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2015 S6/Math/ P.
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MATH CP
PAPER 1
CUHK FAA THOMAS CHEUNG Name

SECONDARY SCHOOL
Class ( )
S6 Graduation Examination
2014 – 2015
Marker’s Use Only

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part
Question No. Marks
PAPER 1
12
Question-Answer Book 34
56
(21/4 hours)
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This paper must be answered in English
Full Mark : 105 marks 8
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INSTRUCTIONS 10
1. Write your Name, Class and Class Number in the
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spaces provided on Page 1.
2. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), 12

A(2) and B.
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3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your
answers in the spaces provided in this Question- 14
Answer Book. Do not write in the margins.
Answers written in the margins will not be 15
marked.
4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets 16

will be supplied on request. Write your name and
mark the question number box on each sheet. 17
5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be 18

clearly shown.
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6. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers
should be either exact or correct to 3 significant
figures. Total
7. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily

drawn to scale.
S6/Math/ P.2
SECTION A(1) (35 marks)
5 x− y
=3
1. Make x the subject of the formula x +1 . (3 marks)
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2
b
a−22
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2. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)

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3. Factorize
(a) 9 x 2−12 xy+4 y 2 ,
2 2 2
(b) 9 x −12 xy+4 y −25 m .
(3 marks)

4. A bag contains two kinds of coins: $ 2 and $ 5. The ratio of the number of $ 2 coins
to the number of $ 5 coins is 3 : 4. If the total value of the coins is $156, find the total
number of coins in the bag. (4 marks)

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5. The table below shows the way of charges of electrical supply in City X.
Consumption Rate of charge (Dollars / units)
On the first 30 units $ 4.475
On the next 50 units $ 6.021
Remaining $ 9.895
David’s family used 98 units of electricity in January 2014.
(a) By rounding up the rates to the nearest dollar / units, estimate the total amount
that David’s family should pay in January 2014.
(b) If David has only $700, does he have enough money to pay the bill?
Use the result of (a) to explain your answer. (4 marks)

6. In a polar coordinate system, O is the pole. The polar coordinates of the point A and B
are (r, 125o) and (r, 215o) respectively, where r is constant.
(a) Describe the geometric relationship between OA and OB.
(b) Given AB = 20, find the area of AOB. (4 marks)

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7. In figure 1, AP is the angle bisector of ∠BAC. AB = AC and ∠BPC = 160o.

A
B C
Figure 1
Prove that Δ ABP≃Δ ACP .

(a)
(b) Find ∠APB. (4 marks)

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n(2 n−3)
8. For each positive integer n, the nth term of a sequence is .
(a) Find the 4th term of the sequence.
(b) Someone claims that there is another term of the sequence which is equal to
the 4th term of the sequence. Do you agree? Explain your answer. (5 marks)

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9. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the ages of the employees
of company A.
Stem (tens) Leaf (units)
3 0 1 3 7
4 2 4
5 3 5 5
6 0
(a) Find the mean, the range and the standard deviation of the above distribution.
(b) Anna leaves company A. The mean of the ages of the remaining employees is
43. Find the age of Anna. (5 marks)


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SECTION A(2) (35 marks)
10. The cost of a plate is $C and its area is A cm2. It is known that C is the sum of two
parts, one part varies directly as A and the other part varies directly as A2. When A =
2, C = 26 and when A = 4, C = 92.
(a) The area of a plate is 6 cm2, find the cost of this plate. (4 marks)
(b) If the cost of a plate is $140, find its area. (2 marks)

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11. Let f(x) be a polynomial. When f(x) is divided by x + 1, the quotient and the remainder
are 6x2 – 5x – 26 and 36 respectively.
(a) Find f(2). (3 marks)
(b) Someone claims that at least one of the roots of the equation f(x) = 0 is
irrational number. Do you agree? Explain your answer. (3 marks)


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12. There are 17 boys and 17 girls in a class. The stem-and-leaf diagram and the box-and-
whisker diagram show the weights of the boys and the girls respectively.
Weights of Boys
Stem (10 kg) Leaf (1 kg)
5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 9
6 3 4 4 5 5 7 9
7 2 5
Weights of Girls
Weight (kg)

(a) Find the range and the inter-quartile range of the weights of the girls. (2 marks)
(b) Find the lower quartile and the upper quartile of the weights of all students in
the class. (2 marks)
(c) A student is selected randomly from the class.
(i) Is it possible that the probability that the selected student weighs at
least 63 kg is 0.25? Explain your answer.
(ii) Suppose the probability that the weight of the selected student is at least
6
63 kg is 17 . Find the number of girls whose weight is 63 kg. (3 marks)

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13. Figure 2 shows a vessel which is held vertically. The vessel consists of two parts: the
upper part is a right circular cylinder of base radius 12 cm and the lower part is a right
circular frustum. The frustum is made by cutting off the upper part of an right circular
cone of base radius 32 cm and height 24 cm. The height of the vessel is 60 cm.

