Mathematics (Higher 2) 9758/02

A-LEVEL H2 MATHS 2018 – PAPER 2

Question 1
3
2 2
[ Ans: (i) y = 3  x + 4  + 45 (ii) ( 54, 237 ) ]
9 
1
dy  1 3
(i) =  y − 15 
dx  3 
1
−
1  3 dy
 y − 15  =1
3  dx
1
−
1  3
  3 y − 15  dy =  dx
2
1 3
 y − 15 
3  = x+ A
 1  2 
  
 3  3 
2
1 3 2
 y − 15  = x + B
3  9

When x = 0 , y = 69 ,
2
1 3 2
3 ( 69 ) − 15  = 9 (0) + B  B = 4
 
2
1 3 2
 y − 15  = x+4
3  9
3 3
1 2 2 2 2
y − 15 =  x + 4   y = 3  x + 4  + 45
3 9  9 

dy
(ii) When =4,
dx
1
1 3
 y − 15  = 4  y = 237
3 
2
1 3 2
  ( 237 ) − 15 = x + 4  x = 54
3  9

 coordinates of the point on the curve where gradient is 4 is ( 54, 237 ) .

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Question 2
1 3 3 3 3 3 3
[ Ans: (a) x = 2 − 3i, 2 + 3i or ; s = 69 , t = 13 (b)(i) − − i and − + i
2 2 2 2 2
2 2
−i
(ii) w = 3e ( ) , w = 3e
i
or w = 3e
i 0 3 3
; sketch (iii) 0 ; 27 ]
(a) Let f ( x ) = 4 x 4 − 20 x 3 + sx 2 − 56 x + t

f ( 2 − 3i ) = 0
4 ( 2 − 3i ) − 20 ( 2 − 3i ) + s ( 2 − 3i ) − 56 ( 2 − 3i ) + t = 0
4 3 2

332 + 828i + ( −5 − 12i ) s + t = 0

( 332 − 5s + t ) + i (828 − 12s ) = 0
 828 − 12s = 0  s = 69

 332 − 5 ( 69 ) + t = 0  t = 13

4 x 4 − 20 x3 + 69 x 2 − 56 x + 13 = 0

From GC,

1
x = 2 − 3i, 2 + 3i or
2

(b) (i) Let w = x + iy

( x + iy )
3
= 27
x3 + 3x 2 ( iy ) + 3x ( iy ) + ( iy ) = 27
2 3

(x 3
− 3xy 2 ) + i ( 3x 2 y − y 3 ) = 27
3x 2 y − y 3 = 0
y ( 3x 2 − y 2 ) = 0
y ( 3x + y )( )
3x − y = 0
y = 0 or y = − 3x or y = 3x

When y = 0 ,
x3 − 3x ( 0 ) = 27
2

x3 = 27  x = 3

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When y =  3 x ,

( )
2
x3 − 3x  3x = 27
27 3
x3 = −
x=−
8 2
3 3
 y=
2

3 3 3 3 3 3
 the other possible values of w are − − i and − + i.
2 2 2 2

(ii) For w = 3 ,
w = 3e (
i 0)

3 3 3
For w = − − i,
2 2
2 3 3
 3  3 3 2 = − 2
2

 = 3 ; arg w = − + tan
−1
w =  −  +  −
 2  2  3 3
2
2
−i
 w = 3e 3

3 3 3
For w = − + i,
2 2
2
i
w = 3e 3

A : 3e (
i 0)

2
−i
3
B : 3e
2
i
3
C : 3e

(iii) Sum
 3 3 3   3 3 3 
= 3 +  − − i  +  − + i  = 0
 2 2   2 2 

Product
2   2 2
i( 0)  −i   i 23  i 0− + 

= 3e  3e  = 27e  3 
= 27e ( ) = 27
3 i 0
  
3
3e
 
  

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Question 3
[ Ans: (i) D ( −5, −4,3) (ii) 4 x + 45 y + 20 z = 200 (iii) 58.6 (iv) 6.88 units ]

(i) OD
= OA + AD
 5   −5   5    −5 
( )
        
= OA + BC = OA + OC − OB =  −4  +  4  −  4   =  −4 
 1   2   0    3 
        
 D ( −5, −4,3)

 −5   5   −10   0   5   −5 
           
(ii) BC =  4  −  4  =  0  ; BE =  0  −  4  =  −4 
 2  0  2  10   0   10 
           
 −10   −5   8  4
       
 0    −4  =  90  = 2  45 
 2   10   40   20 
       
 4 0  4
     
Face BCE : r   45  =  0    45  = 200
 20   10   20 
     
 cartesian equation of face BCE is 4 x + 45 y + 20 z = 200 .

