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UTME / JAMB 1995
Geometry and Trigonometry
Diagram
Solution
PT is a tangent to the circle TYZX. YT = YX and < PTX = 50o. Calculate < TZY
Attached Figure / Diagram
A
50o
B
65o
C
85o
D
130o
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
XTY = 50o = TXY = \(\frac{130^o}{2}\)
= 65o
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #33045)
Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 1995
Geometry and Trigonometry
Diagram
Solution
In the diagram, find PQ if the area of triangle PQR is 35cm\(^2\)
Attached Figure / Diagram
A
7cm
B
10cm
C
14cm
D
17cm
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
\(\frac{1}{2}\)(PQ x 10 sin 30) = 35
PQ = \(\frac{35 \times 2}{10 \sin 30}\)
= 14cm
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #33067)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1995
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
The quantity y is partly constant and partly varies inversely as the square of x.
(a) Write down the relationship between x and y.
(b) When x = 1, y = 11 and when x = 2, y = 5, find the value of y when x = 4.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) \(y = k + \frac{c}{x^{2}}\)
where c and k are constants.
(b) When x = 1, y = 11
\(11 = k + \frac{c}{1^{2}} \implies 11 = k + c ... (1)\)
When x = 2, y = 5
\(5 = k + \frac{c}{2^{2}} \implies 5 = k + \frac{c}{4}\)
\(\equiv 20 = 4k + c ... (2)\)
(2) - (1) :
\(4k - k = 20 - 11 \implies 3k = 9\)
\(k = 3\)
Put k = 3 in (1), we have
\(11 = 3 + c \implies c = 11 - 3 = 8\)
\(\therefore y = 3 + \frac{8}{x^{2}}\)
When x = 4,
\(y = 3 + \frac{8}{4^{2}} = 3 + \frac{1}{2}\)
= \(3\frac{1}{2}\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54522)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1995
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
(a) In the diagram, PQSR and SRYZ are parallelograms and PQYZ is a straight line. If /QY/ = 2cm and /RS/ = 3cm, find /PZ/.
(b) P and Q are two towns on the earth's surface on latitude 56^\circN. Thei longitudes are 25^\circE and 95^\circE respectively. Find the distance PQ along their parallel of latitude, correct to the nearest km. [Take radius of the earth as 6400km and \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) \(/QY/ = 2cm; /RS/ = 3cm\)
\(\therefore /YZ/ = /RS/ = /PQ/ = 3cm\) (opp sides of a parallelogram)
But \(/PZ/ = /PQ/ + /QY/ + /YZ/\)
\(\therefore /PZ/ = 3cm + 2cm + 3cm = 8cm\)
(b) Difference in longitude = 95^\circ - 25^\circ = 70^\circ
Distance PQ = \(\frac{70}{360} \times 2\pi R \cos \theta\)
= \(\frac{70}{360} \times 2 \times \frac{22}{7} \times 6400 \cos 56\)
= \(\frac{7}{36} \times 2 \times \frac{22}{7} \times 6400 \times 0.5592\)
= \(4374.19 km \approxeq 4374 km\) (to the nearest km)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54523)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1995
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
(a) A pack of 52 playing cards is shuffled and a card is drawn at random. Calculate the probability that it is either a five or a red nine.
[Hint : There are 4 fives and 2 red nines in a pack of 52 cards]
(b) P, Q and R are points in the same horizontal plane. The bearing of Q from P is 150^\circ and the bearing of R from Q is 060^\circ. If /PQ/ = 5m and /QR/ = 3m, find the bearing of R from P, correct to the nearest degree.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) Total no of cards = 52; No of fives = 4; No of red nines = 2.
Prob(of 5) = \(\frac{4}{52} = \frac{1}{13}\)
Prob(red nine) = \(\frac{2}{52} = \frac{1}{26}\)
\(\therefore\) Prob (of 5 or red nine) = \(\frac{1}{13} + \frac{1}{26} = \frac{3}{26}\)
(b) \(\tan < RPQ = \frac{3}{5} = 0.6\)
\(< RPQ = 30.96^\circ\)
\(\therefore\) Bearing of R from P = 150^\circ - 30.96^\circ = 119.04^\circ
\(\approxeq\) 119^\circ (to the nearest degree).
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54524)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1995
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
(a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct triangle ABC with /AB/ = 7.5cm, /BC/ = 8.1cm and < ABC = 105^\circ.
(b) Locate a point D on BC such that /BD/ : /DC/ is 3 : 2.
(c) Through D, construct a line I perpendicular to BC.
(d) If the line I meets AC at P, measure /BP/.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a - d)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54529)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1995
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
(a) A man travels from a village X on a bearing of 060^\circ to a village Y which is 20km away. From Y, he travels to a village Z, on a bearing of 195^\circ. If Z is directly east of X, calculate, correct to three significant figures, the distance of :
(i) Y from Z ; (ii) Z from X .
