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TEST CODE 000573
Pil..OT/MAY 1999

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
UNIT 2- PAPER 01
lf hours

This examinaiion paper consists of THREE sections: Module 2.1, Module 2.2, and Module 2.3.

Each section consists of 6 questions.

The maximum mark for each section is 20.
The maximum mark for this examination is 60.
This examination paper consists of 6 pages.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDA TES

1. DO NOT open this examination paper until instructed to do so.

2. Answer ALL questions from the THREE sections.

3. Unless otherwise stated in the question, all numerical answers MUST

be given e><;actly OR to three significant figures as appropriate.

Examination materials

Mathematical formulae and tables

Electronic caltulator
Ruler and compass

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SECTION 1(MODULE2.1)

Answer ALL The Questions.

1. The variation of the solubility, S, of a chemical substance with temperature, 0, can be modelled by
the equation
S = 60.2 (1.01)9,
where 0 is an integer.

Calculate the value of 0 when Sis 100. (2 marks]

2. Find the derivative of the function fat the point x, if

(a) f(x) = sin2 (2x + 3) (2 marks]

(b) · f(x) = e 3' ln 2x. (2 marks]

3. A function f is defined on the set R of real numbers by

Calculate the derivative off at x = I. (3 marks)

4. Express
x•
2
(x + l)(x + 1)

as the sum of a polynomial and partial fractions. (5 marks)

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S. By means of the substitution u = 1 + x'. show that

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r'--;==x=T" r9 u 2
J, r dx = J, - du (3 marks]
0 ~(! + X J) I 3 .

6. The rate of increase of a population Pis proportional to P with the constant of proportionality being
0.03. Write down a differential equation model for P.

1f the initial population is P0, find P at time t. (3 marks}

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SECTION 2 (MODULE 2.2)

Answer ALL The Questions.

7. The sequence {a.) is such that, for each positive integer n,

2
a = (3n ·Sn+ I)
n (2n 2 + n + 3) .
Evaluate lim a,. (3 marks]
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8. Calculate the value of k if the coefficient of x• in the expansion of (4 + kx)' 0 is 840.

(3 marks]

9. Tile n'" term of a sequence ( a0 ) is defined by

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a.= L
,., k(k +I)
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(a) Express a0 in terms of n for n ~ 1. (2 marks)

{b) Determine whether the sequence converges. (1 mark ]

10. {a) Show that there is a root of the equation x' • Sx + I between 0 and I. (2 marks)

(b) If x=O is a first approximation to this root, find a better approximation, correct lo one
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significant figure, using the Newton-Raphson method. [J marks!
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11 . A craftsman estimated the side of a square tile to be 15 cm, but the actual measurement was 15.15
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cm. Calculate, to two significant figures, the percentage error in the actual measurement of the area
of the tile. (4 marks)

12. Calculate the different number of ways a radio announcer can choose two calypso compact discs
from ten available calypso compact discs and three reggae cassette tapes from eight available
reggae cassette tapes. (2 marks]

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SECTION 3 (MODUI.;E 2.3)

Answer ALL The Questions.

13. A machine can produce a maximum of S items in a one-minute period. In an experiment to rate the
actual output of the machine, the number of items produced in a one-hour period is recorded.
Identify the sample space. (2 marks]

14. Two events A and B are such that P(A) = p, P(A u B) = ; and P(B) = !.
Calculate ·p, given that A and B are mutually exclusive. (2 marks]

15. A hand of four cards is to be drawn without replacement and at random from a pack of fifty-two
playing cards. Find the probability, correct to three significant figures, that the hand will contain:

(a) four cards of the same suit (2 marks)

(b) either four kings or four queens. (3 marks)

16. Events X and Y arc such that,

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P(X) =-s and P(X n Y) = 7s.

If X and Y arc independent events, calculate

(a) P(Y) (2 marks)

(b) P(Xu Y). (2 marks)

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17. Once a person ingests medication, the human body eliminates the medication from the body in such
a way that a fixed percent of the amount is removed daily. A person had a daily dose of Q units of
a cenain medication and his body eliminated 60% of the medication daily.

(a) Write down, in terms of Q, the amount of the medication not eliminated

(i) at the end of the first day (1 mark I

(ii) at the end of the second day. (2 marks]

(b) What is the valueofQ, if the amount of medication in the body at the end of the second day
is 56 units? [I mark I

18. The price x of a particular commodity is decreasing with time t at a rate proponional to the square
root of the price al that time. Write down a differential equation model for x involving x and t. where
tis the time since the decrease in price stancd. (3 mark.~]

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