ANGLO-CHINESE J UNIOR COLLEGE

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

MATHEMATICS
Higher 2

24 May 2011
J C 2 MID-YEAR EXAMINATION
Time allowed: 2 hours


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ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
JC2 Mid-Year Examination 2011

MATHEMATICS 9740
Higher 2



Calculator model: _____________________

Arrange your answers in the same numerical order.
Place this cover sheet on top of them and tie them together with the string provided.














Vectors
The point dividing AB in the ratio : has position vector


+
+ b a

If A is the point with position vector
1 2 3
a a a = + + a i j k and the direction vector b is given by
1 2 3
b b b = + + b i j k , then the straight line through A with direction vector b has cartesian
equation
( )
3 1 2
1 2 3
z a x a y a
b b b


= = =
The plane through A with normal vector
1 2 3
n n n = + + n i j k has cartesian equation
1 2 3
0 where n x n y n y d d + + + = = a n

STATISTICS
Standard discrete distributions
Distribution of X ( ) P X x =
Mean Variance
Binomial
( ) B , n p
( ) 1
n x
x
n
p p
x




np ( ) 1 np p
Poisson
( )
o
P
!
x
e
x

Question no. Marks
1 /14
2 /14
3 /8
4 /8
5
/9
6 /12
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Index No: Form Class: ___________
Name: _________________________
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Section A: Pure Mathematics

1 (a) The position vectors of points A, B and C with respect to the origin O are a, b and c
respectively.
(i) It is given that = AC ka 3b. State the value of k such that A, B and C are
collinear. [1]
(ii) Using the value of k found in (i) and given that |a|=2, a b =3, find the length of
projection of OC on OA. [4]

(b) The points P and Q have position vectors i +2j +4k and 2 + i j k . The plane
contains point P and the line r =

0
5
2
9
3
2
, where .
(i) Show that the equation of plane is r
5
2 5
1


=



. [3]
(ii) Find ON , where N is the foot of perpendicular from the point Q to the plane . [3]
(iii) Find the vector equation of the reflection of line PQ in the plane . [3]


2 (a) (i) Sketch on an Argand diagram, the locus of points representing the complex
number z such that i i z 3 2 2 3 1 + + + and ( )
2
3 1 arg
3

+ + i z . [4]
(ii) Find, exactly, the minimum value of i z 3 5+ . [2]
(b) (i) Solve the equation i w 64
3
= , leaving your answer in the exact form iy x + ,
where x and y are real. [4]
(ii) Given that i w 64
3
+ is a factor of the polynomial 1 64
64
3 4
+ + iw w
i
w , deduce the
roots of the equation 0 1 64
64
3 4
= + + iw w
i
w . [2]
(iii) Determine the roots of z such that 0 1 64
64
1
3 4
= + + + z z z , leaving your answer in
the form of iy x + , where x and y are real. [2]


Section B: Statistics

3 A group of 9 people consists of 4 men and 5 women.
(i) Find the number of ways which the 9 people can be divided into 2 groups consisting of
5 and 4 people each. [1]
(ii) How many ways can we arrange the men and women in a row if men and women were
to occupy alternate positions? [2]
(iii) A particular man and a particular woman refuse to stand next to each other. Find the
number of ways that the 9 people could stand in a straight line. [2]
(iv) The 9 people are at a meeting and are seated at a round table with seats labeled A to I.
Find the number of ways such that all the men must sit together. [3]
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4 In a competition, two teams, A and B, play each other for the best of three games. The first
team to win two games is the winner.
In the first game, both teams have equal chance of winning. In subsequent games, the
probability of winning a game depends on the result of the previous game. If team A wins the
previous game, the probability that team A wins the next game isp . If team A loses the
previous game, the probability that team A wins the next game is
3
1
.
Show that the probability that team A wins the competition is
1
2 6
p
+ [3]
If team A has equal chance of winning and losing the competition, find the value of p .
[2]
The competition is held once a year and it runs for three years. Find the probability that team
A wins in all three years given that team A wins at least once. [3]


5 (a) On average, 1 in 20 thirty-five-year-old men suffer from hyperopia. Find
(i) the probability that in a group of 10 randomly chosen thirty-five-year-old men,
less than two suffer from hyperopia. [2]
(ii) using a Poisson approximation, the probability that out of 60 randomly chosen
thirty-five-year-old men, at least 56 do not suffer from hyperopia. [3]
(b) It is known that the number of cataract surgeries a particular ophthalmologist performs
is a Poisson variable with average 1 per month. Using a suitable approximation, find
the probability that the number of cataract surgeries the ophthalmologist performs in
one year exceeds 13. [4]


6 The weights of domestic cats and dogs in a country have independent normal distributions
with their means and standard deviations given in the following table.

Mean (kg) Standard Deviation (kg)
Cats 6 1.4
Dogs 17 5

(i) Find the probability that the total weight of one randomly chosen cat and one randomly
chosen dog exceeds 25 kg. [3]
(ii) Find the probability that the difference in weight of two randomly chosen cats is less
than 1.2 kg. [3]
(iii) At least 10% of the dogs are heavier than w kg. Find the greatest value of w to the
nearest 0.1 kg. [3]
(iv) Find the probability that twice the weight of a randomly chosen dog exceeds the sum of
weights of six randomly chosen cats. [3]



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