FURTHER MATHEMATICS Past Questions And Answers

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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 THEORY
232

Each 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. \(\frac{1}{9}\)
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2015 OBJ
233

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. \(25\sqrt{3} m\)
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2007 OBJ
234

The table below shows the corresponding values of two variables X and Y.

X33312825232219171614
Y46410121014151822

(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 THEORY
235

If \(\int^3_0(px^2 + 16)dx\) = 129. Find the value of p.

  • A. 9
  • B. 8
  • C. 7
  • D. 6
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2020 OBJ
236

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
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2013 OBJ
237

(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 THEORY
238

If \(36, p, \frac{9}{4}, q\) 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. \(9\frac{9}{16}\)
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2015 OBJ
239

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
240

(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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