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Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1992 Geometry and Trigonometry
If the scores of 3 students in a test are 5, 6 and 7, find the standard deviation of their scores
A
\(\frac{2}{3}\)
B
\(\frac{2}{3}\sqrt{3}\)
C
\(\sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}\)
D
\(\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}}\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1992 Geometry and Trigonometry
In the figure, PQR is a semicircle while PQ and QR are chords. QS is the perpendicular from Q to the diameter PR. What is the expression for QS?
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A
QS = PS\(\sqrt{SR}\)
B
QS = \(\sqrt{(PS SR)}\)
C
QS = 2\(\sqrt{(PS SR)}\)
D
QS = \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\)\(\sqrt{(PS SR)}\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1992 Geometry and Trigonometry
The diagram is a circle with centre O. Find the area of the shaded portion
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A
9(\(\pi - 2) cm^2\)
B
18\(\pi cm^2\)
C
9\(\pi cm^2\)
D
36\(\pi cm^2\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1992 Geometry and Trigonometry
In the figure, if XZ is 10cm, calculate RY in cm
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A
10
B
10(1 - \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\))
C
10(1 - \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\))
D
10(1 - \(\sqrt{3}\))
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1992 Geometry and Trigonometry
(a) If \(9^{2x - 1} = \frac{81^{x - 2}}{3^{x}}\), find x. (b) Without using Mathematical Tables, evaluate: \(\sqrt{\frac{0.81 \times 10^{-5}}{2.25 \times 10^{7}}}\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1992 Geometry and Trigonometry
(a) The angle of a sector of a circle radius 7cm is 108^\circ. Calculate the perimeter of the sector. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)] (b) A boat is on the same horizontal level as the foot of a cliff, and the angle of depression of the boat from the top of the cliff is 30^\circ. If the boat is 120m away from the foot of the cliff, find the height of the cliff correct to three significant figures.
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1992 Geometry and Trigonometry
(a) The sides PQ and PR of \(\Delta\) PQR are produced to T and S respectively, such that TQR = 131^\circ and < QRS = 98^\circ. Find < QPR. (b) The circumference of a circular track is 400m. Find its radius, correct to the nearest metre. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1992 Geometry and Trigonometry
(a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct: (i) a triangle ABC such that |AB| = 5cm, |AC| = 7.5cm and < CAB = 120^\circ; (ii) the locus \(l_{1}\) of points equidistant from A and B; (iii) the locus \(l_{2}\) of points equidistant from AB and AC which passes through triangle ABC . (b) Label the point P where \(l_{1}\) and \(l_{2}\) intersect. (c) Measure |CP|.
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Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1992 Geometry and Trigonometry
(a) Calculate the area of the shaded segment of the circle shown in the diagram [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)] (b) A tin has radius 3cm and height 6cm. Find the (i) total surface area of the tin ; (ii) volume, in litres, that will fill the tin to capacity, correct to two decimal places. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1992 Geometry and Trigonometry
(a) The distribution of junior workers in an institution is as follows: Clerks - 78, Drivers - 36, Typists - 44, Messengers - 52, Others - 30. Represent the above information by a pie chart. (b) The table below shows the frequency distribution of marks scored by 30 candidates in an aptitude test. Marks 4 5 6 7 8 9 No of candidates 5 8 5 6 4 2 Find the mean score to the nearest whole number.
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1992 Geometry and Trigonometry
Three towns P, Q and R are such that the distance between P and Q is 50km and the distance between P and R is 90km. If the bearing of Q from P is 075^\circ and the bearing of R from P is 310^\circ, find the : (a) distance between Q and R ; (b) baering of R from Q.
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
A car travels from calabar to Enugu, a distance of P km with an average speed of U km per hour and continues to benin, a distance of Q km, with an average speed of Wkm per hour. Find its average speed from Calabar to Benin
A
\(\frac{(p + q)}{pw + qu}\)
B
\(\frac{uw(p + q)}{pw + qu}\)
C
\(\frac{uw(p + q)}{pw}\)
D
\(\frac{uw}{pw + qu}\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
In the diagram above, PXR and PYO are two semicircles with diameters 14cm and 7cm respectively. Find the perimeter of the region (take \(\pi\) = \(\frac{22}{7}\) )
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A
22cm
B
33cm
C
40cm
D
47cm
E
66cm
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
Express 0.0462 in standard form
A
0.462 x 10-1
B
0.462 x 10-2
C
4.62 x 10-1
D
4.62 x 10-2
E
4.62 x 103
medium Difficulty
Mathematics WAEC / WASSCE 1991 Geometry and Trigonometry
In the diagram above, PXR and PYO are two semi-circles with diameters 14cm and 7cm respectively. Find the area of the enclosed region, PXROY correct to the nearest whole number
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A
96cm2
B
116cm2
C
154cm2
D
192cm2
E
385cm2
medium Difficulty
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