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1. Evaluate (−1)0 × 23 use

𝟏×𝟐×𝟐×𝟐
𝟖

Answer: 𝟖 [2]

2. Solve the equation (𝑥 − 1)(2𝑥 + 5) = 0

𝒙−𝟏=𝟎 𝒐𝒓 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝒙=𝟏= 𝒐𝒓 𝟐𝒙 = −𝟓
𝟓
𝒙=𝟏= 𝒐𝒓 𝒙=−
𝟐
𝟏
𝒙=𝟏= 𝒐𝒓 𝒙 = −𝟐
𝟐

𝟏
Answer: 𝒙 = 𝟏 = 𝒐𝒓 𝒙 = −𝟐 [2]
𝟐

3. Simplify 4𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 − 𝑥𝑦 + 6𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑦

𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 + 𝟔𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚

𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚

𝟏𝟎𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝒚

Answer: 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝒚 [2]

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4. Shade (A ∪ C)′ ∩ Bin the Venn diagram in the answer space. use

Answer: E A B

C
[2]
(𝐀 ∪ 𝐂)′ ∩ B

5. Factorise completely 4𝑎𝑏 + 6𝑎𝑐 − 6𝑏𝑑 − 9𝑐𝑑.

𝟒𝒂𝒃 + 𝟔𝒂𝒄 − 𝟔𝒃𝒅 − 𝟗𝒄𝒅.
𝟐𝒂(𝟐𝒃 + 𝟑𝒄) − 𝟑𝒅(𝟐𝒃 + 𝟑𝒄)
(𝟐𝒃 + 𝟑𝒄)(𝟐𝒂 − 𝟑𝒅)

Answer: (𝟐 + 𝟑𝒄)(𝟐𝒂 − 𝟑𝒅) [2]

6. A company declares a dividend of K1.50 per share. Musalala has 600 shares in a company.
How much will she get?

𝟏 → 𝐊𝟏. 𝟓𝟎
𝟔𝟎𝟎 → 𝐊 𝒙

𝒙 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎 × 𝐊𝟏. 𝟓𝟎
𝒙 = 𝐊 𝟗𝟎𝟎. 𝟎

Answer: 𝐊 𝟗𝟎𝟎. 𝟎 [2]

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7. (a) Given that 17+m+27+… are consecutive terms of an Arithmetic Progression, find use
the arithmetic mean, m.

(b) For the sequence 11, 13, 15,…, find the formula for the nth term.
𝟏𝟕+𝟐𝟕
(a) 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 = 𝟐

𝟒𝟒
=
𝟐
= 𝟐𝟐
(b) 𝑻𝒏 = 𝒂 + (𝒏 − 𝟏)𝒅
𝒅 = 𝑻𝟐 − 𝑻𝟏
𝒅 = 𝟏𝟑 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟐
𝑻𝒏 = 𝟏𝟏 + (𝒏 − 𝟏) × 𝟐
𝑻𝒏 = 𝟏𝟏 + 𝟐𝒏 − 𝟐
𝑻𝒏 = 𝟐𝒏 + 𝟏𝟏 − 𝟐
𝑻𝒏 = 𝟐𝒏 + 𝟗
Answer: (a) 𝒎 = 𝟐𝟐 [1]
(b) 𝑻𝒏 = 𝟐𝒏 + 𝟗 [2]

8. (a) The transpose of a matrix A is (−1 4 5). Find the Matrix A.

1
(b) Given that (1 2 3) (𝑥 ) = (24), find the value of 𝑥.
5
𝟏
(a) 𝐀 = (−𝟏 𝟒 𝟓) (b) (𝟏 𝟐 𝟑) (𝒙) = (𝟐𝟒)
−𝟏 𝟓
𝑨=( 𝟒 ) 𝟏 × 𝟏 + 𝟐 × 𝒙 + 𝟑 × 𝟓 = 𝟐𝟒
𝟓
𝟏 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟐𝟒
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟐𝟒
𝟐𝒙 = 𝟐𝟒 − 𝟏𝟔
𝟐𝒙 = 𝟖
𝒙=𝟒

−𝟏
Answer: (a) 𝑨=( 𝟒 ) [1]
𝟓
(b) 𝒙=𝟒 [2]

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9. (a) A number is chosen at random from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}. Find the use
probability that it is a perfect square.
(b) Solve the equation 8𝑥 = 128.

