1 (i)

2 x 2 − 3x − 2 ≥ 0
( 2 x + 1)( x − 2 ) ≥ 0

x
1
− 2
2
1
x ≥ 2 or x ≤ −
2
(ii)
1
− < ex < 2
2
x < ln 2

2 (a)
2
 2 
Let
= y  3x 2 − 
 x
3
4
y =9 x 4 − 12 x 2 +
x
dy 4
=36 x 3 − 18 x − 2
dx x

(b)
1
2 −
∫ 3
5 − 4x
d x = 2 ∫ (5 − 4 x ) dx
3

=2
( 5 − 4 x ) 3 + C =− 3 (5 − 4 x) 23 + C
2 4
(−4)
3

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 3 dy
(a) = 8e1− 4 x
dx
When x = 1, y = 8 – 2e– 3
dy 1− 4(1)
= 8e = 8e −3
dx
Equation of tangent at the point x = 1:
y – (8 – 2e– 3) = 8e −3 ( x − 1)
y = 8e −3 x − 8e −3 + 8 − 2e −3
y = 8e −3 x − 10e −3 + 8 where m = 8e −3 and c = 8 − 10e −3

1
(b) A= ∫ 1
4
8 − 2e1− 4 x dx
1
 1 
=  8 x + e1− 4 x 
 2 1
4

 1   1
=  8 + e −3  −  2 + 
 2   2
1 1
= 5 + 3
2 2e
1 1
=p 5= and q
2 2

4 (i) y = x4 – 10x3 + 36x2 – 54x + 17

dy
= 4 x 3 − 30 x 2 + 72 x − 54
dx
dy
=0
dx
4 x 3 − 30 x 2 + 72 x − 54 = 0
Using GC, x =1.5 or x = 3
When x = 1.5, y = – 11.6875
When x = 3, y = – 10
Coordinates of stationary points are (1.5, – 11.6875) and (3, – 10)

(ii)
x 1.4 1.5 1.6
dy – 1.0240044 0 0.7839964
dx
Slope

(1.5, – 11.6875) is a minimum point.

x 2.9 3 3.1
dy 0.0560016 0 0.0640024
dx
Slope

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 (3, – 10) is an inflexion point.

Alternative: You may use 2nd derivative test.

(iii)

(iv) x4 – 10x3 + 37x2 – 52x + 18 = 0

x4 – 10x3 + 36x2 – 54x + 17 + x2 + 2x +1 = 0
x4 – 10x3 + 36x2 – 54x + 17 + x2 + 2x +1 = 0
x4 – 10x3 + 36x2 – 54x + 17 = – x2 – 2x – 1
Therefore, equation of the curve to be sketched is y =− x2 − 2x −1

y = x4 – 10x3 + 36x2 – 54x + 17

y = – x2 – 2x – 1

(v) Using GC, x = 0.503 or x = 2.246 (to 3 dp)

5 (a)
Let x, y and z be the price of a Brand A, Brand B and Brand C laptop respectively.

16x + 23y + 20z = 109 741 ------------ (1)

20z = 16x + 23 596
– 16x + 20z = 23 596 ------------ (2)
2x + 2y + 2z = 10 994 ------------ (3)

Using GC, x = 1399, y = 1799 and z = 2299.

2 equations correct – 1 mark
3 equations correct – 2 marks

The total price of two Brand A laptops and three Brand C laptops
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 = $[2(1399) + 3(2299)]
= $9695

(b) (i)
P

(ii) P = 1.8 + 0.6ln (9 – 2) = 2.9675 = 2.97 million dollars

The value 2.97 million dollars represents the annual profits in the year up to time t
= 3 years.
(iii) P = 1.8 + 0.6ln (3t – 2)
dP 1.8 9
= or
dt 3t − 2 5(3t − 2)
(iv)
dP 1.8 9
Observe: 1) For t ≥ 1,= = >0
dt 3t − 2 5(3t − 2)
dP
2) As t increases, decreases
dt
Interpretation in the context:
As the years t increases, the annual profits are expected to increase at a decreasing rate.
dP 1.8
(v) When t == 5, = 0.13846 = 0.138 million dollars/year
dt 3(5) − 2

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 6 (i) The customers can be numbered from 1 to 10 000.
Using a random number generator, 1000 numbers can be generated. The customers whose
number matches the number generated, will be asked to do the survey.
(ii) The advantage of random sampling is that everyone has equal chance of being
selected.
The disadvantage of random sampling is that it is time consuming.

7 (i) 7C2 = 21
(ii) 2 cases:
1) Mr Koh is in the committee but not Mrs Ho
2) Mrs Ho is in the committee but not Mr Koh
7
C3 7 C3 70 5
9
+ = =
C4 9 C4 126 9
(iii)
Total unrestricted no. of ways − No. of ways Mr Koh and Mrs Ho are next to each other
4!− 3!× 2! = 12

8 300 − 23 277
(i) P ( F ∪=
B ') =
300 300
23 1
(ii)= P(B | M ) =
23 + 80 + 35 6
80 4
(iii) P ( M ∩ E ) = =
300 15
138 137
(iv) Since P ( M ) P ( E ) = × = 0.210 ≠ P ( M ∩ E ) , M and E are not independent
300 300
events.
(v)
Method 1:
63
C2 237C1
=
300
0.10389 ≈ 0.104
C3
Method 2:
63 62 237
× × = × 3 0.10389 ≈ 0.104
300 299 298

9 (i)
1
P( B | A ') =
2
P( B ∩ A ') 1
=
P( A ') 2
1  1
P( B ∩ A ') = × 1 −  = 0.25
2  2
P( A ∪ B) = 0.5 + 0.25 = 0.75
(ii)

