FURTHER MATHEMATICS Past Questions And Answers
The position vectors of points P, Q and R with respect to the origin are \((4i - 5j), (i + 3j)\) and \((-5i + 2j)\) respectively. If PQRM is a parallelogram, find:
(a) the position vector of M ;
(b) \(|\overrightarrow{PM}|\) and \(|\overrightarrow{PQ}|\) ;
(c) the acute angle between \(\overrightarrow{PM}\) and \(\overrightarrow{PQ}\), correct to 1 decimal place ;
(d) the area of PQRM.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2008 THEORYEach of the 90 students in a class speak at least Igbo or Hausa. If 56 students speak Igbo and 50 speak Hausa, find the probability that a student selected at random from the class speaks Igbo only.
- A. \(\frac{28}{45}\)
- B. \(\frac{4}{9}\)
- C. \(\frac{8}{45}\)
- D. \(\frac{1}{9}\)
A force of 30 N acts at an angle of 60° on a body of mass 6 kg initially at rest on a smooth horizontal plane. Find the distance covered in 10 seconds.
- A. \(125\sqrt{3} m\)
- B. \(125 m\)
- C. \(62.5 m\)
- D. \(25\sqrt{3} m\)
The table below shows the corresponding values of two variables X and Y.
| X | 33 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 |
| Y | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 22 |
(a) Plot a scatter diagram to represent the data.
(b) Calculate \(\bar{x}\), the mean of X and \(\bar{y}\), the mean of Y.
(c) Draw the line of best fit to pass through \((\bar{x}, \bar{y})\).
(d) From your graph in (c), determine the (i) relationship between X and Y ; (ii) value of Y when X is 24.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2009 THEORYIf \(\int^3_0(px^2 + 16)dx\) = 129. Find the value of p.
- A. 9
- B. 8
- C. 7
- D. 6
If \(g(x) = \frac{x + 1}{x - 2}, x \neq -2\), find \(g^{-1}(2)\).
- A. 3
- B. 2
- C. \(\frac{3}{4}\)
- D. -3
(a) Solve the equation : \(\sqrt{4x - 3} - \sqrt{2x - 5} = 2\).
(b) Find the finite area enclosed by the curve \(y^{2} = 4x\) and the line \(y + x = 0\).
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2007 THEORYIf \(36, p, \frac{9}{4}, q\) are consecutive terms of an exponential sequence (G.P.). Find the sum of p and q.
- A. \(\frac{9}{16}\)
- B. \(\frac{81}{16}\)
- C. \(9\)
- D. \(9\frac{9}{16}\)
The images of (3, 2) and (-1, 4) under a linear transformation T are (-1, 4) and (7, 11) respectively. P is another transformation where \(P : (x, y) \to (x + y, x + 2y)\).
(a) Find the matrices T and P of the linear transformations T and P;
(b) Calculate TP.
(c) Find the image of the point X(4, 3) under TP.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2010 THEORY(a) Use the trapezium rule with five ordinates to evaluate \(\int_{0} ^{1} \frac{3}{1 + x^{2}} \mathrm {d} x\), correct to four significant figures.
(b) If \(A = \begin{pmatrix} 2 & 1 \\ 3 & 2 \end{pmatrix}\), find the image of the point (1, 2) under the linear transformation \(A^{2} + A + 2I\), where I is the \(2 \times 2\) unit matrix.
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