PCsol2 WASSCE 2019 ) Name pee. Somme! FURTHER MATHEMATICS/ MATHEMATICS (ELECTIVE) 2 2% hours Index Number ....| $4 5.003.144. THE WEST AFRIC. CAN EXAMINATIONS MINATIONS COUNC West African Seni S COUNCIL fi Or School Certificate Exami for Private Candi t Private Candidates PC 2019 FURTHER MAT! TICs ATHEMATICS/MATHEMATICS (ELECTIVE) 2 2% hours (100 marks} 1 Write your name and index number in ink in the spaces provided ab s vided above. Answer twelve questions in all. All the eight questions in Section A and four questions from Section B, with at least one question from each part In each question, all necessary details of working, including rough work, must be shown with the answer. Give answers as accurately as data and tables allow. Graph papers are provided for your use in the examination The use of non-progranmable, silent and cordless caleulator is allowed.42 9 ee een Answer all the questions in this section All Meestions 6 equal marks Akua’s initial salary is GH¢ 4,000.00 a year and that Boateng is started work the same day and Akua has an annual incremeny ofcue 1,000.00 a year Ifthey Gl¥¢ 200.00, when will Boateng receive more thai Kua? 80.00 white that of Boats How many odd numbers of 4 or digits can be formed from th. digits 0,123, 4 *12,3,4 without repetition? Find, trom first principles, the derivative of 3x2 cor (a) Find the range of values of x for which 2x2 + X-15<9, (6) Abinary Operation A is defined on a set of real Numbers, R by tod PAq=2 ~9 ~( +—) wherep.g eR 5 ty (- (p 9) ait vahate 3 a(4) ‘The probability that a contractor will get a plumbing contrac is 2 andthe probability that he will not get an electrical contract is 2 Calculate the probability that he will get atleast one contract ‘The table shows the distr ibution of the masses Of 50 junior weight-lifters. ass (kg) | 41-50 51-60 | 61-70 ]71-80 81-90 }91-|00] Frequency! 5 | 9 | 20] 3 [3 | 8 Using an assumed mean of 65.5, calculate, correct to two decimal places, the mean mass A particle of mass 2 kg is placed on a rough plane which is inclined at 30° to the horizontal A fare of 20'N acts on the particle up the plane. If the particle is just about to move up the plane, find the value of 1, the coefficient of friction, (Take g = 10ms7] it i 4), (51+3), p The position vectors of points 4, B,C and D with respect tothe erica i. i+ 3p 1u (8i ~ 2)) and (xi + yj) respectively. I ABCD is a parallelogram, a Qs Secrion B ax [52 marks} we ion from each part (' Answer four questions only from this section with at least one question fro! All questions carry equal marks, Pager | Pure Matuemarics the answer in surd form, the vale (a) Without using Mathematica of sin 15 vin tables or calculator, find, leavi yil. 13. (b) Express __4x 32 ii + 19% 14 "Partial factions, (a) fits) =32 7,5 ise numbers, fi \Presseq (i) a the value of SSh(x) = Per OP +R, where P, O and Rare real Wi) @+R (6) Calculate the area of the fj In} “e region bounded by the curve y= x? —3 and the line y=1. Two linear transactions, P and 0 i Bey 3 bea, oan Qin the Oxy plane, are defined by Q (%y) > xt 3y, x +299, (a) Write down the matrices of P and 9 (6) Given that RP + Q)— 4P* = 21, where Fis the 2x2 unit matrix, find the matrix R. Paar Il 2 STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY Wy 3,0 a : . y,%1 Woh yes A fair coin is tossed 6 times. Calculate the probability of obtaining at: “4 2 (a) least one tail: -) ut (b) least one head and one tail; (c) most two tails. 2” The table shows the marks scored by 285 students 0 2 test. af 76-80 | si-s5 | 86-90 | 91-95 | 96-100 Marks 66-10 | 71-7 Number of students | 9 ~ for the distribution, (a) Drawa cumulative frequency curve 7 in (a), calculate the probability that a student selected at random scored (b) Using the curve in (a), calcu 1h percentile. mark between the median and 80" Pets ue! 2(a) (b) (a) (4) 4 Part III VecTORS AND MECHANICS, If the velocity,v, of a particle is given by v= 3 +2, find the ¢ second, istance travelled in the fourth Three houses X, ¥ and Z are situated along a straight}, X and Y is 50 m and that of ¥ and Z is 136m. Abus m, acceleration p ms passes X with velocity gms! and passes Z 4 seconds after passing Y, fj ‘rizotal toad. The distance between ‘Ving along the road with a constant The bus passes ¥ 2 seconds after ind the value of: Two objects X and ¥ of masses 8 kg and 5 kg move towards each other in a straight line with velocities 20 ms“! and 34 ms" respectively and collide. After collision, X is observed to have a velocity of 15 ms! in the opposite direction. Calculate the magnitude of the velocity of Y. A boat on the seashore is acted upon by three forces F,(120 N, 180° ), F,(S0 N, 030° ) and F,(PN. 315° ). (i) Express each force as a column vector; (ii) If the resultant force on the boat is in the direction 225°, calculate, correct to one decimal place, the value of P. END OF PAPER