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Compulsory Part Paper 2

Question No. Key Question No. Key
1. D 31. B
2. A 32. C
3. B 33. B
4. D 34. A
5. D 35. A

6. C 36. B
7. B 37. D
8. C 38. A
9. D 39. A
10. C 40. B

11. B 41. C
12. C 42. D
13. C 43. C
14. B 44. A
15. D 45. B

16. C
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. A

21. D
22. A
23. A
24. D
25. C

26. B
27. C
28. D
29. A
30. D

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Solutions to Paper 2
1. D 6. C
(3a)2(2a + 1) = 9a2(2a + 1) I. The graph opens downward.
= 18a3 + 9a2 ∴ a<0
I is true.
2. A II. The y-intercept of the graph is 0.
∴ c=0
L= –c
II is not true.
III. Substitute x = 10, y = 0 and c = 0 into
L+c= y = ax2 + bx + c,
0 = a(10)2 + b(10) + 0
b= 10a + b = 0
5a + b = 5a
∵ a<0
3. B
∴ 5a + b > 0
4x2 – 9 – 3y + 2xy
∴ III is true.
= (2x + 3)(2x – 3) + y(2x – 3)
∴ Only I and III are true.
= (2x – 3)(2x + 3 + y)
7. B
4. D
(–2)3 – 6(–2)2 – 3(–2) + k = 5 2x + 9 < 1 or 1  0
–8 – 24 + 6 + k = 5
k = 31
2x < 8 or   1
5. D x < 4 or x2
L.H.S. = (x + 2)2 – p ∴ x2
= x2 + 4x + 4 – p
∴ x + 4x + 4 – p  x2 + 3qx – 5
2
8. C
Comparing the like terms on both sides, we New average speed
have = 90(1  30%) km/h
= 63 km/h
The required total distance
∴ p=9
= km
q=
= 132 km
pq = 9 × 9. D
= 12 3x  (y  2x) = 2(x + 2y)
3x  y + 2x = 2x + 4y
3x = 5y
=
∴ x:y=5:3

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10. C 14. B
Interest Maximum absolute error of the measurement

= $18 000 = 5g

= 2.5 g
= $2 901, cor. to the nearest dollar
Percentage error
11. B =  100%
Since z  ,z= , where k  0. = 0.76%, cor. to the nearest 0.01%
New value of z 15. D
= In △ABC,
AC =
= = cm
= 5 cm
Percentage change in z Area of △ACD
= area of ABCD – area of △ABC

=  100% =

= 30 cm2
= area of △ACD
=  100%
CD = cm
= 12 cm
= 0.6  100% In △ACD,
= 60%
AD =
∴ z is increased by 60%.
= cm
12. C = 13 cm
Let T(n) be the number of dots in the nth Perimeter of ABCD
pattern. = AB + BC + CD + AD
T(1) = 3 = (3 + 4 + 12 + 13) cm
T(2) = 3 + [2(1) + 4] = 9 = 32 cm
T(3) = 9 + [2(2) + 4] = 17
T(4) = 17 + [2(3) + 4] = 27 16. C
T(5) = 27 + [2(4) + 4] = 39 Base radius
T(6) = 39 + [2(5) + 4] = 53
= cm
T(7) = 53 + [2(6) + 4] = 69
T(8) = 69 + [2(7) + 4] = 87 = 9 cm
T(9) = 87 + [2(8) + 4] = 107 Total surface area
T(10) = 107 + [2(9) + 4] = 129 = (π × 9 × 15 + π × 92) cm2
∴ The number of dots in the 10th pattern is = 216π cm2
129.

13. C

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17. B 19. A
In △ACE, ∵ 5AB = 3BD
tan ACE = ∴ BD = AB
Perimeter of △ABD = 22 cm
tan 30 = AB + AD + BD = 22 cm
AC = cm AB + AB + AB = 22 cm
AB = AC = cm
AD = 2AE AB = 22 cm
= 2(3) cm
= 6 cm AB = 6 cm
In △ABD, AD = BC = AB = 6 cm

tan ABD = BD =  6 cm
= 10 cm
= In △ABD and △MCB,
ADB = MBC
ABD = 49, cor. to the nearest degree
BAD = CMB
18. C ∴ △ABD ~ △MCB (AAA)
∴ =

MB = cm
= = 3.6 cm
In △NCD and △MCB,
DC = BC
= CDN = CBM
CND = CMB
∴ △NCD  △MCB (AAS)
∴ ND = MB = 3.6 cm
= MN = BD  MB  ND
= (10  3.6  3.6) cm
= 2.8 cm
=

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20. A 21. D
∵ OC = OA ∵ AE : BE : CE = 2 : 4 : 3
∴ OCA = OAC ∴ AE = BE and CE = BE.
= 38
In △AOC, Join CD.
AOC + OCA + OAC = 180 B
AOC + 38 + 38 = 180
AOC = 104
Reflex AOC = 360  104
= 256
ABC =  reflex AOC A E C

