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    oO Oo 4028/2 zimpaswe Oo NOV MATHEMATICS PAPER 2 Thursday 18 NOVEMBER 1993 2h 30min Additional materials ‘Answer paper Graph paper (2 sheets) Plain paper (1 shoot) Mathematical tables UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE, in collaboration with THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, ZIMBABWE Instructions to candidates: ‘Answer all the questions in Section A and any three questions from Section B. All working must be clearly shown. It should be done on the same sheet as the rest of the answer. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. lf the degree’ of accuracy is not specified in the question and exact, three figure accuracy is required. Methomatical tables or electronic calculstors may be used to evaluate exp! expressions. Mathematical tables, graph paper and plain paper are provided. The number of marks available is shown in brackets | | at the end of each question or part question. ak page. eu OUCLES 1993 [Turn over 2 Scetion A [64 marks] Answver all the questions in this section. (a) Solve the equation 2Gy — 5) = 4y +7, 2) (b) Find, in its simplest form, the numerical value of the expression 10 = ab ifa=3, b=2 and c 2) (©) Factorise the following expressions completely @ 3d? + 12d, (i) 7 = Sv = 20. (3) (a) Seven of the interior angles of an octagon are each (x + 10)° and the eighth angle is 170°. Find the value of x. B (b) Q In the diagram, PQ=Scm, PS=7em and QPS = 30° Calculate () the area of triangle POS, ii) the length of the perpendicular from 5 to PQ produced (4) |! 3645 oO ©). ) 3645 a R 5 807 o In this part of the question take 7 to be 3,142, . In the diagram, AOB is a sector of a circle with centre O, and radius 75cm. AOB = 80°. Calculate the length of the arc AB. BI Given the matrices aad ( =) Be find () the inverse of matrix A, i Ba, (ii) Ac. 1} Ina container there are 7 red buttons and 3 blue buttons. The buttons are all identical except for colour. Two buttons are drawn at random, one at a time. The colour of each is noted and the button is put aside. Calculate the probability that (@ the first button drawn is blue and the second is red, (i) the two buttons drawn are of the same colour. {6 'Turp over 4 (a) Simplify the following expressions: (@ 2a — 30 + ¢ = 28a ~ 4b + 20), qo 2se—S (b) If 6p — 12g = p + 4, find the value off ()_n varies partly as d and partly as f. oy 2 Given that n = 19 when d = 3and f = 2and also that m = 5 when d= Sand f = —2 find m when d=6andf=4. 5) 5 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of plain paper. Use ruler and compasses only for all constructions and show clearly all the construction lines and arcs. (a) Construct quadrilateral WXYZ in which WX = locm, ZWX =90°, WHY = 60, WZ=Tem and XY = 5,Som. (b) Measure and write down the size of WZY. (©) (@ Construct the bisector of ZPX. iy Write down the condition satisfied by all the points on this bisector. (@ — () Construct a circle of radius 3m with W as tre. (Gi) Mark two points P and Q which lie on the bisector of ZY and are 3em from Ww. (iii) Measure and write down the length of PQ 3645, 8) ( 1) In the diagram, CA is parallel to DE. AEB = 40°, ACE = 35° and BDC = 20° Find @ BEC, (i) CED, (iti) DEF, (iv) BED. (6) () In this part of the question take = to be 22. : A spherical clay ball has radius 3$cm. | Calculate ( the surface area of the ball, Ql Gi) the volume of the ball 2 (Surface area of a sphere of radius r = 4nr?. Volume of a sphere of radius r = tar’) (©) The ball in (b) is moulded into a cube. Calculate the length of the side of the cube. GB) 3645 [Tren over Section B [36 marks] Answer three questions in this section Each question in this section carries 12 marks. 10-x xt3 ‘The diagram shows two rectangles P and Q. The dimensions given are in centimetres. (a) Write down an expression in x for the area of (@ rectangle P, i) rectangle Q. 2) (b) Given that the area of rectangle P is equal to the area of rectangle Q, form an equation in x and show that it reduces to 3x? — Sx — 0. BI (©) Solve the equation in (b) and write down the dimensions of rectangle Q correct to | decimal place. 1 ABA 8 Do not re-draw the graphs in this question, ‘The diagram shows the graph of the curve y = x? — 3x — 7 and the straight line /. Use these graphs to answer the following questions. (@) Find the value of y on the curve when x = 3,8, uy () Write down the solutions of the equation x? — 3x — , Ry (i) the range of values of x for which x? — 3x —7 <1, BI (© Find the equation of the line / in the form y = mx + ¢ Br (@)_ Write down the equation, in the form ax? + bx + ¢ = 0, whose roots are the co-ordinates of the Points of intersection of the line / and the curve y = x? — 3x — 7. B) 3645 9 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper. The table below gives the age distribution of 50 mature students studying a computer course, T Age (in years) | 30

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