5  5   0   −5   5   −10 
           
(iii) AB =  4  −  −4  =  8  ; AD =  −4  −  −4  =  0 
 0   1   −1  3  1  2 
           
 0   −10   16  8
       
 8    0  =  10  = 2  5 
 −1  2   80   40 
       

Let the angle between face BCE and the base of the pyramid be  .
8 4 8 4
       
 5    45  = 5  45  cos 
 40   20   40   20 
       
1057 = 1689 2441cos
1057
cos  =   = 58.6
1689 2441

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(iv) Let M be the midpoint of edge AD .

 5   −5    0
OM =
(1) OA + (1) OD = 1  −4  +  −4   =  −4 
1+1 2       
 2
 1   3    

Shortest distance
 0 4
   
 −4    45 
 2   20  −140
=    −
200 200
= − = 6.88
4 4 2441 2441
   
 45   45 
 20   20 
   

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Question 4
4 4 64 6 1 4 64 5
[ Ans: (i) −2 x 2 − x − x ; x =  (ii) −2 x − x3 − x + c ; −1.0644 (iii) −1.0670 ]
3 45 4 3 225
(i) ln ( cos 2x )
 ( 2 x ) 2 ( 2 x ) 4 ( 2 x )6 
= ln 1 − + − + 
 2! 4! 6! 
 2 4 
= ln 1 − 2 x 2 + x 4 − x 6 + 
 3 45 
  2 4 
= ln 1 +  −2 x 2 + x 4 − x 6 + 
  3 45 
2 3
 2 4   2 4 
 −2 x 2 + x 4 − x 6   −2 x 2 + x 4 − x 6 
 4 
  −2 x 2 + x 4 − x 6  − 
2 3 45   3 45 
+
 3 45  2 3
 4  1 4  1
=  −2 x 2 + x 4 − x 6  −  4 x 4 − x 6 − x 6  + ( − 8 x 6 )
2 4
 3 45  2  3 3  3
4 64
= −2 x 2 − x 4 − x6
3 45

1
For 0  x   , 0  cos 2 x  1 .  the expansion will be undefined when cos 2 x = 0 as
4
ln 0 is undefined.
1 1
 cos 2 x = 0  2 x =   x = 
2 4

ln ( cos 2x )
(ii)  x2
dx

4 4 64 6
−2 x 2 −
x − x
 3
2
45 dx
x
4 2 64 4
=  −2 − x − x dx
3 45
4 64 5
= −2 x − x3 − x +c
9 225

ln ( cos 2 x )
0.5
0.5  4 64 5 
0 x2
dx =  −2 x − x3 −
 9
x
225  0
= −1.0644

0.5 ln ( cos 2 x )
(iii) From GC, 
0 x2
dx = −1.0670

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Queston 5
[ Ans: (i) explain; state (ii) H 0 :  = 65000 ; H1 :   65000 (iii)  2  9420000 ]
(i) As we do not know if the time to failure of the fan follows a normal distribution, in order
to apply the Central Limit Theorem to assume the sample mean distribution of the time
to failure of the fan follows a normal distribution, the sample size should be reasonably
large. Therefore the manager should take a sample of at least 30 fans.

The fans should be randomly chosen.

(ii) Let X be the time to failure of the fan, and  be the population mean of X .
H 0 :  = 65000
H1 :   65000

(iii) n = 43
x = 64230

Let  2 be the population variance.

Test Statistics,
n = 43 (large)
 2 
X ~ N  65000,  by CLT
 43 
X − 65000
Z = ~ N ( 0,1)
2
43

To not reject H 0 ,
p -value  0.05
P ( X  64230 )  0.05
 
 
 64230 − 65000 
P Z  0.05
 2 
 
 43 
64230 − 65000
 −1.6449
2
43
64230 − 65000 2

−1.6449 43
64230 − 65000
2  43
−1.6449
 2  9420000

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Question 6
5 2
[ Ans: (i) show (ii)  p  (iii) 0.430 ]
9 3
(i) Let X be the number of left fork that the bug takes out of 8 forks.
X ~ B ( 8, p )
Probability for the bug to finish at D
= P ( X = 5)
8
=   p 5 (1 − p ) = 56 p 5 q 3 (shown)
8−5

5

(ii) Given P ( X = 5 ) is the highest probability.

