FURTHER MATHEMATICS Past Questions And Answers
The position vectors of 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 coordinates of M;
(b) the acute angle between \(\overline{PM}\) and \(\overline{PQ}\), correct to the nearest degree.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2021 THEORYGiven that \(q = 9i + 6j\) and \(r = 4i - 6j\), which of the following statements is true?
- A. r and q are collinear
- B. r and q are perpendicular
- C. The magnitude of r is 52 units
- D. The projection of r on q is \(\sqrt{117}\) units.
Given that \( a = \begin{pmatrix} 2 \\ 3 \end{pmatrix}\) and \(b = \begin{pmatrix} -1 \\ 4 \end{pmatrix}\), evaluate \((2a - \frac{1}{4}b)\).
- A. \(\begin{pmatrix} \frac{17}{4} \\ 7 \end{pmatrix}\)
- B. \(\begin{pmatrix} \frac{17}{4} \\ 5 \end{pmatrix}\)
- C. \(\begin{pmatrix} \frac{17}{4} \\ 3 \end{pmatrix}\)
- D. \(\begin{pmatrix} \frac{17}{4} \\ 2 \end{pmatrix}\)
A particle starts from rest and moves in a straight line such that its velocity, v, at time t seconds is given by \(v = (3t^{2} - 2t) ms^{-1}\). Calculate the distance covered in the first 2 seconds.
- A. 2m
- B. 4m
- C. 6m
- D. 8m
Calculate the gradient of the curve \(x^{3} + y^{3} - 2xy = 11\) at (2, -1).
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2013 THEORYDifferentiate \(\frac{5x^ 3+x^2}{x}\), x ≠ 0 with respect to x.
- A. 10x + 1
- B. 10x + 2
- C. x(15x + 1)
- D. x(15x + 2)
(a) The roots of the equation \(x^{2} + mx + 11 = 0\) are \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\), where m is a constant. If \(\alpha^{2} + \beta^{2} = 27\), find the values of m.
(b) The line \(2x + 3y = 1\) intersects the circle \(2x^{2} + 2y^{2} + 4x + 9y - 9 = 0\) at points P and Q where Q lies in the fourth quadrant. Find the coordinates of P and Q.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2007 THEORYTwo panel of judges, X and Y, rank 8 brands of cooking oil as follows :
| Cooking oil type | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
| X | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Y | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Calculate the Spearmann's rank correlation coefficient.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2018 THEORYA circle with centre (5,-4) passes through the point (5, 0). Find its equation.
- A. x\(^2\) + y\(^2\) + 10x + 8y + 25 =0
- B. x\(^2\) + y\(^2\) +10x - 8y - 25 = 0
- C. x\(^2\) + y\(^2\) - 10x + 8y + 25 =0
- D. x\(^2\) + y\(^2\) -10x - 8y - 25 = 0
(a) The gradient of the tangent to the curve \(y = 4x^{3}\) at points P and Q is 108. Find the coordinates of P and Q.
(b) Given that \(A = 45°, B = 30°, \sin (A + B) = \sin A \cos B + \sin B \cos A\) and \(\cos (A + B) = \cos A \cos B - \sin A \sin B\)
(i) Show that \(\sin 15° = \frac{\sqrt{6} - \sqrt{2}}{4}\) and \(\cos 15° = \frac{\sqrt{6} + \sqrt{2}}{4}\)
(ii) hence find \(\tan 15°\).
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2006 THEORY