(a) 𝐏(𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐫𝐞) = 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 (b) 𝟖 = 𝟏𝟐𝟖

𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝒙

𝟐𝟑𝒙 = 𝟐𝟕
𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆{𝟏, 𝟒, 𝟗}
𝟑𝒙 = 𝟕
𝟑
𝐏(𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆) = 𝟕 𝟏
𝟏𝟎
𝒙= =𝟐
𝟑 𝟑

𝟑
Answer: (a) 𝐏(𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞) = 𝟏𝟎 [1]
𝟏
(b) 𝒙 = 𝟐𝟑 [2]

10. (a) Set A= {Prime numbers less than 12}. List set A.

(b) The diagram below shows a sector AOB. Arc AB subtends an angle of 21° at the
centre O.

O 21°

22
Given that the area of the sector is 14.85𝑐𝑚2 , calculate the radius. [𝜋 = 7
].

(a) 𝐀 = { 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟓, 𝟕, 𝟏𝟏 }

(𝐛)
𝜽
𝑨 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎° × 𝝅𝒓𝟐 𝟏𝟏𝒓𝟐
𝟏𝟒. 𝟖𝟓 =
𝟔𝟎
𝟐𝟏 𝟐𝟐
𝟏𝟒. 𝟖𝟓 = × × 𝒓𝟐 𝟏𝟒. 𝟖𝟓 × 𝟔𝟎 = 𝟏𝟏𝒓𝟐
𝟑𝟔𝟎° 𝟕
𝟐𝟏𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟏𝟏 𝟖𝟏 = 𝒓𝟐
𝟗. 𝟐𝟒 = × × 𝒓𝟐
𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟏𝟖𝟎 ° 𝟕𝟏 𝒓 = √𝟖𝟏 = 𝟗

Answer: (a) 𝐀 = { 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟓, 𝟕, 𝟏𝟏 } [1]

(b) 𝒓 = 𝟗 𝒄𝒎 [2]

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11. The diagram below shows the positions A, B and C on earth’s surface. use
N

60°N
A
95°E

B C 20°S
20°E
S

(a) If it is 08 20 at A, what time is it at C?

(b) A plane flies from A to B at a speed of 400 knots. How long does the journey take if
AB = 4 800 nm?
𝐃
(a) Angular distance between B and C (b) 𝐒 =
𝐓

= 𝟗𝟓° − 𝟐𝟎° = 𝟕𝟓° 𝟒 𝟖𝟎𝟎

𝟒𝟎𝟎 =
𝟏 𝐡𝐫 = 𝟏𝟓° 𝐓
𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐓 = 𝟒 𝟖𝟎𝟎
𝐱 𝐡𝐫𝐬 = 𝟕𝟓°
𝟒 𝟖𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟓°𝒙 𝟕𝟓° 𝐓=
= 𝟒𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟓° 𝟏𝟓°
𝐓 = 𝟏𝟐
𝒙 = 𝟓𝒉𝒓𝒔
Time at C = 𝟎𝟖 𝟐𝟎 + 𝟎𝟓 𝟎𝟎 =
𝟏𝟑 𝟐𝟎𝒉𝒓𝒔
Answer: (a) 𝟏𝟑 𝟐𝟎 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 [1]
(b) 𝟏𝟐 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 [2]

12. The length of a piece of wire is measured as 4.5 cm. calculate

(a) the tolerance,
(b) the relative error.
𝑨𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓
(b) 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 =
𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆
(a) 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
𝑨𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 = |𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 − 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆|
𝟒. 𝟓𝐜𝐦 ± 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓𝐜𝐦
𝟎. 𝟎𝟓𝒄𝒎 𝟓 𝟏
(𝟒. 𝟓 𝐜𝐦 + 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓 𝐜𝐦) − (𝟒. 𝟓 𝐜𝐦 − 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓 𝐜𝐦) = = =
𝟒. 𝟓𝒄𝒎 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝟗𝟎
𝟒. 𝟓𝟓𝐜𝐦 − 𝟒. 𝟒𝟓 𝐜𝐦 = 𝟎. 𝟏

Answer: (a) 𝟎. 𝟏 [2]

𝟏
(b) 𝟗𝟎
[2]

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13. In the diagram below, A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of the circle, use
centre O. DÂ T = 40°, BD
̂ C = 30° and AT is a tangent to the circle at A.

