SPM Practice Question 6

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Myhometuition

Question 6 (7 marks):
Diagram shows part of a rectangular wall painted with green, G, blue, B and purple, P subsequently.
The height of the wall is 2 m. The side length of the first coloured rectangle is 5 cm and the side length of each subsequent coloured rectangle increases by 3 cm.

It is given that the total number of the coloured rectangles is 54.
(a) Find
(i) the side length, in cm, of the last coloured rectangle,
(ii) the total length, in cm, of the painted wall.
(b) Which coloured rectangle has an area of 28000 cm²?
Hence, state the colour of that particular rectangle.

Solution:
(a)
5, 8, 11, …
a = 5, d = 3

(i)
T₅₄ = 1 + (54 – 1)d
= 5 + 53(3)
=164 cm

(ii)

\begin{array}{l} S_{n} = \frac{n}{2} (a + l) \\ S_{54} = \frac{54}{2} (5 + 164) \\ = 4563 cm \end{array}

(b)
Area of the first rectangle
= 2 m × 5 cm
= 200 × 5
= 1000 cm

Area of the second rectangle
= 200 × (5 + 3)
= 1600 cm

Area of the third rectangle
= 200 × (5 + 3 + 3)
= 2200 cm

1000, 1600, 2200, …
a = 1000, d = 600
T_n = 28 000
a + (n – 1)d = 28 000
1000 + (n – 1)600 = 28 000
600(n – 1) = 27 000
n – 1 = 45
n = 46

The colour of that particular rectangle is green.

SPM Practice Question 5

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Question 5 (6 marks):
The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression, S_n is given by

S_{n} = \frac{3 n (n - 33)}{2} .

Find
(a) the sum of the first 10 terms,
(b) the first term and the common difference,
(c) the value of q, given that q^th term is the first positive term of the progression.

Solution:
(a)

\begin{array}{l} S_{n} = \frac{3 n (n - 33)}{2} \\ S_{10} = \frac{3 (10) (10 - 33)}{2} \\ S_{10} = - 345 \end{array}

(b)

\begin{array}{l} S_{n} = \frac{3 n (n - 33)}{2} \\ S_{1} = \frac{3 (1) (1 - 33)}{2} \\ S_{1} = - 48 \\ T_{1} = S_{1} = - 48 \\ First term, a = T_{1} = - 48 \\ T_{n} = S_{n} - S_{n - 1} \\ T_{2} = S_{2} - S_{1} \\ T_{2} = \frac{3 (2) (2 - 33)}{2} - (- 48) \\ T_{2} = - 45 \\ Common difference, d \\ = T_{2} - T_{1} \\ = - 45 - (- 48) \\ = 3 \end{array}

(c)

\begin{array}{l} First positive term, T_{q} > 0 \\ T_{q} > 0 \\ a + (q - 1) d > 0 \\ - 48 + (q - 1) 3 > 0 \\ - 48 + 3 q - 3 > 0 \\ 3 q > 51 \\ q > 17 \\ Thus, q = 18. \end{array}

Long Questions (Question 10)

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Question 10:
(a) It is found that 60% of the students from a certain class obtained grade A in English in O level trial examination.
If 10 students from the class are selected at random, find the probability that
(i) exactly 7 students obtained grade A.
(ii) not more than 7 students obtained grade A.

(b) Diagram below shows a standard normal distribution graph representing the volume of soy sauce in bottles produced by a factory.

It is given the mean is 950 cm³ and the variance is 256 cm⁶. If the percentage of the volume more than V is 30.5%, find
(i) the value of V,
(ii) the probability that the volume between 930 cm³and 960 cm³.

Solution:

\begin{array}{l} (a)(i) \\ P (X = r) = {}^{n}c_{r} . p^{r} . q^{n - r} \\ P (X = 7) = {}^{10}C_{7} {(0.6)}^{7} {(0.4)}^{3} \\ = 0.0860 \\ (i i) \\ P (X \leq 7) \\ = 1 - P (X > 7) \\ = 1 - P (X = 8) - P (X = 9) - P (X = 10) \\ = 1 - {}^{10}C_{8} {(0.6)}^{8} {(0.4)}^{2} - {}^{10}C_{9} {(0.6)}^{9} {(0.4)}^{1} - {}^{10}C_{10} {(0.6)}^{10} {(0.4)}^{0} \\ = 1 - 0.1209 - 0.0403 - 0.0060 \\ = 0.8328 \end{array}