=  256 D

= 128 In △AEB and △DEC,

OCB + ABC = 180 AEB = DEC
38 + ACB + 128 = 180 BAE = CDE
ACB = 14 ∴ △AEB ~ △DEC (AAA)

Alternative method: ∴ =
Join OB.
B =

A C DE = BE
38
Area of △AEB
O =
Area of △AED
∵ OC = OA Area of △AEB
∴ OCA = OAC 6 cm2 =
= 38
∵ AB // OC Area of △AEB
∴ BAC = OCA =
6 cm2
= 38 Area of △AEB = 16 cm2
∵ OB = OA
∴ OBA = OAB 22. A
= OAC + BAC
= 38 + 38 I. Each interior angle =
= 76 = 157.5
In △AOB, ∴ I is true.
AOB + OAB + OBA = 180 II. The number of folds of rotational
AOB + 76 + 76 = 180 symmetry of a regular 16-sided polygon
AOB = 28 is 16.
∴ II is true.
ACB =  AOB III. The number of axes of reflectional
symmetry of a regular 16-sided polygon
=  28 is 16.
∴ III is not true.
= 14
∴ Only I and II are true.

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23. A 26. B
I. Distance between the origin and the centre
24. D =a
∵ The origin lies outside the circle,
25. C ∴ a>r
∴ I is true.
I. Slope of L1 =
II. ∵ The centre lies in quadrant III,
∴ 180 <  < 270
∵ >0 ∴ II is not true.
∴ a<0 III. ∵ 180 <  < 270
∴ I is true. ∴ tan  > 0
∴ III is true.
II. y-intercept of L1 = = 1 ∴ Only I and III are true.

y-intercept of L2 = = b 27. C
Total number of possible outcomes
∴ 1 = b =6×6
b=1 = 36
∴ II is not true. The favourable outcomes are (1 , 2), (2 , 4),
III. Slope of L2 = = c (3 , 6), (2 , 1), (4 , 2) and (6 , 3).
Number of favourable outcomes = 6
∵ c < 0 ∴ The required probability
∴ c>0
∴ III is true. =
IV. Substitute y = 0 into x + ay + a = 0,
x + a(0) + a = 0 =
x = a
∴ The coordinates of P are (a , 0). 28. D
Substitute y = 0 and b = 1 into A. Minimum waiting time = 2 min
cx + y + b = 0, B. The mean cannot be determined from the
cx + 0 + 1 = 0 box-and-whisker diagram.
x= ∴ B may not be true.
C. ∵ Median = 5 min
∴ Half of the passengers have waiting
∴ The coordinates of Q are . times less than 5 min.
∵ PQ > 2OP We cannot determine whether exactly half
∴ OP + OQ > 2OP of the passengers have waiting times less
OQ > OP than 7 min from the box-and-whisker
diagram.
> a  0 D. Range
= (12  2) min
> a = 10 min
∴ The answer is D.
1 > ac (∵ c > 0)
ac + 1 > 0
∴ IV is true.
∴ Only I, III and IV are true.

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29. A 31. B
Weight (kg) Class mark (kg) Frequency
4150 45.5 16
5160 55.5 44
6170 65.5 25 =
7180 75.5 11
8190 85.5 4 =
Mean
=
=

= 59.8 kg =
Standard deviation
=
=

= 10.12 kg, cor. to 2 d.p. 32. C

y = kxa
30. D log5 y = log5 (kxa)
log5 y = log5 k + a log5 x
I. ∵ The median is 10,
When log5 x = 0, log5 y = 2.
∴ m = 10 and n  10.
∴ 2 = log5 k
∴ I is true.
k = 52
II. Range = 14
= 25
∵ 16 – 2 = 14
∴ 2 is the smallest datum and 16 is the 33. B
largest datum. DC00000120116
i.e. n  16. = (13)1610 + (12)169 + 1  163 + 2  162 + 1
∴ II is true. = (13)1610 + (12)169 + 4 609
III. Suppose that the mean of the 10 data is
9.3. 34. A
The graph of y = f(x) is reduced to of the
= 9.3 original along the x-axis to become the graph
76 + n = 93 of y = f(2x).
n = 17 For the graph of y = f(2x), the x-intercepts are
∵ n  16
∴ The mean of the 10 data cannot be and , i.e. –3 and 3, and the y-intercept
9.3. is –8.
∴ III is true. The graph of y = f(2x) is reflected in the x-axis
∴ I, II and III are true. to become the graph of y = –f(2x).
For the graph of y = –f(2x), the x-intercepts are
–3 and 3, and the y-intercept is 8.
∴ The answer is A.

