P425/2
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Paper 2
3 hours
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education.
S.6 END OF TERM ONE 2025
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Paper 2
3 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Attempt all the eight questions in section A and not more than five
from section B.
Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.
All necessary working must be done on the same page as the rest of
answers.
Mathematical table with list of formulae and squared papers are
provided.
Silent, non-programmable scientific calculators may be used.
For numerical work assume g = 9.8ms-1
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SECTION A
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1. Given that A and B are independent events such that: 𝑃(𝐴) = 𝑎𝑛𝑑
8
1
𝑃(𝐴 1𝑈𝐵) = ; find;
2
a) 𝑃(𝐴𝑈𝐵 ) 1
b) 𝑃(𝐴 1𝑈𝐵1) (05 marks)
2.
Use linear estimation to find;
(i) ln (0.5) (ii) 𝑥 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑛𝑥 = −0.12 (05 marks)
3.
The heights and corresponding masses of 7 tourists were taken, and
ranked as shown. Calculate the spearman’s rank correlation
coefficient for this data. Comment on your result.
4. The velocity of a particle after 𝑡 seconds is; 12𝑡2𝒊 + (8𝑡 + 23)𝒋 𝑚𝑠-1 .
Calculate the average speed of particle in the time interval
𝑡 = 1 𝑡𝑜 𝑡 = 3 𝑠. (05 marks)
5. Given that 𝑥 = 1.25 (2𝑑𝑝𝑠); 𝑦 = 1.600(3 𝑑𝑝𝑠), calculate the interval
within which the exact value of 𝑥𝑦 lies. Deduce the maximum error
in 𝑥𝑦. (05 marks)
6. Use trapezium rule with seven ordinates to estimate:
𝜋
2
1
∫ 𝑑𝑥
1 + 4𝑥 2
0
Give your answer correct to 3 decimal places
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7. A body of mass 2kg and velocity ( 5i +7j )ms-1 collides with another
body of mass 3kg and velocity ( 2i – 3j)ms-1 . If the bodies coalesce
after impact,
Find;
i) their speed after impact.
ii) The loss in kinetic energy. (5 marks)
8. Points A, B and C lie on a straight road such that AB = 500m and
BC =600m .A car travelling along the road takes 20 seconds and 35
seconds travel distances AB and BC respectively. Determine;
i) the initial velocity and retardation.
ii) the distance it covers before coming to rest. (5 marks)
SECTION B
9. The table below shows the marks obtained in an examination of
200 candidates
Marks Number of
(%) candidates
10 – 19 30
20 – 29 16
30 – 39 24
40 – 49 32
50 – 59 28
60 – 69 12
70 – 79 8
80 – 89 8
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(a) Calculate the
(i) Mean mark
(ii) Standard deviation
(b) Draw a cumulative frequency curve for the data.
Hence estimate the lowest mark for a distinction one if the top 5%
of the candidates qualify for the distinction. (12 marks)
10. A particle A initially at the point with position vector (2i 5j k)
km is moving with a constant velocity of (𝑖 + 3𝑗 + 4𝑘)kmh-1 . At the
same instant, a particle B at the point 3, 3, 2 is moving with a
constant velocity of (3𝑖 − 2𝑘) kmh-1.
Find the:
(i) relative velocity of particle A to B.
(ii) relative displacement of particle A to particle B at any instant.
(iii) shortest distance between the two particles in their subsequent
motion.
11. The continuous random variable X has a probability function,
𝑘(𝑥 + 2); −1 < 𝑥 < 0
2𝑘 ; 0≤𝑥≤1
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑘(5 − 𝑥)
;1 < 𝑥 ≤ 3
2
{0 , 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
where k is a constant.
(a) Sketch f(x) and hence find the constant,k
(b) median
1
(c) 𝑃( < 𝑥 < 2)
2
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12. A body moving with an acceleration (2𝑒 4𝑡 𝒊 − 3𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝒋 + 4𝑆𝑖𝑛2𝑡 𝒌)
m/s2 is initially located at a point whose position vector is (𝒊 − 𝟐𝒋 +
𝒌) 𝑚 and has a velocity (𝒊 − 𝟐𝒋 + 𝟐𝒌) 𝑚/𝑠 at time t = 0.
Find the
𝜋
(a) Velocity of the body at time 𝑇 = 𝑠
2
(b) Displacement of the body at any time t =1s.
13. ABCD is a square of side 2m. Forces of magnitudes 3N, 5N, 7N
and 2N act a long sides DA, AB, BC and CD respectively.
Calculate the:
(i) magnitude of the resultant of the forces and the angle made by the
resultant with AD.
(ii) sum of the moments of the forces about A
(iii) equation of the line of action of the resultant.
14. A random sample of size 120 is taken from a normally distributed
population with mean 16.5 and variance 18. Determine the 96%
confidence internal for the population mean. (6 marks)
b) On a highway, the speed of buses follows a normal distribution. It
was observed by traffic police that 20% of buses travelled at a speed
less than 100kmh-1 and 68% of the buses have speed between
100kmh-1 and 110kmh-1. Find the mean and standard deviation. (6 marks)
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