SENIOR SIX MATHEMATICS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 2022

17TH AUGUST 2022

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PAPER ONE QUESTIONS
 SECTION A (40 MARKS)

Answer all the questions in this section.

1. Solve the equation 4𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 − 2𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑥 = 1 for 00 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3600 (05 marks)

(4𝑖−1) (2𝑖+1)2
2. Given the complex number 𝑧 =
𝑖−3

Determine;
(i) z in the form 𝑎 + 𝑖𝑏, where a and b are constants,
(03 marks)
(ii) Arg (z) (02 marks)
3. The equation of a curve is log 𝑒 (𝑥𝑦) − 𝑦 3 = 1. Show that:-
𝑑𝑦 𝑦
= 𝑥(3𝑦 3 −1) (05 marks)
𝑑𝑥

4. Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the line.

𝑥 𝑦−1 𝑧+1
= = and the plane 𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 + 16 = 0 (05 marks)
3 −1 2

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5. Evaluate ∫0 3√𝑥 𝑑𝑥 giving your answer to three significant figures. (05 marks)

6. Mr. Geresom’s age and his three children are in a geometrical progression, the
sum of their ages is 140 years, the sum of the ages of the last two children is 14
years, find Mr. Geresom’s age. (05 marks)

7. A straight line AB of length 10 units is free to move with its ends on the axes.
Find the locus of a point P on the line at a distance of 3 units from the end on
the x-axis. (05 marks)

8. The rate at which a body loses temperature at any instant is proportional to the
amount by which the temperature of the body at that instant, exceeds the
temperature of its surroundings. A container of hot liquid is placed in a room of
temperature 180C and in 6 minutes the liquid cools from 820C to 520C.
 How long does it take for the liquid to cool from 260C to 200C? (05 marks)

SECTION B: (60 MARKS)

Answer any five questions from this section.
All questions carry equal marks

9. (a) A polynomial 𝑝(𝑥) = 3𝑥 4 + 𝜆𝑥 3 + 12𝑥 2 + 𝜇𝑥 + 4 is exactly divisible

by (𝑥 − 1) and leave remainder of 18 when divided by (𝑥 + 2).
Find the values of λ and µ. (05 marks)
(b) The first, second, third and nth term of a series are 4, 3, -16 and
(𝑎𝑛2 + 𝑏𝑛 + 𝑐) respectively. Find a, b and c. (07 marks)

𝑥
10. (a) The line 𝑦 = + 𝑘 , where k is a constant, is a tangent to the curve
𝑘

4𝑦 = 𝑥 2 at the point P. Find;-

(i) The value of k
(ii) The coordinates of point P. (05 marks)
(b) Show that an equation of the normal to the parabola with equation
𝑦 2 = 4𝑎𝑥 at the point P (𝑎𝑡 2 , 2𝑎𝑡) is 𝑦 + 𝑡𝑥 = 2𝑎𝑡 + 𝑎𝑡 3 . This normal
meets the parabola again at the point Q(𝑎𝑠 2 , 2𝑎𝑠).
2
Show that 𝑠 + 𝑡 + = 0, 𝑡 ≠ 0 (07 marks)
𝑡

11.(a) Expand (2 − 𝑥)10 up to the term in 𝑥 3 . Hence use the expression to

find (1.98)10 correct to 3 decimal places. (05 marks)
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(b) Use the substitution 𝑦 = 𝑥 + to solve the equation
𝑥

2𝑥 4 − 9𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 + 2 = 0
 𝑑𝑥
12.(a) Find ∫ (05 marks)
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠3𝑥
(b) The area of the region shown in the diagram is defined by
𝑦 ≥ 𝑥 2 + 2, 𝑦 ≤ 𝑎𝑥 + 2.
y
𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 + 2

𝑦 = 𝑥2 + 2

O 𝑥
a

The region is rotated 3600 about the x-axis to form a solid of revolution.
Find the value of a, if the volume of this solid of revolution is 6𝑎𝜋
cubic units. (07 marks)
𝑥−2 𝑦−2 𝑧−3
13.(a) Show that the line = = is parallel to
2 −1 3
𝑟. (4𝒊 − 𝒋 − 3𝒌) = 4.
Hence find perpendicular distance between the plane and the line.
(b) (i) Find Cartesian equation of a plane which passes through the
point with position vector 2𝒊 − 𝒋 − 𝒌 and perpendicular to the
vector 3𝒊 + 𝒋 − 4𝒌.
𝑥−2 𝑦−2 3−𝑧
(ii) find the angle between the line = = and the
2 3 4
plane
4𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 2𝑧 + 1 = 0. (12 marks)
 1⁄
1 2 1
14.(a) Given that y = log 𝑒 (1 − ) , 2𝑢 = (𝑥 + ) .
𝑢 𝑥
𝑑𝑦 𝑥+1
Show that = (𝑥−1)(𝑥 2
𝑑𝑥 +1)

