KOLEJ MATRIKULASI SELANGOR

MATHS SURVIVOR, SESSION 2021/2022

MATHEMATICS
SM025
2 hours

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LECTURER’S NAME : ___________________________________________

INSTRUCTION:
This paper consists of Part A (3 questions) & Part B (7 questions).
Answer all questions.

Question Marks

Part A 2

Part B 4

TOTAL

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MATHEMATICS FORMULAE SM025

Newton-Raphson Method:

f ( xn )
xn+1 = xn − , n = 1, 2,3,....
f '( xn )

Trapezoidal Rule:

b−a
b

 f (x )dx  2 ( y + y n ) + 2( y1 + y 2 + ... + y n −1 ) , h =
h
0
a
n

Circle:

( x − h) 2 + ( y − k ) 2 = r 2

x 2 + y 2 + 2 gx + 2 fy + c = 0

xx1 + yy1 + g ( x + x1 ) + f ( y + y1 ) + c = 0

r= f 2 + g2 − c

ah + bk + c
r=
a2 + b2

Parabola:

( x − h) 2 = 4 p ( y − k )

( y − k ) 2 = 4 p ( x − h)
F ( h + p, k )

F (h, k + p )

Ellipse:

( x − h) 2 ( y − k ) 2
+ =1
a2 b2
F ( h  c, k )

F ( h, k  c )
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Vectors

Line and plane:

  
r = a + tv
   
r •n = a•n

Trigonometry

sin (A  B) = sin A cos B  cos A sin B

cos (A  B) = cos A cos B  sin A sin B

tan A  tan B
tan (A  B) 
1  tan A tan B
A+B A-B
sin A + sin B = 2 sin cos
2 2
A+B A-B
sin A − sin B = 2 cos sin
2 2
A+B A-B
cos A + cos B = 2 cos cos
2 2
A+B A-B
cos A − cos B = − 2 sin sin
2 2
sin 2A = 2 sin A cos A

cos 2A = cos 2 A - sin 2 A

= 2cos 2 A - 1
= 1 - 2sin 2 A
2 tan A
tan 2A =
1 - tan 2 A
1 - cos2 A
sin 2 A =
2
1 + cos2 A
cos 2 A =
2

cos 2 x + sin 2 x = 1
1 + tan 2 x = sec 2 x
cot 2 x + 1 = cosec 2 x

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Differentiation and Integration

d
(sin x ) = cos x
dx
d
(cos x ) = − sin x
dx
d
(tan x ) = sec 2 x
dx

d
( cot x ) = −cosec2 x
dx
d
( sec x ) = sec x tan x
dx
d
( cosecx ) = −cosec x cot x
dx

 f ( x) e dx = e f ( x ) + c
' f ( x)

f ( x)
 dx = ln f ( x) + c
f ( x)

f ' (x ) f (x ) dx =
n  f (x )n+1 + c,
 n +1
n  −1

 u dv = uv −  v du

Grouped Data Ungrouped Data

 k    x( s ) + x( s +1)
  100  n − Fk −1   , s
Percentile: Pk = Lk +     c. Pk =  2
 fk   x(s ) , s
  

n k
where s = and  s  = the least
100
integer greater than s.

Mode:

 d1 
M = LM +   c.
 d1 + d 2 

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Mean:
n

x
n

f i xi i

x= i =1
n
x= i =1

n
f
i =1
i

Variance:
2
n
1 n 
 fi xi − (  fi xi )
1
 xi −   xi 
2 2
2

n i =1 n  i =1 
s2 = s2 =
n −1 n −1

Pearson’s Coefficient of Skewness:

3(mean − median ) mean - mode

sk = or sk =
standard deviation standard deviation

Probability

P ( A  B ) = P ( A) + P (B ) − P ( A  B )
P ( A ') = 1 − P ( A )
P( A  B )
P(A B ) =
P (B )

Binomial Distribution

X ~ B ( n, p )
P ( X = x ) = nCx p x (1 − p ) n − x , x = 0,1, 2,3,..., n

Poisson Distribution

X ~ Po ( )
e −  x
P( X = x ) = , x = 0,1, 2, 3,...
x!

