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Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1995 Geometry and Trigonometry
PT is a tangent to the circle TYZX. YT = YX and < PTX = 50o. Calculate < TZY
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A
50o
B
65o
C
85o
D
130o
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1995 Geometry and Trigonometry
In the diagram, find PQ if the area of triangle PQR is 35cm\(^2\)
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A
7cm
B
10cm
C
14cm
D
17cm
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1995 Geometry and Trigonometry
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
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1995 Geometry and Trigonometry
(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
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1995 Geometry and Trigonometry
(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
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1995 Geometry and Trigonometry
(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
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1995 Geometry and Trigonometry
(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
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1994 Geometry and Trigonometry
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
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1994 Geometry and Trigonometry
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
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1994 Geometry and Trigonometry
In the graph above, the gradient of the curve at the point P is
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A
-11 3
B
-3 4
C
3/7
D
3/4
E
11 3
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1994 Geometry and Trigonometry
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
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1994 Geometry and Trigonometry
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
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1994 Geometry and Trigonometry
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
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1994 Geometry and Trigonometry
In the diagram, PQ||RS and angles are as shown. Find x
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A
145o
B
150o
C
155o
D
160o
E
165o
medium Difficulty
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
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