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Raffles Institution
2013 Year 6 Preliminary Examination Paper 2
H2 Mathematics 9740

Section A: Pure Mathematics [40 marks]


1 A graphic calculator is not to be used in answering this question.

Referred to the origin O, the points A and B have position vectors given by 7 2 8 + + i j k
and 5 8 + + i j k respectively. The plane
1
[ has equation 2 2 5 x y z + + = .

(i) The point C is the foot of perpendicular from A to
1
[ .
Find the position vector of C. [3]

(ii) The plane
2
[ contains the line AB and is perpendicular to
1
[ .
Find the equation of
2
[ in scalar product form. [3]

(iii) The line l is the common line of intersection between
1
[ and
2
[ .
Verify that l is parallel to the vector 2 2 + + i j k .
Without any further calculation, write down the cartesian equation of l . [3]


2 (a) The functions f and g are defined as follows:
( )
2
2
2 1
f : , ,
2 3
g: 5 , 2 ,
x
x k x
x x
x x x k
+
+ e
+ +
<

where k is a constant.

(i) Find the range of values of k for which the function gf exists. [3]
(ii) For 5 k = , find the range of gf . [2]

(b) The function h is given by
3 2
h: , x ax bx cx d x + + + e ,
where , , and a b c d are real constants.

The graph of h( ) y x = passes through the points (1,1) and (2,2). Given that (2,2) is
a maximum point, find three linear equations involving , , and a b c d .

It is given further that the point ( 4,14) lies on the graph of
( )
h y x = , and that
h( ) x is strictly decreasing for 2 x > . Find the values of , , and a b c d . [4]

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3 The diagram shows the curve C with equation
2
16
( 2) 4
y
x
=
+
.
It has a turning point (2,4).













The region R is bounded by C , the y axis and the line 4 y = .
(i) By using the substitution
2
4sin y u = , find the exact value of
4
2
4
d
y
y
y

}
. [5]

(ii) Using the result in (i), find the exact area of R . [3]

(iii) R is rotated through 2t radians about the x axis. Find the volume of the solid of
revolution formed. [3]


4 (a) If one of the roots of the equation
3
2 0 z z k + + = is i , find k .
Hence find the other two roots. [4]

(b) The complex number w has modulus r and argument u .
(i) Write down
1
w
in the form i x y + . [1]

Given that w satisfies
500
3 40i w
w
= + ,
use a non-calculator method to find, in either order,

(ii) the value of r ,

(iii) the complex number w in the form i x y + .
[6]




(2, 4)
x
y
y =4
R
0
2
16
( 2) 4
y
x
=
+
4


Section B: Statistics [60 marks]


5 A polyclinic wishes to conduct a survey to find out its patients opinions of its service
quality.

(i) Explain how 200 respondents can be chosen using simple random sampling. [2]

(ii) The following is known about the patients who have visited the polyclinic in the past
year:

Age ( x ) 20 x s 20 35 x < s 35 50 x < s 50 x >
Percentage of patients 15% 20% 40% 25%

Describe how stratified sampling can be performed to obtain a random sample of 200
respondents. [2]

(iii) State one disadvantage of the sampling method in (i) as compared to that in (ii). [1]


6 Find the number of ways to arrange six married couples if
(i) they stand in a line with at least one man not standing next to his wife, [3]
(ii) they stand in a circle with exactly five men standing next to their wives. [3]


7 A box contains r identical red balls and w identical white balls, where r and w are
integers greater than 1. Balls are removed one at a time, at random and without
replacement, until only those of the same colour are left in the box.

