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MATH CP
PAPER 1
HONG KONG DIPLOMA OF
SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION
Candidate Number
MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part
Mock Exam 7 (2017)
PAPER 1
Question-Answer Book
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Time allowed: 2 4 hours
This paper must be answered in English

INSTRUCTIONS

1. After the announcement of the start of the examination,

you should first write your Candidate Number in the space
provided on Page 1 and stick barcode labels in the spaces
provided on Pages 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11.
2. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), A(2) and B.
3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your answers
in the spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book. Do
not write in the margins. Answers written in the margins
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4. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly
shown.
5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be
either exact or correct to 3 significant figures.
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scale.
7. No extra time will be given to candidates for sticking on
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SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

(a 6 b 4 ) 3
a 7 b13
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive

indices. (3 marks)

2. Make k the subject of the formula m – nk = (3 – 5k)p. (3 marks)

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 3 4x

3. Simplify x  6 5  8 x . (3 marks)

4. Factorize
a 2  7a  12
(a) ,

(b) ( x  4 x )  7( x  4 x)  12 .
2 2 2

(4 marks)

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5. In a library, the number of Chinese books is more than that of English books by
120. If 20% of the Chinese books are transferred to another library, the number
of the remaining Chinese books is less than the number of English books by 72.
Find the total number of Chinese books and English books in the library
originally. (4 marks)

6. Consider the compound inequality

5( x  7)  3 x  2 x40
or …………………..(*).
(a) Solve (*).
(b) Write down the least negative integer satisfying (*).
(4 marks)

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7. In a polar coordinate system, O is the pole. The polar coordinates of the points
A and B are (7, 173) and (r, 83) respectively. The number of folds of rotational
symmetry of OAB is 2.
(a) Find AOB.
(b) Find r.
(c) Find the length of AB.
(4 marks)

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8. It is given that f (x) is the sum of two parts, one part varies as
x2 and the other part varies as x4. Suppose that f (1) = 6 and f (2) = 12.
(a) Find f (x).
(b) Solve f (x) = 144.
(5 marks)

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9. There are ten balls numbered 4, 7, 8, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16,
a and b respectively, where a and b are positive integers, and a > b. It is given
that the mean of the ten numbers is 11 and the modes of the ten numbers are 8
and 12.
(a) Find a and b.
(b) A ball is randomly drawn from the ten balls. Find the probability that the
number drawn is divisible by 3.
(5 marks)

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SECTION A(2) (35 marks)

10. Let P be a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that
P is equidistant from the points A(8, 6) and B(16, 2). Denote the locus of
P by .
(a) Find the equation of . (2 marks)
(b)  intersects the x-axis and the y-axis at S and T respectively. Denote the
origin by O. Let C be the circle which passes through O, S and T. Someone
claims that the area of C exceeds 400. Is the claim correct? Explain your
answer. (3 marks)

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11. Let g(x) = (3x + p)(x – 3)2 + q, where p and q are constants. When g(x) is divided
by x – 3, the remainder is –7. It is given that g(x) is divisible by x – 4.
(a) Find p and q. (3 marks)
(b) How many real roots does the equation g(x) = 0 have? Explain your answer.
(4 marks)

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12. Figure 1 shows a frustum of a right circular cone. The radii of the two parallel
bases are 24 cm and 36 cm respectively. Its slant height is 20 cm.
24 cm

20 cm

36 cm

Figure 1
(a) Find the volume of the frustum. Express the answer in terms of
. (5 marks)
(b) Jenny makes a new frustum such that it is similar to the frustum shown in
Figure 1. It is given that the volume of the new frustum is 35
625 cm3. Find its slant height. (2 marks)

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13. In Figure 2, ACD, AFB, BEC and DEF are straight lines. It is given that
BA = BC, CD = CE and ABC = 36.
A

E C

Figure 2
(a) Prove that ABC  ADF. (3 marks)
(b) Suppose BF = FA.
(i) Is AE perpendicular to BC? Explain your answer.
(ii) If BE = 12 cm, find BC.
(5 marks)

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14. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the weights (in kg) of a group of
students:
Stem (tens) Leaf (units)
3 0 4 6 7
4 3 4 5 5 8 8
5 1 1 2 3 6 7 7 9
(a) Find the mean, the median and the range of the weights of the group of
students. (3 marks)
(b) As the two lightest students leave the group, three new students join the
group. After the three students join the group, Miss Li finds that the mean
weight of the group of students is the same as the mean found in (a).
(i) Find the mean weight of the three new students.
(ii) Furthermore, Miss Li finds that the median and the range of the
weights of the group of students are the same as the median and the
range found in (a) respectively. Write down two sets of possible
weights of the three new students.
(5 marks)

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SECTION B (35 marks)

15. In a room, there are 9 children including Sam and Dean. Mrs. Chan wants to
divide the 9 children into 3 groups and each group has 3 children. Find the
probability that Sam and Dean are in the same group. (3 marks)

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16. In an exam, the standard deviation of the distribution of the scores of a class of
students is 8 marks. The standard scores of Johnny and Wendy are
3.5 and 2.5 respectively. Wendy gets 79 marks. A student claims that the range
of the distribution is at least 50 marks. Is the claim correct? Explain your
answer.
(3 marks)

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17. The numbers of seats in successive rows in a theatre form an arithmetic
sequence. The first row and the 21st row have 58 seats and 138 seats
respectively. Find
(a) the common difference of the sequence, (2 marks)
(b) the greatest number of rows of seats such that there are not more than 5000
seats in the theatre. (3 marks)

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1
f ( x)   x 2  4 x  19
18. Let 6 .
(a) Using the method of completing the square, find the equation of the axis of
symmetry of the graph of y = f (x). (2 marks)
(b) The graph of y = h(x) is obtained by translating the graph of
y = f (x) horizontally. If the axis of symmetry of the graph of
y = h(x) lies on the y-axis, find h(x). (2 marks)
1 2
 x  2 x  19
(c) Under a transformation, f (x) is changed to 24 . Describe the
geometric meaning of the transformation. (2 marks)

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19. Figure 3 shows the top view of a sculpture PQRS in the form of tetrahedron. It is
given that PRQ = 82, QPS = 49, PR = 17 cm, RS = 8 cm, PS = 15 cm and
PQ = 24 cm.
R

Figure 3
(a) Find QPR and QS. (4 marks)
(b) An artist claims that the angle between PR and the face PQS is RPS. Do
you agree? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

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20. U and V are the incentre and the circumcentre of OAB respectively. It is given
that A, U and V are collinear.
(a) Prove that AOV  ABV. (3 marks)
(b) A rectangular coordinate system is introduced so that the coordinates of
O and B are (0, 0) and (36, 6) respectively while the
x-coordinate of A is 20. Let C be the circle which passes through
O, A and B.
(i) Using the result of (a), find the equation of C.
(ii) Let L1 and L2 be two tangents to C such that the slope of each tangent is
1
6 and the y-intercept of L1 is greater than that of L2. L1 cuts the x-axis
and the y-axis at P and Q respectively while L2 cuts the x-axis and the
y-axis at R and S. Someone claims that the area of the trapezium
PQRS is not greater than 4800. Is the claim correct? Explain your
answer.
(9 marks)

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