P425/2

APPLIED MATHEMATICS
3 HOURS

PRE- UNEB EXAMINATION 2024

APPLIED MATHEMATICS
3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

• Answer all questions in section A and any five questions in section B.

• In numerical work, take g to be 9.8ms−2

• Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.

• All necessary working must be shown clearly.

• Silent, non- programmable calculators and mathematical tables with a

list of formula may be used.

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 SECTION A

1. Events A and B are such that P (B) = 61 , P (AnB) = 1

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, and P (B/A) = 13 .
(a) Find
(i) P (A)
(ii) P (A/B 1 ) (5 marks)

2. A particle moving with simple harmonic motion has speeds of 5ms−1 and
8ms−1 at distances 16m and 12 m respectively from its equilibrium position.
Find the amplitude and the period of the motion. (5 marks)

3. A coin is biased such that when it is tossed, the head is twice as likely
to occur as the tile. Find the probability that in seven tosses, there will be
exactly two tails. (5 marks)

4. The table below shows the expenditure of a student in 2021 and 2022.

Taking 2021 as the base year,

(a) Calculate the weighted aggregate price index
(b) Calculate the average weighted price index (5 marks)

5. A river which is 50m wide flows with speed of 3ms−1 . A boat must be
set to cross a river to a point directly opposite the starting point. The speed
of the boat relative to river is 4ms−1 . Determine the;
(a) velocity with which the boat sets off to cross the river.
(b) time taken by the boat to cross the river. (5 marks)

6. The table below is an extract from tables of cotangents.

Use linear interpolation/ extrapolation to find
′ ′ ′ ′
θ 12 18 24 30
cot 280 1.8650 1.8572 1.8495 1.8418

(a) cot 280

(b) cot−1 1.8533 (5 marks)

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 7. An object of mass 2000g is at rest on a plane inclined at 250 to the
horizontal. The coefficient of friction between the object and the plane is 52 .
What minimum force applied parallel to the plane would move the object up
the plane? (5 marks)

8. A company has four production lines A, B, C and D producing large

numbers of a certain item. Of the total daily production, 40% are produced
by A, 20% by B, 15% by C and the rest by D.it is known that 2% of the items
produced by A are defective. The corresponding proportions for B,C and D
are 3%, 4% and 1% respectively. One item is chosen from the day’s total out-
put.
(i) Find the probability that it is not defective.
(ii) Given that it is defective, find the probability that it was produced by A.
(5 marks)

SECTION B

9. The table below shows the temperature of patients recorded in a certain

week.

Temperature 10-15 15-20 20-30 30-50 50-55 55-60

Frequency density 1 2.4 3.0 2.0 2.2 0.2

(a) Calculate the mode and standard deviation. (6 marks)

(b) Draw a cumulative frequency curve and use it to determine the middle
60% of the temperature. (6 marks)
10. Given the equation x3 − 9x + 3 = 0,
(a)Show that one of the positive roots of the equation lies between 2 and 3;
Hence use linear interpolation to find the first approximation of the root. (4
marks)
(b)Construct a flow chart based on the Newton- Raphson algorithm for com-
puting the root of the equation in (a) above to 3 decimal places. Perform a
dry run of your flow chart. (8 marks)
√ √
11. Forces of magnitude 2N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 2 2N and 2N act along sides
AB, BC, DC, AD, AC and DB respectively. Where the square is of side 2m.
Find the;
(a)Resultant force. (8 marks)
(b)Equation of the line of action of the resultant force and where it cuts the
x − axis. (4 marks)

12. A machine cuts poles whose lengths are normally distributed with
mean of 4.2m and standard deviation of 1.2m. If a random sample of 100 poles
are selected, find the probability that a pole selected at random has its mean

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sample length; (i) in the range 4.0m and 4.4m (4 marks)
(ii) more than 4.1m. (3marks)
(b) A survey of 150 households was asked how many people regularly eat
bread for breakfast. The results of the survey are summarized below.
x = 173, x2 = 355
P P

Calculate the;
(i) unbiased estimate of the population variance (2 marks)
(ii) 97.5% confidence interval of the mean number of people who regularly eat
bread for breakfast. (3 marks)

13. The diagram shows two uniform squares ABFG and BCDE joined to-
gether.

(a) Find the centre of gravity of the composite body. (8 marks)

(b) If the body is suspended freely at G, determine the angle AG makes with
the horizontal. (4 marks)

14. The total number of radio taxi calls received at the control centre in
a month is modelled by a random variable X (in tens of thousands of calls)
having the probability density function,

 cx, 0

 ≤x<1
f (x) =  c(2 − x), 1 ≤ x < 2


0, otherwise

(a) Sketch the function and hence show that the value of c is 1 (4 marks)
(b) Show that the cumulative distribution function of X is



 0; x<0
 1 x2 ;

0≤x<1

F (x) = 2 1 2




2x − 2 x − 1; 1 ≤ x < 2
x≥2


1;
(5 marks)
(c) Find the probability that the control centre receives between 8000 and
12000 calls in a month. (3 marks)

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 15. (a) Use the trapezium rule with six ordinates to estimate
Z 2
2x
( )dx
1 7x2 + 5

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. (5 marks)

(b) (i) Find the exact value of
Z 2
2x
( )dx
1 7x2 + 5

Correct to 3 significant figures. (4 marks)

(ii) Calculate the percentage error in your calculation in (a) above. (2 marks)
(iii) Suggest how percentage error may be reduced. (1 mark)

16. The figure shows a light inextensible string passing over a smooth fixed
pulley A, to one end of which is attached a mass of 8 kg and to the other end
is attached pulley B of mass 2 kg. Over B passes a second light inextensible
string which carries masses of 3 kg and 4 kg at its free ends.