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 4
P( A | B ') =
9
P( A ∩ B ') 4
=
1 − P( B) 9

Let P ( A ∩ B ) =
x
0.5 − x 4
=
1 − ( 0.25 + x ) 9
9 ( 0.5 − x ) =4 − 4 ( 0.25 + x )
x = 0.3

A B

0.2 0.3
0.25

0.25

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 10 (i) Let X be the number of trees that will produce pears in the first year after planting,
out of 5.
X ~ B ( 5, 0.85 )
P ( X ≥ 3) =1 − P ( X ≤ 2 ) =1 − 0.026611 =0.97338 ≈ 0.973
(ii) 0.026611× 3000 ≈ 79.8 customers
(iii) Let Y be the number of customers that require a replacement, out of 3000.
Y ~ B ( 3000, 0.026611)
P (Y > 100 ) =1 − P (Y ≤ 100 ) =
1 − 0.98847 ≈ 0.0115
(iv) Since n = 3000 is large, by Central Limit Theorem,
 5 × 0.85 × 0.15 
X ~ N  5 × 0.85,  approximately
 3000 
( )
P X > 4.28= 0.019795 ≈ 0.0198
11 (i)

(ii) r-value is 0.940.

This suggests that as the year x increases, the total cards billing, y billion dollars,
increases in a strong linear correlation.
=(iii) y 0.676071x − 1349.898929
= y 0.6761x − 1349.8989 (4dp)

0.676071( 2023) − 1349.898929 =

(iv) y = 17.79 ≈ 17.8
The total cards billing is estimated to be $17.8 thousand million in year 2023.
As x = 2023 is outside of data range of [2015 to 2022], the estimate is unreliable as
extrapolation is involved.

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 12 (i) Let X be the random variable denoting “the time in minutes taken by Tom to service
a randomly chosen car”.
Let Y be the random variable denoting “the time in minutes taken by Tom to service a
randomly chosen van”.
X ~ N(90, 52), Y ~N(130, 102)

(i) P (Y ≤ t ) =
0.95
=t 146.45 ≈ 146
(ii)
(
Y − 2 X ~ N 130 − 2 × 90,102 + 22 × 52 )
Y − 2 X ~ N ( −50, 200 )

P ( −60 ≤ Y − 2 X ≤ 60 ) =
0.76025 ≈ 0.760
Let V be the random variable denoting “the time in minutes taken by Tom to take a
break”.
V~ N(5.5, 1.42)
(iii)
X 1 + X 2 + Y + V1 + V2 ~ N ( 2 × 90 + 130 + 2 × 5.5, 2 × 52 + 102 + 2 ×1.42 )
X 1 + X 2 + Y + V1 + V2 ~ N ( 321,153.92 )
P ( X 1 + X 2 + Y + V1 + V2 < =
5 × 60 ) 0.045259 ≈ 0.0453
(iv)
Note: The labour charges are given “per hour”. Need to divide by 60 to obtain the “per
minute” charges.
50 90
Let C= ( X 1 + X 2 ) + (Y )
60 60
5 9 5
2
9
2

C ~ N  × 2 × 90 +   ×130,   × 2 × 5 +   ×102 
2
6 6 6 6 
 
C ~ N(345, 259.722)
P ( C > 350=
) 0.37818 ≈ 0.378

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 13 303.4
= 4.740625 (exact)
(i) Unbiased estimate of population mean
=
64
Unbiased estimate of population variance
1  303.42 
=  1615.96 − 
63  64 
= 2.8199 ( to 5sf )
= 2.82 ( to 3sf )
(ii) Let X be the random variable denoting “the crop weight per plant” and µ be “the
population mean crop weight per plant”

To test H0 : µ = 5
H1 : µ < 5 (horticulturist’s claim) at 10% significance level

(iii)
2.8199
Under H0, since n = 64 is large, by Central Limit Theorem, X ~ N(5, )
64
X −5
approximately and Z = ~ N(0,1) approximately
2.8199
64

Reject H0 if p-value ≤ 0.1

Using GC, p – value = 0.10829 = 0.108(to 3 sig fig)

Since p – value > 0.1, we do not reject H0 and there is insufficient evidence to
conclude that the population mean crop weight per plant is less than 5kg at 10%
level of significance. The horticulturist’s claim is not supported by the data.

(iv) Reject H0 when p-value ≤ level of significance

α
≥ 0.10829
100
α ≥ 10.8%
(v) Level of significance is the probability of wrongly concluding the mean crop weight
per plant is less than 5 kg when in fact it is 5 kg.
(vi) Let Y be the random variable denoting “the crop weight per plant in region B”
To test H0 : µ = 5
H1 : µ ≠ 5
Two tail–tailed test at 1% level of significance
Note: Because n = 20 is too small for Central Limit Theorem to be used, we need to
assume that the crop weight per plant in region B, Y, follows a normal distribution
for the test to work.
1.52
Under H0, Y ~ N(5, )
20
Reject H0 if p-value ≤ 0.01
Since H0 is not rejected, p-value > 0.01

If y < µ If y > µ
= 2P Y ≤ m
p-value ( ) = 2P Y ≥ m
p-value ( )
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 ( )
2P Y ≤ m > 0.01 ( )
2P Y ≥ m > 0.01

( )
P Y ≤ m > 0.005 ( )
P Y ≥ m > 0.005
m > 4.1360 m < 5.8640

4.14 < m < 5.86 (3 sig. fig.)

(vi) The crop weight per plant in region B follows a normal distribution.

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