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 SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)

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2. Make c the subject of the formula . (3 marks)

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3. Factorize
(a) 12m2 + mn – 6n2,
(b) 12m2 + mn – 6n2 – 12m + 8n.

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(3 marks)

4. (a) Find the range of values of x which satisfy both and

5 – x  0.
(b) How many integers satisfy both inequalities in (a)?
(4 marks)

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 5. The number of marbles owned by a girl is 4 times that owned by a boy. If the girl gives 33
of her marbles to the boy, then the number of marbles owned by the boy is 3 times that
owned by the girl. Find the total number of marbles owned by the boy and the girl.
(4 marks)
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6. The marked price of a smartphone is 25% above its cost. If the smartphone is sold at a
discount of $700 on its marked price, then the percentage loss is 10%. Find the marked
price of the smartphone. (4 marks)

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7. In a polar coordinate system, O is the pole. The polar coordinates of the points D, E and F
are (r, 110), (2r, 200) and (3r, 290) respectively, where r is a positive constant.

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(a) Are D, O and F collinear? Explain your answer.
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(b) If the area of △DEF is 1296, find the value of r.

(4 marks)

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 8. The following table shows the distribution of the numbers of credit cards owned by a group
of adults.

Number of credit cards owned 1 2 3 4 5

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Number of adults k 14 8 7 3

If an adult is randomly selected from the group, then the probability that the selected adult

owns less than 3 credit cards is .

(a) Find the value of k.

(b) Write down the standard deviation of the distribution.
(c) Are the median and the mode of the distribution equal? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

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9. In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium, where AD // BC. E is a point lying on BD such that
BAD = BCE.
B C

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A D
(a) Show that △ABD ~ △CEB.
(b) It is given that AB = 40 cm, AD = 85 cm, BC = 34 cm and DE = 45 cm. Is △ABD a
right-angled triangle? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

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 SECTION A(2) (35 marks)

10. The cost of painting a wall of area A m2 is $C. It is given that C partly varies as A and partly
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varies as A2. When A = 20, C = 2400 and when A = 30, C = 5100.
(a) Express C in terms of A. (3 marks)

(b) If the cost of painting a wall is $8800, find the area of the wall. (2 marks)

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11. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the weights (in kg) of the members
in a swimming club.

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Stem (tens) Leaf (units)

4 1 3 6 8
5 2 2 4 5 7 7 m
6 1 4 4 4 6 6
7 2 7 9
8 n

It is given that the mean and the range of the distribution are 60 kg and 42 kg respectively.
(a) Find the values of m and n. (3 marks)
(b) Two more members now join the swimming club. It is found that both the mean and the
range of the distribution of the weights are increased by 1 kg. Find the weight of each of
these two members. (4 marks)

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 12. The equation of the circle C is x2 + y2 – 48x – 36y – 621 = 0. Let G be the centre of C. Denote
the origin by O.
(a) Find OG. (2 marks)
(b) Does O lie inside C? Explain your answer. (1 mark)
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(c) Let P be a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that OP = GP. Denote
the locus of P by Γ. Suppose that Γ cuts C at the points A and B. Someone claims that
AGB < 135°. Do you agree? Explain your answer. (4 marks)

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13. The polynomial p(x) is divisible by x – 3. When p(x) is divided by x2 + 3x, the quotient and the
remainder are 2x2 – 19 and cx – c – 64 respectively, where c is a constant.
(a) Find c. (3 marks)
(b) Prove that x + 5 is a factor of p(x). (1 mark)
(c) Someone claims that all the roots of the equation p(x) = 0 are real numbers. Is the claim
correct? Explain your answer. (3 marks)

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 14. The slant height and the curved surface area of the solid metal right circular cone X are 85 cm
and 3060 cm2 respectively.
(a) Find the volume of X in terms of . (3 marks)
(b) X is melted and recast into two similar solid right circular cones Y and Z. The ratio of
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the curved surface area of Y to the curved surface area of Z is 16 : 25.
(i) Find the volume of Y in terms of .
(ii) It is found that the total surface area of Y is 3025 cm2. Are X and Y similar?
Explain your answer.
(6 marks)

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 SECTION B (35 marks)
15. A box contains 5 red balls, 6 yellow balls and 7 white balls. If 5 balls are randomly drawn

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from the box at the same time, find
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(a) the probability that 5 balls of the same colour are drawn; (2 marks)
(b) the probability that at least 2 balls of different colours are drawn. (2 marks)

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 16. Let f (x) = 2x2 + 4x – 4kx + 2k2 – k + 5, where k is a real constant.
(a) Using the method of completing the square, express, in terms of k, the coordinates of
the vertex of the graph of y = f(x). (2 marks)
(b) On the same rectangular coordinate system, denote the vertex of the graph of y = f (x)
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and the vertex of the graph of y = 6 – f (x) by A and B respectively. It is given that the
coordinates of the centroid of △OAB are (–2, 2), where O is the origin. Find k.
(4 mark)

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 17. Let c be a real constant. The roots of the equation x2 + cx – 7 = 0 are α and β.
(a) Express α2 + β2 in terms of c. (3 marks)
(b) The 1st term, the 2nd term and the 3rd term of a geometric sequence are 25, c and2

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α2 + β2 respectively. Find the least value of n such that the sum of the first n terms of the
sequence is greater than 3 × 107. (4 marks)

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 18. The figure shows a tetrahedron ABCD, where the base BCD lies on the horizontal ground. AD
is perpendicular to the base BCD. It is given that AB = 46 cm, AC = 60 cm and BC = 28 cm.
A
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(a) Find ABC. (2 marks)

(b) Suppose that the angle between the plane ABC and the horizontal ground is 70°.
Someone claims that the volume of the tetrahedron ABCD is greater than 3000 cm3. Is
the claim correct? Explain your answer. (5 marks)

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 19. In the figure, PT and QT are tangents to the circle C at P and Q respectively. G is the centre
of C. GT cuts C at R.

C
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P
G

T Q

(a) Show that QR is the angle bisector of PQT. (3 marks)

(b) A rectangular coordinate system is introduced in the figure such that the coordinates of
G, Q and T are (12, 7), (12, –68) and (–88, –68) respectively.
(i) Find the equation of the straight line passing through G and T.
(ii) Find the coordinates of the in-centre of △PQT.
(iii) Someone claims that the ratio of the circumference of the inscribed circle to the
circumference of the circumcircle of △PQT is 1 : 2. Do you agree? Explain your
answer.
(8 marks)

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