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A-LEVEL H2 MATHS 2017 – PAPER 2

Question 1
[ Ans: (i) 2 15 (ii) xy = 6 ]
3
(i) x = (1); y = 2t (2); y = 2 x (3)
t
Sub. (1) & (2) into (3),
3
2t = 2  
t
t = 3t =  3
2

When t = − 3 ,
3
x= = − 3 , y = −2 3
− 3

When t = 3 ,
3
x= = 3, y=2 3
3
Coordinates of A and B can be − 3, −2 3 and ( ) ( )
3, 2 3 .

Length of AB

(− ) + ( −2 )
2 2
= 3− 3 3−2 3

= 60 = 2 15

dx 3 dy
(ii) =− 2 , =2
dt t dt
dy 2 2
= = − t2
dx − 3 2 3
t
At P ,
3 dy 2
t = p , x = , y = 2p , = − p2
p dx 3
Equation of tangent at P ,
2  3
y − 2 p = − p2  x − 
3  p
At D ,
2  3
0 − 2 p = − p2  x − 
3  p
3 3 6
x− =  x =
p p p
6 
D ,0
p 

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At E ,
2 2 3
y −2p = − p 0− 
3  p
y −2p = 2p  y = 4p
E ( 0, 4 p )

6 
 p +0 0+ 4p  3 
F  ,   F  ,2p
 2 2  p 
 
 

At F ,
3
x= , y = 2p
p
3
 xy =   ( 2 p )
 p
xy = 6

 the Cartesian equation of the curve traced by F as p varies is xy = 6 .

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Question 2
3
[ Ans: (i) (ii) show; show; r = −1.45 or 1.21 (iii) 42 ]
2
(i) Let d be the common difference.
S13 = 156
13
 2 ( 3) + (13 − 1) d  = 156
2
3
12d = 18  d =
2

(ii) S13 = 156

(
3 r13 − 1 ) = 156
r −1
r − 1 = 52r − 52
13

r13 − 52r + 51 = 0 (shown)

If r = 1 ,
S13 = 3 + 3 + + 3 = 3 (13) = 39  156
 r cannot be 1 . (shown)

From GC,

r = −1.45 ( 3 s.f.) or r = 1 (NA) or r = 1.21 ( 3 s.f.)

  3 
( )
(iii) 3 1.2100n −1  100 3 + ( n − 1)   
 2 

From GC,

 smallest possible value of n is 42 .

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Question 3
1  1 
[ Ans: (a)(i)  a, 0  , ( 0,b ) (ii) ( a + 1, 0 ) (iii)  ( a + 1) , 0  (iv) ( b, 0 ) , ( 0, a ) (b)(i) a = 1 ;
2  2 
1
explain (ii) g 2 ( x ) = x ; g −1 ( x ) = 1 − (iii) b = 0 or 2 ]
1− x
1 
(a) (i)  a, 0  , ( 0,b )
2 
(ii) ( a + 1, 0 )
1
(iii)  ( a + 1) , 0 
2 
(iv) ( b, 0 ) , ( 0, a )

(b) (i) a = 1 . This value has to be excluded from the domain of g as it will result in
expression of g to be undefined.

(ii) g 2 ( x )
1
= 1−
 1 
1 − 1 − 
 1− x 
1
= 1− = 1 − (1 − x ) = x
1
1− x

Dg 2 = Dg = ( −,1)  (1,  )

g2 : x x , where x  , x 1

Let y = g ( x )
1
y = 1− , x  ( −,1)  (1,  )
1− x
1
= 1− y
1− x
1
1− x =
1− y
1
x = 1−
1− y

1
 g −1 ( x ) = 1 −
1− x

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Graph of y = g ( x ) :

y =1

x =1
Rg = ( −,1)  (1,  ) = Dg −1

1
 g −1 : x 1− , where x  , x 1
1− x

(iii) g 2 ( b ) = g −1 ( b )
1
b = 1− , b  ( −,1)  (1,  )
1− b
1
b −1 =
b −1
( b − 1) = 1
2

b − 1 = −1 or b −1 = 1
b=0 b=2

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Question 4
243  1 1 2
[ Ans: (a) units2 (b)(i) (ii) + a − a +1 ]
16 2a ( a − 1) 2 2
(a) From GC,

 11 9 
Coordinates of intersections: (1, 0 ) and  , .
 2 4
Area of plate
 x −1 
11
=  2

 2 
1
2
(
 − x − 6 x + 5 dx =
243
16
)
(b) (i)

