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MARANDA HIGH SCHOOL

MOCK

121/2 — MATHEMATICS — Paper 2

ALT A
June. 2023 – 21/2 hrs

Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Admission Number: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Candidate's Signature: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stream: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Instructions to Candidates
(a) Write yoUr name and admission nUmber in the spaces provided above.

(b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided.
(c) This paper consists of two sections; Section I and Section II.

(d) Answer all qUestions in Section I and only five qUestions from Section II.

(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving the answers at each stage in the spaces provided
below each question.

(f) Marks may be given for correct w rking even if he answer is wrong.
(g) Non-programmable silent electronic calcUlators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used, except
where stated otherwise.
(h) This paper consists of 17 printed pages.

(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated
and that no questions are missing.
(j) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

For Examiner's Use Only

Section I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total

Section II

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total
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SECTION I(50 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.
1. In calculating the volume of a cone a student had an error of 0.1% in  , 0.3% in the height and
0.4% in the radius, calculate the relative error involved in calculating the volume of the cone.
(3 marks)

2. Solve for in x the equation 12 log 2 81  log 2  x 2  3x   1 (3 marks)

3. The length of a rectangle is three times its breadth. If the breadth is decreased by 2m and the
length increased by 4m, the area of the rectangle is decreased by a third. Find the area of the
original rectangle. (3 marks)
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4. Two parallel chords of length 4.4 cm and 9 cm are in a circle of radius7.5cm.

Calculate the distance between the two chords given that they are on different sides of
the centre. Give your answer correct to two decimal places (3 marks)

5. A square based pyramid has a height 50cm.The sloping edges make an angle of 75◦ with the
base. Find the volume of the pyramid. (3marks)

6. Calculate the mean absolute deviation of the set of data below:

1, 6, 4, 7, 3, 8, 4, 6, 5, 2. (3 marks)
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7. Given the position vectors OA  4i  8 j  2k and OB  6k  4i  2 j . Point C divides AB in

the ratio of 3: 1 . Find the modulus of OC Give your answer to 2 d.p. (3 marks)

8. Below is a circle centre O.

Find the equation of the circle in the form ax2  by 2  cx  dy  e  0 where a, b, c, d and e are
integers. (3 marks)
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9. Tractor A can plough a peace of land in 4 12 h o u r s while tractor B can do the same
amount of work in 7 12 hours. Both tractors began to plough the piece of land but after 2
hours tractor A broke down and B had to clear the remaining work. The two tractors are
operated by different owners. The whole work was valued at Ksh.13 500 and was shared
proportionally to work done. Calculate the amount of money received by the owner of tractor
B. (4 marks)

10. The gradient of the curve y = 2x2 + c at the point (p, 5) equals 8 .Find the values of p and
c. (3 marks)

11. A theatre is designed so that the next row of seats has d less seats than the row behind. The first
row has a seats while the tenth row has 435 seats. There are 25 rows of seats in all. The entire
theatre contains 9000 seats. Find the values of a and d. (3 marks)
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12. Find the value of a if (2 x  4)dx  25 (4 marks)
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13. The figure below shows part of the a curve which passes through point A (3,8)

Determine the instantaneous rate of change at A. (3 marks)

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14. Pascal earned an interest of Ksh 2 122 312 after seven years on an investment project which
paid 13% per annum interest compounded semi-annually. Find the amount Pascal invested to
the nearest thousand (3 marks)

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15. The rate of growth of a great white shark, ,is inversely proportional to the square root of its
dt
age, t years. When a shark is four years old, its growth rate is 0.14m/year. Determine the
gro wt h rat e of a 25-year old shark. (3 marks)
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16. The figure below represents the curve of the function y  1  P sin dx for the range
250  x  550

Determine the values of P and d (3 marks)

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SECTION II (50 MARKS)

Answer ANY FIVE Questions from this Section
17. The figure below shows a model of a house, with a hip top EFGHIJ as its roof. The edge
IJ = 7 cm is centrally placed above the plane EFGH. Given that AB = 13 cm, AD = 11
cm, DE = 10 cm and EJ = FJ = HI = GI = 9 cm.

