Inthinking - AI HL Paper 1
Inthinking - AI HL Paper 1
Inthinking - AI HL Paper 1
1. [Maximum mark: 6]
The table below shows the monthly averages of ice extent in the same sea for March and
September.
b. Find the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient for the data above. [2]
Yuna plots the population of a particular species of beetle y in hundreds against time in months with a
function f as above.
Point A represents a population of 200 beetles half a month after the start of census.
(b) Identify the corresponding point A in your graph for f -1. [1]
The weight W of each coffee flavored candy produced from factory ABC is normally
distributed with mean 2.87g and standard deviation 0.031g.
The producer needs to print “X g” on each candy wrapper such that the probability the weight
W is larger or equal to X is at least 0.99.
(a) Find the value X. [2]
(c) Find the 99% confidence interval of the mean weight of these 30 candies.
[2]
According to the market research literature, data decay has a model of the form 𝑦 = 𝑎 × 𝑏−𝑡 ,
where a and b are some real constants.
(a) Write out a system of equations for the data above using the initial condition and data for t = 9.
[2]
(c) Calculate the time for the accuracy to be 50% of the original.
[2]
The below diagram depicts the ‘Walkie Scorchie’ building (rotated 90° to the horizontal)
Distance from base of the building (m)
(a) Expand the bracket in the function g(x) = 0.007x(x- 160) and hence find the derivative of the
parabola’s function. [2]
(b) Use your answer to part (a) to calculate:
(i) the gradient of the parabola at the point A = (115, -36.2) [1]
(ii) using your answer to b(i), find the equation of the tangent to the parabola at point A [1]
Graph B : ____________
Graph C : ____________
Graph D : ____________
C D
D E
F G
Answer: ___________________________
(c) Write down the domain for graphs A and B over which the function is decreasing (given that each
function is only defined for the section of the graph shown above). [2]
Answer A: _________________________
Answer B: _________________________
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Q7) [Maximum mark: 3]
The side of a shop, measured in feet, can be modelled using the below function:
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f ( x) = ( x − 1)² + 40, 1 x 16
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The shop wishes to rent out the side of its building for advertising space.
(a) Write down an expression that defines the area of the side of the builing.
[2]
(b) Calculate the side area of the building, clearly stating the correct units.
[1]
(a) The EU, based on passed data collection, believed that waiting times followed a normal
distribution, with mean = 4.39 and standard deviation = 1.1. Complete the table of probabilities and
expected frequencies below, rounding the expected frequencies up for decimal numbers. [3]
The expected frequency of waiting times between 0 and 1 week is 3. Since this is less than 5, the first
two categories in both the “observed” and “expected” frequencies must be combined.
This normal distribution model is to be evaluated using the 𝜒² goodness of fit test, at the 10 %
significance level
(b) State the Null and Alternate Hypotheses [1]
(c) The critical value for a 10% significance level is 10.6 (to 3 s.f.), State, giving a reason, whether the
null hypothesis should be accepted [3]
Amanda is practising her serving in tennis. For a serve to be accepted the ball has to be hit over a 91 cm tall
net and land in the service box on the other side of the net. A 2-dimensional (not to scale) representation of
this is shown on the diagram below. You may assume that the court is completely flat.
When Amanda hits the ball, it’s position relative to the bottom left corner of the court is (7.8, 0.3, 2.1).
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Once the ball is hit it travels in a straight line parallel to the vector ( 40 ).
−3.8
Show that the ball travels over the net but that it is not an acceptable serve.
Kumar wants to find the 95% confidence interval of the population mean from the above sample.
a. Explain whether or not Kumar can find the 95% confidence interval with a normal distribution.
[2]
b. State the assumption that Kumar should make so that he can find the 95% confidence interval.
[1]
If the sample mean and sample standard deviation have remained unchanged even though the sample
size has grown from 5 to 15.
d. Predict how an increase in sample size affect the 95% confidence interval.
[1]
Students who do
not use GDC n2 = 23 𝑥2 = 71
̅̅̅ s2 = 10.1
extensively
a. Find the unbiased estimator of the population variance for the mark of students who use GDC
extensively. [2]
Assume the variances are equal for this two groups of students.
Test the claim that the mean mark for students who use GDC extensively are higher than that for
students who do not use GDC extensively at 10% significance level with a t-test.
Let z1 = 2eix .
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(a) Find 𝑧 in terms of x in Exponential form. [3]
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Consider (𝑧1 )2 = 𝑧1 × 𝑧1 .
(b) Find (𝑧1 )2 in terms of x in Exponential form.
(d) Write out a relevant generalization for calculating the power of z1. [2]
(a) Find the probability that a randomly selected GDC from the production line has one defect either
in the screen or in the keypad or in both screen and keypad.
[3]
She decides to model the total defective numbers using Poisson distributions.
(b) Find the probability that a randomly selected GDC has at least 1 defect either in the screen or in
the keypad or in both screen and keypad. [4]
The main computer server that provides internet access is in the school building S. The optic cable
network must start from the school building S.
(a) Use Prim’s algorithm to find the network with the minimum costs for this optic cable network.
[2]
(c) Write out a condition in which Prim’s algorithm is better than Kruskal’s algorithm. [1]
(d) The Design Technology Center D must be directly linked to the school building S.
Find the new minimum costs of building this network [2]