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ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL, General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level MATHEMATICS 4028/2 PAPER 2 Tuesday 4DECEMBER 2001 Moming 2hours 30 minutes ‘Additional materials: ‘Answer paper Geometrical instruments Graph paper (3 sheets) 01. 3( Mathematical tables Plain paper (I sheet) TIME 2 hours 30 minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer paper/answer booklet. Answer all questions in Section A and any three questions from Section B, ‘Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided. Ifyou use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together. All working must be clearly shown. It should be done on the same sheet as the rest of the answer. Omission of esseritial working will result in loss of marks. If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question and if the answer is not exact, the answer should be given to three significant figures. Auswers in degrees should be given to one decimal place. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question, Silent electronic calculators may be used to evaluate explicit numerical expressions except in, questions where their use is expressly prohibited, ‘This question paper consists of 12 printed pages. Copyright: Zimbabwe School Examinations Council, N2001. ezimsecr2001 (Turn over —$ $$$ 2 Section A [64 marks} Answer all the questions in this section, 1 (@)_Linda spent 3 of her pocket money and had $20 left. Find the amount of money she ad at frst. : BI ) ‘The diagram above represents a rectangular garden 9 m long and 7 m wide with a path 50 cm wide. Calculate the area of the path giving the answer in square metres. [4] (©) Express 54 minutes as a percentage of 2 hours, QI (a) A shop sells a packet of biscuits for $23,46 making a profit of 15% on the cost price, Calculate the cost price. B] 2 (a) Writedown @ the factors of x74, i) the factors of x7+4x+4, iii) the L.C.M. of x? —4 and x7+4x+4. Bl () Solve the equation 2 + 18-0. R a © spress Lote asa singe faction, PR) (@)__ A formula that can be used for changing degrees Fahrenheit (F) to degrees centigrade (C) is SF -160 c- =. @ — Calculate the value of C when F = 95. _ (ii) Make F the subject of this formula. (41 40287292001 [Turn over or) d 44 ad) R In the diagram, PS = 4,8 cm, SQ= 12 cm, SOR = 36,7° and QRS = 90°, Calculate (a) the length of QR, 2 (b) the length of PR, BI (© the size of the angle marked, pI (@) the area of the triangle PSQ. 2 — 4 A municipal swimming pool is 12 m long, 5 m wide and 1,5 m deep. (@) Calculate the total internal surface area of the pool. R (®) The municipality employs Harry to paint the pool. One litte of paint covers 3m?. The paint is sold in 5 litre tins at $850 per tin. Calculate @ the number of tins required, Gi) the cost of the paint. [5] (©) Harry is paid $432 for painting the pool. Calculate his rate of ay per hour, if he takes 3 days, working 8 hours a day. py @ The on en lwo pth o.25 Calculate the volume, in litres, of water in the pool. < G3) 5 5 (a) _ Pis the point (6; 3) and Q is the point (2; 6). Calculate _@ @ Pd, w (Pd. by m 301 a -Z (b) Given that A= ( 4) and B ( “. calculate @ A+B, p qi) AB, Q) the inverse of B, 2) (iv) the value of K, given that 2_(10 0 _y{i o A -(" wyatt x() ‘) Q) Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of plain paper. a Use ruler and compass only for all constructions and show clearly all the construction lines and arcs. ‘William is walking straight across a field towards a vertical flagpole. He observes that ‘when he is at point A, the angle of elevation of T, the top of the flagpole, is 30° and when he is at point B, onthe same side of the flagpole as A, the angle of elevation of T is 45°. ‘The distance between A and B is 20 metres. (a) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 4m, construct a single diagram to show the relative positions of A, B and T. (5) (®) Using a suitable construction on the same diagram, find the height of the flagpole. 4) ® 6 Section B [36 marks] Answer three questions in this section. Given the two equations 3x+2y=9 and 2x +3y=16, find () the value of x + y by adding the two equations, (ii) the value of x ~ y by subtracting the two equations, Hence, or otherwise, solve the equations forx and y. “ D. 3x2 c 3 x 8 In the diagram, ABCD is a trapezium in which AB is parallel to DC and ABC = 90°. () Given that AB = (x +4) em, DC =(3x ~2) em and BC =(x ~3)em, find in terms of x, an expression for the area of the trapezium. (ii) Given that the area of the trapezium is 16 cm”, form an equation in x ‘and show that it reduces to 2x? -5x-19=0. (iii) Solve this equation and hence find the length of BC correct to 1 decimal place. [3] 402872 N2001 @) (b) 7 Ina group of five boys, three play soccer and two play hockey. () One boy is chosen at random, write down the probability that he is a soccer player. (ii) Two boys are chosen at random, calculate the probability that one plays soccer and the other plays hockey. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper. ‘Two variables P and Q are connected by a law of the form P = kQ, where kis a constant. ‘The table below shows corresponding values of P and Q. Q 0 5 10 @ Using a scale of 2 em to represent 1 unit on both axes, with P along the horizontal axis and Q along the vertical axis, draw a graph to show the relationship between P and Q. p) (ii) Use the graph to find the value of @ & 1 ) Qwhen P= 4, P (ii) Calculate the value of P when Q=30. PI pe - sana N20 [Turn over Inthe diagram, AB is a diameter of the circle, centre 0. TA is the tangent at A and TAC =2x°. Find, in terms of x, @ cBo, Gi) COA, qi) ACO, (iv) COB. (4) ) In the diagram, A is 5,5 km due north of B, AC=3,0 km and RAC = 118% Caleulate ® the bearing of C from A, (ii) the distance that A is east of C, (iii) the distance BC. [8] 10 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper. The following is an incomplete table of values for the function y =12 + Sx-2x*. x |-2f-uf-1fo} 1] 2)3] 4] 5 y |-6}] 0 |p|i2z|is} aq] 9] 0 |-13 (a) Caleulate the value of p and the value of q. 2 (b) Using a scale of 2 em to represent 1 unit on the x—axis, draw the graph ofy =12+ Sx-2x? for-2

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