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142/1-Mock Examination 2023
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION
FORM SIX MOCK EXAMINATION SOUTHERN ZONE
(MTWARA AND LINDI)
142/1 ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 1

(For Both School and Private Candidates)
Time: 3 Hours January, 2023
Instructions
1. This paper consists of ten (10) questions each carrying ten (10) marks.
2. Answer all questions.
3. All necessary working and answers of each question done must be shown clearly.
4. Mathematical tables and non-programable calculators may be used.
5. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.
6. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
This paper consists of four printed pages
Page1 of 4 acsee0001
1. By using a non programmable calculator evaluate the following

√
(13.713) ln 2 + log ln(45.072)
(a) correct to four (4) decimal places.
log9 (cosh 3.614) + sin−1 (0.6128)
s
ln(tan 64 ◦ )5 + (16.3217) 37
(b) 6 √ √ correct to six (6) significant figures.
log( 5 12 + 5 ln 3)
6 1
(c) ∑ ex ln(1 + x) 2 giving your answer in three (3) significant figures.
x=1
2. (a) Consider the following hyperbolic equation given in term of constant k such
that cosh2 x = 3 sinh x + k
(i) Find the range of value of k for which the above equation has no real
solution.
(ii) Given that k = 1, find the exact logarithmic form, the solution of the above
equation.
2 tanh A
(b) Prove by using hyperbolic definition that tanh 2A =
1 + tanh2 A
dx
Z
(c) √
x2 + 2x + 2
3. An oil company has two depots A and B with capacities 7000L and 4000L
respectively. The company is to supply oil to three petrol pumps D, E and F
whose requirements are 4500L, 3000L and 3500L respectively. The distance (in
km) between the depots and the pumps is given in the following table
Distance in km
TO/FROM A B
D 7 3
E 6 4
F 3 2
Assuming that the transportation cost of 10L is Tshs 1 per km, how should the
delivery be scheduled in order that the transportation cost is minimum? What is
the minimum cost?
4. (a) The mean and standard deviation of 6 observations are 8 and 6 respectively. If
each observation is multiplied by 3, find the new mean and standard deviation
of the resulting observations.
(b) The table below shows the weight in grams of 120 seeds
Weight 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80
Frequency 7 24 33 32 14 8 2
Find
(i) Semi interquartile range.
(ii) The mean and standard deviation by using coding method, (Use Assumed
mean as 45.5).
5. (a) (i) What is symmetric difference?
(ii) Given A= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B= {3, 4, 5, 6, 7} find AOB
(b) Use laws of algebra of sets to simplify (A ∩ B0 ) ∪ (A0 ∩ B) ∪ (A ∩ B).
(c) In a survey of 200 students of a school it was found that 120 students study
Mathematics, 90 study physics and 70 study chemistry, 40 study Mathematics
and physics, 30 study physics and chemistry, 50 chemistry and mathematics
and 20 study none of these subjects. Use the formula method to find the
number of students who study all tree subjects.
6. (a) Function f and g are defined for all real numbers and are such that
g(x) = x2 + 7 and g ◦ f (x) = 9x2 + 6x + 8. Find the possible expressions for
f (x)
(b) Sketch the graph of f (x) = log 1 x and state its domain and range.
2
x3 + x2 − 2x
(c) Given the function f (x) = . Find
x2 − x
(i) Oblique asymptote
(ii) Vertical asymptote
(iii) intercepts
(iv) Holes.
1
7. (a) Show that the Newton Raphson formula for the function f (x) = − A where
x
A is a non-zero constant is given by xn+1 = xn (2 − Axn ). Hence by taking
A= 0.143 and x1 = 7 use the formula to calculate x2 and x3 correct to four
significant figures.
Z π
2 1
(b) Using both trapezium rule and Simpson rule approximate dx.
0 1 + sin x
(Using seven ordinates) giving the answer correct to 5 decimal places
8. (a) Find the equation of a circle concentric with x2 + y2 − 6x + 7 = 0 and touches

the line x + y + 3 = 0
(b) A, B and C are respectively the points (-5,2), (3,4) and (7,5). find the ratio in
which B divides AC
(c) If the circle x2 + y2 + px + py − 7 = 0 and x2 + y2 − 10x + 2py + 1 = 0 cut
orthogonally, find p.
9. (a) Evaluate the following integrals
x3 + 3x + 4
Z
(i) √ dx
x
x+3
Z
(iii) dx
x2 + 4x + 3 Z Z
n
(b) Deduce reduction formula for cos x dx hence evaluate cos3 x dx
(c) Find the area of the region bounded by y2 = 9x, x = 2, x = 4 and the x−axis
in the first quadrant.
10. (a) Find the derivative of the following functions
(i) ex with respect to x2
(ii) tan−1 x with respect to sin−1 x
(b) Find the derivative of cos−1 x by using first principle
(c) Use Taylor’s series to expand sin( π6 + h) in ascending power of h as far as the
term of h4 and hence find sin 31◦ into four significant figures.

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142/1-Mock Examination 2023

142/1 ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 1

Time: 3 Hours January, 2023

This paper consists of four printed pages

1. By using a non programmable calculator evaluate the following

8. (a) Find the equation of a circle concentric with x2 + y2 − 6x + 7 = 0 and touches

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