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  SET D 2018 VJC CT2 AND COMPILED QUESTIONS 
Section A: Pure Mathematics

1 The function f is defined for positive integers n as follows:

f 1  1, f  2n   f  n  f  2n  1 =  f  n    2 .
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and

(i) Find f (2), f (5) and f (10). [2]

(ii) State whether the inverse of f exists, justifying your answer. [1]

x  8 y z 1
2 The line l has equation   and A(8,0, 1) is a point on l. The point B has
6 1 4
coordinates (1,3,1) .

(i) Find the position vector of the point F on l which is closest to B. [3]
(ii) Explain why l lies in the plane p with equation x – 2y + 2z = 6. [2]
 

(iii) Find the shortest distance from B to p. [2]

3 The function g is defined by

2x  5
g:x  , x  , x  c.
1 x
(i) State the value of c and explain why this value has to be excluded from the domain
of g. [2]

(ii) Find g 1  x  and state the domain of g 1 . [3]

(iii) Determine if composite function g2 exist. [2] 

4 Referred to the origin O, points A and B have position vectors a and b respectively.
The point C on OA produced is such that OA : AC  3 : 2 , and the point D on OB produced
is such that OB : BD  5 :1 . The point E on AD is such that AE : ED  2 :1 . Show that C,
E and B are collinear. [4]
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1 1
5 (i) Show that ur  ur 1  , where ur  . [2]
 r  1 r  r r 1 r

1 1 1
(ii) Hence, find   ...  in terms of
4 3 3 4 5 4 4 5  N  1 N  N N  1
N. [3]
(iii) Using your answer in part (ii),
(a) find the exact value of
1 1 1
  ...  . [2]
26 25  25 26 27 26  26 27 49 48  48 49
N 1
1
(b) express rr 3 r  1   r  1 r
in terms of N. [3]

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p1   A
B
p2
D
C

The diagram above shows the vertical cross-section of a slab of glass in the form of a
trapezoidal prism, where the top surface is a plane p1 and the left side of the glass is a
plane p2 . C and D are points in p2 . The light from a particle placed at C travels in a
straight line to B in the glass. The light is refracted at B and travels in a straight line to
A (3,1, 2) in the air. To an observer at A, the particle at C appears to be at D (0,7, 4 ).

The plane p1  has equation z  0 and AB is parallel to i  2 j  2k .

(i) Find the coordinates of B. [3]

BC is in the direction of 4i  aj  k , where a is a positive constant. The line BC makes
1
an angle of cos1   with the normal to p1 at B.
9
(ii) Find the value of a. [3]
(iii) Given that the distance BC is 18, show that the position vector of C is
6i  19 j  2k . [2]

The plane p2 has equation r  n  34 .

(iv) Given that p2 is perpendicular to a plane with equation 2 x  y  7 , find n. [4]

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7 The function f is defined for all real values of x by

f  x   0.9 x  4.5 .

(i) By considering t, show that f n  40   45  0.9n  5  . [4]

2j
(ii) Show that   f  40  4n  1  6 j
n  j 1
n 2
 48 j , given that j is a very large positive

integer. [5]
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(iii) Evaluate   f  40  45 .
n 1
n
[2]

[Note: f n denotes the composite function fff

 ff .] 


n times

Section B: Probability and Statistics

8 A manufacturer wishes to find out the reasons for consumer complaints for his product.
He conducted an analysis of 500 consumer complaints. The table below shows the results
of the analysis in which the reason for complaints and the period the complaints was
lodged were recorded.
Reason for complaints Appearance Mechanical Electrical
During warranty period 108 59 68
After warranty period 46 109 110
(a) One complaint is selected at random.
A, M and E are the events that the complaint selected is regarding appearance,
mechanical and electrical respectively.
W is the event that the complaint selected occurs during warranty period.