Volume
1
=   x 2 dy
0
2
 1 y 
=   dy
0  a − y2 
 
1 y
= dy
( )
2
−
0 2
a y

( ) ( )
1 1 1 −2 −2
=   y a − y2 dy = −   −2 y a − y 2 dy
0 2 0

1 (a − y ) 
1
 2
−1
 1
1  1 
=−  = 
2  −1  2  a − y 2  0
 0
1  1 1  1  a − a + 1
=  − =   
2  a − 1 a  2  a ( a − 1) 

=
2a ( a − 1)

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   
(ii) = 4 
2b ( b − 1)  2a ( a − 1) 
1 4
=
b ( b − 1) a ( a − 1)
4b ( b − 1) = a ( a − 1)
4b 2 − 4b − a ( a − 1) = 0

− ( −4 )  ( −4 ) − 4 ( 4 )  −a ( a − 1) 
2

b=
2 ( 4)
4  4 1 −  − a ( a − 1) 
b=
2 ( 4)
1  a2 − a + 1 1 1 2
b= =  a − a +1
2 2 2

Since volume of the second container is more than the volume of the first
container, b  a  1 .
1 1 2
b = + a − a +1
2 2

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Queston 5
5 5 5 1 20 75
[ Ans: (i) , , , (ii) , (iii) 0.238 ]
12 14 28 21 7 98
 6  5  5
(i) P (T = 2 ) =     =
 9   8  12
 6  3  5 5
P (T = 3) =     ( 2!)   =
 9  8   7  14
 6   3   2   3!   5  5
P (T = 4 ) =           =
 9   8   7   2!   6  28
 6   3   2   1   4!   5  1
P (T = 5 ) =             =
 9   8   7   6   3!   5  21

(ii) E (T )
 5  5  5   1  20
=  tP (T = t ) = ( 2 )   + ( 3)   + ( 4 )   + ( 5 )   =
 12   14   28   21  7

( )
E T2
 5  5  5   1  125
( ) ( ) ( )
=  t 2 P (T = t ) = 22   + 32   + 42   + 52   =
 12   14   28   21  14
( )
Var ( X )
2
125  20 
( )
= E T 2 −  E ( X )  =
75
2
−  =
14  7  98

5 1 19
(iii) P (T  4 ) = P (T = 4 ) + P (T = 5 ) = + =
28 21 84

Let X be the number of times Lee take at least 4 counters from the bag out of the 15
times he tried.
 19 
X ~ B 15, 
 84 
P ( X  5 ) = 1 − P ( X  4 ) = 0.238 ( 3 s.f.)

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Question 6
1001
[ Ans: (i) 955514880 (ii) 1567641600 (iii) ]
3876
(i) RRRR BBBB GGGG YYYY OOOO
No. of ways
= 5!( 4!) = 955514880
5

(ii) RRRRFGFYFOFBFBBBGGGYYYOOO
No. of ways
10!( 3!3!3!2!) = 1567641600

(iii) No. of ways

(15 − 1)!( 15C5 5!) 1001
= =
( 20 − 1)! 3876

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Question 7
12723
[ Ans: (i) state (ii) ; 0.245 (iii) p − value = 0.013971 ; insufficient evidence to reject H 0
400
(iv) explain ]
(i) For a sample to be random, the probability of any biscuit bar being selected should be
the same.

(ii) Unbiased estimate of the population mean

=x

=
 ( x − 32 ) + 32
n
−7.7 12723
= + 32 =
40 400

Unbiased estimate of the population variance

= s2
 (  ( x − 32 ) ) 
2
1 
 ( x − 32 ) −
2
=
n −1  n 
 
1  ( −7.7 )  = 0.24533  0.245 (to 3 s.f.)
2

= 11.05 − 
40 − 1  40 
 

(iii) Let X be mass of the biscuit bar,  be the population mean, and  be the
population standard deviation at 1 % level of significance.

H 0 :  = 32
H 1 :   32

n = 40
12723
x=
400
  s 2 = 0.24533
2

Since n = 40 (large), test statistics:

 0.24533 
X ~ N  32,  by CLT
 40 

From GC,

p − value = 0.013971

Since p − value  0.01 , there is insufficient evidence that the mean mass of the biscuit
bars is not 32 grams.
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(iv) It is not necessary because the sample size is large, so by Central Limit Theorem, the
mean mass of the biscuit bars can already be approximated as a normal distribution.

