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MATHEMATICS S/T PAPER 2 BX 6
ANSWER SCHEME o
  BX = 3 3 cm B1
sin 60 sin 90o
1. Use the substitution y = u – 2x to find the
CX CX
general solution of the differential equation tan (  CAB) = = M1
dy 8x  4 y  1 AX AB  BX
=– . [5] 3
dx 4x  2 y  1 = A1
Answer (1) : y = u – 2x ……(I) 43 3
dy
Differentiate (I) with respect to x: = du – 2
dx dx (ii) AC = ( AX ) 2  (CX ) 2
From (I) we have u = 2x +y
Substitute all into = (4  3 3 ) 2  (3) 2 M1
dy 8x  4 y  1 4( 2 x  y )  1
=– =– = 16  24 3  27  9
dx 4x  2 y  1 2( 2 x  y )  1
52  24 3 A1
du – 2= – 4u  1
=
M1 Total (6)
dx 2u  1 3. A plane that can fly with a speed of 500 kmh- 1 in
du 4u  1 still air fly from A to B , which is located 100 km to
= 2–
dx 2u  1 the north of A. Wind of constant magnitude of 200
du 2 u  1 4u  1 4u  2  4u  1 kmh- 1 blows from the north-east. Find the direction
= 2 – = that the plane must be steered. Also find the time
dx 2u  1 2u  1 2u  1
taken, in hours to the nearest two decimal places.
du 1 [6]
=
dx 2u  1 Answer (3) :

 (2u  1)du =  (1)dx M1 Course

V1
Wind
V2
Ground
velocityV3
( 2u  1) 2 Mag 500kmh- 1 200 kmh- 1
2u +u=x+C
2
Alternative =x+C M1
2 2( 2) Dir From north-east B
(2(2 x  y )  1)
2
45
(2x+y)2+2x +y = x +C or =x+C M1 100 km
2( 2)
4x2+4xy+y2 +2x +y = x +C or (4x+2y+1)2 = 4x +4C
4x2+4xy+y2+ x +y =C or (4x+2y+1)2 = 4x +B A1 A
Total(5)
45 Sine Rule
2. In the diagram, ABC is a triangle in which AB = 4cm, BC sin  sin135
= 6cm and angle ABC = 150◦ . The line CX is   M1
200 500
perpendicular to the line ABX. (i) Find the exact V2 =200
length of BX and write the exact value of tan (  CAB)
 = 16.43o
V1=500 The direction the plane must
 A  135
in the form of   . [4] (ii)Show that the V3 steered is N 16.4o E A1
BC 3
C  = 180 – 135 – 16.43o
exact length of AC is 52  24 3 cm. [2] = 28.57o B1
Answer (2) :
 Sine Rule
60o
V3 500
 M1
6cm sin 28.57 sin135
150 o V3 = 338.16 kmh-1
30o
(i) A 4cm B X Dis tan ce AB 100
Time AB = = M1
CX 6 Speed V3 338.16
  CX = 3 cm B1
sin 30o sin 90o = 0.2957 hour = 0.30 hour (in hour 2dp) A1
Total (6)
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4. In a certain industrial process, a substance is being The tangent to the circle at A meets the line BC extended
produced in a container. The mass of the substance in the to T. The angle bisector of the angle ATB cuts AC at P,
container t minutes after the start of the process is x AB at Q and the circle at R. Show that (a) triangles
grams. At any time, the rate of formation of the substance APT and BQT are similar, [4] (b) AP = AQ. [4]
is proportional to its mass. Also, throughout the process, Answer (5)
the substance is removed from the container at a constant
rate of 25 grams per minute. When t = 0, x = 1000 and B
dx 
= 75. (i) Show that x and t satisfy the differential
dt
dx R
equation = 0.1(x − 250). [2] (ii) Solve this C
dt Q P
differential equation, obtaining an expression for x in  

terms of t. [6] 
Answer (4) A T

dx (a) Let BTQ =  and CAT = 

= kx – 25 B1
dt (a) In the APT and BQT,

Given t = 0, x = 1000 and

dx
= 75 ATP =BTQ = (QT is the angle bisector of ATB ) B1
dt PAT = QBT =  (alternate segment theorem, AT is a
75 = (k)(1000) – 25
k = 0.1 tangent ) B1


