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ZTI]V{BABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

MATHEMATICS 91.6414
PAPER 4

JUNE 2OO7 SESSION 3 hours

Additional materials;
Answer paper
Graph paper
List of Formulae

TIME 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer
paper/answer booklet.

There is no restriction on the number of questions which you may attempt.

,,. -Ha numericai answer cannor be grven exactiy, arui the accurarey required is not sp€cified in the
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question, then in the case of an angle it should be given to the nearest degree, and in other cases it
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should be given correct to 2 significant figures.
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If .a numerical value for g is necessary, take g: 9.81 *s-'.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the errd of each question or part question.

The total number of marks for this paper is 120.

Within each section of the paper, questions are printed in the order of their mark allocations and
candidates are advised, within each section, to attempt questions sequentially.

The use of an electronic calculator is expected, where appropriate.

r You are reminded of the need for.clear presentation in your answers.

This question paper consists of 7 printed pages and I blank page.

Copyright: Zimbabwe School Examinations Council, J2007.

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Section (a): Statistics

I A manufacturing plant uses three machines in its production process.

The total daily output contribution for machines A, B and C are 40Yo,45Yo
and l5oh respectively. It is known that 4o/o of the tins produced by A are
defective, 3o/o produced by B are defective and lYo produced by C are defective.

(a) Calculate the probability that one tin chosen at random from the day's
production is defective. t3l
(b) Given that a randomly chosen tin is defective, calculate the probability

2 A factory produces two types of nuts and bolts with masses distributed normally
with parameters as shown in the table below.

Type A Type B

Mean Standard deviation Mean Standard deviation

Nut 5g 0.2 e 4-7 e 0.2 g

Bolt 20.5 s 4.2 e 2oe 0.2 s

Given that each bolt is fitted with two nuts, find the probability that the total
mass of type A is greater than the total mass of type B. t6l

3 It is giventhat P(X : x) : (+)', x :1,2,3, 4, whsre fr is a constant. Find

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4 The marks obtained by students in a Physics test are displayed on a stem and leaf diagram
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Stem Leaf

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(r) Find the quartiles. t3l

(ii) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 marks, draw a box and whisker

plot to represent this data. l2l
(iil) State one advantage of using a stem and leaf diagram. tll
5 Naits produced by a machine have lengths that are normally distributed. Given
that26/o of the nails are longer than 10.4 cm and 95% of the nails have lengths
between 10.3 cm and 10.4 cm, find the mean and standard deviation of the
.i ri distribution, giving your answers correct to 4 decimal places. 17t
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(b) Find the mean for A for which P(X:0): P(X:2), where X is the
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The mileage, in thousands of km, obtained from a brand of a car tyre is a random
variable with pdf

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Find the

(i) value of k, t3l

(ii) mean life of a tyre, t4l

(iii) probability that a tyre will last at most 100 000 km. t2)
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8 Five cards are numbered?afr4,4; 6. Two cards are drawn with replacement
and their numbers noted. Given that X is the sum of the two numbers,
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(i) the possible values of X and their corresponding probabilities, t3l

(ii) E(x) and Var(X), t4l

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Gi) the probability that the mean for a-sEmple of size 30 exceeds 7.5. t4l

9 A social scientist investigating effects of a sharp increase in the rate of AIDS

related diseases (ARD) recorded results on marriage breakdowns over six quarters.
The results are summarised in the table below.

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Period I 2 J 4 5 6

ARD (X%) 48 84 96 lo6 150 200

Number of divorces (Y%) 2 5 8 t2 t7 20

)x =ot+; )r =e+: )x' =92312;

)r' =sze; 2r, = 9 106.

(i) Calculate the product moment correlation coefficient and comment. t3l

(ii) Find the regression line ofy upon x. Hence estimate the divorce rate for
an ARD rate of 300Yo. t6l

(iii) Draw the scatter diagram and fit the regression line found in (ii). t3l

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(b) A driver involved in motor racing competition investigates the times
a prospective racing engine takes to complete a 50 km-lap. The results
for 30 laps are summarised in the table below.

Time 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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Frequency J 7 8 6 3 2 I .I

Perform a test to determine whether there is evidence, at 5ah significance

level, that the mean time is more than 25 minutes. tl1]
1l (a) A sample of 400 people was asked to taste 4 brands of herbat tea and
indicate their preferences. The results are given in the table below.

Brand Number of people favouring brand

P 95

a 104

R 109

s 92

Test at 5% level of significance, the hypothesis that a uniform distribution

describes the herbal tea-drinking population. t6I

(b) A breeding experiment with a flowering plant gives results as shown in the
following table.

Colour offlower Red Pink White

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Proportion
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A random sample of 100 plants has 20 red flowers, 35 pink flowers and
45 white flowers.

(D Test at 2.5 % significance level whether the sample results are

consistent results. t6l

(ii) Find the least value of o for which the null hypothesis can be
rejected at the cr% significance level. t21

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Section (b): Mechanics

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A particle A of mass 3 kg on a rough plane is connected by a light inextensible

string passing over a smooth pulley at the top of the plane to a particle B
of mass 6 kg which is hanging freely (see diagram). The coefficient of friction
between A and the plane is ]2 ana the plane is inclined at an angle of 30o to the U
horizontal. The particles are released from rest

Find the tension in the string and the acceleration of the particles during the
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In the diagarn above, a particle is projected with a speed of V ms I at an angle

of elevation of 45" from a point O, 40 m vertically above point A. [t moves
freely under gravity until it hits the horizontal ground at point B, 600 m from A.

Calculate

(i) the value of V, t3l

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horizontal just before the impact at B, tsI

(iir) the maximum height above the horizontal ground reached by the particle. t3l

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