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Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Differentiation & Applications
At what value of x is the function y = x2 - 2x - 3 minimum?
A
1
B
-1
C
-4
D
4
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Sequences & Series (AP & GP)
Find the sum of the first 20 terms in an arithmetic progression whose first term is 7 and last term is 117.
A
2480
B
1240
C
620
D
124
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Plane Geometry, Polygons & Circle Theorems
The area of a square is 144 sq cm. Find the length of its diagonal
A
11\(\sqrt{3cm}\)
B
12cm
C
12\(\sqrt{2cm}\)
D
13cm
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Indices, Logarithms & Surds
One angle of a rhombus is 60o. The shorter of the two diagonals is 8cm long. Find the length of the longer one.
A
8\(\sqrt{3}\)
B
\(\frac{16}{\sqrt{3}}\)
C
\(\sqrt{3}\)
D
\(\frac{10}{\sqrt{3}}\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Plane Geometry, Polygons & Circle Theorems
If the exterior angles of a pentagon are x^\circ, (x + 5)^\circ, (x + 10)^\circ, (x + 15)^\circ and (x + 20)^\circ, find x
A
118o
B
72o
C
62o
D
36o
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Trigonometry, Elevation & Bearings
A flagstaff stands on the top of a vertical tower. A man standing 60 m away from the tower observes that the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the flagstaff are 64o and 62o respectively. Find the length of the flagstaff.
A
60 (tan 62o - tan 64o)
B
60 (cot 64o - cot 62o)
C
60 (cot 62o - cot 64o)
D
60 (tan 64o - tan 62o)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Trigonometry, Elevation & Bearings
Simplify \(\cos^{2} x (\sec^{2} x + \sec^{2} x \tan^{2} x)\)
A
tan x
B
tanx secx
C
\(\sec^2 x\)
D
cosec2x
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Plane Geometry, Polygons & Circle Theorems
If cos x = \(\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}\) find cosec x
A
\(\frac{b}{\sqrt{b - a}}\)
B
\(\sqrt{\frac{b}{a}}\)
C
\(\sqrt{\frac{b}{b - a}}\)
D
\(\sqrt{\frac{b - a}{a}}\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Trigonometry, Elevation & Bearings
From a point Z, 60 m north of X, a man walks 60√3m eastwards to another point Y. Find the bearing of Y from X.
A
0.30o
B
045o
C
060o
D
090o
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Mensuration (Areas, Perimeters & Volumes)
Find the total area of the surface of a solid cylinder whose base radius is 4cm and height is 5cm
A
56\(\pi\) cm2
B
72\(\pi\) cm2
C
96\(\pi\) cm2
D
192\(\pi\) cm2
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Fractions, Decimals, Percentages & Approximations
3% of a family's income is spent on electricity, 59% on food, 20% on transport, 11% on education and 7% on extended family. The angles subtended at the centre of the pie chart under education and food are respectively
A
76.8o and 25.2o
B
10.8o and 224.6o
C
112.4o and 72.0o
D
39.6o and 212.4o
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Statistics (Data Representation, Central Tendency & Dispersion)
Fifty boxes each of 50 bolts, were inspected for the number which were defective. The following was the result No of defective per box 4 5 6 7 8 9 No. of boxes 2 7 17 10 8 6 The mean and the median of the distribution are, respectively
A
6.7, 6
B
7.6, 5
C
5.7, 87
D
34, 6
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Fractions, Decimals, Percentages & Approximations
No. defective per box 4 5 6 7 8 9 No. of boxes 2 7 17 10 8 6 Find the percentage of boxes containing at least 5 defective bolts each
A
96
B
94
C
92
D
90
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Permutations, Combinations & Probability
A crate of soft drinks contains 10 bottles of Coca-cola, 8 of Fanta and 6 of sprite. If one bottle is selected at random, what is the probability that it is NOT a Cocacola bottle?
A
\(\frac{5}{12}\)
B
\(\frac{1}{3}\)
C
\(\frac{3}{4}\)
D
\(\frac{7}{12}\)
medium Difficulty
Mathematics UTME / JAMB 1991 Plane Geometry, Polygons & Circle Theorems
In the figure above, Find the value of x
Attached Figure / Diagram
Question diagram
A
130o
B
110o
C
100o
D
90o
medium Difficulty
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