(05 marks)

(b) An inverted right circular cone of vertical angle 600 is collecting water
from a tap at a steady rate of 20𝜋 cm3/min. Find:-
(i) the depth of the water after 10 minutes,
(ii) the rate of increase of the depth at this instant. (07 marks)

15.(a) Solve 10 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 + 5𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 = 2, for 00 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3600

(07 marks)
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(b) If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 = and angle A is a cute, find the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴 + 3𝑡𝑎𝑛3𝐴
17
(05 marks)
2𝑦
16.(a) The gradient of the tangent at any point (𝑥, 𝑦) of a curve is 𝑥 − .
𝑥
Given that the curve passes through the point (2,4), find the equation of
the curve (06 marks)
𝑑𝑦 4
(b) Solve the equation = −0.5𝑥(𝑡)𝑦 given that 𝑥 (𝑡) = and
𝑑𝑥 (1+𝑡)2

𝑦(0) = 10. (06 marks)

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 SECTION A ( 40 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section

1. Solve for y: 4 3 3 for 0 360 (5 marks)

2. Evaluate: 2 (5 marks)

3. Solve for t in : 5 5 6 (5 marks)

4. Show that the locus of a point P(x,y) which moves such that it divides the line joining

2, 3 and 3,4 in the ration 1:2 is a circle. State its radius and centre.(5 marks)

5. Given that 4 3 , show that :

2 2 4 (5 marks)

6. Find the perpendicular distance of the point 3, 1,2 from the line

3 2 4 . (4 marks)

7. Find the values of k for which the quadratic equations 6 0 and

2 0 have a common root. (6 marks)

8. Air is pumped into a spherical balloon at a rate of 200 . When the radius of the

balloon is 80mm, find the rate at which the surface area is increasing. (5 marks)

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 SECTION B: (60 MARKS)
Answer any five questions from this section. All questions carry equal marks
9. Evaluate the following:
a.

b. (12 marks)

10. a. Find the coefficient of in the expansion of (5 marks)

b. Show that 1 ⋯ and hence using , show that

√3 . (7 marks)

11. a. Given that 2 45 , Show that

(6 marks)

b. Find the value of x in: tan 2 tan 3 (6 marks)

12. a. Use small changes to evaluate 61 to 2dps. (5 marks)

b. Show that from first principles. (7 marks)

13. a. Given the equation of curve as 4 8 4 0.

i. Show that the curve is a parabola.
ii. Find the coordinates of the vertex. (4 marks)

b. Show that if the line touches the curve 1, then .

Find the equations of the tangents to the ellipse 1, which are parallel to 1.

(8 marks)

14. Describe the locus of a complex number which moves in the complex

plane such that arg . (12 marks)

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 1 6 1
15. a. Find the cartesian equation of the plane 0 2 3 , given that
1 1 7
, , is a general coordinate in the plane. (7 marks)

b. Find the cartesian equation of the line which passes through the point 4,4, 1

and is perpendicular to the plane in (a) above. (5 marks)

16. The rate at which the temperature of a liquid in an un-covered pan falls is directly
proportional to the difference between the temperature of the liquid and that of the
surrounding. The temperature of the liquid is initially 50 . After 20 minutes, the
temperature of the liquid is 35 . Given that the temperature of the surrounding is 15 .
What will be the temperature of the liquid after 26 minutes? (give your answer to 1 decimal
place) (12 marks)

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 SECTION A (40 MARKS)
1. The roots of a quadratic equation x 2 + (7 + p ) x + p = 0 are ∝ and 𝛽.
Given that ∝and 𝛽 differ by 5, find the possible values of p. (5 marks)
3 2
2. Evaluate 2 dx (5 marks)
x − 4 x + 13
2

3 3
3. Show that the parametric equations x = 5 + cos y = −3 + sin  represent
2 2
a circle. Find the radius and centre of the circle. (5 marks)
4. Solve the equation: 3 + 2cos  + tan  = 4cos  , for 00≤ 𝜃 ≤ 3600 (5 marks)
2 2

5. How many team of 6 players can be formed from a group of 7 boys and 5 girls if
(i) Each team should have at least 3 boys and a girl
(ii) Each team contains at most 3 girls (5 marks)