P ( X = 5)  P ( X = 4 ) and P ( X = 5)  P ( X = 6 )
8 8
56 p 5 q 3    p 4 q 4 56 p 5 q 3    p 6 q 2
 4 6
56 p  70q 56q  28 p
56 p  70 (1 − p ) 56 (1 − p )  28 p
126 p  70 84 p  56
5 2
p p
9 3

5 2
  p
9 3

(iii) Required probability

= (1 − 0.1)
8

= 0.430

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Question 7
[ Ans: (i) (1 − a )(1 − b ) ; prove (ii) 1 − a − c ; draw (iii) ]

(i) P ( A ' B ')

= 1− P ( A  B)
= 1 −  P ( A) + P ( B ) − P ( A  B )
= 1 −  P ( A) + P ( B ) − P ( A) P ( B )
= 1 − ( a + b − ab )
= 1 − a − b + ab
= (1 − a ) − b (1 − a ) = (1 − a )(1 − b )

P ( A ' B ') = (1 − a )(1 − b ) = P ( A ') P ( B ' )

 A ' and B ' are independent events. (proven)

(ii) P ( A ' C ')

= 1− P ( A  C )
= 1 −  P ( A) + P ( C ) − P ( A  C )
= 1 − ( a + c − 0) = 1 − a − c

If A ' and C ' are mutually exclusive events,

P ( A ' C ') = 0
1− a − c = 0
a + c =1

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(iii)

Probability represented by the shaded regions

= 1 − P ( A ' B ' C ' ) − P ( A ) − P ( B  C )
1 2 1 3
= 1− − − =
10 5 5 10

2
P ( A  B ) = P ( A) P ( B ) = b
5
 min P ( A  B ) and max P ( A  B ) depends directly on b being a minimum or
maximum respectively.

For max b , let P (Region Y ) = 0 :

3
Probability represented by the shaded regions =
10
3
P (Region X ) + P (Region Y ) =
10
3
P ( A ' B  C ') + 0 =
10
3
P ( B) − P ( A  B) − P ( B  C ) =
10
2 1 3 5
b− b− = b =
5 5 10 6

For min b , let P (Region X ) = 0 :

P ( A ' B  C ') = 0
P ( B) − P ( A  B) − P ( B  C ) = 0
2 1 1
b− b− = 0b =
5 5 3

1 5
 b
3 6
2 2 1 2 1
 b    P ( A  B) 
15 5 3 15 3

1 2
The maximum value of P ( A  B ) is , and the minimum value of P ( A  B ) is .
3 15

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Question 8
[ Ans: (i) probability distribution (ii) 0 ; explain (iii) show; g ( n ) = 22n 2 + 78n + 36 ]
(i)
3 4 5
3 6 7 8
4 7 8 9
5 8 9 10

 2  1  2
P ( S = 6) =   =
 n + 5  n + 4  ( n + 5 )( n + 4 )
 2  3   3  2  12
P ( S = 7) =   +  =
 n + 5  n + 4   n + 5  n + 4  ( n + 5 )( n + 4 )
 2  n   3  2   n  2  4n + 6
P ( S = 8) =   +  +  =
 n + 5  n + 4   n + 5  n + 4   n + 5  n + 4  ( n + 5 )( n + 4 )
 3  n   n  3  6n
P ( S = 9) =   +  =
 n + 5  n + 4   n + 5  n + 4  ( n + 5 )( n + 4 )
 n  n − 1  n ( n − 1)
P ( S = 10 ) =   =
 n + 5  n + 4  ( n + 5 )( n + 4 )

s 6 7 8 9 10
4n + 6 n ( n − 1)
P (S = s)
2 12 6n
( n + 5)( n + 4 ) ( n + 5)( n + 4 ) ( n + 5)( n + 4 ) ( n + 5)( n + 4 ) ( n + 5)( n + 4 )

(1)(1 − 1) = 0
(ii) When n = 1 , P ( S = 10 ) =
(1 + 5)(1 + 4 )
As there needs to be two balls numbered 5 in order to get sum of the numbers on the
two balls taken to be 10 , it is impossible for S to be 10 since now there is just 1 ball
numbered 5 . Therefore P ( S = 10 ) = 0 is expected.

(iii) E ( S )
=  sP ( S = s )
 2   12   4n + 6   6n 
= 6 +7  +8  +9 
 ( n + 5 )( n + 4 )   ( n + 5 )( n + 4 )   ( n + 5 )( n + 4 )   ( n + 5 )( n + 4 ) 
 n ( n − 1) 
+10  
 ( n + 5 )( n + 4 ) 
12 + 84 + 32n + 48 + 54n + 10n 2 − 10n
=
( n + 5)( n + 4 )
10n 2 + 76n + 144
=
( n + 5)( n + 4 )
=
(10n + 36 )( n + 4 ) = 10n + 36
(shown)
( n + 5)( n + 4 ) n+5
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E (S2 )
=  s2 P ( S = s )
 2  2 12  2 4n + 6  2 6n 
= 62  +7   +8  +9  
 ( n + 5 )( n + 4 )   ( n + 5 )( n + 4 )   ( n + 5 )( n + 4 )   ( n + 5 )( n + 4 ) 
 n ( n − 1) 
+102  
 ( n + 5 )( n + 4 ) 
72 + 588 + 256n + 384 + 486n + 100n 2 − 100n
=
( n + 5)( n + 4 )
100n 2 + 642n + 1044
=
( n + 5)( n + 4 )
Var ( S )
= E ( S 2 ) −  E ( S ) 
2