dx
= 0.1x – 25 = 0.1 (x – 250) B1 APT = BQT = 180     ( sum of the interior angles
dt of a  ) B1
1
 x  250 dx =  (0.1)dt M1  APT and BQT are similar B1
ln (x – 250) = 0.1t +C A1 A1 (b) APQ =  +  (exterior angle of APT) B1
Substitute t=0 , x=1000 AQP =  +  (exterior angle of BQT) B1
ln (1000– 250) = 0.1(0) +C M1 APQ = AQP B1
C = ln 750  AQP is an isosceles triangle
 ln (x – 250) = 0.1t + ln 750 A1
 AQ = AP B1
 x  250 
ln   = 0.1t Total = (8)
 750 
AQ AT
 x  250  0.1t OR  ( QT is angle bisector ) B1
  =e BQ BT
 750  AP AT
x =250 +750 e0.1t A1  ( APT and BQT are B1
Total (8)
BQ BT
similar )
5. The diagram below shows the circumscribed circle of the AQ AP
  B1
triangle ABC. BQ BQ
AP = AQ B1
B

R Q C
P

A T
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6. At 8.00 am, ship A passes through a point with position vector At 9 am
(13i – 15j) km and ship B passes through the origin. Ship A  0  6   6 
moves with a velocity of (–4.5i + 6j) km h–1 and ship B moves Position of boat B,     
r (1) =   M1
with a velocity (6i – 2.5j) km h–1. (a) If the ships continue ~ B1
 0    2.5    2.5 
with their velocities, find the time when they are closest and the
 x
distance between them at this moment. [6] (b) At 9.00 After 9 a.m. , Let V =  
am, ship B alters its velocity so that it will intercept ship A at ~ B
 y
10.00 am. Find the new velocity of ship B in vector form. [6]
Answer(6) At 10 am
Ship A Ship B Velocity B Relative to
 13    4.5   4 
VA VB A Position of boat A, r     (2) =   M1
Mag VA = 7.5kmh- VB =
VBA= 182.5
~ A2
  15  6    3
1
6.5kmh- 1
=13.509 kmh- 1  6   x  6 x 
Dir Position of boat B, r      (1) =   M1
V = (–4.5i V =(6i – V =V –V
~ A ~ B ~ BA ~ B ~ A
~ B2
  2.5   y    2.5  y 
+ 6j) km h–1 2.5j)  6    4.5 
km h–1 =   –   In order for interception to occur both position must be equal:
  2.5   6   6 x   4 
  =   M1
 10.5 
=     2.5  y    3
  8.5  10.5 6+x = 4 −2.5+y=−3 M1
θ x= −2 y = −0.5
8.5
θ= 38.99o  x   2 
At 8 am: V =   =   = −2 i −0.5j kmh- 1 A1
~ B
  
y  0.5 
 13  13
Position of Ship A, r  =  km and tan−1( ) = 40.91o Total=(12)
~ Ao
 15 15 OR
0  8.5   6 
Position of ship B, r =   km Position A and B at 9am , r =   and r =  
~ Bo
0
~ A1
  9 ~ B1
  2.5 
Distance AB= (13) 2  (15) 2 = 394 = 19.849 km B1 

 2.5 
Position vector BA =  r +r =   M1
B (0,0) ~ B1 ~ A1
  6.5 
40.91o  x
38.99o After 9 a.m. , Let V =  
k
~ B
 y
10.10 o Velocity B relative to A,
B1
VBA=13.509  x    4.5   x  4.5 
AB= 394 V = V – V =   –   =   M1
79.90o d ~ BA ~ B ~ A
 y  6   y  6 



d 394 A (13, −15) Intercept occur then V // BA

Sine Rule : o
 M1 ~ BA
sin10.10 sin 90o 

d = 3.481 km A1 V
~ BA
=k BA and k = 1 because it occur after 1 hour. M1
k 394  x  4.5   2.5 
Let BB1=k : o
 k=19.542 km B1
  =(1)   M1
sin 79.9 sin 90o
 y6    6.5 
or k =  2
394  (3.481) 2 = 19.542 km x+4.5 = 2.5  x = −2
y −6 = −6.5  y = −0.5
M1
Dis tan ceBB1 19.542
Time = = = 1.447 hour M1  x   2 
Speed VBA 13.509 V =   =   = −2 i −0.5j kmh- 1 A1
~ B
  