6. Use raw Echelon reduction to solve the following Equations simultaneously.

(i) 3x = z − 2 y
(ii) 3 y = x + 2z + 1
(iii) 3z = 2 x − 2 y + 3 (5 marks)
7. Differentiate y = x ln x from first principles . (5 marks)
8. Find the equation of the normal to the curve x 2 tan x − xy − 2 y 2 = −2 at the point
(0,1) (5 marks)

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

Answer any five questions
9. (a) Show that the lines r = 5 + 3 – 5k + u ( + 2 j – 3k ) and
x − 7 y +1 z + 4
= = intersect and hence find the coordinates of the point of
3 −2 −2
intersection. (7 marks)
(b) A plane is at a distance of √11 units from the origin. If theline passing
through the points A(4,-9,3) and B(6,-7,9) is perpendicular to the plane, find
the cartesian equation of the plane. (5 marks)
10. (a) Show that sin3𝜃= 3sin𝜃 – 4sin3𝜃 hence solve the equation 8 x − 6 x − 1 = 0
3

(7 marks)
(b) By expressing 5cosx + 8sinx in the form Rcos ( x +  ) , where R is a
constant and 𝛽 is an acute angle, solve 5cosx + 8sinx = 7
for 00 ≤ x ≤ 3600 (5 marks)

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 3 2x +1
11. Evaluate 
2 ( x − 2)( x + 1) 2
dx . Give your answer correct to 3 decimal places.

(12 marks)

12. (a) Prove by induction that 4( n+3) − 3n − 10 is divisible by 3 for all positive
integral values of n. (6 marks)
(b) Use De Moivres theorem to prove that the complex number
( 3 + i ) n + ( 3 − i) n is always real and hence find the value of the expression
when n = 6. (6 marks)
13. (a) Use the binomial theorem to show that
5
( 1 + 2 x + 1 − 4 x ) 2 = (2 − x − x 2 + ...) 2 (7 marks)
2
1
(b) Taking x = use the equation in (a) above to estimate√6 to 2 decimal
16
places.
(5 marks)
14. (a) Solve for x in; 9 − 3 x ( x+1)
= 10 (5 marks)
(b) Solve the following pair of simultaneous equations.
log 2x 2 + log 2 y 3 = 1
(7 marks)
log 2x − log 2 y 2 = 4

x2 − 4 x + 4
15. (i) If the curve y = Show that the curve is restricted, state the region
x +1
and hence investigate the nature of the turning points.
(ii) Determine the equations of asymptotes to the curve
(iii) Sketch the curve
(12 marks)
16. (a) Solve the differential equation.
dy 
y cos 2 x = tan x + 2 , given that y = 0 when x = (5 marks)
dx 4
(b) A spherical bubble evaporates at a rate proportional to its surface area. If half
of it evaporates in 2 hours, when will the bubble disappear? (7 marks)

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PAPER TWO QUESTIONS
 SECTION A: (40 MARKS)

Answer all the questions in this section.

1. A force (3𝒊 − 2𝒋 + 8𝒌) N acts on a body of mass 4kg initially at the origin.
If the velocity is (2𝑡𝒊 + 3𝒋) ms-1, find the work done after 4 seconds.
(05 marks)

2. The temperature (oC) of a liquid measured at an interval of 2 minutes were

recorded as 55 and 52. If the initial temperature is 60, use linear
interpolation or extrapolation to find;
(i) Temperature after 5 minutes,
(ii) Time taken if the temperature is 53.50C.

3. A random sample of 200 people were asked the length of time they spent in
the shower, the last time they took one. The results were as follows:
∑ 𝑥 = 909, ∑ 𝑥 2 = 4555.
(a) Calculate the unbiased estimate of the population variance. (02 marks)
(b) Determine the 97.5% confidence limits for the mean time spent in the
shower. (03 marks)

4. To a dove flying eastwards at 3ms-1 an eagle appears to be flying North East

wards at 4ms-1. Find the true velocity of the eagle. (05 marks)

5. The numbers 𝑥 = 4.2, 𝑦 = 16.02 and 𝑧 = 25 are rounded off with

corresponding percentage errors of 0.5, 0.45 and 0.02, Calculate the absolute
𝑥𝑦
error made in . (05 marks)
𝑧
6. A and B are two independent events with A twice as likely to occur as B.
if P(A) = ½ , find:
(i) P(A or B but not both), (03 marks)
(ii) P(𝐴⁄𝐵′ ). (02 marks)
7. Forces of magnitude 90N and 60N act on a particle at angle of 350 to each
other. Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant force.
(05 marks)

