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ertical TSA+DSE Set

Geometry & Statistics Practice for DSE (A) Set 4

1. The pie chart below shows the distribution of the numbers of pets owned by a group of
students.

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x

2
84

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Distribution of the numbers of pets owned
by the group of students

If a student is randomly selected from the group, then the probability that the selected student
5
12
has at least 2 pets is .
(a) Find x.

(b) There are 120 students in the group. How many students do not have pets?

(4 marks)

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 2. The coordinates of the points P and Q are (2 , 5) and (–3 , 3) respectively. P is rotated
anticlockwise about the origin through 270 to P. Q is reflected in the y-axis to Q.

(a) Write down the coordinates of P and Q.

(b) Prove that PQ is perpendicular to PQ.

(4 marks)
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 3. The table below shows the distribution of the numbers of credit cards owned by some people.

Number of credit cards 0 1 2 3

Number of people 3 8 6 h

It is given that h is a positive integer.

(a) If the mode of the distribution is 1, write down the greatest possible value of h.

(b) Is it possible that the mean of the distribution is 1? Explain your answer.

(c) If the median of the distribution is 2, write down

(i) the least possible value of h,

(ii) the greatest possible value of h.

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 4. The difference between the surface areas of two spheres is 432 cm2. The diameter of the
smaller sphere is equal to the radius of the larger sphere. Express, in terms of ,
(a) the surface area of the larger sphere;

(b) the sum of the volumes of the two spheres.

(5 marks)
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 5. In the figure, ABCD is a square and DEC is a straight line. F is a point lying on AE
such that BF  AE.
A B

D E C

(a) Prove that △ABF ~ △EAD.

(b) It is given that BF = 9 cm and AE = 16 cm.

(i) Find the length of BC.

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(ii) Is there a point G lying on BF such that the distance between C and G is less than
9 cm? Explain your answer.
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