y  0.5 
= 1 hour 27 min
The time = 8.00 am + 1 hour 27 min = 9.27 am A1

(b) Using formula r  r  vt

~1 ~0 ~
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7. Miss Chin throws a fair tetrahedral die with faces 8. During January the numbers of people entering a store
numbered 1, 2, 3, 4. If she throws an even number then during the first hour after opening were as follows.
her score is the number thrown. If she throws an odd Time after opening Frequency Cumulative
number then she throws again and her score is the sum of x minutes frequency
both numbers thrown. Let the random variable X denote 0 < x ≤ 10 210 210
5 10 < x ≤ 20 134 344
Miss Chin’s score. (i) Show that P(X = 2) = . [2] (ii)
16 20 < x ≤ 30 78 422
The table below shows the probability distribution of X. 30 < x ≤ 40 72 A
Complete the table and calculate E(X) and Var(X). [5] 40 < x ≤ 60 B 540
X 2 3 4 5 6 7 (i) Find the values of a and b. [2] (ii) Draw a cumulative
P(X = x) 1 1 1 frequency graph to represent this information. Take a scale
of 2 cm for 10 minutes on the horizontal axis and 2 cm for
16 8 16 50 people on the vertical axis. [4] Hence , estimate the
Answer(7) median time after opening that people entered the store. [1]
Can use tree diagram or draw x-axis versus y-axis Answer (8)
(i) P(X=2) = Probability of Case(1,1) + Probability Case(2) (i) a = 422+72 = 494 B1
1 1 1 b = 540 – 494 = 46 B1
P(X=2) =    + M1
4 4 4
5
= A1
16
(ii)
X 2 3 4 5 6 7
P(X = x)
5 1 3 1 1 1
16 16 8 8 16 16
B1
7
E(X) = [ xP( X  x)]
x2
(ii)

5 1 3 1 1 1
=2( ) + 3( ) + 4( ) + 5( ) + 6( ) + 7( ) M1
16 16 8 8 16 16
15 3
= = 3.75 = 3 A1
4 4
7
E(X2) = [ x
x2
2
P( X  x)]

5 1 3 1 1 1
=22( ) + 32( ) + 42( ) + 52( ) + 62( ) + 72( ) From the graph median is 13.5 minutes – 14.6 minutes A1
16 16 8 8 16 16 Total=(7)
260
= −1
16 9. (a) In a spot check of the speed x kmh of 30 cars on
2 the highway , the data were summarized by
260  15 
–   (x  110) = − 47.2 and  ( x  110)
2 2 2
Var(X) = E(X ) – [E(X)] = M1 = 5460.
16  4 
Calculate the mean and standard deviation of these
35
= = 2.19 A1 speeds. [4] (b) Two cricket teams kept records
16 of the number of runs scored by their teams in 8 matches.
Total = (7) The scores are shown in the following table.
Team 150 220 77 30 298 118 160 57
A
Team 166 142 170 93 111 130 148 86
B
(i) Find the mean and standard deviation of the scores for
team A. [3] The mean and standard deviation for team
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B are 130.75 and 29.63 respectively. (ii) State with a part (ii) is a grandparent, calculate the probability that
reason which team has the more consistent scores. [2] there is also a parent living in the house. [4]
Answer (9) Answer (10)
(a)  (x) − 110 = − 47.2 (i) P(G) =
6
B1
 (x) − (30)(110)= − 47.2 M1
3
16

 (x) =3252.8 =
8
A1

x=
 ( x) = 3252.8 = 108.4 = 108 (3s.f) A1
(ii) P(G) = P(H1G) + P(H2G) + P(H3G) B1
30 30 1 2 1 3 1 1
=( × )+ ( × )+( × ) M1
3 7 3 7 3 2
 ( x  110)   ( x  110) 
2 2