Figure 2
(a) (i) Find the height of the right circular frustum.
(ii) Find the volume of the right circular frustum in terms of . (4 marks)
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(b) 0.03 m of water is now poured into the vessel. Michelle claims that the area of
the wet curved surface of the vessel is greater than 4250 cm 2. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (4 marks)

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14. H(2, 0) is a fixed point on the rectangular coordinate plane. P is a moving point on the
same coordinate plane such that it always maintains a fixed distance 5 units from H.
Denote the locus of P by .
(a) (i) Describe the geometric relationship between  and H.
(ii) Find the equation of .
(3 marks)
(b)  cuts the x-axis at A(a, 0) and B(b, 0), where a < b, and cuts the positive y-axis
at C. A straight line L1 passes through A and C, while another straight line L2
passes through B and C.
(i) Tony claims that L1 is perpendicular to L2. Do you agree? Explain your
answer.
(ii) A straight line L3 passes through the origin O and intersects L2 at D such
that OD  BC. Find the ratio of the area of △OBD to the area of
quadrilateral OACD.

(5 marks)

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SECTION B (35 marks)

15. The sales of K-phone in the 1st month is 2 million dollars. It increases by 5% every
month compared to the previous month.
(a) Find the sales of K-phone in the 3rd month. (1 mark)
(b) The total sales of K-phone in the first m months is greater than 400 million
dollars. Find the smallest value of m. (3 marks)

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16. The weights of the oranges grown in a farm are normally distributed with 68%, 95%
and 99.7% of the data lying within 1, 2 and 3 standard deviations from the mean
respectively. It is known that the mean of the weights of the oranges is 200 g and the
standard score of an orange with weight 170 g is –2.
(a) Find the variance of the weights of the oranges. (2 marks)
(b) From all the oranges in the farm,
(i) 1 orange is randomly selected. Find the probability that its weight is less
than 185 g.
(ii) 4 oranges are randomly selected. Find the probability that at least 2
selected oranges with weight less than 185 g. (4 marks)


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17. Figure 3 shows a tetrahedron ABCD. It is found that ∠DBC = 50o, BD = BC = 18cm,
AD = AC = 15cm and AB = 16 cm.
Figure 3
(a) Find the length of CD. (2 marks)

(b) Find the angle between the plane ABD and the plane ABC. (4 marks)

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18. (a) Express 3 i−1 in the form of a + bi, where a and b are real numbers. (2 marks)
10 i 10 i
α= β=
(b) It is given that 3i+1 , 3i−1 and k is a real number.
2
mα=α +n
2
(i) If mβ=β +n , find the value of m and n.
(ii) Jeff claims that the parabola y = x2 – mx + n and the straight line y = x + k2
intersect at two distinct points. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(6 marks)

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19. In Figure 4, AOD, BPE and COE are straight lines. AD  CE and AP  BE.
Figure 4
(a) Prove that

(i) A, P, O and E are concylic.
(ii) BD // OP. (4 marks)
(b) A rectangular coordinate system, with O(0, 0) as the origin, is introduced to the
figure. C, O and E lie on the x-axis, the coordinates of B are (–10, 17) and the
equation of the circle is x2 + y2 + 10x – 10y – 119 = 0.
(i) Find the equation of the circle passing through A, P, O and E.
(ii) Find the coordinates of P. (7 marks)

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2015 S6/Math/ P.

CUHK FAA THOMAS CHEUNG Name

Marker’s Use Only

Question-Answer Book 34

2. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), 12

4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets 16

5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be 18

7. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily

SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

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7. In figure 1, AP is the angle bisector of ∠BAC. AB = AC and ∠BPC = 160o.

Prove that Δ ABP≃Δ ACP .

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