2015-F3 FINAL

MATH
PAPER 1AB FORM 3
LA SALLE COLLEGE
FORM THREE FINAL EXAMINATION 2014 – 2015 Sections A and B
MATHEMATICS Examination Number
PAPER 1

Question-Answer Book for Sections A and B

(Section C questions are printed on a separate question-answer book.)

8.10 am – 9.55 am (1¾ hours)

This paper must be answered in English

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECTIONS A AND B

Marker’s Use Only

1. After the announcement of the start of the examination, you
Question No. Marks
should first write your Examination Number in the spaces
provided on Pages 1 , 3 and 5 . 1–2

2. Attempt ALL questions in both sections. Write your answers 3–4

in the spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book. Do
not write in the margins. Answers written in the margins will 5–6
not be marked.
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3. Supplementary answer sheet is provided on Page 12 . Extra
Section A
supplementary answer sheets will be supplied on request.
Total
Write your Examination Number on each sheet and put them
INSIDE this book for questions in Sections A and B. 8–9

4. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly 10 – 11

shown.
12 – 13
5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be
either exact or correct to 3 significant figures. 14

6. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to 15

scale.
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7. No extra time will be given to candidates for writing the
Section B
Examination Number after the ‘Time is up’ announcement. Total

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 SECTION A (20 marks)

(x )
3
−3
y2
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (2 marks)
x 4 y −5
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2. Expand −6 x + x ( 2 x − 1)
2
and arrange the terms in descending powers of x . (2 marks)

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 Examination Number

3. Factorize 9 m 2 − 12 m n + 4 n 2 − 16 x 2 . (3 marks)
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3x+ 2 2− x
4. Make x the subject of the formula y = − . (3 marks)
5 3

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 5. The width and height of a picture are measured to be 14 cm and 8 cm respectively, correct to the
nearest 0.5 cm . Find the upper limit of the actual area of the picture. (3 marks)
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6. The marked price of a toy car is $ 50 . It is sold at a discount of 15 % .
(a) Find the selling price of the car.
(b) If the cost price of the toy car is $ 25 , find the profit percentage.
(4 marks)

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7. In Figure 1 , BCDE is a straight line, where AB = AC = CF = FA , ∠ AFD = 90° and

∠ FDE = 70° . Find ∠ ABC . (3 marks)
A

B C E
D
Figure 1
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 SECTION B (40 marks)

8. Solve the inequality 4 ( x + 4 ) − 3 ( 2 x − 1) > 8 and represent the solution graphically. (3 marks)
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9. (a) Solve 12 x 2 − 17 x + 6 = 0 . (2 marks)
17 1
( y + 1) = ( y + 1) − .
2
(b) Hence, solve (2 marks)
12 2

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 10. CD is a vertical tower of height h m . Adrian is looking at the top of the tower from A
and the angle of elevation is 30° . He then walks towards the tower for 100 m to B and
finds that the angle of elevation is now 50° . It is given that A , B and C lies on the horizontal
ground. Find the height of the tower. (4 marks)
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11. The mean and the mode of 28 , 57 , 32 , 57 , 28 , 23 , x and y are 36.75 and 28 respectively,
where x > y . Find the values of x and y . (4 marks)

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 12. The following shows the results of a Mathematics test of a group of students, where grade A is
the best grade while grade F is the worst grade. A student is randomly selected from the group.

Grade A B C D E F
No. of students 12 15 35 24 9 5

(a) Find the probability that the selected student obtains grade A . (2 marks)
(b) If the passing grade is D , find the probability that the selected student passes the test.
(2 marks)
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13. Nathan invested a sum of $ P at 8 % p.a. with simple interest for two years. Keith invested the
same amount of money for the same period of time at the same interest rate, but the interest was
compounded yearly. The compound interest received by Keith was $ 160 more than the simple
interest received by Nathan.
(a) Find the value of P . (2 marks)
(b) If Desmond invested the same amount of money $ P for two years at the same interest rate,
but the interest was compounded quarterly, find, correct to the nearest cent, the total
amount that Desmond would receive. (2 marks)

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 14. A ( −3 , − 4 ) , B ( 3 , 4 ) and C (11 , 10 ) are three points on the rectangular coordinate system.
(a) Show that Δ ABC is isosceles. (2 marks)
(b) Find the coordinates of the centroid of Δ ABC . (3 marks)
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 2t
15. It is given that tan θ = .
1− t 2
(a) Find sin θ and cos θ in terms of t . (3 marks)
cos θ 1
(b) Hence, prove that − ≡ tan θ . (3 marks)
1 − sin θ cos θ
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 16. In Figure 2 , ABC is a straight line and ∠ DBE = 90° . BD and BE are angle bisectors of
∠ CDE and ∠ AED respectively.
A
B
C

D E
Figure 2
(a) Prove that AE // CD . (3 marks)
(b) Show that AB = BC . (3 marks)
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 Supplementary Answer Sheet
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END OF SECTIONS A AND B

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