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JOINT UNIVERSITIES PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS BOARD JUNE 2019 EXAMINATIONS. JUPEB/OLS MATHEMATICS: SCI — J1S4 ‘Time Allowed: 3 Hours SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Answer all questions in this section. Use the OMR answer sheet provided to answer the questions. Follow the instructions on the OMR sheet. SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS Answer FOUR questions; ONE question from each course. Turn Over SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. Answer ALL Questions 1. Let O.N,Z, C and Q” denote the set of Rational, Natural, Integer, Complex and Irrational numbers respectively. Which of the following set contains the whole set of real numbers? re NUZ B. zuc & D. @uC 99" Ufo} 2. Determine the solution set of the inequality: 2x*-3x-2 <0 A. Qe) 4, Compute the value of x if D. A B, c. D. Lee actxaztttyse _ gtett 5 5 +x 1 i, 5 45 5 . Ne 5. Find tan 75” in surd form. 10. D. Given that logy. 2 = 0.3010, logy» 3 = 0.4771 and log. 7 = 0.8451, compute log,, 72. A 0.6502 B. 1.6205 C. 3.6105, D. 1.5025 If Uy = 3,02 = 4and U,, = a + bn, compute Us, A 3 B, 4 ic 2 D. 8 Let @ and fi be the roots of the equation: x? + Sx + 6 = 0, Deduce the equation whose roots FQ) Which form of partial fraction i equivalent othe algebraic faction: Sarpy pyr ace, crap 8; ta” GR? me Bataan? GF ca, Gas meer * ta” xD ap poe > wea ee” EF Determine the centre and the radius of the circle x? + y? — 2ax + Zyb + a? = 0 in terms of aand 6. A. Centre (—a,—b),radius = b B. Centre (a,b), radius = C. Centre (a D. Centre (- Express 1 + £ in the conjugate of its polar. A ¥2 (cos45° + isin45°) 12, 13. 14. 15, 16. 17. B. y2 (cos315° + isin315°) C. V2 (cos315°— isin315°) D. 2(cos 45° — isin45°) A binary operation, *s” is defined on the set of real numbers, R by: x « y = 45x + Sy —4) for any two real numbers x,y € R. Calculate the identity element. A 8 B44 Cy DO 4s 3 oO wef 1 x[ esting a ty fr wich > 07 21 2 A -2 A stone is dropped from the top of a building and reaches the ground after 2 seconds. Determine the height of the building. [Take g = 10ms~?] 19m 8m 20m 25m pop ‘A load of mass 70kg is placed in a lift, Calculate the reaction between the floor of the liftand the load when the lift moves upwards with an acceleration of 2 ms~*. [Take g = 9.8 ms~*] 726 N 800 N 850 N 826 N pop A block of mass 3kg rests on a rough horizontal table. If the coefficient of friction between the block and the table is 0.43, determine the minimum horizontal farce that will make the block to slide on the table. [Take g = 10 ms7?] A 19N B. 43.0N Cc. 300N D. 98N Three points A, B and C have spatial coordinates (—5,—2,3),(—2,5,3) and (4,5,2) respectively. Find the scalar product of displacement vectors AB and BC. A 42.0 B. 14.0 & 18.0 D. 24.0 The mean score of 100 students in a class that took a Statistics test is 72. If the mean of score of the 70 boys in the class is 75, calculate the mean score of the girls in the class. 70 65 60 op> 4 42. 43 45, DSB In bow many ways can the first, second and third positions be won by six athletes in a race of 100 metres? 20 60) 120 100 poe A bag contains 5 white, 2 black and 3 green balls. If three (3) balls are drawn at random. without replacement, what is the probability that two (2) balls are white and one (1) ball is, black? A M6 Bo owS GQ Ms D. O10 ‘When a distribution is moderately skewed with one mode, which of the following relation is correct? A Mean — Median = 3(Mean-Median) B. 2Mean = 3mean-mode & ‘Mean + Mode = 3(Mean — Median) D. Mean Mode = 3(Mean-Median) Which of the measures of central tendency is often affected by extreme values? A. Mode B. Mean & Data. D. Median: The heights, xem of a sample of 80 female students are summarized by the equation. E(x — 160) = 240. Compute the mean height ofa female student. Ao 2B B. 163 Cc 16 D8 A fair coin is tossed 5 times. Find the probability of obtaining at least 4 heads. AS RY ce & 47. 49, 50. aa te D. Deduce the mode of 6, 8, 1 2 6 8g pope ‘A population with variance 16 has unknown mean jr. Let be the mean of a random sample of size 100 from this population. If ¥ is used to estimate y, determine the standard error of ¥: A 16.00 B. 100.00 Cc 040 D016 ‘What is the mean value of a binomial variate whose number of repeated trials (n) equal to 8 and probability of success (p) equals 0.4? 8 A B. 4 & 32 D192 The probability that a patient will die while undergoing a delicate heart operation is 0.175. What is the probability of the patient surviving from the operation? A. 0.0875 B, 0325 Cc. 0330 D. 0.825 SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS, Answer FOUR Questions in all; One Question from each Course MAT O01: PURE MATHEMATICS Lia) Ina class of 100 students, 35 offer History, 43 offer Geography and $0 offer Economics. 14 students offer History and Geography. 