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The document is an exam paper for Senior Six students at Kasenge Greenhill Secondary School, focusing on Subsidiary Mathematics. It consists of two sections: Section A with 14 questions covering various mathematical concepts such as probability, polynomials, vectors, and quadratic equations, and Section B with 2 questions involving data analysis and statistics. Students are required to attempt all questions in Section A and any four from Section B within a time limit of 165 minutes.

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Submaths s6

The document is an exam paper for Senior Six students at Kasenge Greenhill Secondary School, focusing on Subsidiary Mathematics. It consists of two sections: Section A with 14 questions covering various mathematical concepts such as probability, polynomials, vectors, and quadratic equations, and Section B with 2 questions involving data analysis and statistics. Students are required to attempt all questions in Section A and any four from Section B within a time limit of 165 minutes.

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KASENGE GREENHILL SECONDARY SCHOOL

MID TERM EXAMS 2024

SENIOR SIX

SUBSIDIARY MATHEMATICS

165 MINUTES.

Attempt all questions∈ section A∧any four∈ section B

section A

1. A and B are independent events, P(A)= 0.4 and P(B)=0.65. find;


(i) P( AnB)
(ii) P( A ’ nB) (05 marks)
2. In a family, the probability of getting a boy is 0.5 and the family has 10 people.
(i) Find the probability of getting at least 3 boys
(ii) Find the expected number of girls. (05 marks)
3. Given a discrete probability random variable

x 1 2 3 4 5
P( X=x) 0.2 c 0.1 2c c
(i) Find the value of c
(ii) (05 marks)
Find the expectation E(X)
3 2
4. A polynomial f ( x )=2 x −9 x −2 x+ 9 has three roots. Find the other roots if one root is x +1
(05 marks)
5. Given the two vectors a=2 i+3 jan d b=4 i− j . Find;
(i) |a|∧|b|
(ii) angle between a∧b (05 marks)
6. Solve the equation 2 cos2 x−sinx−1=0for 0 ° ≤ x ≤180 ° (05 marks)
❑ ❑
7. If ∑ x =467∧¿ ¿ ∑ x =50 and the standard deviation is 2.5. find n the number of values.
2

❑ ❑
(05 marks)
8. Given that 2 cosθ−sinθ=1 , use the half angle formula to find θ for 0 ° ≤θ ≤ 180 °
(05 marks)
SECTION B
9. The marks scored by a student in two exams is as follows

Math(X) 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 98
Physics(Y) 25 50 30 60 60 75 80 79
(i) Plot the marks on a scatter graph
(ii) Draw the line of best fit
(iii) Estimate the value in physics if the student got 65 in maths
(iv) Calculate the rank correlation and comment on your answer. (15 marks)
10. The table below shows prices of commodities A,B,C and D in 2020 and 2021

COMMODITY PRICES (shs) WEIGHT


2021 2022
A 3000 2500 4
B 4000 4200 2
C 2000 1500 3
D 6000 5800 1
(I) Find a simple price index for 2022 using 2021 as the base year
(II) Find a weighted relative price index for the data using 2021 as the base year (15 marks)
11. Given the quadratic equation 2 x 2−3 x −1=0 has roots as α ∧β . Find the value of;
(i) α ∧β
2 2
(ii) α −β
2 2
α +β
(iii) (15 marks)
αβ
12. A box contains 3 red balls and 4 green balls. A ball is picked and is returned with another ball of
the same colour. If two balls are psicked, find the probability that ;
(i) Balls picked are of the same color
(ii) One of the balls picked is green (15 marks)
13. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB=4.6cm BC=5.4cm and angle ABC = 420. Find;
(i) Length of side AC
(ii) Angle ACB
(iii) Area of the triangle (15 marks)
14. A probability random variable is given by;

{
k x ,∧x=1 , 2 , 3
f ( x )= k (7−x ),∧x=4 , 5 ,6
o , otherwise

(b) Find the expectation E(X)


(a) Find the value of k

(c) find P ( 2≤ x ≤ 5 )
(d) Sketch the graph of f (x) (15 marks)

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