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UTME / JAMB 1995
Plane Geometry, Polygons & Circle Theorems
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
Mensuration (Areas, Perimeters & Volumes)
Diagram
Solution
In the diagram, the base diameter is 14cm while the height is 12cm. Calculate the total surface area if the cylinder has both a base and a top.[\(\pi \frac{22}{7}\)]
Attached Figure / Diagram
A
836cm2
B
308cm2
C
528cm2
D
154cm2
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
Area(S) = 2\(\pi r^2 + 2 \pi rh = 2\pi r(h + r)\)
D = 14cm, 2r = D
r = \(\frac{D}{2}\)
= 7cm
S = 2 x \(\frac{22}{7} \times [7 + 12] = 44 \times 19\)
= 836cm2
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #33066)
Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 1995
Trigonometry, Elevation & Bearings
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
UTME / JAMB 1995
Plane Geometry, Polygons & Circle Theorems
Solution
The mean and the range of the set of numbers 1.20, 1.00, 0.90, 1.40, 0.80, 1.20, and 1.10 are m and r, respectively. Find m + r
A
1.11
B
1.65
C
1.85
D
2.45
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
Given:1.20, 1.00, 0.90, 1.40, 0.80, 1.20, 1.10
Sum of the numbers = 1.20 + 1.00 + 0.90 + 1.40 + 0.80 + 1.20 + 1.10
= 7.60
Number of terms = 7
Mean, m = 7.60 \div 7 = 1.0857 (to 4 d.p.)
Highest value = 1.40
Lowest value = 0.80
Range, r = 1.40 − 0.80 = 0.60
m + r = 1.0857 + 0.60 = 1.6857 closest to 1.65.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #33068)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1995
Sets, Logic & Venn Diagrams
Solution
(a) Factorise : \(px - 2px - 4qy + 2py\)
(b) Given that the universal set U = {1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}, P = {1, 2, 4, 6, 10} and Q = {2, 3, 6, 9}; show that \((P \cup Q)' = P' \cap Q'\)
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) \(px - 2qx - 4qy + 2py\)
= \(x(p - 2q) + 2y(p - 2q)\)
= \((x + 2y)(p - 2q)\)
(b) \(U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}\)
\(P = {1, 2, 4, 6, 10} ; Q = {2, 3, 6, 9}\)
\((P \cup Q) = {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10}\)
\((P \cup Q)' = {5, 7, 8}\)
\(P' \cap Q' = {3, 5, 7, 8, 9} \cap {1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10}\)
= \({5, 7, 8}\)
Hence, \((P \cup Q)' = P' \cap Q'\).
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54521)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1995
Indices, Logarithms & Surds
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
Mensuration (Areas, Perimeters & Volumes)
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
Trigonometry, Elevation & Bearings
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
Statistics (Data Representation, Central Tendency & Dispersion)
Solution
The frequency table shows the marks scored by 32 students in a test.
Marks scored
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
No of students
2
3
4
4
4
4
5
3
2
1
Find the :
(a)(i) mean ; (ii) median ; (iii) mode of the marks;
(b) percentage of the students who scored at least 8 marks.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
x
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total
f
2
3
4
4
4
4
5
3
2
1
32
fx
2
6
12
16
20
24
35
24
18
10
167
(a)(i) Mean = \(\frac{\sum fx}{\sum f} = \frac{167}{32}\)
= \(5.21875 \approxeq 5.22\)
(ii) By inspection, the average of the numbers in the 16th and 17th position give the median
= \(\frac{5 + 5}{2} = 5\)
(iii) Mode = 7 marks having the largest frequency.
(b) Students who scored at least 8 marks = Those who scored 8, 9, 10.
Total number of students that scored at least 8 = 3 + 2 + 1 = 6.
\(%age = \frac{6}{32} \times 100% = 18.75%\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54525)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1995
Indices, Logarithms & Surds
Solution
(a) Using mathematical tables, find ; (i) \(2 \sin 63.35^\circ\) ; (ii) \(\log \cos 44.74^\circ\);
(b) Find the value of K given that \(\log K - \log (K - 2) = \log 5\);
(c) Use logarithm tables to evaluate \(\frac{(3.68)^{2} \times 6.705}{\sqrt{0.3581}}\)
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a)(i) \(\sin 63.35^\circ = 0.8938\)
\(2 \sin 63.35^\circ = 2 \times 0.8938 = 1.7876\)
(ii) \(\log \cos 44.74^\circ = \bar{1}.8514\)
(b) \(\log K - \log (K - 2) = \log 5\)
\(\log (\frac{K}{K - 2}) = \log 5\)
\(\therefore \frac{K}{K - 2} = 5 \implies K = 5(K - 2)\)
\(K = 5K - 10 \implies 10 = 5K - K = 4K\)
\(K = 2\frac{1}{2}\)
(c) \(\frac{(3.68)^{2} \times 6.705}{\sqrt{0.3581}}\)
No
Log
\((3.68)^{2}\)
\(0.5658 \times 2 = 1.316\)
\(6.705\)
\(0.8264 = 0.8264\)
= \(1.9580\)
\(\sqrt{0.3581}\)
\(\bar{1}.5540 \div 2 = \bar{1}.7770\)
\(151.7\)
\(\gets 2.1810\)
\(\therefore \frac{(3.68)^{2} \times 6.705}{\sqrt{0.3581}} = 151.7\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54526)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1995
Linear, Simultaneous & Quadratic Equations
Solution
(a) Given that \(p = x + ym^{3}\), find m in terms of p, x and y.
