SOAL-SOAL LATIHAN TRY OUT AO-LEVEL

1. The temperature of a liquid t minutes after it was heated is given by T =80 ×(0.913)t °C. Find:
a. The initial temperature of the liquid
b. The temperature after
i. t=12 minutes
ii. t=24 minutes
iii. t=36 minutes
c. Find the time taken for the temperature to reach 25°C.
−t
2. The weight of radioactive substance after t years is W =2500 ×3 3000 grams.
t

a. Find the initial weight.

b. Find the time taken for the weight to reduce to 30% of its original value.
c. Find the percentage weight loss after 1500 years.
3. Solve for x:
a. log x=3
b. log 3 ( x+ 2 )=1732
x
c. log 2 ( )=−0.671
10
d. 3 ln x+ 2=0
4. For the function g : x → log 3 ( x +2)−2:
a. Find the domain and range.
b. Find any asymptotes and axes intercepts for the graph of the function.
c. Sketch the graph of y=g (x).
d. Find g−1 . Explain how to verify your answer for g−1 .
e. Sketch the graphs of g, g−1 and y=x on the same axes.
5. For y=−2 ( x +2 ) (x−1):
a. State the equation of the axis of symmetry
b. Find the coordinates of the vertex
c. Find the y-intercept
d. Sketch the graph of the function
6. Solve for x in each of the following inequalities using either analytical or graphical method.
x +1
a. 2
≥0
x +2 x−3
x 2 +2 x+2
b. <0
( x−2 )( x−1 )
x2 −3 x + 4
c. ≤1
x +2

d. |3xx−2
+4
|< 1
7. Find dy/dx for:
a. y=3 x 2−x 4
x 3−x
b. y=
x2
4
1
c. y= x− ( )x
d. y= √ x 2−3 x
8. Find d2y/dx2 for:
a. y=x −x3
2 5
b. y=x −
x2
4−x
c. y=
x
d. y=( x 2−3 x)3
9. Find:

a. ∫ (2 e−x− 1x +3 ) dx
2
b. ∫ √ x− √1x
( ) dx
2
2
c. ∫ x ( x 2−1 ) dx
1

2
d. ∫ ( 3 x 2 + x ) (6 x+1)dx
10. Find the area enclosed by the function y=f (x ) and the x-axis for:
 a. f ( x )=x 3−9 x
b. f ( x )=−x ( x−2 ) ( x−4 )
c. f ( x )=x 4 −5 x 2+ 4
11. A class contains 25 students. 13 play tennis, 14 play volleyball and 1 plays neither of these
two sports. A students is randomly selected from the class. Determine the probability that the
students:
a. Plays both tennis and volleyball
b. Plays at least one of these two sports
c. Plays volleyball given that he/she does not play tennis.
12. In a particular population, 15% of the people are left-handed and the rest are right-handed. If
twelve people are selected at random from the population, determine the probability that
a. Exactly 2 people are left-handed
b. At most 3 people are left-handed
c. More than 4 people are left-handed
d. At least 7 people are not left-handed.
13. A box contains a large number of pears and it is known that 12% of the pears are bad. A
random sample of 20 pears is taken. Given that X is the number of bad pears in the sample,
determine E(X) and standard deviation of X.
14. If X ~ N(32, 5), find the value(s) of a such that:
a. P ( X <a )=0.12
b. P ( X ≤ a )=0.799
c. P ( X >a )=0.55
d. P ( a ≤ X <31 )=0.245
15. Given that X ~ N(μ, σ2), P(X > 15) = 0.0478 and P(X < 12) = 0.747. Find μ and σ.
16. A class committee of 5 is to be selected from a class of 15 boys and 10 girls. Describe how
you would choose the committee using
a. Random sampling
b. Stratified sampling
c. Quota sampling
d. Systematic sampling
17. It is predicted that the IQ score, x, of a person in Mensa is normally distributed with mean 160
but the variance is unknown. A sample of 100 people is taken and their IQ scores are
recorded. It is found that Σx = 18000 and Σx 2 = 4000000. Find the unbiased estimates of the
population mean and variance. Is there evidence at the 4% level of significance that the mean
score is greater than 160?
18. The manufacturer of substance W claims that the average iron content in substance W is not
more than 4. Eight samples of substance W are selected and the iron content in each sample is
tested and recorded as follows:
4.07, 3.9, 4.1, 3.92, 4.03, 4.18, 3.86, 3.99.
a. Determine if the manufacturer’s claims is correct at 10% level of significance.
b. Explain why the corresponding test based on normal distribution cannot be used.
19. The following data sets show the intensity, I, of the radiation of a substance after time t.
t 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2
I 3.22 1.63 0.89 0.41 0.36 0.17
a. Use a suitable diagram to explain why the product moment coefficient between I and t is
negative and not very close to -1.
b. By using the formula for r, calculate the product moment coefficient between t and I.
20. Observations have been made on the average number of study hours a week (x) and the test
marks (y) of 10 students.
Student A B C D E F G H I J
Study 24 17 20 41 52 23 46 17 15 29
hours, x
Test 6 30 40 76 96 46 90 35 26 57
marks, y
a. Calculate the product moment correlation coefficient between y and x.
b. Determine the least squares regression line of y on x.
c. Three marks were later found to be wrongly recorded. Student A should be awarded 35
marks, Student I, 6 marks and Student E, 99 marks. Using appropriate diagrams, comment
on how these three changes would affect
i. The regression line of y on x
ii. The product moment correlation coefficient.