13 offer Geography and Economics and 11 offer History and Economics. The number of students that offer none of the subjects is four times the number of those that offer three subjects. (i) How many students offer three subjects? [4 Marks] (ii) How many students offer none? [1 Marks] (iii) How many students offer only one of the subjects? [2 Marks] (iv) How many students offer History and Geography only? [1 Marks} (b) Consider the Venn diagram below. (co) 2ya) (b) (co) x Find the following sets (i) Ange [1 Marks] (ii) AfuB [1 Marks] Solve 2Vx 45 — Vix 48 =2. [5 Marks] Prove by mathematical induction or otherwise that Vp, k? = nbs sent) Let R be the set of real numbers, if binary operation @ is defined on R by a® b = (a+1)(b + 1) where a and b belongs to R. Solve the equation. (2 + 4n) @(4- n) = Sn@n. [5 Marks] An A.P. has a common difference of 2 and G.P. has a common ratio of 3. The comespnding, terms are added together to produce a new sequence. If the I* term of the sequence is 8 and its third term is 52, find (i) the AP. [2 marks] (ii) the GP. [2 marks] (iii) the mew sequence. [L marks] [5 Marks] MAT 002: CALCULUS 3. (a) Avvehicle starts from rests and its velocity is measured every second for 8 seconds as follows: Timets) 70 |! ]2 ]3 [4 [5 Je |? |8 velocity pans) | 0 To [17 [29 [41 [62 [ao for The distance travelled in 8 seconds is given by fv dt. Estimate this distance using Simpson's rule. [6 Marks} xt (b) Evaluate ler dx [6 Marks] (c) Find the differential coefficient of y = 3x2sin 2x [3 Marks] 4, (a) Obtain the expansion of e* sin x in ascending power of x as far as the term in x* [8 Marks] (b) Evaluate x () feared [3 Marks} (i) 4 (sectx + tan?xyde [4 Marks} MAT 03: APPLIED MATHEMATICS. $.(a) A block of mass 3.5 kg rests on a rough plane which is inclined at an angle of 42° to the horizontal. If the coefficient of friction between the block and the plane is 0.75, what is the least force P parallel to the plane required to: (i) start moving the block up the plane? [5 Marks] (ii) prevent the block fom sliding down the plane? (Take g = 9.8 ms~*). [5 Marks] (0) A body of mass 100 kg is placed in a lift. Find the reaction between the floor of the lift and the body when the lift moves upward with an acceleration of 3.5 ms~? (Take g = 9.8 ms“), [5 Marks] 6.(a) Three points A, B and C are uniquely orientated in space with coordinates (a, —1,2), (G,2,4) and (14,B,10) respectively. Find the values of « and fi such that the three points are collinear. [8 Marks] (b) A car of mass 160 kg is placed on a rough horizontal road with coefficient of friction 05. Find the deriving force when he car moves with (i) anacceleration of 5 ms~2, [4 Marks] (ii) auniform speed of 3 ms~*, [3 Marks] MAT 04: STATISTICS Portions of relevant statistical tables are given behind the questions 7. (a) Suppose the probability function of a discrete random variable X is given by: 4! 1 7 fay=\Geun te 7591234 elsewhere (i) find POX £3), [3 Marks] (ii) obtain the distribution function of X, [1 Mark] (iii) find P(X > 0), [2 Marks] (iv) find the mean and variance of X [4 Marks] (b) The following table lists the frequency distribution for 60 rolls of die. ‘Outcome [I-spot | Zsport [S-spert | 4-sport | S-sport | @-sport Frequency |7 [3 ¥ TS TT T Test at the 5% significance level whether the null hypothesis that the given die is fair true. [5 Marks] 8. (ai) Distinguish between type I and type IE errors [2 Marks] (ii) Past record shows that the mean score of year II Accountancy students Business Statistics is 56% with a standard deviation of 7%. A random sample of 45 year II students of this department was tested and the mean score was 52%. Verify at a=0.05 if the average score of the students in this course has changed. [9 Marks] {b) An Accountancy student claims he is 90% sure of the postings he made in all transactions. Would you agree with this claim if in a given transaction, he makes 20 out of 25 postings correctly? Use a=0,05. [4 Marks} Chi square Table df a= 05 0250 4 33567 5.385 5 4351 6625 6 5m8 78H 7 85 9037 a 7344 10219 9 843 11389 9.190 7779 0.236 10.545, 12017 13.362 14.584 ‘Standard Normal (Z) Table 00 45 18 W 18 19 20 24 22 ‘0.00 0.5000 ogx2 0.0482 0.9554 0.9644 ogra o.o7T2 o.gszt o.86t 0.01 o.so4a aos o.o463 0.0564 0.9649 oor19 ogre 0.9828 o.0864 0.02 0.5080 0.9357 oga7s 0.9573 0.9656 0.9728 9.9783 9.9830 ‘oacs Relevant Statistical Tables 0.050 9.493 11.070 12502 14067 18507 16919 Students’ { Distribution Table 3078 1.898 1.638 1533 1476 1440 1415 1397 05 6314 2.920 2353 2.132 2015 1943 1.805 1.800 0.025 9.010 0.005 11.143 12.833 14.940 16013 17.535 19.023 0.04 0.5160 0.9382 0.9495 0.951 a.g671 0.9738 0.9793 0.9838 0.9875 13277 15.086 10.812 18.475 70.000 71.006 0.05 osi99 9304 0.9505 0.9509 0.9678 oorss o.9708 9942 oars 4.303, 8.182, 2776 2571 2447 2.305 2.306, 14.860 16.750 13.588 20.278 21.0655 73.589 007 o.sa70 o.ste 0.9525 0.9616 0.9693 0.9786 0.9808 0.9880 0.84 oda

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