MEBU EXAMINATIONS CONSULT

UGANDA ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION

MATHEMATICS SEMINAR HELD ON 21ST-SEPTEMBER, 2024 AT KABEI SENIOR SECONDARY
SCHOOL-BUKWO DISTRICT, SEBEI SUB REGION

PAPER 1
PURE MATHEMATICS
SECTON A (40 MARKS)
1. By row reduction to the echelon form, solve the simultaneous equations:
X-2y-2z =0
z + 3y = 1 -2x
3x = 3 + y + 3z
2. Show that 2 tanϴ = Sin 2ϴ
1 + tan2 ϴ
3
3. Given 𝑥 + 2x3 + 4x5 + 8x7+ … =
7
i) Find the value of 𝑥. (03 marks)

ii) Find the 20th term. (02 marks)

4. If a line y= mx +c is a tangent to the curve 4x2 + 3y2 = 12, show that C2 = 4 + 3m2
7−2𝑥
5. Solve the inequality (𝑥+1)(𝑥−2)
>0

6. Solve tan-1(x) + tan-1(x-1) = tan-1(3)

7. Show that the area bounded by the curve y = 10x – x2 and the line y = 4x is 36
square units.

8. The directional vectors 𝒂 = 3𝒊 + 2𝒋 + , 𝒃 = −𝟐𝒊 + 𝒋 + 𝒑𝒌 and 𝒄 = 9𝒊 + 9𝒋 are such

that 𝒂 is perpendicular to 𝒃.
Find the
i) Value of the scalar 𝒑.

ii) Angle between 𝒃 and 𝒄

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 SECTION B (60 MARKS)

9. Given the curve

3𝑥+3
y =
𝑥(3−𝑥)
(a) Find the region where the curve does not lie, hence determine the turning points
and their nature.
(b) State the asymptotes and find the intercepts.
(c) Sketch the curve.

sin 5𝑥−sin 7𝑥+sin 8𝑥−sin 4𝑥

10.(a) Prove that cos 4𝑥−cos 5𝑥−cos 8𝑥+cos 7𝑥
= cot 6x

(b) (i) Express 7cos 𝑥 − 24 sin 𝑥 in the form 𝑅𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝑥 + 𝑎).

(ii) Write down the maximum and minimum value of the function f(x) = 12 + 7 cosx –
24 sin x

11.(a) Prove that (cos 𝜃 + 𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 )𝑛 = (cos 𝑛𝜃 + 𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝜃) for all positive values of n
(b) Given that Z1= r1(cos 𝐴 + 𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 ) and Z2= r2(cos 𝐵 + 𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐵 ),
Show that Z1Z2= r1r2(cos(𝐴 + 𝐵) + 𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝐴 + 𝐵) )
6𝑥+4 1 6𝑥+4
12.Express (𝑥2 −4)(𝑥+2) 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 ∫0 (𝑥 2 −4)(𝑥+2)
𝑑𝑥
13.(a) Find the coefficient of x2 in (1 + 𝑥)4 (2 + 3𝑥 + 𝑥 2 )
1
(b) Expand (1 − 8𝑥)−1/2 up to the term in x3 hence use 𝑥 = to evaluate √23 to
100
3dp

3 −1 5 −1
14. (a) Show that the lines 𝑟1 = (−4) +λ( 1 ) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟2 = (0) + µ (−1) intersect
2 2 2 2
(b) Find the;
(i) Point of intersection of the lines above
(ii) Cartesian equation of a plane which contains the lines above

15. A 3, 0 And B3, 0 are fixed points. Show that the locus of a point Px, y 
which moves such that PB  2PA is a circle and find its Centre and radius.

b) Find the equation of a circle which passes through the points A1, 2 , B2, 5 and
C  3, 4 .

dy
16. Solve the differential equation: cos x  2 y sin x  1
dx
b) According to Newton’s law of cooling, the rate of cooling of a body in air is proportional to the
difference between the temperature of the body and that of air. If the air temperature is kept at
25o C and the body cools from 95 o C to 60 o C in 25 minutes, in what further time will the body
cool to 32o C ?

