SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

( x 4 y 5 )3
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
( y 3 ) 2

1 2 3
2. Make a the subject of the formula   . (3 marks)
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 3. Factorize

(a) 6m2 + 7mn – 5n2,

(b) 6m2 + 7mn – 5n2 – 10m + 5n.
(3 marks)

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x3
4. (a) Solve the inequality x   6 .
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x3
(b) Find the number of integers satisfying both inequalities x   6 and 4  x  9.
2
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 5. Seven years ago, the ages of Peter and Irene were in the ratio 3 : 2. The ratio now becomes 4 : 3.
Find the present age of Irene. (4 marks)

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6. The marked price of a computer is $7 000 which is 40% above its cost.
(a) Find the cost of the computer.
(b) If the computer is sold at a discount of 12% on its marked price, find the percentage profit.
(4 marks)

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  x2  y  5
7. Solve the simultaneous equations  algebraically. (4 marks)
2 x  y  6

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 8. (a) Solve u2 – 26u + 25 = 0.

(b) Solve 25x – 26(5x) + 25 = 0 . (5 marks)

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 9. A box containing some red balls and black balls. The number of black balls is one more than the
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number of red balls. If a black ball is added to the box, the probability of drawing a black ball is .
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Find the probability of drawing a red ball if 1 black ball and 1 red ball are added to the box.
(5 marks)

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 SECTION A(2) (35 marks)
10. The cost ($C) of making a spherical souvenir varies directly as the square of its diameter (d cm). It
is given that the cost of making a spherical souvenir of diameter 15 cm is $100.
(a) Express C in terms of d.
(b) If the cost of making a spherical souvenir is $81, find the diameter of the spherical souvenir.
(c) Should David sell a spherical souvenir of radius 12 cm at $250 if he wants to make a profit?
Explain your answer. (8 marks)

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 11. Let p(x) be a polynomial and r be a non-zero constant. When p(x) is divided by x + r, the quotient is
x 2  rx  2r 2 and the remainder is 4r3 .
(a) Prove that p(x) is divisible by x – r. (4 marks)
(b) Ray claims that all the roots of the equation p(x) = 0 are real. Do you agree? Explain your
answer. (4 marks)

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 12. The quadratic graph of y = (k – 2)x2 + (3 – 2k)x + 2 has two different x-intercepts.
(a) Can the value of k be equal to 2? Explain your answer.
(b) Find the range of values of k.
(c) If the quadratic graph opens upward, find the range of values of k. (9 marks)

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13. (a) Solve   2 . (Leave the radical sign ‘ ’ in the answers.) (5 marks)
x x2
(b) Solve 2 sin2 – 3 sin  – 2 = 0, where 0   < 360. (5 marks)

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 SECTION B (35 marks)

14. Figure 1 shows the linear relation between x and log16 y . The intercepts on both axes of the graph

are 4 and 1 respectively. Express the relation between x and y in the form y  k ax b , where a, b

and k are integers. (4 marks)

log16 y

1
x
4 0

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Figure 1

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 15. There are 20 boys and 10 girls in a class. 8 students are randomly selected to form a class
committee.
(a) Find the probability that there are at least 4 girls in the committee. (2 marks)
(b) The students in class committee are randomly arranged in a row. Find the probability that there
are at least 4 girls in the committee and all girls are separated from each other in the row.
(2 marks)

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 16. Consider the function f(x) = x2 + 12x + 17.
(a) By the method of completing the square, rewrite f(x) into the form of a(x  h)2 + k, where a, h
and k are constants.
(b) Find the axis of symmetry and the coordinates of the vertex of the graph of the function.
(c) If the graph of y = f(x) is translated to the right by 4 units to become the graph of y = g(x), find
g(x). (8 marks)

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 17. In the figure, RS is the altitude of the triangle PQR, and it cuts the y-axis at T.

(a) Find the slope of PQ.

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(b) (i) Find the slope of RS.

(ii) Find the equation of RS.
(c) (i) Find the coordinates of T.
(ii) Suppose PA is the altitude on RQ. Find the equation of PA. Does T lie on PA?
(13 marks)

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 18. If α and β are the roots of the equation 4x2 + x – 8 = 0, find the values of the following expressions.
(a) 3α + 3β
(b) (α – 1)(β – 1) (6 marks)

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