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NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE

SENIOR HIGH 2
Common Test
NAME

SUBJECT REGISTRATION
CLASS 2ma2 NUMBER

H2 MATHEMATICS 9758 / 02
31 May 2019
2 hours
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1. [VJC/MY/2019]

The sum, S n , of the first n terms of a sequence u1 , u2 , u3 , … is given by

Sn  n2  7n .

(i) Find un in terms of n and show that this sequence is arithmetic. [3]

STAPLE HERE
Another sequence of positive real numbers, v1 , v2 , v3 ,... is such that its terms form a geometric
progression with common ratio r.
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(ii) Given that v1  u5 and v3  u15 , show that r  3 . [2]
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(iii) Find v3  v5  v7  ...  v2 n1 in terms of n. [2]

2. [SAJC/MY/2019]
x 3
Without using a calculator, solve the inequality 2
 1.
x  x2
e x  3
Hence solve the inequality 1. [ 5]
e 2 x  e  x  2

3. [SAJC/MY/2019]
(i) The curve y  2 x 6 is transformed onto the curve with equation y  h(x) , where
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h(x)  2  x  a   b . The stationary point on y  2 x 6 corresponds to the point with
coordinates  p, q  on y  h(x) . The points with coordinates  r , 0  ,  s, 0  and  0,t  also
lie on the curve y  h(x) . Given that p, q, r, s and t are constants with r  s  0 , express
a and b in terms of p and q. [3]
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(ii) On separate diagrams, sketch the graphs of y  h(x) and y  . State clearly, in
h  x
terms of p, q, r, s and t, the coordinates of any point(s) where the graphs cross the axes,
the coordinates of any turning point(s) and the equation(s) of any asymptote(s). [4]

4 A sample of 15 cans of a certain brand of drinks is weighed and the number of cans that weigh
less than 300 g is denoted by X.
Assume that X has the distribution B(15, p).
STAPLE HERE

(i) It is given that the standard deviation of X is 1.4. If p < 0.5, find the value of p. [2]
It is given that p = 0.1.

(ii) Find the most probable number of cans that weigh less than 300 g. [2]

(iii) There is a probability of at most 0.05 that at least k cans weigh less than 300 g. Find the
least value of k. [2]

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5 The random variable X is normally distributed with mean 6 and variance 4.

(i) A random sample of n independent observations of X was made. Write down the mean
and variance of the sample mean X . [2]

(ii) Hence find the least value of n such that P  X  5  0.001 . [2]

The random variable Y is normally distributed with mean 14 and variance 16. Let W  2 X  Y .

(iii) Find the mean and variance of W, stating any assumption made in the calculation. [3]

6 (a) 13 children, including two pairs of twins, gather at a Christmas party. All of them sit at
random around a circular table for dinner. Find the probability that the two pairs of twins
are seated with their sibling but not with any of the other pair of twins. [3]

(b) After dinner, they play a game in groups that involve a minimum of 3 players and a
maximum of 6 players per group. How many ways can the children group themselves in
to play the game so that none of them is being left out? [The relative position of each
child to another is not important.] [5]

7 The number of rare words on a randomly chosen page in a book, X, can be modelled by the
following probability distribution function.

0.01 for x  0,
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P  X  x    kx 2 for 1  x  5,
0 otherwise.
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(i) Show that k = 0.6764, correct to 4 decimal places. [2]

(ii) Find the expected value and variance of X. [2]
It can be assumed that rare words occur independently in the book.
(iii) Find the probability that there are exactly a total of two rare words found on the first two
pages. [3]
(iv) State the probability that the first rare word is encountered on the nth page, leaving your
answer in terms of n. [2]

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8 Two independent events A and B are such that P  A  B  , P  A  B  and P  A  B  are three
consecutive terms in a geometric progression, and P  A P  B   0 . Show that P  A   P  B   1 .
[3]

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It is further given that P  A   .
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(i) Find the value of P  A  B  . [2]

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For a third event C, it is given that P  A  C   .
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(ii) Find the value of P  C | A  . [2]

(iii) Explain why B and C cannot be mutually exclusive. [2]

9 A factory supplies roasted coffee powder sold in packets. The mass of roasted coffee powder
in a randomly chosen packet is taken to have a normal distribution. It is found that 5.5% of the
packets contain less than 1450 g roasted coffee powder and 11.5% of the packets contain more
than 1520 g of roasted coffee powder.

(i) Show that the mean of the distribution, to nearest integer, is 1490 g. Find the standard
deviation. [3]

Only 3% of the packets contain more than m g of roasted coffee powder.

(ii) Find the probability that out of three randomly chosen packets of roasted coffee powder,
two packets each contains less than the mean mass of the roasted coffee powder and the
remaining packet contains between the mean mass and m g of the roasted coffee powder.
[3]
A wholesaler wants to purchase 500 packets of roasted coffee powder from the factory. A
random sample of 20 packets of roasted coffee powder is taken from the batch of 500 packets.
If the sample contains more than 4 packets of coffee powder each with a mass less than 1450 g,
the wholesaler will reject the batch of 500 packets.

(iii) State, in context, two assumptions needed for the number of packets of roasted coffee
powder each with a mass less than 1450 g to be well modelled by a binomial distribution.
[2]

Assume the assumptions made in part (iii) hold.

(iv) Calculate the probability that the wholesaler accepts the batch of 500 packets given that
there is at least one packet in the sample with a mass less than 1450 g. [4]

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