number on every page of your answer scripts (s)

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 SECTION A (60 MARKS)
1. (a) Find the number of arrangements of the letters of the word ASSASSINATION. How many
of them begins with A? (04 marks)
(b) The discrete random variable x has the following probability distribution
x 1 2 3 4 5 6
p(x) 0.17 0.12 0.16 0.14 0.18 0.23
Find (i) (ii) (iii) (05 marks)
(c) Eggs are packed into boxes of 500. On average 0.7% of the eggs are found to be broken
when the eggs are unpacked. Find correct to fur significant figures, the probability that in a
box of 500 eggs
i. Exactly three are broken
ii. At least two are broken (06 marks)

2. (a) Simplify the following arguments by using the laws of algebra of propositions:-
i.
ii. (06 marks)
(b) Sketch a simple circuit diagram of a network corresponding to the truth table M, N and L
P Q R M N L
T T T F T T
T T F F T F
T F T F T T
T F F F F F
F T T T F F
F T F T F F
F F T T F T
F F F T F T
(04 marks)
(c) Use the truth table to check the validity of the following argument: If I participate in class
lessons then I will score B in mathematics. If I do not go to social clubs then I will
participate in class lessons. But I didn’t score B in mathematics. Therefore, I went to social
clubs (05 marks)

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3. (a) (i) Use vectors to prove that | | ( ) (02 marks)

(ii) If then find , given that

(03 marks)
(b) Given that and Find
i. The volume of the parallelepiped formed by the edges ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗

ii. The vector projection of ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ (05 marks)

(c) The points A and B have position vectors

i. Find the position vector of the point Q which divide ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ internally in the ratio
ii. Find the position vector of the point Q which divide ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ externally in the ratio
(05 marks)
4. (a) If is a root of the polynomial then find the
other roots. (04 marks)
(b) Use De Moivre’s theorem to prove that

∫ (06 marks)

(c) Find, in the form of all the complex numbers z, such that (05 marks)

SECTION B (40 MARKS)

5. (a) Express in the form Hence, solve the equation
(05 marks)
(b) If and then show that √ (04 marks)
(c) Solve the equation
(07 marks)
(d) Solve for (04 marks)

6. (a) Resolve into partial fractions. (06 marks)

(b) Show that for all real values of (04 marks)

(c) Using principle of mathematical induction prove that

(04 marks)

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 (d) Solve the following system of simultaneous equations by using the inverse method

{ (06 marks)

7. (a) Form a second order differential equation whose general solution is

(03 marks)

(b) Solve the differential equation given the initial

conditions (06 marks)

(c) Find the general solution of the differential equation

(04 marks)
(d) A tank contains 100 litres of water made by dissolving 60kg of salt in water. Salt water
containing 1 kg of salt per litre runs in at the rate 2 litres per minute and the mixture kept
uniform by stirring runs out at the rate 3 litres per minute. Initially there are 60 kg of salt in
the tank.
(i) Find the amount of salt in the tank at any time t
(ii) Find the amount of salt in the tank at the end of one hour. (07 marks)

8. (a) Sketch the graph of (04 marks)

(b) For the conic Find:-

(i) The foci (ii) The vertices (iii) The directrices (iv) The asymptote. Hence, sketch the graph.
(06 marks)
(c) If the distribution of weight is uniform, then the rope of the suspended bridge takes the form
of a parabola. The height of the supporting towers is 40 metres, the distance between the
tower is 300 metres and the height of the lowest point of the rope from the road is 6 metres.
(i) Find the equation of the parabolic shape of the rope considering the floor of the
bridge as x-axis and the axis of the parabola as y-axis.
(ii) Find the height of that tower which supports the rope and is at a distance of 60
meters from the centre of the rope (06 marks)
(d) Transform the polar equation into rectangular coordinates and sketch the

graph of the resulting rectangular equation (04 marks)

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