\begin{array}{l} (b) (i) \\ P (X > V) = 30.5 % \\ P (Z > \frac{V - 950}{16}) = 0.305 \\ P (Z > 0.51) = 0.305 \\ \frac{V - 950}{16} = 0.51 \\ V = 0.51 (16) + 950 \\ = 958.16 {cm}^{3} \end{array}

\begin{array}{l} (i i) \\ Probability \\ = P (930 < X < 960) \\ = P (\frac{930 - 950}{16} < Z < \frac{960 - 950}{16}) \\ = P (- 1.25 < Z < 0.625) \\ = 1 - P (Z > 1.25) - P (Z > 0.625) \\ = 1 - 0.1056 - 0.2660 \\ = 0.6284 \end{array}

Long Questions (Question 9)

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Question 9:
(a) 30% of the pens in a box are blue. Charlie picks 4 pens at random. Find the probability that at least one pen picked is not blue.

(b) The mass of papayas harvested from an orchard farm follows a normal distribution with a mean of 2 kg and a standard deviation of h kg. It is given that 15.87% of the papayas have a mass more than 2.5 kg.
(i) Calculate the value of h.
(ii) Given the number of papayas harvested from the orchard farm is 1320, find the number of papayas that have the mass between 1.0 kg and 2.5 kg.

Solution:

\begin{array}{l} (a) \\ P (X \geq 1) = 1 - P (X = 0) \\ = 1 - {}^{4}C_{4} {(0.3)}^{4} {(0.7)}^{0} \\ = 0.9919 \end{array}

\begin{array}{l} (b) μ = 2, σ = h \\ (i) \\ P (X > 2.5) = 15.87 % \\ P (Z > \frac{2.5 - 2}{h}) = 0.1587 \\ P (Z > 1.0) = 0.1587 \\ \frac{2.5 - 2}{h} = 1.0 \\ h = 0.5 \end{array}

\begin{array}{l} (i i) \\ p = P (1.0 < x < 2.5) \\ = P (\frac{1.0 - 2}{0.5} < Z < \frac{2.5 - 2}{0.5}) \\ = P (- 2 < Z < 1) \\ = 1 - P (Z < - 2) - P (Z > 1) \\ = 1 - P (Z > 2) - P (Z > 1) \\ = 1 - 0.0228 - 0.1587 \\ = 0.8185 \\ Number of papayas = 0.8185 \times 1320 \\ = 1080 \end{array}

Long Questions (Question 7)

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Question 7:
In a boarding school entry exam, 300 students sat for a mathematics test. The marks obtained follow a normal distribution with a mean of 56 and a standard deviation of 8.

(a) Find the number of students who pass the test if the passing mark is 40.

(b) If 12% of the students pass the test with grade A, find the minimum mark to obtain grade A.

Solution:

\begin{array}{l} Let X = marks obtained by students \\ X ~ N (56, 8^{2}) \\ (a) P (X \geq 40) = P (Z \geq \frac{40 - 56}{8}) \\ = P (Z \geq - 2) \\ = 1 - P (Z \geq 2) \\ = 1 - 0.02275 \\ = 0.9773 \\ Number of students who pass the test \\ = 0.9773 \times 300 \\ = 293 \\ (b) Let the minimum mark to obtain grade A be k \\ P (X \geq k) = 0.12 \\ P (Z \geq \frac{k - 56}{8}) = 0.12 \\ \frac{k - 56}{8} = 1.17 \\ k = (1.17) (8) + 56 \\ = 65.36 \end{array}

Thus, the minimum mark to obtain grade A is 66.

Long Questions (Question 6)

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Question 6:

The masses of tomatoes in a farm are normally distributed with a mean of 130 g and standard deviation of 16 g. Tomato with weight more than 150 g is classified as grade ‘A’.

(a) A tomato is chosen at random from the farm. Find the probability that the tomato has a weight between 114 g and 150 g.

(b) It is found that 132 tomatoes in this farm are grade ‘A’. Find the total number of tomatoes in the farm.