Calculate to two decimal places

(a) The length EB. (2 marks)

(b) The angle that line EB makes with the plane ABCD. (2 marks)

(c) The angle between plane JEF and plane ABCD. (2 marks)

(d) The angle between plane ADI and plane ABCD. (4 marks)
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18. The figure below shows triangle PQR and its image P'Q'R' under a transformation matrix T

(a) Determine the matrix of transformation that maps triangle PQR onto triangle P'Q'R'.
(3 marks)

(b) Describe the transformation T fully. (2 marks)

(c) Triangle PQR is mapped onto triangle PQR by a transformation defined by the matrix
 2 0 
 
 0 2 
(i) Draw triangle PQR on the same grid (3 marks)

(ii) Find a single matrix that maps triangle PQR onto triangle PQR (2 marks)
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19. The figure below shows a semi-circle centre (5, 0) and radius 5 units.

a) Estimate the area of the semi-circle using:

(i) Trapezoidal rule with 5 strips (4 marks)

(ii) Mid –ordinate rule with 5 rectangles (4 marks)

b) Find the percentage error in the area of the semi-circle when mid-ordinate rule is used
as in (a)(ii) above. Take   227 (2 marks)
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20. Mario has to transport 42 tonnes of potatoes to the market in a day. A lorry and a trailer are
available. The lorry can carry 4 tonnes of potatoes per trip while the trailer carries 6 tonnes
of potatoes per trip. A lorry uses 2 litres of fuel per trip while a trailer uses 4 litres of fuel
per trip. The two vehicles are to use at most 24 litres of fuel. The number of trips made by the
lorry should be less than the number of trips made by the trailer. The lorry should make more
than 4 trips while the trailer makes at most 9 trips
(a) Taking x and y to represent the number of trips made by lorry and trailer respectively, write
the inequalities that represent the above information. (4 marks)

(b) On the grid provided, plot the inequalities in (a) above. (4 marks)

(c) If a lorry makes a profit of Ksh 35 000 per trip and a trailer makes a p r o f i t K sh.28
000 per trip, using a search line or otherwise, determine the maximum profit made by
Mario (2 marks)
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21. Bag A contains 4 red balls and 5 white balls while bag B contains 6 red balls and 4 white ones.
(a) A bag is picked at random and a ball is picked, find the probability that the ball is white.
(2 marks)

(b) A ball is removed from A and placed in bag B. Two balls are then picked from B at random one
at a time without replacement; find the probability that the two balls are of the same colour.
(4 marks)

(c) Three boys and three girls sit in a row of six seats. Find the probability that:-
(i) Three girls sit together. (2 marks)

(ii) The girls and boys sit in alternative seats. (2 marks)

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22. (a) A point Q is 2610nm to the east of P(0◦, 155◦E). Find the longitude of Q. (3 marks)

(b) The position of three cities are A(15◦N, 20◦W ),B(50◦N, 20◦W ) and R(50◦N, 60◦E). A plane
left city A at 0250hrs and flew to city B where it stopped for 3hours then flew on to city C,
maintaining a speed of 900 knots throughout. Calculate;
(i) the total distance covered by the plane from city A to R via B in nautical miles.( 3 marks)

(ii) the local time(to the nearest minute) at city R when the plane arrived. (4 marks)
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23. The table below shows income tax in a certain year.

Monthly taxable income in Ksh. Tax rates

0 - 12 298 10%
12 299 - 23 885 15%
23 886 - 35 472 20%
35 473 - 47 059 25%
47 060 and above 30%

In that year, Kamau earned a basic salary of Ksh.45,000 per month. He also enjoyed the following
monthly allowances. House allowance Ksh.35 000, Commuter allowance Ksh.10 000, Medical
allowance Ksh 15 000. He has an insurance scheme for which he pays a monthly premium of
Ksh.22 000. He is therefore entitled to a relief of 15% of the premium paid. He contributes 10%
of his basic salary to a pension scheme, which is exempted from taxation. He was entitled to a
personal relief of Ksh.1 280 per month.

Calculate;
(a) Kamau’s monthly taxable income. (2 marks)

(b) The tax payable by Kamau that month. (5 marks)

(c) The following deductions are also made from Kamau’s salary every
month.
(i) N.H.I.F of Ksh.320
(ii) Cooperative society shares of Ksh.6 000
(iii) Union dues of Ksh.200.
Calculate Kamau’s net monthly salary (3 marks)
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24. The figure below shows the edges AB = 90 m and AD = 60 m of a trapezoidal field ABCD drawn
to scale. Angle DAB = 45◦.

Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only;

(a) Complete trapezium ABCD such that angle ABC = 75◦ (3 marks)

(b) Locate by construction and shade a region R within the trapezium which satisfy the conditions
below.

(i) R is such that BR ≥ CR (2 marks)

(ii) the area of triangle ARD is at least 900 m2 (3 marks)

(iii) R such that angle ARB is at least 90◦ (2 marks)

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