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Revision Exercise
Week 46, Wed, Nov. 16, 2016

1. Given

f : x 3 x 10

and

Name: ______________________

fg : x 1 9 x 3

, find g.
[2 marks]

x 2 kx 2 0

2. It is given that m is a root of the equation

.
2
m 3m c
(a) If
, find the numerical values of k and c.
x 2 kx 2 0
(b) Hence, solve the equation
.
[4 marks]
(a)

(b)

3. Solve the inequality

1
x

>

1
x3

.
[3 marks]

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4. Diagram 4 shows the movement of a ball that was thrown by Azizah.

Diagram 4
The ball is thrown at the height of 3.5 m from the ground. The ball achieved its maximum height of 8
m at a horizontal distance of 3 m from point A. Write a quadratic function which represents the
movement of the ball.
[3 marks]

5. Solve the equation

4 x 1 3(2 x ) 1

.
[4 marks]

log a 3 x log b 2 y
log c 4 z
,
and
.
x
2y
z
(a )(b ) c
Find the value of the expression
.

6. It is given that

[3 marks]
Answer:

(log a b)(log 3 a )(log

7. Evaluate

9)
.
[3 marks]

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8. Diagram 8 shows the straight line PT which is perpendicular to the straight line RS at point Q.
y
S

Q P(0,5)

T x0
R

Diagram 8
Given that the equation of the straight line RS is
Find the coordinates of Q.

y 4x 5

.
[4 marks]

9.

Diagram 9
Fateeha celebrates her 20 birthday. Her friends brought her a birthday cake as a present as shown in
Diagram 9 and it is being cut into sectors where the angle of the sector form an arithmetic progression.
Find the number of cake slices that can be given to her friends.
[3 marks]
th

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10. The sum of the first n terms of a geometric progression is

(a) the fourth term,
(b) the common ratio
of the progression.

11. (a)

(b)

Diagram 11 shows the graph of

Given that

sin Q p

y sin x

6
2 n 1

, find
[4 marks]

. State the values of m, n and q.

Diagram 11
, where Q is an obtuse angle and p is a constant. Find sec Q in terms of p.
[4 marks]

12. Diagram 12 shows the cross-section of a cylinder block floating in water.

Diagram 12
The water surface is 16 cm above the water level at point Q. Find
POQ
(a)
in radians,
(b) the percentage of the volume of cylinder above the water surface.
[4 marks]
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13. Table 13 shows the distribution of age of a group of workers in a factory.

Age (years old)
Number of workers
23 27
6
28 32
x
33 37
15
38 42
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Table 12
Given the median age of the workers is 34.5 years old.
(a) Determine the range of age of the workers.
(b) Calculate the value of x.
[4 marks]

14. A set of seven numbers has a mean of 15 and a standard deviation

set and the mean increases by 1. Find the new variance.

50

. A number 23 is added to this

[3 marks]

15. Nadhirah wishes to cut out a circle of radius 5 cm from a piece of manila card. Due to her
carelessness, a circle with radius 5.2 was cut.

Actual

Mistake

Diagram 15
Find the extra area, in terms of , that has been cut out of the card.

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16. Diagram 16 shows the growth of a pearl that is cultured in an oyster, which has radius of r mm.

1st month

2nd month

3rd month

4th month

Diagram 16
Given that the radius increases at a constant rate 0.2 mm, find the rate of change of the surface area of
the pearl when r = 8 mm.
[3 marks]

17. A curve has the equation

c
(1 2 x) 2

, where c is a constant. When x increases from 1 to 1 + h, where

7h

9
h is very small, the appproximate change in y is
, find the value of c.
[3 marks]

18. Diagram 18 shows a circle with centre P(4, 4). A rope is marked at P and Q where R divides the line
segment PQ in the ratio of PR = 0.4RQ.

Diagram 18
Find the radius of the new circle PQ.

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19. Diagram 19 shows the straight line passes through the point M(2, 7) which makes an angle from
the x-axis.

Diagram 19
cos

Given that

4
5

, find the equation of the straight line MN.

