2023 WASSCE PRIVATE ELECTIVE MATHEMATICS 2
FURTHER MATHEMATICS/ MATHEMATICS ELECTIVE 2
SECTION A
[48 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠]
Answer all the questions in this section.
All questions carry equal marks.
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1. If 2 sin 𝜃 = = 3, find the value of 𝜃 for 0° < 𝜃 < 360°.
tan 𝜃
3𝑥 − 1
2. Express in partial fraction.
3𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 1
3. Given that 𝛼 and 𝛽 are the roots of 4𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 2 = 0, find the equation whose roots are
(2 − 𝛼) and (2 − 𝛽).
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4. Using the trapezium rule with seven ordinates, evaluate ∫0 𝑑𝑥 , correct to two
√𝑥 2 +5
decimal places.
5. A bag contains 6, 𝑚 and 𝑚2 number of identical white, yellow and blue balls respectively.
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If the probability of drawing a yellow ball is 13, find the value of 𝑚.
6. The table shows the marks obtained by 8 students in Mathematics and Physics tests.
𝑀𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 8 2 7 6 4 1 3 5
𝑃ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑠 2 6 4 5 3 8 7 1
Calculate the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.
7. The vectors 𝒑 = (𝛼 + 1)𝒊 + 3𝒋 and 𝒒 = 𝒊 + 5𝒋 are perpendicular to vectors 𝒓 = 4𝒊 + 𝛽𝒋
and 𝒔 = (2𝛽 + 6)𝒊 + (𝛼 − 3)𝒋 respectively. Find the values of the constants 𝛼 and 𝛽.
8. A truck retards uniformly from a velocity of 15 𝑚𝑠 −1 and comes to rest in 5 seconds.
Find the:
(𝑎) retardation of the truck;
(𝑏) distance covered by the truck during this period.
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SECTION B
[52 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠]
Answer four questions only from this section
with at least one question from each part.
All questions carry equal marks.
PART I
PURE MATHEMATICS
9. (𝑎) If the radius of a circle increases at the rate of 0.8 𝑚𝑠 −1, find in terms of 𝜋, the rate
at which the area increases when the radius is 6.5 𝑚.
(𝑏) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 2𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 3 = 0 at (2, 1).
10. Given that (𝑥 + 2) and (2𝑥 + 3) are factors of 𝑓(𝑥) = 6𝑥 3 + 𝑝𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 𝑞, where 𝑝
and 𝑞 are constants. Find the:
(𝑎) values of 𝑝 and 𝑞;
(𝑏) roots of 𝑓(𝑥).
11. An estate developer had a forty-year building plan for a country starting from January
2001. The number of houses to be built each year forms an arithmetic progression (𝐴. 𝑃. ).
372 houses were built in 2010 and plan to build 1, 032 houses in 2040. Find the:
(𝑎) number of houses expected to be built in 2023;
(𝑏) total number of houses expected from the developer at the end of the forty years.
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PART II
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
12. The table shows the marks obtained by 40 students in a Mathematics examination.
𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 (%) 55 − 59 60 − 64 65 − 69 70 − 74 75 − 79 80 − 84 85 − 89 90 − 94 95 − 99
𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 3 1 10 3 𝑥 𝑦 2 6 4
𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠
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If the mean of the distribution is 77 , find the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦.
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13. The probability of obtaining a head from throwing a biased coin is 3. If the coin is tossed
𝟔 times, find correct to four decimal places, the probability of obtaining:
(𝑎) exactly 3 heads;
(𝑏) at least 4 heads;
(𝑐) at most 2 heads.
PART III
VECTORS AND MECHANICS
14. A particle moves along a straight line such that after time 𝑡 seconds, its displacement
𝑆 (𝑚) from the starting point is given by 𝑆 = 𝑡 3 − 15𝑡 2 + 63𝑡 − 40. Find the:
(𝑎) distance from the starting point when the particle is momentarily at rest for the first
time;
(𝑏) velocity of the particle when its acceleration is 18 𝑚𝑠 −2.
15. The vertices 𝑃, 𝑄 and 𝑅 of a triangle have position vectors 𝒑 = 4𝒊 + 𝒋, 𝒒 = 6𝒊 − 2𝒋 and
𝒓 = 7𝒊 + 3𝒋 respectively. Calculate the:
(𝑎) length of the three sides and name the type of the triangle;
(𝑏) area of the triangle;
(𝑐) value of ∠ 𝑃𝑄𝑅.
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