8. The probability that a certain function starts early is 4/7 .

If the function starts early, the probability that it takes a longer time is 2/5 .
If the function starts late, the probability that it takes a shorter time is
1
/3 . Find the probability that function;
(i) Takes a shorter time, (03 marks)
(ii) Starts early if it takes a shorter time (02 marks)

SECTION B: (60 MARKS)

Answer any five questions from this section.
All questions carry equal marks

9. The table below shows the marks obtained by students in Fine Art(x) and
mathematics (y).

Fine Art (x) 80 76 96 41 68 31 42 88 68 91

Mathematics (y) 43 32 27 64 65 64 65 32 64 43

(a) Draw a scatter diagram for the above data and on it draw a line of best
 fit. Use the line of best fit to estimate the mark of a student who
scored;
(i) 61 in mathematics,
(ii) 25 in Fine Art (07 marks)
(b) Calculate a rank correlation coefficient between the students’ performance
in the two subjects and comment on your result at 1% level of significance.
(05 marks)

10. A particle is projected with a speed of 36ms-1 at an angle of 400 to the

horizontal from a point 0.5m above the level ground. It just clears a wall
which is 70 meters on the horizontal plane from the point of projection.
Find the;
(a) (i) time taken for the particle to reach the wall.
(ii) height of the wall. (08 marks)
(b) Maximum height reached by the particle from the point of
projection. (04 marks)

11. (a) Use the trapezium rule with six ordinates to find the approximate
1.5 3
value of ∫ (
0.5 𝑥
+ 𝑥 4 ) 𝑑𝑥, correct to three significant figures,
(05 marks)
1.5 3
(b) Evaluate ∫ (
0.5 𝑥
+ 𝑥 4 ) 𝑑𝑥 correct to three significant figures.
(c) (i) Determine the percentage error in the estimation in (a) above,
correct to two decimal places. (03 marks)
(ii) Suggest how the percentage error may be reduced. (01 mark)

12. The continuous random variable X has probability density function (p.d.f)
 given by; 𝑓(𝑥) = (4𝑥 − 4𝑥 3 ); 0≤𝑥≤1
0 ; 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
Find the
(a) Mode (03 marks)
(b) Cumulative distribution function of x, (03 marks)
(c) P (0.1 < 𝑥 < 0.6) (02 marks)
(d) Median of x (04 marks)

13. Forces of magnitude 4N, 5N, 5N, 4N and 6N act along the lines AB, BC,
CD, DA and AC respectively of the square ABCD whose side has a length
of a units. The direction of the forces are indicated by the order of the letters.
(a) Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force. (09 marks)
(b) If the line of action of the resultant force cuts AB produced at E, find
the length AE. (03 marks)

14. (a) Derive the simplest formula based on Newton Raphson’s method to
show that for the equation 3𝑥 = 𝑙𝑛3 it satisfies
1 𝑒 3𝑥𝑟 (3𝑥𝑟 −1)+3
𝑥𝑟+1 = 3 { } (04 marks)
𝑒 3𝑥𝑟

(b) (i) Construct a flow chart that;

- reads the initial approximation as 𝑥0
- computes, using the iterative formula in (a), and prints the root
of the equations 3𝑥 = 𝑖𝑛3, 𝑡𝑜 4 significant figures.
(ii) Perform a dry-run for your flow chart for 𝑥0 = 1/3 (08 marks)

15. (a) A machine cuts poles whose lengths are normally distributed with
 mean 4.2 m and standard deviation 1.2m. If a random sample of 100
poles is selected, find the probability that a pole selected at random
has its mean length in the range 4.0m to 4.3m (04 marks)

(b) It is known that 30% of an apple crop plantation has been attacked by
pests. A random sample of 150 apples is selected from the plantation;
estimate the probability that;
(i) Less than 20% of the sampled apples are damaged, (05 marks)
(ii) Number of damaged apples is between 35 and 50 inclusive.
(03 marks)

16. A force F = (2𝑡𝒊 + 𝒋 − 3𝑡𝒌) N acts on a particle of mass 2kg. The particle is
initially at a point (0,0,0) and moving with a velocity (𝒊 + 2𝒋 − 𝒌) ms-1.
Determine the;
(a) magnitude of the acceleration of the particle after 2 seconds.
(04 marks)
(b) velocity of the particle after 2 seconds. (04 marks)
(c) displacement of the particle after 2 seconds. (04 marks)