𝐃
30°
𝐂
𝐓
𝐎

40°
𝐁
𝐀

Find
(a) ̂D
CB
(b) ̂C
BA
(c) ̂B
AO

(a) ̂𝐃
𝐂𝐁
𝐁𝐂̂𝐃 = 𝟗𝟎° (angles in the semi-circle)
̂ 𝐃 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎° − (𝟗𝟎° + 𝟑𝟎°) (interior angles of a triangle add up to 180)
𝐂𝐁
= 𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝟏𝟐𝟎°
= 𝟔𝟎°
(b) ̂ 𝐂 = 𝟑𝟎° (angles in the same segment)
𝐁𝐀
(c) ̂ 𝐁 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎° − (𝟒𝟎° + 𝟒𝟎°)
𝐀𝐎
= 𝟏𝟖𝟎° − 𝟖𝟎°
= 𝟏𝟎𝟎°

Answer: (a) ̂ 𝐃 = 𝟔𝟎°

𝐂𝐁 [1]

(b) ̂ 𝐂 = 𝟑𝟎°
𝐁𝐀 [1]

(c) ̂ 𝐁 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎°
𝐀𝐎 [2]

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14. (a) In the diagram below, BCD is a straight line, AB=12cm, AC=20cm and use
angle AB̂ C = 90° .

12 20

B C D

Find the value of cos AĈD

(b) A and B are points with coordinates (-3, 3) and (5, 9) respectively. Find
the length AB.
(a) 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐
𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐
𝟏𝟐: 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟑: 𝟓
𝟑𝟐 + 𝒃 𝟐 = 𝟓𝟐

𝒃 = √𝟐𝟓 − 𝟗
= 𝟒 square 4 to get the actual measurement of BC
= 𝟒𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
𝑪𝒐𝒔𝐀𝐂̂𝐁 = 𝐂𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐂̂𝐃
𝟏𝟔 𝟒
𝑪𝒐𝒔𝐀𝐂̂𝐁 = =
𝟐𝟎 𝟓
(b) 𝐀𝐁 = √(𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱 𝟏 )𝟐 + (𝐲𝟐 − 𝐲𝟏 )𝟐

= √(𝟓 − (−𝟑))𝟐 + (𝟗 − 𝟑)𝟐

= √(𝟖)𝟐 + (𝟔)𝟐

= √𝟔𝟒 + 𝟑𝟔

= √𝟏𝟎𝟎 = 𝟏𝟎 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔

𝟒
Answer: (a) 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝐀𝐂̂𝐁 = 𝟓 [1]

(b) 10 units [2]

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15. a varies directly as b and as the square of c and a = 30 when b = 2.5 and c = 2. use
Find the
(a) value of k, the constant variation,

(b) value of a when b = 2 and c = 3

(c) value of c when a = 300 and b = 4

(b) 𝒂 = 𝟑 𝒃𝒄𝟐
(a) 𝒂 𝜶 𝒃𝒄 𝟐

𝒂 = 𝟑 (𝟐)(𝟑)𝟐
𝒂 = 𝒌 𝒃𝒄𝟐
𝒂= 𝟑×𝟐×𝟗
𝟑𝟎 = 𝒌 (𝟐. 𝟓)(𝟐)𝟐
𝒂 = 𝟓𝟒
𝟑𝟎 = 𝟏𝟎𝒌
𝒌=𝟑

32𝑘
32𝑘 10 =
10 = 2 42
4
10 = 2𝑘
(c) 𝒂10
==𝟑 2𝑘
𝒃𝒄𝟐
𝑘=5
𝑘 𝟑𝟎𝟎
= 5 = 𝟑 (𝟒)𝒄𝟐

𝟑𝟎𝟎 = 𝟏𝟐 𝒄𝟐
𝟐𝟓 = 𝒄𝟐

𝒄 = ±√𝟐𝟓
𝒄 = ±𝟓
𝑘=3

32𝑘
10 =
42
10 = 2𝑘
𝑘=5

Answer: (a) k=3 [2]

(b) 𝑎 = 54 [2]
(c) 𝒄 = −𝟓 𝒐𝒓 𝟓 [2]

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16. (a) Find ∫(3𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 − 5)𝑑𝑥. use
(b) The diagram below shows two triangles A and B

Describe fully the single transformation which maps triangle A onto triangle B

(a) ∫(𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟓)𝒅𝒙.