(b) An aircraft flies due South from an airfield on latitude 36^\circN, longitude 138^\circE to an airfield on latitude 36^\circS, longitude 138^\circE.
(i) Calculate the distance travelled, correct to three significant figures ; (ii) if the speed of the aircraft is 800km per hour, calculate the time taken, correct to the nearest hour.
[Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\), R = 6400km].
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) < XZY = 180^\circ - (30^\circ + 45^\circ) = 105^\circ
\(\frac{20}{\sin 105^\circ} = \frac{YZ}{\sin 30^\circ}\)
\(YZ = \frac{20 \sin 30^\circ}{\sin 105^\circ} = 10.35km\)
\(\approxeq 10.4km \) (to 3 sig. figs)
(ii) \(\frac{20}{\sin 75} = \frac{XZ}{\sin 45}\)
\(XZ = \frac{20 \sin 45}{\sin 75} = 14.64km\)
\(\approxeq 14.6km\) ( to 3 sig. figs)
(b) Let P and Q be two airfields.
Difference in latitude = 36^\circ + 36^\circ = 72^\circ
(i) Distance between P and Q = \(\frac{72}{360} \times 2 \times \frac{22}{7} \times 6400\)
= \(\frac{22}{7} \times 2560\)
= \(8,045.71km \approxeq 8,050 km\) (3 sig. figs)
(ii) Time taken = \(\frac{8,045.71}{800} = 10.06 hours\)
\(\approxeq 10hours\) (to the nearest hour)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54530)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1994
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
If sin\( \theta \) = K find tan\(\theta\), 0^\circ \(\leq\) \(\theta\) \(\leq\) 90^\circ.
A
1-K
B
\( \frac{k}{k - 1} \)
C
\( \frac{k}{\sqrt{1 - k^2}} \)
D
\( \frac{k}{1 - k} \)
E
\( \frac{k}{\sqrt{ k^2 - 1}} \)
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
\(\sin \theta = \frac{k}{1}\)
\(\implies 1^2 = k^2 + adj^2\)
\(adj = \sqrt{1 - k^2}\)
\(\therefore \tan \theta = \frac{k}{\sqrt{1 - k^2}}\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #22006)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1994
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
Express in \( \frac{8.75}{0.025} \)standard form
A
3.5 x 10-3
B
3.5 x 10-2
C
3.5 x 101
D
3.5 x 102
E
3.5 x 103
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
\(\frac{8.75}{0.025}\)
= \(\frac{8750}{25}\)
= \(350\)
= \(3.5 \times 10^2\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #23461)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1994
Geometry and Trigonometry
Diagram
Solution
In the graph above, the gradient of the curve at the point P is
Attached Figure / Diagram
A
-11 3
B
-3 4
C
3/7
D
3/4
E
11 3
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
-1-(-3)/-2-(-0.5) = 2/-1.5 = 20/-15 = -113
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #23494)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1994
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
The angle subtended at the centre by a chord of a circle radius 6cm is 120^\circ. Find the length of the chord.
A
3cm
B
6cm
C
\(4\sqrt{2}\) cm
D
\(3\sqrt{3}\) cm
E
\(6\sqrt{3}\) cm
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option E
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
\(\frac{r}{6} = \sin 60 \)
\(r = 6 \sin 60\)
= \(6 \times \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\)
= \(3\sqrt{3}\)
Chord = 2r = \( 2 \times 3\sqrt{3}\)
= \(6\sqrt{3}\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #23506)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1994
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
Calculate, correct to 2 significant figures, the length of the arc of a circle of radius 3.5cm which subtends an angle of 75^\circ at the centre of the circle. [Take \pi = 22/7].
A
2.3cm
B
4.6cm
C
8cm
D
16cm
E
110cm
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
Length of arc = \(\frac{\theta}{360} \times 2\pi r\)
= \(\frac{75}{360} \times 2 \times \frac{22}{7} \times 3.5\)
= \(4.583 cm\)
\(\approxeq\) 4.6 cm (to 2 sig. figs)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #23511)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1994
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
A circle has radius x cm. What is the area of a sector of the circle with angle 135°, leaving the answer in terms of x and π?
A
\( \frac{\pi x^2}{8} \)
B
\( \frac{3\pi x^2}{8} \)
C
\( \frac{5\pi x^2}{8} \)
D
\( \frac{3\pi x}{8} \)
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
A = θ 360 x πr2 = 135 360 x π x x2 = (3πx2)/8
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #23513)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1994
Geometry and Trigonometry
Diagram
Solution
In the diagram, PQ||RS and angles are as shown. Find x
Attached Figure / Diagram
A
145o
B
150o
C
155o
D
160o
E
165o
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option E
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
Join PR to a pentagon
90 + 90 + 140 + 55 + x = 540o
x = 165o
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #23538)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1994
Geometry and Trigonometry
IF the exterior angles of a quadilateral are yo, (2y + 5)o , (y + 15)o and (3y - 10)o, find yo
A
61.43
B
60
C
52.86
D
51.43
E
50
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option E
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option E.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #23540)