The system is released from rest. Determine the:

(a) acceleration of the movable pulley, 3kg mass and 4kg mass. (8 marks)
(b)tensions in the strings. (4 marks)

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 P425/2
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Paper 2
November, 2024
3 HOURS

PRE- UNEB EXAMINATIONS SET TWO 2024

Uganda Advanced Certificate Of Education
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Paper 2
3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

• Answer all the eight questions in section A and any five questions in section B.

• Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.

• All necessary working must be shown clearly.

• Silent, non-programmable calculators and mathematical tables with a list of for-

mula may be used.

• In numerical work, take g to be 9.8ms−2

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 SECTION A

1. A stone projected at an angle α to the horizontal with speed, u ms−1 just clears a
vertical wall 4m high and 10m from the point of projection when traveling horizontally.
Find the;
(i)angle of projection
(ii) time taken to reach that point. (5 marks)

2. Events A and B are such that P (A) = 0.4, P (A/B) = 0.8, and P (AnB) = 0.25, find;
(i) P (AnB 1 ),
(ii) P (A1 U B),
(iii) P (B 1 /A1 ). (5 marks)

3. The temperature 0 C of a room 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 the;
(a) Temperature after 5 minutes.
(b) Time taken if the temperature is 53.50 C. (5 marks)

4. A boat travelling at a speed of 18kmh−1 in the direction of N 300 E in still water is

blown by wind moving at a speed of 8m/s from the bearing of 1500 . Calculate the speed
and the course the boat will be steered. (5 marks)

5. Show graphically that the root of the equation, 1 − e−x = sin x has a root between
2 and 3 and record it to 1 decimal place. (5 marks)

6. OAB is a uniform triangular lamina with vertices O(2,1), A(9,4) and B(6,8).

(a) Find the coordinates of the centre of gravity of the lamina. (2 marks)
(b) If the lamina is freely suspended at point B, calculate the angle the side BA makes
with the horizontal. (3 marks)

7. The table below shows the trunk diameters in centimetres of 200 trees.
Diammeters (cm) 15- 20- 25- 30- 35- 40-50
Number of trees 22 42 70 38 16 12

Determine;
(a) the mean diameter.
(b) the number of trees above 38cm of diameter. (5 marks)

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 8. A biased coin is thrice as likely to show heads as tails. If it is tossed 50 times,
find the probability of obtaining;
(i) between 30 and 40 heads
(ii) above 40 heads. (5 marks)

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

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

9. The marks for ten students at a certain school studying science were:

Physics 35 24 37 41 39 30 32 27 31 41
Chemistry 30 17 35 39 38 24 27 24 29 40

(a) (i) Plot a scatter graph and draw the line of best fit.
(ii) Use your graph to estimate the mark obtained in Physics if a student obtained 33
in Chemistry. (7 marks)
(b) Calculate the rank correlation coefficient for the above and comment at 1% level of
significance. (5 marks)

10. (a) Show that x2 − sin x = 3 has a root between 1.5 and 2. (4 marks)
(b) Use linear interpolation to find the root of the equation in (a) above. Give your
answer to 3 decimal places. (8 marks)

11. A force F = (t2 i + 3tj + 4k)N acts on a body of mass 2kg. Initially the body is at
rest at a point (2i − j + k) Find the:
(i) speed of the body after 5s. (4 marks)
(ii) distance of the body from the origin after 2s. (5 marks)
(iii) work done by the force after 4 seconds (3 marks).

12. (a) The quantities a and b were measured with √ errors δa and δb respectively.
Show that the percentage error in calculating z = a b is (| a | + 12 | δbb |)X100%.
δa
(7
marks)
(b) Given that a= 2.5 and b= 0.16 were estimated with √ percentage errors of 4 and 5
respectively, calculate the absolute error in evaluating a b. (5 marks)

13. The marks obtained by 2000 UNEB candidates in Maths paper 2 of a certain
year were normally distributed with mean of 64. The records showed that 60% of the
candidates scored above 50.
(a)Calculate the standard deviation of the candidates’ marks (4 marks)
(b)Find the pass mark, if 75% of the candidates passed the paper. (4 marks)
(c)Calculate the number of candidates that scored between 45 and 55 marks
(4 marks)

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 14. (a) A non-uniform ladder AB, 10m long and mass 8 kg, lies in limiting equilib-
rium with its lower end A resting on a rough horizontal ground and the upper end B
resting against a smooth vertical wall. If the centre of gravity of the ladder is 3m from
the foot of the ladder, and the ladder makes an angle of 300 with the horizontal, find
the:
(i) coefficient of friction between the ladder and the ground. (7 marks)
(ii) reaction at the wall. (5 marks)

15. A container contains two boxes A and B. Box A contains 6 blue counters and 4
red counters while box B contains 4 blue counters and 3 red counters. A box is selected
and two counters are removed from the box one at a time without replacement. If box
A is thrice as likely to be picked as B;
(a) Find the probability
(i) that the last counter chosen is red, given that box B was chosen.
(ii) of getting at most one blue counter. (6 marks)
(b) Construct the probability distribution table for red counters and use it to find the;
(i) mean,
(ii) var(2X+5). (6 marks)

16. At noon ship A is sailing due East at a constant velocity of 20kmh−1 . At the
same time ship B is sailing in the direction N 600 E at a constant velocity of 15kmh−1 . At
some instant, ship B is 30km south of A. If they continue sailing with these velocities in
these directions, Determine the;
(a) time at shortest distance (5 marks)
(b) shortest distance. (4 marks)
(c) distance that ship A will have traveled in this time. (3 marks)

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