Expressing your answers as single fractions in terms of r and w, find the probability that

(i) a red ball is removed on the first draw, given that a red ball is removed on the second
draw, [3]
(ii) a white ball is removed on the first draw, or a white ball is removed on the second
draw, or both, [2]
(iii) exactly one white ball remains in the box when the removal stops. [3]






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8 The manufacturer of a particular type of battery claims that the lifetime is distributed with
mean 150 hours and standard deviation 16.877 hours. A random sample of n batteries,
where n is large, is taken and the lifetime, t hours, of each battery is measured.
It is found that 10 317 t =

.
A test is carried out to determine whether the manufacturer has overstated the mean
lifetime of the batteries, and the p value is found to be 0.0975.
(i) Write down appropriate hypotheses for the test, defining any symbols you use.
State, in context, the conclusion of the test if the level of significance is 8%. [3]
(ii) Show that n satisfies the equation
10317 21.871
150 0
n n
+ = ,
and solve it numerically. [5]
(iii) State, with a reason, whether it is necessary to assume that the lifetime of the batteries
is normally distributed in order to carry out the calculation in (ii). [1]

9 The data below shows the average height, measured in feet, of cherry trees from age 1 year
to age 11 years.

Age ( x ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Average
height ( y )
6 9.5 13 15 16.5 17.5 18.5 19 19.5 19.7 19.8

(i) Calculate r , the value of the product moment correlation coefficient betweeen x and
y . State, with a reason, whether the value of r would be different if the average
height is measured in meters instead. [2]
(ii) Give a sketch of the scatter diagram for the data. [1]
(iii) It is desired to predict the average height of cheery trees beyond age 11 years.
Explain why neither a linear nor a quadratic model is likely to be appropriate. [2]

It is suggested that the average height y can be modelled by the formula ln y a b x = + .

(iv) Find the equation of the regression line for the suggested model, and the product
moment correlation coefficient between lnx and y .
Estimate the average height of cherry trees age 5.5 years, and comment on the
reliability of your answer. [4]
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10 X and Y are independent, normally distributed random variables with the following
parameters:
Mean Variance
X 100 25
Y 90 36

Calculate
(i)
( )
P 5 X Y > , [3]
(ii) ( )
1 2
P 3 495 X X Y + + > , where
1 2
and X X are two independent observations of X .
[3]
150 independent observations of Y are taken.
Use a suitable approximation to calculate the probability that at least 68 of these
observations are less than 90, giving 5 decimal places in your answer. [4]

11 Records had shown that 18% of the eggs from a particular farm were classified as small
while 8% of the eggs from the farm were classified as large. The rest were classified as
medium eggs, of which % m were substandard, 20 m < .
(i) Mrs Egg randomly selects 10 medium eggs from the farm.
Given that the probability that Mrs Egg found 2 substandard medium eggs is 0.3,
write down an equation involving m and hence find m . [2]

A two-stage inspection scheme for accepting or rejecting a large batch of eggs from the
farm is as follows:
Stage 1: Randomly select and inspect a tray of 30 eggs.
Accept the batch if the tray contains at most 5 small eggs.
Proceed to stage 2 if the tray contains 6 or 7 small eggs.
Reject the batch otherwise.

Stage 2: Randomly select and inspect a further sample of 10 eggs.
Accept the batch if the further sample contains at least 1 large egg.
Reject the batch otherwise.

(ii) Find the probability that the batch is eventually accepted. [3]

Mr Egg randomly selects 60 eggs from the farm.
(iii) By using a suitable approximation, find the probability that the total number of
small eggs and medium eggs in his sample is more than 55. [3]

A supermarket which opens from 7 am to 5pm daily sells eggs from the farm in trays of 30.
The average hourly demand of eggs in the morning (7 am to 12 noon) is 19 trays while in
the afternoon (12 noon to 5pm), the average hourly demand of eggs reduces to 9 trays. You
may assume that both the demand of eggs in the morning and that in the afternoon follow
Poisson distributions.
(iv) State an assumption needed for the daily demand of eggs to follow a Poisson
distribution. [1]

(v) Calculate the least number of trays of eggs the supermarket must stock up each day to
ensure that the probability of meeting the daily demand of eggs is more than 0.9. [4]