SECTION A: Attempt all questions (55 MARKS)

01. Express the complex number z  3  i in the modulus argument

form. (3marks)
02. Given that tan    x and tan    y by expressing  and  as tangent
1 1

ratios, of x and y :
  
i) Show that: x  y  tan 1   (2marks)
 1   
 1 
Solve for x : tan 1    tan  x  1  tan  2 
1 1
ii) (3marks)
 x  1 
03. The first term of an arithmetic progression (A.P.) is 73 and the 9th term is
25, Determine :
i) The common difference of the A.P. (2marks)
ii) The number of terms that must be added to give
a sum of 96. (3marks)
 10x 
04. Given that log x  m  n and log y  m  n , express the value of log 2  in
 y 
terms of m and n. (3marks)
05. Solve for x: 32 x 1  3 2  3 x 3  3 x (4marks)
06. Find the value of k if one root of the equation 3x 2  1  4k x  k 2  5  0 is
one-third of the other root. (4marks)
07. Find the equation of tangent line to the curve of the equation
2 x 2  6 xy  y 2  9 at the point 4,1 (3marks)
08. Francisco standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle
subtended by a tree on the opposite bank is 450. When he retreats 50m
from the bank, he finds the angle to be 300.Find the breadth of the river
and the height of the tree. (3marks)
09. Solve in  : sin 2
x  2 cos 2
x  1  0 (3marks)
10. A and B are the points 3,4 and  1,2 respectively. Find the Cartesian
equation of the locus of the point Px, y  which moves so that :
AP  2 BP (3marks)
11. Determine a pair of equations of the line of which x  3  2t ; y  t  4 and
z  3t  2 are parametric equations. (4marks)
     
12. Obtain the value of  which makes the vectors i  j  k ; 2i  j  k and
  
i  j  k lie on one plane. (3marks)
x3  3
13. Express y  as partial fractions. Hence find  ydx . (5marks)
 
x  2 x 2  1
14. Find the cube roots of  8 . (3marks)
15. Linearize: cos3 x sin 2 x  . (4marks)

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SECTION B: Attempt only three questions (45 MARKS)

19 4   1 4
16. Let M    and X   
 1 16  1 1 
15 0 
i) Show that X 1 MX   , (5marks)
 0 20
15 0 
ii)Write M in the form XDX 1 with D   , (5marks)
 0 20
iii) Show that M n  XD n X 1 (5marks)
17. Consider the function f z   z 3  bz 2  cz  d ;
 f i   0

a) Find the values of b, c and d such that:  f  i   8i (8marks)
 f 1  4i

b) Then solve f z   0 (7marks)
18. The height of the students in S6 were according to the following
frequency table:
Class 151-153 154-156 157-159 160-162 163-165 166-168
Frequencies 2 14 13 13 2 1
i) Estimate the mean and the standard deviation of the height of the
students. (9marks)
ii) Determine and plot the cumulative frequency distribution for the
students’ heights. Hence estimate the median, lower and upper
quartiles for the heights of the students. (6marks)
19. Test whether the following system of equations is consistent or not. If
consistent solve it by using inverse matrix method.
3 x  y  z  3,

 x  2 y  z  3, (15marks)
2 x  3 y  z  4

20. a) Solve for x in  :
x! x! x
  (5 x  14)  3 (7marks)
( x  2)!2! x( x  3)!3! 3
b) If x 2  1  x4  y 2  , then express y in terms of x ;
dy 1
dx 2
y  1 When x  0 (8marks)

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