MATH CP

PAPER 1

Tin Ka Ping Secondary School

2017 – 2018
Name
F.4 Yearly Examination

Class
MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part
PAPER 1 Class
Number
Question-Answer Book

6 June 2018 Section

8:30 am – 10:30 am (2 hours) A(1) / 34
This paper must be answered in English. Section
A(2) / 36
INSTRUCTIONS Section
B / 30
1. Write your name, class and class number in the Total
spaces provided on Page 1. Marks / 100
2. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1),
A(2) and B.

3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write

your answers in the spaces provided in this
Question- Answer Book. Do not write in the
margins. Answers written in the margins will
not be marked.

4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets

will be supplied on request. Write your name,
class and class number on each sheet, and
fasten them with string INSIDE this book.

5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must

be clearly shown.

6. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers

should be either exact or correct to 3
significant figures.

7. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily

drawn to scale.

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Section A(1) (34 marks)
( x 4 y 6 )3
1. (a) Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
x 20 y 3

2
3
a4  a 3
(b) Assuming that a  0 , simplify and express your answer with a positive
3
a2  6 a2
index. (3 marks)

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2. Make x the subject of the formula Ah + x = 6(A  hx).
(3 marks)

3. The marked price of a bag is $560 and it is sold at a discount of 25%.

(a) Find the selling price of the bag.
(b) If a loss of $60 is made by selling the bag, find the loss per cent. (4 marks)

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4. It is given that the quadratic equation kx( x  1)  3  2k , where k  0 , has two equal real
roots. Find the possible value(s) of k. (4 marks)

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5. Let f ( x)  3x 2  kx  35, where k is a constant.
(a) If f (x) is divisible by x  5, find the value of k.
(b) Hence find the remainder when f (x) is divided by 2 x  1. (4 marks)

6. Solve the exponential equation 2(32 x )  5(32 x1 )  32 x1  18 (3 marks)

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  y  3x 2  2 x  k
7. It is given that the simultaneous equations  have two distinct real solutions.
5 x  y  4
(a) Find the range of values of k. (3 marks)
(b) Solve the simultaneous equations for the least integral value of k found in (a).
(3 marks)

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8. In the figure, two straight lines L 1 and L 2 intersect the y-axis
at point P. If the equation of L1 is x – 3y + 6 = 0 and L1 is
perpendicular to L2, find
(a) the coordinates of P;
(b) the equation of L2. (4 marks)

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Section A(2) (36 marks)
9. The figure shows the graph of y  a( x  1)2  k , y
where a and k are constants. It is given that the
graph cuts the y-axis at A and passes through B(1, 2)
y  a(x  1)2  k
and C(3, 6).
(a) Find the values of a and k. Hence find the C(3, 6)
coordinates of A. (3 marks)
(b) Are O, B and C collinear? Explain
your answer. (2 marks)
A
(c) Find the area of ABC. (3 marks)
B(1, 2)
x
O

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10. The lower part of an inverted right circular cone of base radius 24 cm is cut to form a
vessel in the form of a frustum. The height of the vessel is 5 cm. The base radius of the part
being cut is 18 cm.
(a) Find the capacity of the vessel. (4 marks)
(b) The vessel is placed on a horizontal table. 2 L of water is poured into the vessel. Find
the depth of water in the vessel. (3 marks)

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11. The unit cost ($C) of printing a book is partly constant and partly varies inversely as
the total number of books (n) to be printed. When 100 books are printed, the unit cost
is $12; when 400 books are printed, the unit cost is $10.5.
(a) Express C in terms of n. (3 marks)
(b) The selling price of each book is $13. If 2000 books are printed but only 80%
of them are sold, what is the profit / loss per cent of selling the books?
(Assume the unsold books will be thrown away.) (3 marks)

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12. Simplify  3 . (3 marks)
x  3x  10 x  10x 2  16x
2

13. A boat leaves island P and sails 50 km on a course of 120 to island A. Then, the boat sails
80 km on a course of 320 to island M. Find
(a) the distance between island M and island P, (3 marks)
(b) the true bearing in which the boat should sail in order to sail directly from island P to
island M. (4 marks)

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 5  cos x
14. It is given that tan x  .
6 sin x cos x

(a) Show that 6 cos 2 x  cos x  1  0 . (2 marks)

5  cos x
(b) Hence, solve tan x  for 0 x
6 sin x cos x
(Give your answers correct to 1 decimal place.) (3 marks)

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Section B (30 marks)
15. The graph shows the linear relation between log 7 x and log 49 y . The slope and
y- intercept of the graph are  2 and 2 respectively.

Express the relation between x and y in the form of y  Ax k , where A and k are constants.
(6 marks)

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16. Denote the quadratic equation 25x 2  px  25  0 by (*), where p is real number.
25 25
(a) It is given that and are the roots of (*), where b is a positive real number.
7  bi 7  bi
(i) Show that b  24 .
(ii) Find the value of p. (6 marks)
(b) Denote the quadratic equation 25x 2  px  25  kx by (**), where k is a real number.
Find the values of k such that (**) has one double real root only.
(2 marks)

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17. (a) It is given that f ( x)  125x 3  125x  36 . Prove that 5x  4 is a factor of f (x) .
(1 mark)
(b) A piece of hot metal was left to cool in a laboratory such that, t minutes later, its
temperature ( T ) in degree Celsius ( 0 C ) is given by T  a  125r t , where a and r are
constants. It is given that the temperatures of the piece of metal are 127 0 C and 910 C
after 1 minute and 3 minutes respectively and r > 0.5 .
(i) Prove that 125r 3  125r  36  0 . Hence find the values of r and a. (4 marks)
(ii) Find the initial temperature of the piece of metal. (1 mark)
(iii) It is given that the temperature of the piece of metal will be lower than half of its
initial temperature after n minutes. Find the smallest integral value of n.
(3 marks)

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18. Let f(x) = 2x2 + 2kx + 11, where k is a real constant.

(a) Using the method of completing the square, express, in terms of k, the coordinates of the
vertex of the graph of y = f(x). (3 marks)

(b) It is given that the y-coordinate of the vertex of the graph of y = f(x) is 3.
(i) Find the values of k.
(ii) Let P and Q be the 2 possible positions of the vertex of the graph of y = f(x).
Denote the origin by O. Find the centroid of ∆OPQ.
(4 marks)

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