Part A

1. (a) In a study conducted by a group of researchers, 79.5% of babies survive after

being born at 25 weeks gestation. 20 babies had been chosen at random after
being born at 25 weeks gestation. Find the probability that
(a) 18 babies survive after being born at 25 weeks gestation.
[3 marks]

(b) at least 18 babies survive after being born at 25 weeks.

[2 marks]

(c) 15% of the babies die after being born at 25 weeks gestation.
[2 marks]

(b) Assume that X represents the volume of air bubbles in a cubic meter of

concentrated fluid produced by chemical plant. If X follows Poisson distribution

and E ( X 2 ) = 0.11 , determine the value of  . Hence, find P ( X  1) .

[6 marks]
2. A researcher wants to investigate the relationship between monthly income and monthly
expenditure of Puncak Bestari Enterprise for 10 months.

Monthly
income
22.4 24.7 23.9 30.4 38.1 42.1 39.9 43.7 44.9 52.1
(RM’000),
x
Monthly
expenditure,
25.2 27.8 24.3 30.3 39.6 43.8 41.2 45.7 49.7 50.2
(RM’000),
y

Given that  x = 362.2,  y = 377.8,  x 2

= 14063.36and  y 2 = 15179.12

(a) Find the value of  xy .

[1 mark]

(b) Calculate the coefficient of correlation and interpret its value.

[3 marks]

(c) Hence, calculate the coefficient of determination.

[2 marks]
3. The price per kg and quantity of vegetables sold in a supermarket for the years 2021 and
2022 are shown in the following table.
2021 2022
Item Price per kg Price per kg
Quantity Quantity
(RM) (RM)
Celery 0.90 7000 1.10 8500
Broccoli x 5800 4.50 5500
Asparagus 2.95 4500 3.85 4300
Lettuce 0.80 8500 1.10 y
Using 2021 as the base year.

(a) Find the value of x and y if

• the simple relative price index for broccoli is 128.57.
• the simple relative quantity index for lettuce is 112.94.
[3 marks]

(b) Hence, calculate the simple aggregate quantity index for all vegetables. Interpret the
answer.
[3 marks]
Part B

2 f
1. (a) Find for f ( x, y ) = ln ( 2 x 2 − 7 y 2 ) .
xy
[3 marks]

(b) A company produces Smartphone A dan Smartphone B. The profit function is

given by  ( x, y ) = 120 x + 160 y − x 2 − y 2 . If the total production for both products

is set at 40 units. How many of each smartphone should be made to maximize the
profit?
[6 marks]

x2
2. Given the function f ( x, y ) = + 2 y 2 − 20 x − 40 y + 100 .
2
(a) Find the stationary point of the function.
[4 marks]

(b) Hence, determine the nature of the stationary point in part (a).
[4 marks]

3 ln x 2
3. (a) By using substitution method, find the integral for  2 x dx .
[4 marks]

1
(b) Find the value for  8 xe5 x +2
2
dx .
0

[4 marks]
 b b b
f ( x) − g ( x)
 f ( x ) dx = p  g ( x ) dx = q 
2 2
(c) Given that and . Find dx . Give your
a a a
p+q

answer in terms of p and q.

[3 marks]

4. The demand and supply function of a consumer’s product are given by

1
y = D ( x ) = 25 − x 2 and y = S ( x ) = x + 7 respectively where x represents the quantity of
2
the product and y represents the price in Ringgit Malaysia.

(a) Determine the market equilibrium point.

[3 marks]

(b) Sketch the demand and supply function and shade the consumer’s surplus and the
producer’s surplus region.
[4 marks]

(c) Determine the consumer’s and producer’s surplus.

[5 marks]

5. (a) A farmer finds that the weights of Musang King durian on his farm have a normal

distribution with mean 2.15kg and standard deviation 0.55kg.

(i) 250 Musang King durians are chosen at random. Estimate the number of
Musang King durians which have a weight of between 1.95kg and 2.25kg.
[4 marks]

(ii) Musang King durians will be rejected to be exported if the weight is less
than 1.80kg. If a basket has 200 Musang King durians, estimate the
number of durians that will not exported.
 [4 marks]
(iii) What is the probability that more than 4 Musang King durians will not be
exported if 6 durians are chosen at random.
[ 4 marks]

(b) It is known that 40% of the students at a college do not install Tik Tok
application in their smartphone. A random sample of 50 students is chosen.
(i) Find the probability that there are at most ten students who do not install
Tik Tok application in their smartphones.
[2 marks]
(ii) Use normal approximation to calculate the probability that there are more
15 students who do not install Tik Tok application in their smartphones.
[5 marks]

6. Data on 10 round diamond stones was collected from a Kuala Lumpur based retailer of
diamond jewelry’s shop. The weights of the diamond stones (in carats), X and the
corresponding price (in RM), Y are shown in the following table.

Weights
(Carats, 0.30 0.34 0.37 0.52 0.53 0.66 0.70 0.70 1.06 1.02
x)
Price,
882 987 994 2443 2436 3010 3857 4060 6923 7063
(RM, y )

(a) Obtain the equation of linear regression line ŷ = a + bx , with the values of a and b
correct to two decimals places.
[6 marks]

(b) Interpret the value of the slope.

[1 mark]
 (c) Estimate the price of round diamond stone if the weight is 1.07 carats.
[2 marks]

7. The price and quantity of a few selected items sold in Penang Matriculation College’s
bookshop for the years 2021 and 2022 are shown in the following table.
2021 2022
Item
Price (RM) Quantity Price (RM) Quantity
Scientific
55.00 180 63.00 55
calculator
Mechanical
4.00 800 x 650
pencil
Pocket file 2.50 1875 3.50 2200

(a) If the average relative price index of selected items sold is 130.68, find the value of x
. [2 marks]

(b) Calculate the Laspeyres and Paasche price indices. Interpret the indices and explain
why the indices obtained have different values.
[7 marks]