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FORM FIVE PREPARATION EXAMINATION

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
EXAMINATION

142 ADVANCED MATHEMATICS

(For Both School and Private Candidates)
Time: 3Hours Wednesday, 24th August 2020 a.m.
Instructions

1. This paper consists of TEN (10) questions in section A and B.

2. Answer ALL questions from section A and TWO (2) questions from section B.
3. Each question of section A carries ten (10) marks and of section B carries FIFTEEN (15)
marks.
4. Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculators may be used.
5. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.
6. Write your Examination number in each answer paper.
7. For calculations you may use the following constants:

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 SECTION A (70 Marks)

Answer ALL question in this section.

1. (a) Use a non- programmable calculator to evaluate correctly to four decimal places the values of
the following.

i. M √

Where a = 4.39737, b = 5.44444, c = 6.00711 and S = 9.79797

ii. ∑

(06 marks)

(b) The volume of a tetrahedron is given by where a is the

length of the edges and an angle made by the edges. By completing the tabe below, find the
volume of the tetrahedron for the given values of a and and write your answer correct to three
decimal places.

A Volume V in
√ cubic unit

1 unit

2 unit

3 unit

(04 marks)

2. (a) Define with example each of the following

i. Null set
ii. Singletone set.
iii. Power set.
iv. Universal set.
(02 marks)

(b) Let and , represent the following sets on the

number line.

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(02 marks)

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 (c) Use appropriate laws to verify that

i. )]
ii. (02 marks)

(d) A group of students consists of 17 girls and 15 boys. Twenty two play handball, while 16
play basketball. Among the boys 12 play hand ball, 11 play basket ball and 10 play both the
games. Assume among the girls 3 do not play either of the game.

i. Summarise the given information into a single vein diagram(s)

ii. How many student(s) play either basket ball or hand ball?
iii. How many girls play both game?
(04 marks)
3. (a) Differentiate between the following.
i. Proposition and components.
ii. Conjuction and Disjunction. (02 marks)

(b) Classify the following into propositions and the one which are not propositions.

i. The sun rises in the East.

ii. Will you please give me your pen?
iii. Wish you good – luck in the examination.
iv. Oh! We have won the match.
v. Every odd number is divisible by 9.
vi. 1980 was a leap year.
vii. 8 is greater than 12.
viii. Please come in! (03 marks)

(c) Use truth table prove that

(02 marks)

(d) (i) Negate the following statement.

(01 marks)

(ii) Write the contrapositive of “ If teachers take more interest, then the students will not fail”

(01 marks)

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4. (a) (i) The ends of a line segment are ( p - q, p + q ) and ( p + q, p – q ). Find the lenght of the

line segment, it’s gradient and the coodinates of it’s mid – point. (01 marks)
(ii) Find the coodinates of the foot of the perpendicular from A (-2, -4) to the line joining

B (0 , 2) and C ( -1, 4 ). (01 marks)

(b) Examine, whether the point ( 2, 3 ) lies outside, or inside the circle

(02 marks)

(c) A person standing at the junction ( crossing ) of two straight paths represented by the
equations 2x – 3y = 4 and 3x + 4y – 5 = 0 wants to reach the path whose equation is
6x – 7y + 8 = 0 in the least time. Find the equation of the path that he should follow.
(03 marks)
(d) Find the equation of the locus of the points which are equidistant from A (3 , -2 ) and
B ( -4 , 1 ). (02 marks)

5. (a) A wire of length 4 metres is cut into two pieces, and each piece is bent into a square. How
shoud this be done so that the two squares together have
i. The smallest area?
ii. The largest area? (03 marks)

(b) Find the equation of the graph of the type y = ax2 + bx + c which crosses the x – axis at the
points ( 1 , 0 ) and ( 4 , 0 ) and also passes through the point ( 3, -4 ). (02 marks)

(c) Find domain and range of the following function

(i) | | (ii) (02 marks)

(d) Draw the graph of the following function.

| | | | (03 marks)

6. (a) Explain the following terms.

i. A degree
ii. A radian
iii. A directed line
iv. A rectangular coordinate system. (02 marks)

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 (b) In what quadrants may terminate, if

i. is positive
ii. is negative
iii. is negative
iv. is positive (02 marks)

(c) Construct the graph of each of the following for one period.

i.

ii.
iii. (03 marks)

(d) (i) Solve

(ii) When A + B + C = 180o; Show that, .

(03 marks)
7. (a) Minimise and maximise; Z = 3x + 5y, subject to the constraints

(03 marks)
(b) A producer has 30 and 17 units of labour and capital respectively which he can use to
produce two types of goods, X and Y. To produce one unit of X, 2 units of labour and 3 units of
capital are required. Similarly, 3 units of labour and 1 unit of capital are required to produce one
unit of Y. If X and Y are priced at 100/- and 120/- per unit respectively, how should the producer
use his resources to maximise the total revenue? Solve the problems graphically.
(03 marks)
(c) Juma made 900 tons and 600 tons of bricks at his houses H1 and H2 respectively. He plan to
build new houses at three sites, P, Q, and R. He expect to use 500 tones of brick at P, 600 tones
to brick at Q and 400 tones to brick at R. The transport cost is given bellow.
P Q R
H1 600 300 400
H2 400 200 600
i. Determine the tone to each sites transport at minimum cost.
ii. What will be minimum overall cost?
(04 marks)

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 SECTION B (30 Marks)

Answer ANY TWO questions in this section.

8. (a) Differentiate the following with respect to x.

i.

ii.

iii.

( 06 marks)

(b)(i) If ; Show that .

(ii) If , ; Show that .

(07 marks)
(c) A right circular cone is inscribed in a sphere of radius equals ,a, prove that it’s volume is

greatest, when it’s altitude is . (02 marks)

9. (a) Evaluate the following

i. ∫

ii. ∫
√ √

iii. ∫
√

(06 marks)
(b) Evaluate

i. ∫

ii. ∫

iii. ∫

(09 marks)

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10. (a) (i) Solve the equation | |

(ii) Find the values of the constants , A, B, C such that

(05 marks)
(b) (i) Find the first three terms and the general term in the expansion in acending powers of x of

(ii) Find the sum to infinity of the series

(05 marks)
(c) (i) Prove by induction that .

(ii) Solve algebraically the inequalities and .

(05 marks)

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