Question 8
[ Ans: (a) draw (b)(i) draw; Model D (ii) y = 4.18 x + 74.0 ; 0.981 (iii) reasons ]
(a)
(i) (ii) (iii)
×
× × ×
× × ×
× ×
× × ×
× ×
× ×
×× × × ×
× ×
×

(b) (i) From GC,

Model D provides the most accurate model of the relationship between x and y .

(ii) From GC,

y = 4.18 x + 74.0
Product moment correlation coefficient, r = 0.981

(iii) The product moment correlation coefficient between x and y is 0.981 , which is
close to 1 . This implies that there is a strong positive linear relationship between
x and y for model D . Therefore it will be reasonable to estimate the value of
y for the given value of x .

Furthermore, x = 189 is within the given data range of 0  x  200 . So using the
equation to estimate the value of y , and this being an interpolation, would be
reasonable.
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Question 9
69 588
[ Ans: (i) state (ii) 0.632 (iii) 0.000104 (iv) 0.458 (v) explain (vi) (vii)
164 625
(viii) discuss ]
(i) First, it is to be assumed that the probability of each light being faulty is the same.
Second, for any light to be faulty, it is to be independent of any other lights being
faulty.

(ii) Let X be the number of faulty lights in a box of 12 lights.

X ~ B (12, 0.08 )
P ( X  1) = 1 − P ( X = 0 ) = 0.632 (to 3 s.f.)

(iii) Let Y be the number of boxes with at least one faulty light in a carton.
Y ~ B ( 20, 0.63233)
P (Y = 20 ) = 0.000104 (to 3 s.f.)

(iv) Let W be the number of faulty lights in a carton.

W ~ B (12  20, 0.08 )  W ~ B ( 240, 0.08 )
P (W  20 ) = 1 − P ( X  19 ) = 0.458 (to 3 s.f.)

(v) For both part (iii) and (iv), there are discussing about probabilities when more than
20 faulty lights are found in a carton. However in addition to this, part (iii) also
requires every box in the carton to have at least one faulty light. Therefore the
probability in part (iv) is greater than the probability in part (iii).

(vi) P (Light not faulty | Quick test identify faulty )

P (Light not faulty  Quick test identify faulty )
=
P ( Quick test identify faulty )

=
(1 − 0.08)( 0.06 )
(1 − 0.08)( 0.06 ) + ( 0.08)( 0.95)
69
=
164

(vii) Required probability

= ( 0.08 )( 0.95 ) + (1 − 0.08 )(1 − 0.06 )
588
=
625

(viii) From part (vi), the chances when a light is not faulty but being identified as faulty by
69
the quick test is seen to be (approximately 42.1 %), which is too high an error for
164
this test to be worthwhile.

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Question 10
[ Ans: (i) 0.345 (ii) 0.612 (iii) 12.3 , 0.475 (iv) 55.7 ]
(i) Let X be the mass of a sphere.
(
X ~ N 20, 0.52 )
P ( X  20.2 ) = 0.345 ( 3 s.f.)

(ii) Let Y be the mass of a coated sphere.

Y = 1.1X
E (Y ) = E (1.1X ) = 1.1E ( X ) = 1.1( 20 ) = 22
( )
Var (Y ) = Var (1.1X ) = 1.12Var ( X ) = 1.12 0.52 = 0.3025
Y ~ N ( 22, 0.3025 )
P ( 21.5  Y  22.45) = 0.612 ( 3 s.f.)

(iii) Let W be the mass of a metal bar.

(
W ~ N  , 2 )
P (W  12.2 ) = 0.60 and P (W  12 ) = 0.25
 12.2 −    12 −  
PZ   = 0.60 PZ  = 0.25
     
From GC, From GC,

12.2 −  12 − 
= −0.25335 = −0.67449
 
 − 0.25335 = 12.2 (1)  − 0.67449 = 12 (2)

Solving (1) and (2) from GC,

 = 12.3 ( 3 s.f.) and  = 0.475 ( 3 s.f.)

(iv) Let T be the total mass of a component.

T = Y1 + Y2 + W
E (T ) = E (Y1 + Y2 + W ) = 2 E (Y ) + E (W ) = 2 ( 22 ) + 12.320 = 56.320
Var (T ) = Var (Y1 + Y2 + W ) = 2Var (Y ) + Var (W ) = 2 ( 0.3025 ) + 0.474902 = 0.83053
T ~ N ( 56.320, 0.83053)
P (T  k ) = 0.75

k = 55.7 ( 3 s.f.)

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