𝟑𝒙𝟑 𝟖𝒙𝟐
𝒚= + − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝒄
𝟑 𝟐

𝒚 = 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟒𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝒄

(b) Translation vector= coordinate of Image – coordinate of Object

−𝟐 𝟒
= ( )−( )
𝟑 𝟏
−𝟐 − 𝟒
=( )
𝟑−𝟏
−𝟔
=( )
𝟐

Answer: (a) 𝒚 = 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟒𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝒄 [2]

−𝟔
(b) it’s a translation, 𝑻( ) [2]
𝟐

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17. In the diagram below, A, B and C are three points on level ground. The bearing of B from A use
is 062° and angle ABC = 128°. C is due east of A.

B
128°

62°
C
A

Find the bearing of

(a) C from B,
(b) A from C

N
N
B
𝟏𝟏𝟖° 𝟏𝟏𝟒°
N
𝟔𝟐° 𝟔𝟔°

𝟔𝟐° 𝟔𝟔°
𝟐𝟒° C
A

(a) C from B = 𝟏𝟏𝟒°

(b) A from C = 𝟑𝟔𝟎° − 𝟗𝟎° = 𝟐𝟕𝟎°

Answer: (a) 𝟏𝟏𝟒° [1]

(b) 𝟐𝟕𝟎° [2]

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18. (a) The diagram below shows a plane figure made up of congruent semi circles. use
Angle AOB = 90°

D O B

Describe fully the symmetry of the figure

(b) In the answer space below is the an incomplete program written in pseudocode for
calculating the volume V of a cuboid, given the length, l, base, b, and the height, h.
Complete the program by filling the blank spaces with appropriate statements.

𝟑𝟔𝟎°
(a) 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 = 𝟗𝟎°
=𝟒

∴ the order of rotational symmetry is 4 about the centre at 𝟗𝟎°

Answer: (a) it is 4 about the centre at 𝟗𝟎° [1]

(b) Start
Enter l, b, h

V= l*b*h
Output V [2]
Stop

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19. The function f and g are defined by f(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 3 and g (𝑥) = 3𝑥. use

Find
(a) f −1 (x)
(b) gf (x)
(c) gf (2)

. (a) 𝐟 −𝟏 (𝐱)
𝐲 = 𝐟(𝐱)
𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑
𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟐𝒙
𝐱+𝟑
𝐲=
𝟐
𝐱+𝟑
∴ 𝐟 −𝟏 (𝐱) = 𝟐

(b) 𝐠𝐟(𝐱)
𝐟𝐠(𝐱) = 𝟐(𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑)
= 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟗

(c) 𝐟𝐠(𝟐)
𝐟𝐠(𝟐) = 𝟔(𝟐) − 𝟗
= 𝟏𝟐 − 𝟗
= 𝟑

𝐱+𝟑
Answer: (a) 𝐟 −𝟏 (𝐱) = [1]
𝟐

(b) fg (x) = 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟗 [2]

(c) 𝐟𝐠 (𝟐) = 𝟑 [1]

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20. (a) In the diagram below, A is the point (0,4) and B is the point (2,0) and O is the use
origin.
y

A(0, 4)

𝑥
O B(2, 0)

Find the equation of a straight line through O which is parallel to the line AB
(b) The heights of two similar cylinders are 4 cm and 6 cm. If the volume of the
Smaller cylinder is 48𝑐𝑚3 , find the volume of the larger cylinder.

(a) 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝒄
𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚𝟏
𝒎=
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝟏
𝟒−𝟎
=
𝟎−𝟐
𝟒
=
−𝟐
= −𝟐

𝒚 = −𝟐𝒙 + 𝒄
(0, 0)
𝟎 = −𝟐(𝟎) + 𝒄
𝒄=𝟎
𝒚 = −𝟐𝒙

(b) 4:6
2:3
𝟐𝟑 : 𝟑𝟑
𝟖: 𝟐𝟕
𝟖 𝟒𝟖
=
𝟐𝟕 𝒙
𝟖𝒙 = 𝟏𝟐𝟗𝟔
𝒙 = 𝟏𝟔𝟐

Answer: (a) 𝒚 = −𝟐𝒙 [2]

(b) 𝟏𝟔𝟐𝒄𝒎𝟑 [2]

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21. Write down the three inequalities that define the unshaded region R, on the use
diagram below.