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 PAPER 1
PURE MATHEMATICS
SECTION A: (40 MARKS)
Answer ALL questions in this section

x3 1
4

1. Evaluate  2 dx (5 marks)
2
x

2. Solve the equation 5 cos   2 sin   3 for 0    360

o o
(5 marks)

 
3. The roots of a quadratic equation x 2  8x  4  0 are   1   and   1 . Find the
 

equation whose roots are  and  . (5 marks)

4. Find the acute angle between the lines 2 x  y  6 and x  0 . (5 marks)
5. The sum of the first n terms of the progression is Sn  nn  2 . Find the
(i) Sum of the first twenty terms (2 marks)
(ii) Twentieth term of the Progression. (3 marks)

6. Differentiate 1  x 
2 3
with respect to x . (5 marks)
7. Prove that the points A, B and C whose position vectors are 2a , 4b and 3a  2b respectively
are collinear. (5marks)
8. The height of the cylinder increases by 2%, find the percentage change in the radius if the
volume of the cylinder is to remain constant. (5 marks)

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

Answer only five questions from this section
9. (a) Use the substitution y  x  1 x to express x 2  1 in terms of y .
x2

Hence solve the equation 2 x  3x  4 x  3x  2  0

4 3 2
(6 marks)

(b)Expand 1  x  3 using binomial theorem in ascending powers of x up to and involving x 3 ,

1

hence deduce the value of 3 7 correct to three decimal places. (6 marks)

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 10 (a) Given that z1  4  5i 7  2i  and that z 2  4  5i 7  2i  .Write down the complex

numbers z1 and z 2 in the form x  yi .Hence express 18 2  43 2 as a product of two prime

factors. (5 marks)
(b)The point P representing a complex number z is such that

arg z  5  12i  
4
(i) Find the Cartesian equation of the locus of the point P. (4 marks)
(ii).Describe briefly the geometrical interpretation of the locus. (1 marks)
(iii) Compute the minimum value of z (2 marks

y
 x  2
2

11. For the curve

x2
i. Determine the nature turning points of the curve (7 marks)
ii. State the asymptotes of the curve. (3 marks)
iii. Sketch the curve. (2 marks)
12. The line l is drawn from A to B. B is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point A
7,2,1 to the line r  1   i  2j  3k .Find the;
(a) Coordinates of the point B (8 marks)
(b) Cartesian equation of the line l (4 marks)
cos 3  cos 
13 (a) Prove that  1  cos 2  sin 2
cos   sin 
o o
cos 67 1  cos 22 1
2 2
Hence deduce o o (7 marks)
cos 22 1  sin 22 1
2 2

(b) Solve the equation: 2 cos   sin   1 for

2
 180o    180o (5 marks)

4

 x tan
2
14 (a) Evaluate xdx (6 marks)
0

(b) Differentiate x  e  x with respect to𝑥.

2 2x x
(6 marks)

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 15(a).The points P p 3 , 9 p  and Q q 3 , 9 q  lie on a rectangular hyperbola. Determine the
   

equation of the chord PQ and deduce the equation of the tangent at a point whose parameter
is 't ' . (6 marks)
(b).Given that the chord PQ is parallel to the line 6 x  2 y  3 , Show that the locus of M the
midpoint of PQ is a straight line. (6 marks)

16. An Antelope runs from point A towards B, 100m apart at a rate proportional to the square
root of the distance yet to be covered. If the speed of the Antelope at a point A is 20ms 1 .
Find the;

(i) Time it takes for the Antelope to reach point B. (7 marks)

(ii) Distance covered from point A by the Antelope in 8 seconds and the speed of the Antelope
at this instant. (5 marks)

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 PAPER 2
APPLIED MATHEMATICS

SECTION A (40 MARKS)

1. 40 percent of the students in a certain school own personal computers. If 24 students are
selected at random, find the probability that between 8 and 15 students own personal
computers. (05 marks)
2. Forces of (ai + bj) N and (6i- 4j) N act at points having position vectors (-2i-2j) m and (3i-j) m
respectively. If the forces reduce to a couple, find;
a).a and b
b).the moments of the couple (05 marks)

3. Two examiners Y and Z each marked the scripts of ten candidates who sat a mathematics
examination. The table below shows the examiners’ ranking of the candidates.

Examiners 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Y D G B E A C F I J H
Z G D B F E A C J I H

Calculate the spearman’s rank correlation coefficient for the two examiners and show whether
the examiners were in agreement at 1% level of significance. (05marks)

4. Two particles are travelling along a straight line AB of length 20m. At the same instance, one
particle starts from rest at A and travels towards B with a constant acceleration of 2ms -2 and the
other particle starts from rest at B and travels towards A with a constant acceleration of 5ms -2.
Find how far from A the particles will collide. (5 marks)

5. The table below shows the velocity of a particle during the course of its motion.
Time (s) 5 9 12
Velocity (ms-1) 10 13 17

Use linear interpolation or extrapolation to estimate the:

i).Velocity when T=7s.