(i) Calculate P  M   W  . [1]

(ii) Calculate P  A W  and explain the meaning of this probability in the context
of the question. [3]
(iii) Determine whether A and W are independent. Justify your conclusion. [2]

(b) Ten complaints are selected at random, one by one and with replacement. Find the
largest value of n such that the probability that at most n complaints are regarding
a product under warranty is less than 0.3. [2]
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9 Two independent events A and B are such that P  A B   P  B A and P  A  B   ,
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find
(i) P  A ' B ' ,   [1]
(ii) P  A  B. [4]

10 A board of directors consists n men and 10  n  women, where 3  n  7 . A committee

consisting of 3 randomly chosen people is to be formed. Let W be the number of women
in the committee.
n  n  110  n 
(i) Show that P W  1  and find, in terms of n, the probability
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distribution of W. [4]

(ii) Given E W   2.1 , find n. [2]

(iii) Hence, find Var(W). [1]

11 A shoe company manufactures a large number of sneakers every day. A small proportion,
p, of these sneakers is defective. A check is carried out each day by taking a random
sample of 15 sneakers and examining them for defects.
(i) State, in context, two assumptions needed for the number of defective sneakers in
the sample to be well modelled by a binomial distribution. [2]
For the rest of this question, assume that the binomial law holds.
(ii) The probability that at least 14 of the sneakers in the sample are non-defective is
0.85553. Show that the probability that at most 2 sneakers in the sample are
defective is 0.972, correct to 3 decimal places. [3]
If exactly 3 sneakers are defective, a further sample of 5 sneakers is taken. A day’s
production is accepted as satisfactory in either one of the following cases:
 The number of defective sneakers in the sample of 15 is at most 2;
 The number of defective sneakers in the sample of 15 is 3, and there is no defective
sneaker in the sample of 5.
(iii) Find the probability that the day’s production is accepted as satisfactory. [2]
Subsequently, the manufacturer realises a fault in the check for defective sneakers. If a
sneaker is defective, there is a 90% chance that the check correctly identifies it as
defective. If the sneaker is not defective, there is a 5% chance that the check incorrectly
identifies it as defective.
(iv) Find the probability that a sneaker identified as not defective. [2]

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12 In this question you should state clearly the values of the parameters of any normal
distribution you use.
Over a one-month period, Mark makes X minutes of telephone calls and uses Y gigabytes
of data on his mobile phone. X and Y are independent random variables with the
   
distribution X ~ N  , 162 and Y ~ N 1, 0.22 respectively.

(i) Find the probability that over a one-month period, Mark uses less than 1.5
gigabytes of data. [1]
(ii) There is a 25% chance that Mark makes more than 110.8 minutes of telephone call
in a month. Show that   100.0 , correct to 1 decimal place. [2]

(iii) Find the probability that, over three one-month periods, the total number of minutes
of telephone calls made by Mark in the first two months is more than thrice the
number of minutes made by him in the third month. [3]
State an assumption needed for the calculation above to be valid. [1]
Mark opted for a Pay As You Use plan. For this payment plan, there is no monthly
subscription. Mobile phone’s calls cost $0.05 per minute and data costs $0.02 per
megabyte.
[One gigabyte is equal to 1000 megabytes]
(iv) Find the probability that, over a one-month period, the total cost of Mark’s mobile
phone bill exceeds $30. [3]
(v) Explain, without evaluating, whether your answer in part (iv) is greater than or less
than the probability that, over a one-month period, the cost of Mark’s telephone
calls exceeds $5 and the cost of his data use exceeds $25. [2]

13 [NJC Prelim 9758/2017/02/Q9 partial question]

The number of days of gestation for a Dutch Belted cow is normally distributed, with a
mean of  days and a standard deviation of  days. 8.08% of this cattle breed has a
gestation period shorter than 278 days whereas 21.2% has a gestation period longer than
289 days. Find the values of  and  , giving your answers correct to 3 significant
figures. [3]
Find the probability that the mean gestation period for thirty-two randomly chosen Dutch
Belted cows is more than 287 days. [3]

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