The Hong Kong Management Association K S Lo College

Final Examination 2019-2020

Mathematics
S. 3
Marking Scheme

Section A: Short Questions (40 marks)

65  60  85  70
1. (a) Mean   70 (1A)
4

65  4  60  4  85  1  70  1
(b) Weighted mean  (1M)
4  4 11
 6 5.5 (1A)

2. (a) Let the angle of inclination be θ.

1
tan   (1A)
2
  26.565
  26.6 (Corr. to 1 d.p.)
∴ The angle of inclination of the hill is 26.6 . (1A)

(b) Let h m be the vertical rise.

h
sin 26.565  (1M)
500
h  500sin 26.565
h  223.6 (Corr. to 1 d.p.)
∴ The vertical rise is 223.6 m. (1A)

5 x 2  10 x  75  5(x  2x 15)
2
3. (a) (1A)
 5( x  5)( x  3) (1A)

(b) 8y3  729  (2y)3 93

 (2y 9)[(2y)2  (2y)(9) 92 ] (1M)
 (2y 9)(4y2 18y 81) (1A)

1
 2 2
 4% 
4. (a) The interest  7000  1    7000 (1M) + (1M)
 2 
 $577 (correct to the nearest dollar) (1A)

(b) x (5% )(3)  577 (1M)

x  3847 (correct to the nearest integer) (1A)

(a) 1  tan 2   1  sin 2 

2
5. (1A)
cos 

cos 2   sin 2  (1A)


cos 2 
1
 (1A)
cos 2 

(b) (1 tan2 )sin(90) 

1
 cos  (1M) + (1A)
cos 2 
1
 (1A)
cos 

 3  7 8  (2) 
6. (a) the coordinates of M   , 
 2 2 
= (5, 3) (1A)

mAB 2  8
(b)  (1A)
73
5
 (1A)
2

(c) As AB  CM , mAB  mCM  1

5
  mCM   1 (1M)
2
2
mCM 
5

k 3 2
∴  (1M)
1 5 5
7
k (1A)
5

2
 4 (8)2
7. (a) The total surface area   2 (8)(14  8)   (82 ) (1M) + (1A)
2
 288 cm2 (or 905 cm2) (1A)

(b) The volume  1  4  (8) 3  8 2  (14  8) (1M) + (1A)

2 3
2176
  cm3 (or 2280 cm3) (1A)
3

8. E

64

A C

AD = AE (Given)
ADE  AED (Base  s , isos.  ) (1A)
2AED  64  180 (  sum of  ) (1A)
AED  58 (1A)

ACB  BAC  DAC (Property of rhombus) (1A)

(64    BAC   DAC )   AED  180  (int.  s , CE // AB) (1A)
64  2ACB  58  180
ACB  29 (1A)

End of Section A

3
Section B: Long Questions (30 marks)
h
9. (a) tan 40   (1A)
AD
h
AD  m (or AD  h tan 50 m) (1A)
tan 40 

h
(b) Similarly, BD  m (or BD  h tan 20 m) (1A)
tan 70
Now, AD  DB  100
h h
  100 (or h tan 50  h tan 20  100 ) (1M)
tan 40  tan 70 

 1 1 
h    100 (or h (tan 50   tan 20 )  100 )
 tan 40 tan70 

h = 64.3 (corr. to 3 sig. fig.) (1A)

10. (a)
Tax rates Tax
First $40 000 3% $1200
Next $40 000 8% $3200
Next $40 000 13% $5200
Remainder $24000 18% $4320
Tax payable = $13920
(1A @, total 4A)

(b) The tax charged at standard rate  252000 15% (1A)

= $37 800 (1A)

11. (a) Let AP : PB = x : y.

The x-coordinate of P is 0.

4x  (3) y
0 (1A)
x y
4x  3y  0
4x  3y (1A)
x 3

y 4
∴ AP : PB = 3 : 4 (1A)

4
 (b) Take AP and PB as the base of the two triangles, then the heights of two triangles will
be the same. (The following figure shows a possible case as an example.)

∴ The ratio of area of AHP to area of PHB = AP : PB (1M)

=3:4 (1A)

12. (a) FH  400 cos(90  70)  500 cos(90  25) (1A)

 587.186
= 587 m (corr. to the nearest integer) (1A)

(b) As shown in the figure, C is a point on AH such that BC  AH .

AC  AH  BF
 500 sin(90  25)  400sin(90  70) (1A)
 316.346 m

BC = FH  587.186

587.186
tan BAC  (1M)
316.346
BAC  62 (corr. to the nearest integer) (1A)

∴ The bearing from A to B is 242 . (1A)

(Or the bearing from A to B is S 62 W.)

5
13. (a) FD // EB and AD = DB (Given) A
∴ AF = FE (Intercept Theorem)

2A Complete proof with reasons F D

1A Complete proof without reasons G

(b) FDG  ECG (alt.  s, FD // CB)

C E B
DFG  CEG (alt.  s, FD // CB)
FGD  EGC (vert. opp.  s)
∴ GFD  GEC (A.A.A.)

3A Complete proof with reasons

2A Complete proof without reasons
1A Any correct statement with reason

(c) By (a), AF = FE
and AD = DB (Given)
∴ EB = 2FD (Mid-point Theorem)

CE = EB (Given)
∴ CE = 2FD

By (b), GFD  GEC

2
Area of CGE  CE 
∴  
Area of GFD  FD 

2
Area of CGE  2FD 
 
Area of GFD  FD 

Area of CGE
4
Area of GFD
∴ Area of CGE = 4 × (Area of GFD)

3A Complete proof with reasons

2A Complete proof without reasons
1A Any correct statement with reason

End of Section B

6
Section C: Multiple Choice Questions (30 marks)

1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. D
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. A
15. C

End of Paper