100n 2 + 642n + 1044  10n + 36 

2

= − 
( n + 5)( n + 4 )  n+5 

=
(100n 2
+ 642n + 1044 ) ( n + 5 ) − (10n + 36 ) ( n + 4 )
2

( n + 5) ( n + 4 )
2

=
(100n 2 + 642n + 1044 ) ( n + 5) − (100n 2 + 720n + 1296 ) ( n + 4 )
( n + 5) ( n + 4 )
2

22n 2 + 78n + 36
=
( n + 5) ( n + 4 )
2

 g ( n ) = 22n 2 + 78n + 36

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Question 9
[ Ans: (i) draw; explain (ii) r = 0.969 ; r = 0.993 ; explain; P = 2.85 10−8 R 2 − 0.283
(iii) R = 6450 ; explain (iv) P = 0.0273 ; explain (v) P = 1.03 10−4 R 2 − 0.283 ]
(i) From GC,

P ( 9900, 2.64 )

( 3600, 0.22 )
R

The scatter diagram suggests that the relationship between P and R is non-linear,
where P increases at an increasing rate as R increases. Therefore it will not be well
modelled by the linear equation P = aR + b .

(ii) For model P = aR + b ,

r = 0.969

For model P = aR 2 + b ,

r = 0.993

Since r for model P = aR 2 + b is closer to 1 , it will better model the relationship

between P and R .

From GC, equation: P = 2.85 10−8 R 2 − 0.283

(iii) When P = 0.9 ,

0.9 = 2.8457 10−8 R 2 − 0.28261
R = 6450
As P = 0.9 is within the data range, 0.22  P  2.64 , and r is very close to 1 , the
estimate is reliable.

(iv) When R = 3300 ,

P = 2.8457 10−8 ( 3300 ) − 0.28261
2

= 0.0273
As R = 3300 is outside the data range, 3600  R  9900 , the estimate is unreliable.
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(v) Given R is the speed of the fan in revolution per second.

Let Rm be speed of the fan in revolution per minute.

P = 2.8457 10−8 Rm 2 − 0.28261 and Rm = 60 R

P = 2.8457 10−8 ( 60 R ) − 0.28261

2

= 1.03 10−4 R 2 − 0.283

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Question 10
[ Ans: (i) sketch (ii) 0.605 (iii) 0.773 (iv) 0.126 (v) 136 (vi) 0.185 ]
Let X be the mass of one type of specialist light bulb.
X ~ N ( 50,1.52 )
(i)

(ii) P ( X  50.4 ) = 0.605

(iii) Let Y be the mass of an empty box.

Y ~ N ( 75, 22 )

E (Y1 + + Y4 ) = 4 E (Y ) = 4 ( 75 ) = 300
Var (Y1 + + Y4 ) = 4Var (Y ) = 4 ( 22 ) = 16

Y1 + Y4 ~ N ( 300,16 )

P (Y1 + + Y4  297 ) = 0.773

(iv) E ( X + Y ) = E ( X ) + E (Y ) = 50 + 75 = 125
Var ( X + Y ) = Var ( X ) + Var (Y ) = 1.52 + 22 = 6.25

 X + Y ~ N (125, 6.25 )

P (124.9  X + Y  125.7 ) = 0.126

(v) E (1.3 X + Y ) = 1.3E ( X ) + E (Y ) = 1.3 ( 50 ) + 75 = 140

Var (1.3 X + Y ) = 1.32Var ( X ) + Var (Y ) = 1.32 (1.52 ) + 22 = 7.8025

1.3 X + Y ~ N (140, 7.8025 )

P (1.3 X + Y  k ) = 0.9
k = 136

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(vi) Let W be the mass of a box containing a bulb with it padding.

W = 1.3 X + Y ~ N (140, 7.8025 )

E (W1 + W4 ) = 4 E (W ) = 4 (140 ) = 560

Var (W1 + W4 ) = 4Var (W ) = 4 ( 7.8025 ) = 31.21

W1 + W4 ~ N ( 560,31.21)

P (W1 + W4  565 ) = 0.185

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