(0, 6)
(8, 6)

𝑥
O (2, 0)

𝒚=𝟔 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝒄 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝒄

𝒚≤𝟔 (𝟐, 𝟎) (𝟖, 𝟔) (𝟎, 𝟔) (𝟐, 𝟎)

𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚𝟏
𝒎= 𝒎=
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝟏

𝟔−𝟎 𝟔−𝟎
= =
𝟖−𝟐 𝟎−𝟐
𝟔
=𝟏 = = −𝟑
−𝟐
𝒚=𝒙+𝒄
𝒚 = −𝟑𝒙 + 𝒄
𝟎=𝟐+𝒄
𝟎 = −𝟑(𝟐) + 𝒄
𝒄 = −𝟐
𝒄=𝟔
𝒚=𝒙−𝟐
𝒚 = −𝟑𝒙 + 𝟔
𝒚>𝒙−𝟐
𝒚 ≥ −𝟑𝒙 + 𝟔

Answer: 𝒚≤𝟔

𝒚> 𝒙−𝟐
𝒚 ≥ −𝟑𝒙 + 𝟔 [5]

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⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = (−3). Find 𝑂𝑁
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ . use
22. (a) M is the point (0, 5) and 𝑀𝑁
4
(b) The sketch shown below represents the graph of the curve y = x 2 − 4𝑥 + 3, passing

through A, B and C.

y = x 2 − 4𝑥 + 3
A

𝑥
O B C

Find the
(i) Coordinates of the points B and C
(ii) Minimum value of y

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝟎
(a) 𝑶𝑴 = ( )
𝟓
𝐌𝐍 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝐌𝐎 + ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐎𝐍

−𝟑 𝟎
( ) = − ( ) + ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐎𝐍
𝟒 𝟓

−𝟑 𝟎
( ) + ( ) = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐎𝐍
𝟒 𝟓

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ −𝟑
𝐎𝐍 = ( )
𝟗
(b) (i) Since 𝒚 = 𝟎 is the eqution found on the why axis, then; (ii) 𝐚=𝟏 𝐛 = −𝟒

𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝒃
𝒙=−
𝒙(𝒙 − 𝟑) − 𝟏(𝒙 − 𝟑) = 𝟎 𝟐𝒂
(𝒙 − 𝟏)(𝒙 − 𝟑) = 𝟎 (−𝟒)
𝒙−𝟏=𝟎 𝒐𝒓 𝒙−𝟑=𝟎 𝒙=− =𝟐
𝟐(𝟏)
𝒙=𝟏 𝒙=𝟑
𝒚 = (𝟐)𝟐 − 𝟒(𝟐) + 𝟑
𝐁(𝟏, 𝟎) 𝐂(𝟑, 𝟎)
=𝟒−𝟖+𝟑
= −𝟏

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ −𝟑
Answer: (a) 𝐎𝐍 = ( ) [2]
𝟗
(b) 𝐁(𝟏, 𝟎) 𝐂(𝟑, 𝟎) [2]
(c) 𝐲 = −𝟏 [2]

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23. The diagram below is the speed time graph of a car. The car starts from rest and use

accelerates uniformly at 2m/s2 for t seconds until it reaches a speed of 16m/s. It then
travels at 16m/s for 40 seconds, after which it comes to rest in a further 10 seconds.

Speed 16
(m/s)

O t Time (s)

Find the

(a) Value of t
(b) Distance travelled in the last 50 seconds
(c) Speed of the car when 𝑡 = 53 seconds

𝟏
𝒗−𝒖
(b) 𝑫 = 𝟐 (𝒂 + 𝒃)𝒉
(a) 𝒂= 𝒕
𝟏
𝟏𝟔 − 𝟎 = (𝟒𝟎 + 𝟓𝟎) × 𝟏𝟔
𝟐= 𝟐
𝒕
= 𝟕𝟐𝟎 m
𝟐𝒕 = 𝟏𝟔
𝒕=𝟖
s
(c)

𝒙 𝟓
16 =
𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟎
𝒙
𝟏𝟎𝒙 = 𝟖𝟎
48 5 53 5 58
𝒙=𝟖

Answer: (a) 𝒕 = 𝟖 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔 [1]

(b) 𝟕𝟐𝟎 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔 [2]
(c) 𝟖 𝐦/𝐬 [3]

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