P425 Mathematics

Paper 1 & 2
April , 2023

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S.5 MATHEMATICS HOLIDAY WORK TERM I 2023
INSTRUCTIONS
 Attempt all questions in a new book for Mathematics holiday work.
 A fee of Ugshs 10,000 only will be payable upon reporting

PURE MATHEMATICS
1. Solve the equation 4𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 − 2𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑥 = 1 for 00 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3600
2. Solve 10 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 + 5𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 = 2, for 00 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3600
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3. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 = 17 and angle A is a cute, find the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴 + 3𝑡𝑎𝑛3𝐴
𝟐+ √𝟐 𝟏− √𝟐
4. If + = 𝒂 + 𝒃√𝟐 Find the values of 𝑎 and 𝑏.
𝟐− √𝟐 𝟏+ √𝟐

5. The ninth term of an arithmetic progression is twice the third term, and the
fifteenth term is 27. Evaluate the sum of the first 25 terms of the series.
6. Solve the equation 3 cos 2𝜃 − 7 cos 𝜃 − 2 = 0for 0° ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 360
7. The roots of the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑝𝑥 + 7 = 0 are ∝ and 𝛽. Given that ∝2 + 𝛽 2 =
22, find the possible values of 𝑝.
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8. Prove that log 𝑎 𝑥 = log . Hence solve the equation log10 𝑥 + log 𝑥 100 = 3
𝑥𝑎

9. Prove the identity: sin 7 A cos A  cos 5 A sin 3 A  sin 4 A cos 2 A.

10. Solve the equation: (1 – sin)2 + (1 + cos)2 = 1 ; for 0º ≤  ≤ 360º

11. Solve the equation x3  x 3

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 y 
12. In the expansion of  2 x   , find;

 2
x 

(i) The value of y if the coefficient of the term in x 12 is 314928.

(ii) The term independent of x.
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13. The distance of the point (2, – 1) from the line y  x  c is twice its
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distance from the line y   4 x. Find the value of c .
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14. A quadratic polynomial leaves a remainder 18 when divided by x + 3 and
x – 1 is a repeated factor. Find the polynomial.
d  1 x  1  lnx x x
15. Show that tan x   .
dx   1 x 2 x
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16. Show that if 𝑦 = cos(2𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 𝑥), then 𝑦 = 2𝑥 2 − 1

17. Solve: √10 + 3√𝑥 = √𝑥

sin 𝑥 𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
18. Given that 𝑦 = , show that 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 2 + 2 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑥𝑦 = 0.
𝑥
𝑥
19. The coefficients of the first three terms in the expansion of (1 + 2)𝑛 are in

an arithmetic progression. Find the value of 𝑛.

20. Solve: 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 = 1 for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2𝜋
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21. Use calculus of small changes to show that √64.96 ≈ 4.02
𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
22. Given that 𝑦 = 𝑒 tan 𝑥 show that − (2 tan 𝑥 + sec 2 𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 = 0
𝑑𝑥 2

23. Solve the equation: 4𝑥 4 + 17𝑥 3 + 8𝑥 2 + 17𝑥 + 4 = 0.

𝐴 (𝑠−𝑏)(𝑠−𝑐) 𝑎+𝑏+𝑐
24. Prove that in any triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 sin (2 ) = √ where 𝑠 =
𝑏𝑐 2

25. Express 7 cos 2𝜃 + 6 sin 2𝜃 in the form √𝑟 cos(2𝜃 − 𝛼) where 𝑟 is a constant

and 𝛼 is an acute angle hence solve the equation 7 cos 2𝜃 + 6 sin 2𝜃 = 5 for
0𝑜 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 180𝑜
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
1. The probability that a baby boy is born in a family is  and the
probability that girl is born is  where 𝛼  1 Construct a sample space
for the possible ways children could have been born in a family of three
children. Hence construct the probability distribution table for the
number N, of boys in a family of three children.
2. A particle starts from rest at the origin (0, 0). Its acceleration in ms-2 is
given by 𝑎 = 6𝑖 − 4𝑗. Find its speed and position after t = 2seconds.
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3. Mary’s chance of passing an examination is3. If she sits for four

examinations, find the probability that she passes:

(a) Only three examinations.
(b) Atleast one examination.
4. A heavy particle is projected from a point O at an angle of elevation.
𝑟
Prove that the equation of the trajectory is 𝑦 = 𝑥 (1 − 𝑥) 𝑡𝑎𝑛, where 𝑟 is

the horizontal range.

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 5. Given the table below;
X 0 10 20 30
Y 6.6 2.9 -0.1 -2.9
Use linear interpolation to find;
(a) y when x =16 (b) x when y = -1.
(c) y when x=9 (d) x when y=0
6. A four-man team is to be selected from three women and 4 men. What is
the probability that at least 3 men will be on the committee?
7. Forces of 2N, 4N, 3N and 2N act along the sides PQ, QR, RS, SP, of a
square PQRS of side 2m. A force of 5N acts along QM where M is the
mid-point of PS. Calculate the;
(i) Magnitude of this resultant
(ii) angle this resultant makes with PQ.
8. For a set of 9 numbers ∑(𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )2 = 60 and ∑ 𝑥 2 = 285 . Find the mean of
the numbers.
9. (a)Find the range within which the exact value of 𝑧 lies, given that
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𝑍 = + 𝑦 + 𝑥𝑦, x = 4.165 + 0.001
𝑥

y = 6.72 + 0.01
(b) Given that X = 4.8654 and Y = 2.80;
(i) State the maximum possible errors in X and Y.
(ii) Find the limits within which XY lies correct to 4 decimals places.
10 A stone is projected from a point O with initial velocity 5𝑖 12𝑗 .
(a) Find a vector expression for the velocity and position of the projectile at
time t.
(b) A particle is projected horizontally at 168ms 1. Find the magnitude
and direction of the velocity of the particle five seconds after projection
11.The senior five mathematics class while studying the topic on price
indices carries out a practical lesson of baking a class cake. The table
below shows the major items required and their corresponding prices in
2013 and 2014.
ITEM PRICE WEIGHT
2013 2014
Milk(per litre) 1000 1300 0.5

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 Eggs (per tray) 3500 4300 1
Sugar (per kg) 3000 3800 2
Blue band (per 7000 9000 1
kg)

Taking 2013 as the base year, calculate for 2014 the;

(a) Price relatives for each item. (b) Simple aggregate price index.
(c) Weighted aggregate price index and comment on your result.
12.The probability mass function of a discrete random variable X is given by
k(2 ) 𝑋 , 𝑥 = 0,1,2,3,4.
𝑓(𝑥) = { Where k is a constant.
0, 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
Find the;
(a) Value of k (b) mean of X.
(c) Standard deviation of X. (d) 𝑃 ( 1 < 𝑥  4).
13.A cumulative frequency curve for the ages of employees of a certain school

Use the curve below to estimate the;

(i) variance. (ii) age exceeded by 50% of the school employees.
(iii) age range for the central 70% of the distribution.
(b) Hence or otherwise obtain the;
(i) mean age. (ii) modal age.
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