Practice paper 2

Practice
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1 A fishtank is designed in the shape

of a cuboid with a rectangular base.
The length of the base of the Height

tank is twice its width. The tank will have

a steel frame of total length 900 cm.
Justine designs the tank with width 20 cm. Width
Length
a i Write down the length of Justine’s tank. [1 marks]
ii Calculate the perimeter of the base of Justine’s tank. [2 marks]
iii Calculate the height of Justine’s tank. [2 marks]
iv Calculate the volume of Justine’s tank. [2 marks]
Kenta designs his tank so that its volume is maximized. To do
this he lets the width of his tank be x, where x is measured in cm.
b i Write down the length of Kenta’s tank in terms of x. [1 marks]
ii Write down and simplify an expression for the perimeter
of the base of Kenta’s tank in terms of x. [2 marks]
iii Show that the height, h, of Kenta’s tank can be
written as h = 225 − 3x. [2 marks]
iv Find an expression for V, the volume of Kenta’s tank, in terms of x. [2 marks]
dV
c Show that = 900 x − 18x 2 . [3 marks]
dx
d Find the value of x that maximizes the volume of Kenta’s tank [3 marks]
e Calculate the volume of Kenta’s tank. [2 marks]

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2 Chihiro collects data and performs a χ 2 test to determine

whether Asians’ tolerance of chilli differs from that of Europeans.
Her results are summarized in this table.
Tolerance Asian European
Low 30 80
Medium 50 40
High 40 20
a Write down the null hypothesis, H0, for the test. [1 marks]
b Write down the number of degrees of freedom. [1 marks]
c Show that the expected number of Asians with a low tolerance
of chilli is 51, correct to the nearest integer. [2 marks]
d Find
i the χ 2Calc value for the test;
ii the associated p-value. [3 marks]
The χ 2 values at the 5% and 1% levels are 5.991 and 7.378, respectively.
e Determine the result of Chihiro’s χ 2 test
i at the 5% level;
ii at the 1% level.
Give a reason in each case. [3 marks]

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3 The number of tee-shirts sold each week by a large department

store follows a normal distribution with mean 300 and standard
deviation 50.
a Show this information on the following diagram [2 marks]

b i Find the probability that the store sells fewer than 320
tee-shirts in a particular week.
ii Show this probability on your diagram. [3 marks]
c Find the probability that the store sells fewer than 320 tee-shirts
in each of two consecutive weeks. [2 marks]
d Find the expected number of weeks in the year in which the
store sells between 250 and 320 tee-shirts. [3 marks]
The store sells fewer than k tee-shirts per week with probability 0.9.
e i Draw a new diagram to show k and the probability 0.9.
ii Find the value of k. [3 marks]
f Find the inter-quartile range of the distribution. [3 marks]

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4 Consider the cuboid ABCDEFG in which AB =16 m, BC = 12 m,

and CH = 9 m.
Calculate E H
a i the length of AC;
F G
ii the angle of elevation of H from A. [5 marks]
9m
b Use the lengths of AC, GC and AG to show that
triangle ACG is not right angled. [4 marks]
D
c Calculate the size of angle AGC. C [3 marks]
d Calculate the size of angle GAC. 12 m [3 marks]
A 16 m B

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5 The profit, P(x), made by a firm that manufactures computer

disk drives can be modeled by the quadratic function
P(x) = −7 + 12.8x − x 2, 0 ≤ x ≤ 13, where x is the number
of disk drives made in thousands and P is measured in
thousands of dollars.
The table shows the values of P(x) for some values of x.
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
P(x) p 4.8 q 22.4 28.2 32 33.8 33.6 31.4 27.2 r 12.8 2.6 −9.6
a Write down the value of p, q and r. [3 marks]
b Draw the graph of the function y = P (x), for domain 0 ≤ x ≤ 13
using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1000 disk drives on the x-axis
and a scale of 1 cm to represent 5000 dollars on the y-axis. [4 marks]
c Find the profit made by the firm when it manufactures 4800 disk drives. [2 marks]
d Write down the least number of disk drives that must be manufactured
for the firm to cover its costs. [2 marks]
e Use your graphic display calculator to find the number of disk drives
that must be manufactured for the firm to maximize its profit. [2 marks]

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6 Consider the following statements:

p industrial waste is being dumped into the river
q the water is polluted
r the fish are dying
a Express the following statements in terms of p, q and/or r
i If industrial waste is dumped into the river then the water will be polluted;
ii The fish are not dying. [2 marks]
b Write the statement ¬q ⇒ ¬r in words. [2 marks]
c Express the following argument in terms of p, q and/or r :
If industrial waste is dumped into the river then the water will be polluted.
If the water is not polluted then the fish will not die. The fish are not dying.
Therefore industrial waste is not being dumped into the river. [3 marks]
d Construct a truth table to analyse this argument:

Begin your truth table as follows:

p q r
T T T
T T F
T F T
T F F
F T T
F T F
F F T
F F F [4 marks]
e Determine whether the argument is valid. Give a reason. [3 marks]

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