Solution:

µ = 130

σ = 16

(a)

\begin{array}{l} P (114 < X < 150) \\ = P (\frac{114 - 130}{16} < Z < \frac{150 - 130}{16}) \\ = P (- 1 < Z < 1.25) \\ = 1 - P (Z > 1) - P (Z > 1.25) \\ = 1 - 0.1587 - 0.1056 \\ = 0.7357 \end{array}

(b)

Probability of getting grade ‘A’ tomatoes,

P (X > 150) = P (Z > 1.25)

= 0.1056

\begin{array}{l} Lets total number of tomatoes = N \\ 0.1056 \times N = 132 \\ N = \frac{132}{0.1056} \\ N = 1250 \end{array}

Long Questions (Question 3 & 4)

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Question 3:

The result of a study shows that 20% of students failed the Form 5 examination in a school. If 8 students from the school are chosen at random, calculate the probability that

(a) exactly 2 of them who failed,

(b) less than 3 of them who failed.

Solution:
(a)

p = 20% = 0.2,

q = 1 – 0.2 = 0.8

X ~ B (8, 0.2)

P (X = 2)

C_{2}

(0.2)² (0.8)⁶

= 0.2936

(b)

P (X < 3)

= P (X = 0) + P (X = 1) + P (X = 2)

C_{0}

(0.2)⁰(0.8)⁸+

C_{1}

(0.2)¹(0.8)⁷ +

C_{2}

(0.2)²(0.8)⁶

= 0.16777 + 0.33554 + 0.29360

= 0.79691

Question 4:
In a survey carried out in a particular district, it is found that three out of five families own a LCD television.
If 10 families are chosen at random from the district, calculate the probability that at least 8 families own a LCD television.

Solution:

\begin{array}{l} Let X be the random variable representing the number of families \\ who own a LCD television . \\ X ~ B (n, p) \\ X ~ B (10, \frac{3}{5}) \\ p = \frac{3}{5} = 0.6 \\ q = 1 - 0.6 = 0.4 \\ P (X = r) = {}^{n}c_{r} . p^{r} . q^{n - r} \\ P (at least 8 families own a LCD television) \\ P (X \geq 8) \\ = P (X = 8) + P (X = 9) + P (X = 10) \\ = {}^{10}C_{8} {(0.6)}^{8} {(0.4)}^{2} + {}^{10}C_{9} {(0.6)}^{9} {(0.4)}^{1} + {}^{10}C_{10} {(0.6)}^{10} {(0.4)}^{0} \\ = 0.1209 + 0.0403 + 0.0060 \\ = 0.1672 \end{array}

Short Questions (Question 4 & 5)

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Question 4:
The events A and B are not independent.

\begin{array}{l} Given P (A) = \frac{3}{5}, P (B) = \frac{1}{4} and P (A \cup B) = \frac{1}{5}, find \\ (a) P [(A \cup B)'], \\ (b) P (A \cap B) . \end{array}

Solution:
(a)

\begin{array}{l} P [(A \cup B)'] = 1 - P (A \cup B) \\ = 1 - \frac{1}{5} \\ = \frac{4}{5} \end{array}

(b)

\begin{array}{l} P (A \cap B) = P (A) + P (B) - P (A \cup B) \\ = \frac{3}{5} + \frac{1}{4} - \frac{1}{5} \\ = \frac{13}{20} \end{array}

Question 5 (3 marks):
A biased cube dice is thrown. The probability of getting the number ‘4’ is

\frac{1}{16}

and the probabilities of getting other than ‘4’ are equal to each other.
If the dice is thrown twice, find the probability of getting two different numbers.
Give your answer in the simplest fraction form.

Solution:

\begin{array}{l} P (1) + P (2) + P (3) + P (4) + P (5) + P (6) = 1 \\ Given probabilities of getting numbers are equal . \\ x + x + x + \frac{1}{16} + x + x = 1 \\ 5 x = 1 - \frac{1}{16} \\ 5 x = \frac{15}{16} \\ x = \frac{3}{16} \\ P (Same numbers) \\ = P (1, 1) + P (2, 2) + P (3, 3) \\ + P (4, 4) + P (5, 5) + P (6, 6) \\ = (x \times x) + (x \times x) + (x \times x) + \\ (\frac{1}{16} \times \frac{1}{16}) + (x \times x) + (x \times x) \\ = 5 x^{2} + \frac{1}{256} \\ = 5 {(\frac{3}{16})}^{2} + \frac{1}{256} \\ = \frac{23}{128} \\ P (Two different numbers) \\ = 1 - \frac{23}{128} \\ = \frac{105}{128} \end{array}

Short Question 7 & 8

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Question 7:
Six members of a committee of a school are to be selected from 6 male teachers, 4 female teachers and a male principal. Find the number of different committees that can be formed if
(a) the principal is the chairman of the committee,
(b) there are exactly 2 females in the committee,
(c) there are not more than 4 males in the committee.