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35. A 37. D
Let the common difference = d.
i an = 3 + (n  1)d
a20 = 10a2
=i 3 + (20  1)d = 10[3 + (2  1)d]
3 + 19d = 30 + 10d
=i 9d = 27
d=3
I. Sum of the first 2n terms
=i+
= [2(3) + (2n  1)(3)]
= i    i
=  + (1  )i = 3n(1 + 2n)
∴ I is true.
36. B II. an = 3 + (n  1)(3)
(0 , 0) lies in the shaded region. = 3n
Substituting (0 , 0) into the L.H.S. of y = 3, we
= =4
have 0  3, thus the shaded region lies in the
solution region of y  3.
Substituting (0 , 0) into the L.H.S. of = =4
4y  5x = 3, we have 4(0)  5(0) = 0  3,
thus the shaded region lies in the solution
region of 4y  5x  3. ∵ =
Substituting (0 , 0) into the L.H.S. of
∴ a1, a4, a16 is a geometric sequence.
5x + 2y = 9, we have 5(0) + 2(0) = 0  9,
∴ II is true.
thus the shaded region lies in the solution
III. d = 3 > 0
region of 5x + 2y  9.
a2 = a1 + d > a1
∵ (a , b) is a point lying in the shaded a4 = a3 + d > a3
region, a50 = a49 + d > a49
…

∴ a2 + a4 + a6 + … + a50
∴ > a1 + a3 + a5 + … + a49
∴ III is true.
∴ I, II and III are true.
i.e.
38. A

∴ Only I and III are true. α+β=

αβ =
Perimeter = 2(α + β) cm
= cm

Area = αβ cm2
=

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39. A In △ABD, by the cosine formula,

When x = 40,
A: y = 2 sin (40 + 50)  2 = 0 cos ADB =
B: y = 2 sin (40  50)  2  0
C: y = 4 sin (40 + 50)  4 = 0 =
D: y = 4 sin (40  40)  4  0
∵ 1  sin (x + 50)  1 ADB = 44, cor. to the nearest degree
∴ 2  2 sin (x + 50)  2
4  2 sin (x + 50)  2  0 41. C
and 4  4 sin (x + 50)  4 Join AC.
8  4 sin (x + 50)  4  0 E
The maximum and the minimum values of
y = 2 sin (x + 50)  2 are 0 and 4
respectively.
The maximum and the minimum values of D
C
y = 4 sin (x + 50)  4 are 0 and 8
respectively.
∴ The answer is A. B A
Let BAC = x.
40. B
s= cm ∵ =2 =

= cm
∴ : : =2:1:2
= (x + 4) cm
By Heron’s formula, ∴ BAC : CAD : ACD = 2 : 1 : 2
area of △ABC
= CAD = BAC = x
= cm2 ACD = BAC = x
= cm2 BCA = 90
∴ = BAC + CAD + BCA + ACD = 180
8(x + 4)(x – 2) = 216
(x + 4)(x – 2) = 27 x+ x + 90 + x = 180
x2 + 2x – 8 = 27
x + 2x – 35 = 0
2 x = 90
(x – 5)(x + 7) = 0
x = 36
x = 5 or –7 (rejected)
In △BCD, ∴ CAD =  36 = 18
BD =
ACD = 36
= cm CEA = BAC = 36
= cm In △ACE,
In △ACD, ACE + CEA + EAC = 180
AD = (36 + DCE) + 36 + (42 + 18) = 180
= cm DCE = 48
= cm

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42. D 45. B
Substitute y = kx – 3 into Each number in the group of numbers
x2 + y2 + 4x + 8y + 19 = 0, {x1, x2, x3, …, x100} is multiplied by 5.
x2 + (kx – 3)2 + 4x + 8(kx – 3) + 19 = 0 New mode = 5m1
x + k2x2 – 6kx + 9 + 4x + 8kx – 24 + 19= 0
2
New inter-quartile range = 5q1
(1 + k2)x2 + (2k + 4)x + 4 = 0 ...................(*) New standard deviation =
∵ The circle and the straight line do not 2 is added to each number in the group of
intersect, numbers {5x1, 5x2, 5x3, …, 5x100}.
∴ discriminant of (*) < 0 m2 = 5m1 + 2
(2k + 4)2 – 4(1 + k2)(4) < 0 q2 = 5q1
4k2 + 16k + 16 – 16 – 16k2 < 0 =
12k2 – 16k > 0
3k2 – 4k > 0 v2 = 25v1
k(3k – 4) > 0 ∴ Only I and III must be true.

∴ k < 0 or k >

43. C
[When the ten thousands digit is 7, 8 or 9,
there are choices. The remaining
9 numbers can be placed into the 4 positions
left and there are ways of arrangement.
When the ten thousands digit is 6, the
thousands digit can only be 4, 5, 7, 8 or 9, and
there are choices. The remaining
8 numbers can be placed into the 3 positions
left and there are ways of arrangement.]
The required number of 5-digit numbers
formed
=
= 10 752

44. A
P(late)
= P(taking MTR and late) +
P(taking bus and late)
= P(taking MTR)  P(late | taking MTR) +
P(taking bus)  P(late | taking bus)
= 0.6  0.15 + (1 – 0.6)  0.2
= 0.17

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