KWEMARAMBA SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM SIX (PCM & EGM) PRE NECTA EXAMINATIONS

CODE: 142/1 ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 1

Time: 3 Hours Date: 10/3/2023 a.m

Instructions

1. This paper consists of ten (10) questions and each question carries 10 marks.

2. Answer ALL questions

3. All work done and answers for each questions done must be shown clearly

4. Mathematical table and non – programmable calculators may be used

5. Cellular phones are not allowed in examination room

6. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s)

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1. (a) Use a non-programmable calculator to evaluate:
(i) 

 1.4362 4  cot1 ln 35   
 sinh 1 cos 48  log 5 7 sec19  Correct to ten significant figures.
 
3
 x 
(ii) x 1
cos2   . Write your answer to three significant figures.
 100 

(b) Evaluate the value of y when x  2 by calculator and give your answer to

dy sin 2 x e x
four decimal places given that  and y  0 when x  0.
dx 3x  1

2. (a) Solve for y if tanh 3 y  tanh y.

(b) Prove that 16 sinh 4  cosh2   2 sinh 2 2 cosh2  cosh4  1.
(c) Investigate the stationary points of the function f x  cosh3x 12 cosh x.

3. A 100kg mixture provided is to be made from Ingredients P, Q and R which

costs TZ. 600/=, 300/= and 400/= per kilogram respectively. Find the least
and greatest cost of the powder to be formed if the quantity of P exceeds that
of Q by at least 10kg and must not exceed that of R by more than 40kg and if
the quantity of R cannot exceed that of Q.

4. (a) A set of values of a variable X has mean 5 and standard deviation 2. Values
of a new variable are obtained by using the formula Y  4 X  3 . Find the mean
and the standard deviation of the set of values of Y .

(b) The table below shows the cumulative frequency distribution of the number
of days for which the college students were absent in the classes.
Number of days (less than) 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Number of students 29 224 465 582 634 644 650 653 655
(i) Calculate the mean of days and the standard deviation by using the
coding method. Take an assumed mean from the highest number of
students.
(ii) Calculate the percentile correct to four significant figures.

5. (a) Simplify the following sets using algebraic laws of sets

A  B  A  B  A
c c c

(b) A set containing k  1 elements has 8 more subsets that of a set containing k
elements. Find the value of k .
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 (c) A class has 30 boys and 30 girls. If there are 40 students studying science,
28 students studying mathematics, 20 boys studying science, 20 boys
studying mathematics, 16 boys studying both mathematics and science, 8
girls studying neither mathematics nor science. Find
(i) The number of the boys who studying neither mathematics nor
science.
(ii) The number of the students who study both mathematics and science.
(iii) The number of the students who study only one type of subject.

 1 x2 
6. (a) If the function h and g are two functions that defined as hx   ln   and
 1 x2 
 
 1 
g x   e 2 x . Find the value of hog  ln .
 2
x 2  4x 1
(b) If f x   .
x4
(i) Find the range of values of f x for which there are no real values of x.
(ii) Showing clearly the coordinates of its turning points.
(iii) Sketch the graph of f x and show its behaviour as it approaches its
asymptotes.

7. (a) Find the root of the equation 2 x  log 10 x  7 which lies between 3.5 and 4,
correct to five places of decimal, using the secant method. Perform only
three iterations.
(b) Using Simpson’s rule, find an approximate value for the length of the
x2
portion of the ellipse  y 2  1 that lies in the first quadrant between
4
x  0 and x  1 with five ordinates.

8. (a) Prove that the product of the lengths of perpendiculars drawn from the point

a 2
  
 b 2 , 0 and  a 2  b 2 ,0 to the line
x
a
y
cos  sin   1 is b 2 .
b
(b) If O is the origin, A is the point 8,0 and B the point 0,6 , find the
coordinates of the points P and Q , where the line 3x  2 y  d meets OA and
AB respectively. If the area of the triangle OPQ is one-half that of the triangle
OAB , find the value of d .
(c) Find the equation to the circle which has its Centre at the point 2,1 and
touches the line 3x  y  0.

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 3 sin x 4 cos x 2 3 m 1
9. (a) Evaluate the integral of    2   where
2 cos x 5 sin x cos x sin x 1  x
2 2 2 2
2x  3
m is a constant.
1
(b) Find the integral of with respect to x and hence evaluate
a2  x2
dx
 7  6x  x2
.

ax
(c) Show that  e ax cosbxdx  2e 2 b sin bx  a cosbx.
a b

 
10.(a) If sin   3x 2  4 xy  2 y 2 , show that x y  2 tan  .
x y
dy y
(b) If x p y q  x  y  pq , prove that  .
dx x
(c) Find two positive numbers whose sum is 16 and the sum of whose cubes is
minimum, also find the minimum value.

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