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 ii).Time when the velocity =19ms-1 (05 marks)
𝟐
6. Use the trapezium rule with 5 stripes to find an approximate value for ∫𝟏 𝒙𝒆-2xdx correct to 3
significant figures. (05 marks)
7. An object performs Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) at a rate of 20 oscillations per second
between two points A and B which are 12cm.If C is the midpoint of AB,calculate the time taken
to travel directly from C to the midpoint of CB. (05 marks)
8. The price index of an article in 2020 based on 2018 was 130. The price index for the article in
2022 based on 2020 was 80. Calculate the;
i).Price index of the article in 2022 based on 2018. (03 marks)
ii).Price of the article in 2018 if the price of the article was 45,000 in 2022. (02 marks)

SECTION B: (60 MARKS)

Answer only FIVE questions from this section. All questions carry equal marks.

9. A school took a survey of the ages of its employees. The results are shown in the frequency
table below:

Ages (yrs) 18- 20- 30- 40- 50-

Frequency 8 22 15 7 2

(a) .Calculate the:

(i) .Mean age (03 marks)
(ii) .Modal age (03 marks)
(iii).Standard deviation (02 marks)
(b) .Draw a cummulative frequency curve and use it to estimate the middle 60% age range.
(04 marks)
0
10. At 10:00am, ship A and ship B are 16km apart. Ship A is on a bearing N35 E from ship B. Ship
A is travelling at 14kmh-1 on a bearing S290E.Ship B is travelling at 17 kmh-1 on a bearing N500E.
Determine the;
(a).Velocity of ship B relative to ship A. (05 marks)
(b). Closest distance between the two ships and the time when it occurs. (07 marks)

11. (a). Two sides of a triangle PQR are p and q such that <PRQ=α
(i) Find the maximum possible error in the area of this triangle. (02 marks)
(ii) Hence, find the percentage error made in the area if p=4.5cm, q=8.4cm and α =300.
(06 marks)
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(b).Find the range with in which - lies. (04 marks)
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12. The continuous random variable x is distributed between the values x=0 and x=2 and has a
probability density function mx2 + nx with the mean of 1.25. Find;
(i).The value of m and n and hence f(x). (08 marks)
(ii).The mode of x. (04 marks)
13(a). At time, t, the position vector of a particle of mass 2kg is (Cost i + t2j) m.Show that the
force acting on the particle when t=π seconds is of magnitude 2√5N. (07 marks)
(b) A particle is moving such that at any instant, its velocity vector v, is given by v= (3ti +4j +
t2k) ms-1.When t=0, it is at the point (1, 0, 1). Show that the magnitude of its acceleration at t=2
seconds is 5ms-2. (05 marks)
14(a).Show that the Newton Raphson formula for approximating the root of the equation
𝑒 𝑥 -2x-1=0 is given by Xn+1 = 𝑒 𝑥𝑛 (xn-1) +1 (03 marks)
𝑒 𝑥𝑛 -2
(b)(i) .Show that root of the equation 𝑒 𝑥 -2x-1=0 lies between 1 and 1.5. (04 marks)
(ii).Use linear interpolation to find the first approximation and hence find the root of the equation,
correct to 3 s.f. (05 marks)
15. The weights of goats sold at a certain market are normally distributed with a mean of
26kg.Given that 8 of every 12 goats picked at random weighed more than 20kg.
(a) .Calculate the standard deviation of the masses of the goats, correct to the nearest whole
number. (06 marks)
(b) .A random sample of 25 goats is picked, calculate the probability that their mean weight
exceeds 15kg. (06 marks)
16(a).A practicle is projected from a point on a horizontal plane and has an initial speed of 42ms -
1
. If the particle passes through a point above the plane, 70m vertically and 60m horizontally from
the point of projection.
(a).Find the possible angles of projection. (06 marks)
(b).A particle is projected at an angle of 300 to the horizontal with a speed of 21ms-1. If the point
of projection is 5m above the horizontal ground, find the horizontal distance that the particle
travels before hitting the ground. (06 marks)

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