Standard deviation =   17
n  n  = = 0.405 (3sf) A1
  42
1 2 1 3
5460   47.2 
2
 
=   M1
30  30  (iii) P(H1|G) + P(H2|G) = 3 7 + 3 7 M1M1
17 17
= 13.3987 = 13.4 (3.s.f) A1
42 42
(b) x =
 ( x) = 4 6 10
8 = + = A1 A1
17 17 17
150  220  77  30  298  118  160  57 1110 1 1
= 
8 8 7
555 Alternative : P(H3|G) = 3 2 = M1
= = 138.75 = 139 (3s.f.) B1 17 17
4 42
7 10
x 2
= 1502+ 2202 +772 +302 +2982+ 1182+1602+572 Probability = 1 −
17
=
17
M1 A2
= 209306 Total=(9)
2
209306  1110 
Standard deviation =   M1 11. (a) Kamal has 30 hens. The probability that any hen
8  8  lays an egg on any day is 0.7. Hens do not lay more than
110587 one egg per day, and the days on which a hen lays an egg
= = 83.14 = 83.1 (3sf) A1 are independent. (i) Calculate the probability that, on
16 any particular day, Kamal’s hens lay exactly 24 eggs. [2]
Team B has the more consistent scores B1 (ii) Use a suitable approximation to calculate the
because the standard deviation is smaller. B1 probability that Kamal’s hens lay fewer than 20 eggs on
Total=(9) any particular day. [5] (b) People arrive
randomly and independently at the elevator in a block of
flats at an average rate of 4 people every 5 minutes.
10. The people living in 3 houses are classified as (i) Find the probability that exactly two people arrive
children (C), parents (P) or grandparents (G). The in a 1-minute period. [2] (ii) Find the probability
numbers living in each house are shown in the table that nobody arrives in a 15-second period. [2]
below. Answer (11)
House number 1 House number 2 House number 3 (a) X=number of eggs laid by the chicken on any particular day
4C , 1P , 2G 2C , 2P , 3G 1C , 1G X~B(30, 0.7)
(i) All the people in all 3 houses meet for a party. One (i) P(X=x) = nCx (p)x(q) n−x , x=0,1,2,3,…..,30
person at the party is chosen at random. Calculate the P(X=2) = 30C24 (0.7)24(0.3) 30−24 M1
probability of choosing a grandparent. [2] = 0.0829 A1
(ii) A house is chosen at random. Then a person in that (ii) Check Mean= np = 30×0.7 = 21 (>5) So the suitable
house is chosen at random. Using a tree diagram, or distribution to be used is Normal Distribution
otherwise, calculate the probability that the person chosen Variance = npq = 30×0.7×0.3 = 6.3 (for 21 and 6.3) B1
is a grandparent. [3] X~N(21, 6.3)
(iii) Given that the person chosen by the method in X  21
Z=
6.3
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P(X<20) = P(X < 19.5) Continuity Correction M1 4
k
= P(
X  21 19.5  21
< ) M1
(b) (i)  t  1dt = 1
0
M1
6.3 6.3
k [ln(t+1) ]40 =1 A1
= P(Z < − 0.598)
k [ ln(4+1) – ln (0+1)] = 1
= P(Z>0.598) M1
1
= 0.2749 = 0.275 A1 k [ln 5] = 1  k = so, A=5 A1
(b) (i) 5minutes ---4people ln 5
1 minute = (1/5) × 4 = 0.8
4
Y~Po(0.8) k
P(Y=2) =
e 0.8
(0.8) 2
M1
(ii) P (X >3) =  t  1dt
3
M1
2! = k [ln(t+1) ]43 A1
= 0.144 A1 = k [ ln(5) – ln (4)]
(ii) 300sec(15min) - -- 4 people
15 sec = (15/300 ) ×4 =0.2
5 1 5
= k ln( ) = ln( ) = 0.1386 A1
W~ Po(0.2) 4 ln 5 4
e 0.2 (0.2) 0
P(Y=0) = M1 (iii) Let m= median
0! m
k
0 t  1dt = 0.5
= 0.819 A1 M1
Total = (11)
k [ln(t+1) ]m0 = 0.5
12. (a) The volume of milk in millilitres in cartons is k [ ln(m+1) – ln (1)] = 0.5 M1
normally distributed with mean µ and standard deviation k ln(m+1) = 0.5
8. Measurements were taken of the volume in 900 of 1
ln(m+1) = 0.5
these cartons and it was found that 225 of them contained ln 5
more than 1002 millilitres. Calculate the value of µ. [3] ln(m+1) = 0.5 ln 5 = ln 5 0.5
(b) If Maggie is stung by a bee she always develops an m+1 = 5 0.5
allergic reaction. The time taken in minutes for Maggie to
m = 1.236 A1
develop the reaction can be modelled using the
probability density function given by 4
 k k

f(t)=  t  1
0  t  4,
(i) Show that k =
1
. State
 t  1dt = 0.5
m
M1

 ln A
 0 otherwise , k [ln(t+1) ]4m = 0.5
the value of A. [3] (ii) Find the probability that it 1 5
[ln( )] = 0.5 M1
takes more than 3 minutes for Maggie to develop a ln 5 m 1
reaction. [3] (iii) Find the median time for 5
Maggie to develop a reaction. [3] ln( ) = 0.5 ln 5
Answer (12) m 1
X  ln(
5
) = ln 50.5
(a) X ~ N (µ , 82)  Z =
8 m 1
225 5
P (X > 1002) = = 50.5
900 m 1
X   1002   1 5
m = 0.5 −1 = 1.236 A1
P( > )= = 0.25
8 8 4 5
From the Normal Distribution table z = 0.674 B1 Total= (12)
1002  
= 0.674 M1
8
µ = 996.608 = 997 (3 s.f.) A1