AIH 23-25 NOV EXAM Revision 1 [119 marks]

1. A school consists of 740 students divided into 5 grade levels. The numbers of students in each grade
are shown in the table below.

The Principal of the school wishes to select a sample of 25 students. She wishes to ensure that, as
closely as possible, the proportion of the students from each grade in the sample is the same as the
proportions in the school.

(a) Calculate the number of grade 12 students who should be in the sample.

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(b) The Principal selects the students for the sample by asking those who took part in a previous survey if
they would like to take part in another. She takes the first of those who reply positively, up to the
maximum needed for the sample.

State which two of the sampling methods listed below best describe the method used.

Stratified Quota Convenience Systematic Simple random

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2. A food scientist measures the weights of 760 potatoes taken from a single field and the distribution of the
weights is shown by the cumulative frequency curve below.

(a) Find the number of potatoes in the sample with a weight of more than 200 grams.

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 (b.i) Find the median, lower quartile and upper quartile weight.

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(c) The weight of the smallest potato in the sample is 20 grams and the weight of the largest is 400
grams.

Use the scale shown below to draw a box and whisker diagram showing the distribution of the
weights of the potatoes. You may assume there are no outliers.

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3. The diagram below is part of a Voronoi diagram.

Diagram not to scale

A and B are sites with B having the co-ordinates of (4, 6). L is an edge; the equation of this perpendicular
bisector of the line segment from A to B is 𝑦 = −2𝑥 + 9

Find the co-ordinates of the point A.

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4. A set of data comprises of five numbers 𝑥! , 𝑥# , 𝑥$ , 𝑥% , 𝑥& which have been placed in ascending order.
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(a) Recalling definitions, such as the Lower Quartile is the %
𝑡ℎ piece of data with the data placed in
order, find an expression for the Interquartile Range.

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(b) Hence, show that a data set with only 5 numbers in it cannot have any outliers.

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(c) Give an example of a set of data with 7 numbers in it that does have an outlier, justify this fact by
stating the Interquartile Range.

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5. The water temperature (𝑇) in Lake Windermere is measured on the first day of eight consecutive months
(𝑚) from January to August (months 1 to 8) and the results are shown below. The value for May (month
5) has been accidently deleted.

(a) Assuming the data follows a linear model for this period, find the regression line of 𝑇 on 𝑚 for the
remaining data.

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(b) Use your line to find an estimate for the water temperature on the first day of May.

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(c.i) Explain why your line should not be used to estimate the value of 𝑚 at which the temperature is
10.0 ∘ 𝐶.

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(c.ii) Explain in context why your line should not be used to predict the value for December (month 12).

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(d) State a more appropriate model for the water temperature in the lake over an extended period of
time. You are not expected to calculate any parameters.

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6. A farmer owns a triangular field ABC. The length of side [AB] is 85 m and side [AC] is 110 m. The angle
between these two sides is 55∘ .

(a) Find the area of the field.

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(b) The farmer would like to divide the field into two equal parts by constructing a straight fence from A
to a point D on [BC].

Find BD. Fully justify any assumptions you make.

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7. The position of a helicopter relative to a communications tower at the top of a mountain at time 𝑡 (hours)
can be described by the vector equation below.
20 4.2
𝐫 = ;−25< + 𝑡 ; 5.8 <
0 −0.5
The entries in the column vector give the displacements east and north from the communications tower
and above/below the top of the mountain respectively, all measured in kilometres.

(a) Find the speed of the helicopter.

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(b) Find the distance of the helicopter from the communications tower at 𝑡 = 0.

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(c) Find the bearing on which the helicopter is travelling.

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2𝑝 3
8. If 𝐴 = > A and det 𝐴 = 14, find the possible values of 𝑝.
−4𝑝 𝑝

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5 2 11 2
9. 𝐴 and 𝐵 are 2 × 2 matrices, where 𝐴 = C D and 𝐵𝐴 = C D. Find 𝐵
2 0 44 8
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10.
1 𝑎 1 𝑏
(a) Find a relationship between 𝑎 and 𝑏 if the matrices 𝑀 = H I and 𝑁 = H I commute under
2 3 2 3
matrix multiplication.

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(b.i) Find the value of 𝑎 if the determinant of matrix 𝑀 is −1.

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(b.ii) Write down 𝑀*! for this value of 𝑎.

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11. Points A and B have coordinates (1, 1, 2) and (9, 𝑚, −6) respectively.
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(a) Express AB in terms of 𝑚.

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The line 𝐿, which passes through B, has equation 𝐫 = ;−19< + 𝑠 ; 4 <.
24 −5
(b) Find the value of 𝑚.

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# !
(c) Consider a unit vector 𝐮, such that 𝐮 = 𝑝𝐢 − $ 𝐣 + $ 𝐤, where 𝑝 > 0.
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Point C is such that BC = 9𝐮.

Find the coordinates of C.

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12. In this question, all lengths are in metres and time is in seconds.

Consider two particles, 𝑃! and 𝑃# , which start to move at the same time.

Particle 𝑃! moves in a straight line such that its displacement from a fixed-point is given by 𝑠(𝑡) = 10 −
, #
%
𝑡 , for 𝑡 ≥ 0.

(a) Find an expression for the velocity of 𝑃! at time 𝑡.

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(b) Particle 𝑃# also moves in a straight line. The position of 𝑃# is given by 𝐫 = H I + 𝑡 H I.
6 −3
The speed of 𝑃! is greater than the speed of 𝑃# when 𝑡 > 𝑞.

Find the value of 𝑞.

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13. Iron in the asteroid 16 Psyche is said to be valued at 8973 quadrillion euros (EUR), where one
quadrillion = 10!& .

(a) Write down the value of the iron in the form 𝑎 × 10- where 1 ≤ 𝑎 < 10 , 𝑘 ∈ ℤ.

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James believes the asteroid is approximately spherical with radius 113 km. He uses this information to
estimate its volume.
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(b) Calculate James’s estimate of its volume, in km .

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(c) The actual volume of the asteroid is found to be 6.074 × 10. km$ .

Find the percentage error in James’s estimate of the volume.

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14. Hafizah harvested 49 mangoes from her farm. The weights of the mangoes, 𝑤, in grams, are shown in
the following grouped frequency table.

(a) Write down the modal group for these data.

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(b) Use your graphic display calculator to find an estimate of the standard deviation of the weights of
mangoes from this harvest.

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(c) On the grid below, draw a histogram for the data in the table.

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15. The following diagram shows a triangle ABC.

^ C = 𝜃.
AC = 15 cm, BC = 10 cm, and AB

^B = √$
Let sin CA .
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(a) ^ C is acute, find sin 𝜃.

Given that AB

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(b) ^ Ba.
Find cos `2 × CA

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16. Points in the plane are subjected to a transformation 𝑇 in which the point (𝑥, 𝑦) is transformed to the
point (𝑥′, 𝑦′) where

𝑥′ 3 0 𝑥
c d=C D C D.
𝑦′ 0 2 𝑦

(a) Describe, in words, the effect of the transformation 𝑇.

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(b.i) Show that the points A(1, 4), B(4, 8), C(8, 5), D(5, 1) form a square.

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(b.ii) Determine the area of this square.

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(b.iii) Find the coordinates of A’, B’, C’, D’, the points to which A, B, C, D are transformed under 𝑇.

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(b.iv) Show that A’ B’ C’ D’ is a parallelogram.

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(b.v) Determine the area of this parallelogram.

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