[3 marks]

20. Diagram 20 shows a straight line that passes through point P, Q and R.

Show that

3r 2 s 25

Diagram 20
.

[3 marks]

21. Diagram 21 shows a plank slanting on the wall.

Diagram 21
sin

The length of the plank is 1 m. Find

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x
2

in terms of p.

[3 marks]
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22. Set Q is a set of six numbers x, 5, 7, 10, 3x and 16 with mean . When 3 is added to each number, the
4

3
mean is
. Find the mean, value of x and variance of the six numbers in set Q.
[4 marks]

23. Diagram 23 shows 5 flags of Asian Countries that participated in the Inter University Medical Quiz
Competition 2016.

Diagram 23
As a host, Malaysia plans to arrange the flags on 5 poles in a row. Find the number of arrangements of
the flags if
(a) Malaysia flag must be in the middle,
(b) Singapore flag and Thailand flag must be separated.
[3 marks]

24. A box contains x white balls and 6 black balls. Two balls are chosen at random from the box. Calculate
1
3
the value of x if the probability of getting both black balls is .
[3 marks]

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y x 3 x qx 8
2

25. Diagram 25 shows the curves of

A and B on the x-axis.

y 3( x 3) p
2

and

that intersect at two points

Diagram 25
Find
(a) the value of p and of q,
(b) the minimum points of each curve.
[7 marks]

26. Diagram 26 shows a piece of a square tile.

Diagram 26
The tile is divided into 8 sectors with radius 8 cm and centre O.
Find
(a) the length of the side of the tile,
[2 marks]
2

(b) the area, in cm , of the shaded region,

[4 marks]
(c)

the perimeter, in cm, of the unshaded region.

[3 marks]

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27. Diagram 27 shows the right angled triangle PQR. ABCQ is a rectangle inscribed in the right angled
triangle PQR.

(a)

Diagram 27
Express the area of the shaded region, A cm2, in terms of x.
[4 marks]

(b) Find the values of x and y such that the area of the shaded region is a minimum.
[4 marks]
28. Khairi has 2800 chickens in his farm in November. On the first day of the month, he sold 200
chickens. The same amount was sold on the next day and the following days. Grains should be given
to the chickens and the cost of grains for a chicken is RM0.60 per day. What is the total cost of grains
until his remaining chickens are 400? (Clone SPM 2015)

29. The height in cm of mango seedlings planted in Pak Hussins nursery is normally distributed.

(a) Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the height of the mango seedlings.
(b) (i) If one mango is chosen at random from Pak Hussins nursery, find the number of
seedlings which has a height of more than 140 cm if Pak Hussin has a total of 500
seedlings.
(ii) Find the value of m if 32.89% of the seedlings has a height between m cm and 125 cm.

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30. Diagram 30 shows a conical container of radius 3 cm and height 7 cm.

Diagram 30
The container is filled up with water until x cm height.
3x 3
49

(a) Show that the volume of the water, V cm3, is given by

.
(b) If the rate of change in the level of the water is 0.4 cm s1, calculate the rate of change in the volume
of the water when x = 3 cm.

31. A type of liquid is formed by mixing three types of raw materials P, Q and R in the ratio 5 : 3 : 4.
Diagram 31 shows the price indices of the raw materials for the year 2013 based on the year 2011.

Diagram 31
(a)

If the price of 1 litre of raw materials for the year 2013 is RM6.50, calculate the corresponding price
for the year 2011.
[2 marks]
(b) Calculate the composite index for the raw materials in the year 2013 using the year 2011 as the base
year. Hence, describe your answer according to the composite index.
[2 marks]
(c) The composite index number for the raw materials increases by 20% from the year 2013 to the year
2015, calculate
(i)
the composite index number for the raw materials in year 2015 based on the year 2011,
(ii)
the cost of the raw materials to produce 1 container of liquid for the year 2015 if the
corresponding cost for the year 2011 is RM550.
[4 marks]
(d) If the price index of material Q for the year 2013 based on the year 2012 is 120, calculate the
percentage of increases or decreases of the price of item Q from the year 2012 to 2013.
[2 marks]

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