Normal Distribution

(
X ~ N  , 2 )
X −
X ~ Z (0 ,1 ), Z =

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PART A
(25 marks)

1. Given that A and B are two independent events such that P(A) = 0.3 and P(B) = 0.5.
(a) State a condition for the two events A and B to be independent. [1 mark]

(b) Find P( A  B) [3 marks]

(c) Calculate P( A ' B ') [3 marks]

2. The probability distribution of a discrete random variable Y is shown below

y 1 2 3 4 5
1 2
P(Y = y ) 2k 3k k
10 5

Find,
(a) the value of k . . [2 marks]
(b) the cumulative distribution function of Y. [3 marks]
(c) median. [2 marks]
(d) P( Y − 2  1) . [3 marks]

3. For a particular type of plant 45% have white flowers and the remainder have coloured flowers.
Julie sells 10 plants in each batch. A batch is selected at random.
(a) Calculate the probability that this batch contains
(i) exactly 5 plants with white flowers [3 marks]
(ii) at most 3 white flowers. [2 marks]

(b) If Julie takes a random sample at 7 batches of plants, find the probability that exactly 3 of
these batches contain at most 3 white flowers. [3 marks]

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PART B
(75 marks)

1. (a) Show that one of the real roots of the equation e x = − x lies between −1 and 0.
[2 marks]
(b) By using the Newton-Raphson method, estimate the root of the equation e x + x = 0
correct to three decimal places. [4 marks]

2. The vertex of the parabola is at (4, -1) and the parabola passes through the point (10, -7). The axis
of the parabola is parallel to the y-axis. Find the equation of the parabola. Determine the focus and
the directrix of the parabola. Hence, sketch its graph.
[7 marks]

3. Given that a circle passes through the point (5, 2) and touches the line x + y − 9 = 0 at the point
(3,6)
(a) Find the coordinates of the centre and the radius of this circle. Hence, find the general
equation of this circle.
[7 marks]
(b) Show that this circle also intersects the circle x 2 + y 2 − 6 x − 2 y = −5 .
[3 marks]

4. (a) Given three vectors a = i + 2 j , b = 3 i + 4 j and c = 3 i − 2 j + 4k ,

show that a + b = c − b .

[6 marks]
(b) The point A (2, 5, −1) lies on the line L, which is perpendicular to the plane  with
equation x + y = 1− z .
(i) Find the Cartesian equation of the line L. [3 marks]

(ii) Find the intersection point between the straight line L and the plane  .
[5 marks]

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5. The probability distribution function of a discrete random variable X is

4− 3− x
P ( X = x) = , x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
16
Find
(a) the expected value, E(X) [3 marks]
(b) E(Y) with Y = 2X + 3. [2 marks]
(c) the variance, Var (X) and standard deviation of X. [6 marks]

6. A continuous random variable X has the following probability density function :

 6 1
 7 (1 − x) , 0  x  3

 12 1
f ( x) =  x ,  x 1
 7 3
 0 , otherwise.


(a) Find P ( X  2 ) . [4 marks]
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(b) Find the cumulative distribution function of X , F ( x) and sketch the graph of
F ( x) . [7 marks]

7. (a) A binomial random variable, X represents the number of failures in

20 trials. If the mean is 5, find the probability that at most five failures
are obtained in the experiment. [3 marks]

(b) The number of cars sold by a car dealer follows a Poisson distribution
with the mean of 14 cars per week. Find the probability that the car dealer sells.
(i) between 10 to 15 cars in a week. [3 marks]
(ii) less than 5 cars on a given day [4 marks]

(c) A random variable X is normally distributed with mean,  and variance,  2 .

If P ( X  45.31) = 0.2 and P( X  50.4) = 0.03, find the value  and  2.

[6 marks]
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