Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
What is the mean deviation of x, 2x, x+1 and 3x. If their mean is 2?
- A. 0.5
- B. 1.0
- C. 1.5
- D. 2.0
An early morning jogger jogged to cover a distance of 1.5 kilometres and followed the same route back to where he started. The distance covered will be?
- (a) 1.5km
- (b) 2.25km
- (c) 3.0km
- (d)3.10km
If y = 3t3 + 2t2 - 7t + 3, find \(\frac{dy}{dt}\) at t = -1
- A. -1
- B. 1
- C. -2
- D. 2
The seconds term of a geometric series is 4 while the fourth term is 16. Find the sum of the first five terms
- A. 60
- B. 62
- C. 54
- D. 64
The sum 110112, 11112 and 10m10n02. Find the value of m and n.
- A. m = 0, n = 0
- B. m = 1, n = 0
- C. m = 0, n = 1
- D. m = 1, n = 1
find the first quartile of 7,8,7,9,11,8,7,9,6 and 8.
- A. 8.5
- B. 7.0
- C. 7.5
- D. 8.0
Integrate \(\frac{1 - x}{x^3}\) with respect to x
- A. \(\frac{x - x^2}{x^4}\) + k
- B. \(\frac{x - x^2}{x^4}\) + k
- C. \(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{2x^2}\) + k
- D. \(\frac{1}{3x^2} - \frac{1}{2x}\) + k
If \(2x^2 + kx - 14 = (x+2)(2x-7)\), find the value of K
- A. -3
- B. 5
- C. 9
- D. 11
A retailer sells at a discount of 15% of the marked price, if a customer pays N16,700.00 for an item, what is the marked price of the item?
- A. N 19,650.00
- B. N 13,750.00
- C. N 20,700.00
- D. N 22,700.00
(a) If \(\log_{10} 2 = 0.3010\) and \(\log_{10} 3 = 0.4771\), calculate without using tables, the value of \(\log_{10} 0.72\).
(b) A hawk on top of a tree, 20 metres high views a chick on the ground at an angle of depression of 39°. Find, correct to 2 significant figures, the distance of the chick from the bottom of the tree.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1996 THEORY

\(\tan 39° = \frac{20}{AB} \)