SECTION A (40 M A R K S ) |

Answer all the questions in this section.

A coin is biased such that when it is tossed the head is twice asl i k e l y to
occur as the tail. Find the probability that in seven tosses, there will be
exactly two tails. (05 marks)

Two bodies 4 and B of masses 6 kg and 2 kg moving alonga straight line

with velocities 4 ms~! and 2 ms? respectively, collide head on. After
collision, A moves with a velocity of 2.6 ms?! in the same direction.

Calculate the;
(a) velocity o f B after collision. _

(02 marks)
(b) _ loss in kinetic energy. (03 marks)

The values o f a function f(x) are given in the table below.

psf o } e t a f m t o2 | » | 3
Use the trapezium rule to estimate the value o f
3

| f ( s ) de
0 | :

correct to three decimal places. (05 marks)

A ball o f mass kg rolls from rest down a rough plane inclined at 30° to a
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horizontal ground. The ball rolls for 4 m before it reaches the ground. The
coefficient o f friction between the ball and the plane is '/4 Find the velocity
w i t h which the ball reaches the ground. (05 marks)

The table below shows the age distribution o f a population o f a certain town
in a census.

A G E (years ) | NUMBER (? 000)

Under 10
10 and under 20 19

20 and under 30 16

30 and under 40
40 and under 60 30
6 0 and under 80
80 and under 90

(a) Draw a histogram for the data. (03 marks)

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(b) Use the histogram to estimate the modal age o f the population.
(02 marks)
The numbers x = 6.45, y = 0.00215 and z = 2.7 are each rounded o f f to the
given number o f decimal places.
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Determine the interval in which w = X + Z " lies. (05 marks)
Vy
Two independent events R andS are such that P(R) = 3/4 and P(S) = P(S?NR?).
Find;
(a) P(S). (03 marks)
(b) P(SNR). (02 marks)

A uniform lamina in form o f a square. w i t h side 60 c m hasac i r c u l a r hole o f

radius 20 cm made i n it as shown in the diagram below.

D C

S
©
a)
WO

A 60cm B

Find the position o f the centre o f gravity o f the lamina f r o m side A D .

(05 marks)
 SECTION B (60 MARKS)
A n s w e r any f i v e questions f r o m this section. A l l q u e s t i o n s c a r r y e q u a l marks.

9. The table below shows the scores o f 10 candidates i n Biology and Economics.

f a f a f e fo_fe fe jo 8
TA
6 3_|
economics |90_[64 [76 | 7 0 [55 | 5 3 [62 [85 _

(a) (i) Plotascatter diagram for the data.

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(ii) Drawa line o f best f i t on the scatter diagram.

(iii) Use your line o f best f i t to estimate the B i o l o g y mark for a

candidate who scored 57 in Economics.
(06 marks)
(b) Calculate a rank correlation coefficient between the candidates?
performance in the two subjects.
Comment on your result. (06 marks)

10. Two points A and B are 526 m apart along a straight road. A car moving
along the road passes point A w i t h a constant speed o f 25 ms?!. The car
maintains this speed for 10 seconds and then decelerates u n i f o r m l y for
8 seconds until i t attains a speed o f V m s . The car maintains this speed until

it passes point B. The total time taken b y the car to move f r o m point A to B is
30 seconds.

(a) Sketcha Velocity ? Time graph for the motion o f the car. (04 marks)

(b) Determine the; |

(i) value of V. (05 marks)

(ii) deceleration of the car. (03 marks)

11. Given that f ( x ) = xe* + 5x - 10;

(a) (i) Evaluate f ( 1 ) and f ( 2 ) , correct to f o u r decimal places.
(ii) deduce that the equation f ( x =
) 0 has a root between
=1 and x = 2 , (04 marks)
(b) Use inca interpolation twice to obtain the root o f the equation
:
xe" + 5 x ~ 1 0 = 0 ,
correct to three decimal places. (08 marks)

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12. A continuous random variable X has a cumulative distribution function given
by
v x ?
?| < x < 0
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1+2x . OK<x<2
F@)=< _°

4+3x | < x < 8

12 3

8
1, x 2> ?3

Find;
(a) the median. (03 m a r k s )

(b) the p r o b a b i l i t y density f u n c t i o n f ( x ) . (03 marks)

(c) P A s X<2.5). (03 m a r k s )

(d) the mean o f X . (03 m a r k s )

13. Three forces F i = ( 2 i - 37) N, Fo = ( S 5 i + 2 j 7 ) N and F3 = ( - 2 i - 1 1 N) act

at points (2, 3), ( 2 , 3) and (3, ?2) respectively.
Determine the;

(a) magnitude o f t h e i r resultant force. (03 marks)

(b) equation o f the l i n e o f action o f the resultant force. (O05 marks)

(c) distance f r o m the origin at w h i c h the resultant cuts the x-axis. (02 m a r k s )

(d) force that should be added to f o r m a couple. (02 marks)

14. (a) Show that the f o r m u l a based on N e w t o n Raphson m e t h o d f o r

approximating the k ? root o f a n u m b e r N is g i v e n b y

( k - 1 ) xF + N
=??__4____ n=0,1,2, 3,...
n+l kx k-1
n
(04 m a r k s )
(b) Construct a f l o w chart that:

(i) reads i n the i n i t i a l a p p r o x i m a t i o n X y , k and N,

(ii) | computes and prints N and its k " root correct to t h r e e d e c i m a l

places. (05 m a r k s )

(c) P e r f o r m a d r y r u n f o r y o u r f l o w chart w h e n N = 13, X) = 1.6 a n d k =4.

(03 m a r k s )

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 (a) A woman travelling to work b y a car goes through three police check
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points A, B and C. The probabilities that she is delayed at A, at B and
at C are 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7 respectively.
Determine the probability that she is delayed at;
(i) o n l y one check point. (03 m a r k s )
(ii) | t w o o r m o r e check points. (03 m a r k s )

(b) Aman goes to work by route P or route Q. The probability that he

takes route P is 0.6. The probability that he is late given that he goes
through P is 7/3 and throughQ is fy,
(i) Find the probability that he is late for work on a certain day.
(03 marks)
(ii) | Given that he is not late, determine the probability that he went
through P. (03 marks)

16. The diagram below shows three masses o f 12 kg, 9 k g and 7 k g connected b y
light inelastic strings. The string connecting the 12 k g and 9 kg masses
passes over a smooth fixed pulley. The other string connects the 9 kg and 7 k g
masses.

9kg

12kg

7Tkg

The system is released from rest and the 12 kg mass accelerates upwards.

(a) Calculate the;

(i) acceleration o f the system.

(ii) tensions in the strings. (10 marks)

(b) Determine the velocity o f the 12 kg mass after 1.5 seconds.

(02 marks)
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