(b) Using the method of completing the square, find the roots of the equation \(x^{2} - 6x + 7 = 0\), correct to 1 decimal place.
(c) The product of two consecutive positive odd numbers is 195. By constructing a quadratic equation and solving it, find the two numbers.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) \(p = x + ym^{3}\)
\(ym^{3} = p - x\)
\(m^{3} = \frac{p - x}{y}\)
\(m = \sqrt[3]{\frac{p - x}{y}}\)
(b) \(x^{2} - 6x + 7 = 0\)
\(\implies x^{2} - 6x = -7\)
\(x^{2} - 6x + (-3)^{2} = -7 + (-3)^{2}\)
\(x^{2} - 6x + 9 = 2\)
\((x - 3)^{2} = 2 \implies x - 3 = \pm \sqrt{2}\)
\(x = 3 \pm \sqrt{2} = 3 \pm 1.414\)
\(x = 4.414 ; 1.586\)
\(x \approxeq 4.4 ; 1.6\)
(c) Let the first odd number be z.
The next positive odd number = z + 2
\(\therefore z(z + 2) = 195\)
\(z^{2} + 2z = 195\)
\(z^{2} + 2z - 195 = 0 \implies z^{2} - 13z + 15z - 195 = 0\)
\(z(z - 13) + 15(z - 13) = 0 \implies \text{z = 13 or -15}\)
Since we are told the odd numbers are positive, then z = 13 is the suitable answer.
Hence the second odd number = 13 + 2 = 15.
The two odd numbers are 13 and 15.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54527)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1995
Trigonometry, Elevation & Bearings
Solution
(a) Copy and complete the table for the relation \(y = 2 \cos 2x - 1\).
x
0^\circ
30^\circ
60^\circ
90^\circ
120^\circ
150^\circ
180^\circ
\(y = 2\cos 2x - 1\)
1.0
0
1.0
(b) Using a scale of 2cm = 30^\circ on the x- axis and 2cm = 1 unit on the y- axis, draw the graph of \(y = 2 \cos 2x - 1\) for \(0^\circ \leq x \leq 180^\circ\).
(c) On the same axis, draw the graph of \(y = \frac{1}{180} (x - 360)\)
(d) Use your graphs to find the : (i) values of x for which \(2 \cos 2x + \frac{1}{2} = 0\); (ii) roots of the equation \(2 \cos 2x - \frac{x}{180} + 1 = 0\).
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a)
x
0^\circ
30^\circ
60^\circ
90^\circ
120^\circ
150^\circ
180^\circ
\(y = 2\cos 2x - 1\)
1.0
0
-2
-3
-2
0
1.0
(b)
(c)
x
0^\circ
30^\circ
60^\circ
90^\circ
120^\circ
150^\circ
180^\circ
\(y = \frac{1}{180} (x - 360)\)
-2.0
-1.83
-1.67
-1.5
-1.33
-1.17
-1.0
(d)(i) \(2 \cos 2x + \frac{1}{2} = 0\)
\(2 \cos 2x + \frac{1}{2} - 1\frac{1}{2} = -1\frac{1}{2}\)
\(2 \cos 2x - 1 = -1\frac{1}{2}\)
The values of x at \(2 \cos 2x + \frac{1}{2} = 0\) are x = 51^\circ and 129^\circ.
(ii) \(2 \cos 2x - \frac{x}{180} + 1 = 0\)
\(2 \cos 2x - 1 = \frac{1}{180} (x - 360)\)
The values of x is where the two graphs intersect; which are at x = 54^\circ and 132^\circ.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54528)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1995
Plane Geometry, Polygons & Circle Theorems
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
Trigonometry, Elevation & Bearings
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 1995
Statistics (Data Representation, Central Tendency & Dispersion)
Solution
The table shows the scores of 2000 candidates in an entrance examination into a private secondary school.
% Mark
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
No of
pupils
68
184
294
402
480
310
164
98
(a) Prepare a cumulative frequency table and draw the cumulative frequency curve for the distribution.
(b) Use your curve to estimate the : (i) cut off mark, if 300 candidates are to be offered admission ; (ii) probability that a candidate picked at random, scored at least 45%.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a)(i)
Marks (x)
No of pupils (f)
Cum Freq
11 - 20
68
68
21 - 30
184
252
31 - 40
294
546
41 - 50
402
948
51 - 60
480
1428
61 - 70
310
1738
71 - 80
164
1902
81 - 90
98
2000
(ii)
(b)(i) Cut off mark = 68 marks for reading at 1700.
(ii) Candidates scoring more than 45% = 2000 - 720 = 1280
\(\therefore\) P(scoring at least 45%) = \(\frac{1280}{2000} = 0.64\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54531)