Solution:
(a)
If the principal is the chairman of the committee, the remaining number of committee is 5 members.
Hence, the number of different committees that can be formed from the remaining 6 male teachers and 4 female teachers

\begin{array}{l} =^{10} C_{5} \\ = 252 \end{array}

(b)

\begin{array}{l} Exactly 2 females in the committee \\ =^{4} C_{2} \times^{7} C_{4} \\ = 210 \end{array}

(c)

\begin{array}{l} There are not more than 4 males in the committee \\ = 4 males 2 females + 3 males 3 females + 2 males 4 females \\ =^{7} C_{4} \times^{4} C_{2} +^{7} C_{3} \times^{4} C_{3} +^{7} C_{2} \times^{4} C_{4} \\ = 210 + 140 + 21 \\ = 371 \end{array}

Question 8:

The diagram below shows five cards of different letters.

R E A C T

(a) Calculate the number of arrangements, in a row, of all the cards.

(b) Calculate the number of these arrangements in which the letters E and A are side by side.

Solution:
(a) Number of arrangements = 5! = 120

(b)
Step 1
If the letters ‘E ’ and ‘A’ have to be placed side by side, they will be considered as one item.
Together with the letters ‘R ’, ‘C ’ and ‘T ’, there are altogether 4 items.

EA R C T

Number of arrangements = 4!

Step 2

The letters ‘E ’ and ‘A ’ can also be arranged among themselves in their group.
Number of arrangements = 2!

Hence, number of arrangements of all the letters of the word ‘REACT’ in which the letters E and A have to be side by side
= 4! × 2!
= 24 × 2
= 48

Long Question 4

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Question 4:

Find all the angles between 0° and 360° which satisfy the following equations:

(a) 2 sin ( 2x – 50^o) = –1

(b) 15 sin²x = sin x + 4 sin 30^o

(c) 7 sin x cos x = 1

Solution:
(a)

2 sin ( 2x – 50^o) = –1

sin ( 2x – 50^o) = – ½

basic angle ( 2x – 50^o) = –30^o ← (sin is negative at third and fourth quadrants)

2x – 50^o = –30^o, 180^o+ 30^o, 360^o – 30^o, 360^o + 180^o+ 30^o

← (Take the angles in the range of 0^o ≤ x ≤ 720^o, which in 2 complete revolutions)

2x – 50^o = –30^o, 210^o, 330^o, 570^o

2x = 20^o, 260^o, 380^o, 620^o

x = 10^o, 130^o, 190^o, 310^o

(b)

15 sin²x = sin x + 4 sin 30^o

15 sin²x = sin x + 4 (½) ← (sin 30^o = ½)

15 sin²x = sin x + 2

15 sin²x – sin x – 2 = 0

(5 sin x – 2)(3 sin x + 1) = 0

sin x =

\frac{2}{5}

or sin x = – ⅓

When sin x =

\frac{2}{5}

Basic angle x = 23º 35’

x = 23º 35’, 180º – 23º 35’

x = 23º 35’, 156º 25’

When sin x = – ⅓ ← (sin is negative at third and fourth quadrants)

Basic angle x = 19º 28’

x = 180º + 19º 28’, 360º – 19º 28’

x = 199º 28’, 340º 32’

Hence x = 23º 35’, 156º 25’, 199º 28’, 340º 32’.

(c)

7 sin x cos x = 1

sin x cos x =

\frac{1}{7}

2 sin x cos x =

\frac{2}{7}

← ( × 2 for both sides)

sin 2x =

\frac{2}{7}

sin 2x = 0.2857

Basic angle x = 16º 36’

2x = 16º 36’, 180º – 16º 36’, 360º + 16º 36’, 360º + 180º – 16º 36’

2x = 16º 36’, 163º 24’, 376º 36’, 523º 24’

x = 8º 18’, 81º 42’, 188º 18’, 261º 42’

Hence x = 8º 18’, 81º 42’, 188º 18’, 261º 42’.