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 SECTION A (40 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section
1. The probability that a person vaccinated against COVID-19 falls sick is 0.4. If a group
of 25 persons are checked at random, find the probability that not more than 20
patients are found to have been vaccinated. (05 marks)
2. A body of mass 500kg accelerates uniformly from rest at 2 3 ms-2. Find the
power developed after 4 seconds. (05 marks)
3. The table shows the values of x and y.
X 0 10 20 30
Y 6.6 2.9 -0.1 -2.9
Use linear interpolation or extrapolation to find
(a) Y when x =15 (03 marks)
(b) X when y=-3.2 (02 marks)
4. The sides AB and BC of triangle ABC are of length 120cm and 50 cm respectively.
The triangle is right- angled at B and BD is an altitude of triangle ABC. Two forces
act at B with 20N along DB and Q force acts along BC. If the forces are in
equilibrium, find the value of Q. (05 marks)
5. The table below shows the speeds in ms-1 for the vehicles crossing a certain bridge.
Speed 20 30 30 40 40 60 60 80 80 100
frequency 2 7 20 16 5
Calculate the
(i) 40th percentile speed (03 marks)
(ii) Number of vehicles whose speed exceeds the 40th percentile speed.
(02 marks)
6. A projected particle achieves the greatest range of 0.12km. Find the
(a) Speed of projection (03 marks)
(b) Greatest height attained (02 marks)
7. Find the maximum possible error made in the expression
. .
6.23 3.1 correct to three significant figures. (05 marks)

8. Two events M and N are such that ’ 2 , ′ and

. Use a Venn diagram to find
(a) Value of (03 marks)
(b) (02 marks)

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 SECTION B (60 MARKS)
Answer any five questions from this section.
All questions carry equal marks.
9. A tourist vehicle is on a bearing of 0500 from a lion. The vehicle is travelling at a
constant speed of 10ms-1 due south. The lion runs after the vehicle at a constant speed
of 6ms-1.
(a) In which direction should the lion run to get as close to the vehicle as possible?
(05 marks)
(b) What will be the least distance between the lion and the vehicle? (02 marks)
(c) How long will the lion take to achieve the least distance? (05 marks)
10. (a) Use trapezium rule with five strips to estimate 3 , correct to two decimal
places. (05 marks)
(b)Find the exact value of 3 correct to two decimal places. (03 marks)
(c) Calculate the relative error made in (a) above and state how you can reduce on
such a relative error. (04 marks)
11. A pile driver machine of mass 8 tonnes falls from a height of 500cm onto a pile of
mass 2 tonnes. Given that average resistance of the ground is 106N and that g=10ms-2,
find the
(a) Speed at which the pile driver strikes the pile (03 marks)
(b) Common speed of the pile and the driver (04 marks)
(c) Distance penetrate into the ground. (05 marks)
12. Packets of poultry drug one normally distributed. If 63% of the packets are found to be
above 200g while 54% of the packets are below 250g. Find the
(a) Mean and standard deviation (08 marks)
(b) Percentage of packets exceeding 195g. (04 marks)
13. A body of mass m kg is placed on a rough inclined plane inclined at an angle of 30 0 to
the horizontal. Given that the angle of friction, exceeds 300,
(a) Show that the minimum force P, needed to move the body up the plane is
0.5 √ ,
where g is acceleration due to gravity. (07 marks)
(b) Show also that the minimum force , required to cause the body to slide down the
plane is 0.5mg(√3 ) (05 marks)
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14. The table below shows the scores in two subjects Biology (x) and chemistry (y) for ten
students.
82 78 86 72 91 80 95 72 89 74

75 80 93 65 87 71 98 68 84 77

(a) Plot a scatter diagram. Draw the line of best fit and find its equation in the form
where and are constants. (06 marks)
(b) Calculate the coefficient of rank correlation between x and y. comment on the
significance of Biology on Chemistry (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
| | 0.79 based on ten observations at 1% level of significance.)
(06 marks)
15. (a) show that there is a real root of the equation 2 1 0 between 0 and
1 (04 marks)
(b)Use linear interpolation once to find the first estimate of the root of the equation,
correct to two decimal places. (02 marks)
(c) using Newton Raphson iterative formula and your approximate root in (b)
above as the initial value, calculate the root of the given equation correct to two
decimal places. (06 marks)

16. The random variable has a probability distribution density function given by
1 , 0 1
. Where K is a constant.
0,
(a) Find the cumulative distribution function, (03 marks)
(b) Using your answer in (a) above, find the
(i) Value of K (02 marks)
(ii) Median of x (05 marks)
(c) Calculate the mean of x (02 marks)
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