Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
ABC is a triangle, right-angled at C. P is the mid-point of AC, < PBC = 37° and |BC| = 5 cm. Calculate :
(a) |AC|, correct to 3 significant figures ;
(b) < PBA.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1999 THEORYA committee consists of 6 boys and 4 girls. In how many ways can a sub-committee consisting of 3 boys and 2 girls be formed if one particular boy and one particular girl must be on the sub-committee?
- A. 120
- B. 80
- C. 56
- D. 30
If the polynomial \(f(x) = 3x^{3} - 2x^{2} + 7x + 5\) is divided by (x - 1), find the remainder.
- A. -17
- B. -7
- C. 5
- D. 13
The sum of the interior angles of a pentagon is 6x + 6y. Find y in the terms of x
- A. y = 90 - x
- B. y = 150 - x
- C. y = 60 - x
- D. y = 120 -x
Given that cos xo = \(\frac{1}{r}\), express tan x in terms of r
- A. \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{r}}\)
- B. \(\sqrt{r}\)
- C. \(\sqrt{r^2 + 1}\)
- D. \(\sqrt{r^2 - 1}\)
If y = x cos x, find dy/dx
- A. sin x - x cos x
- B. sin x + x cos x
- C. cos x + x sin x
- D. cos x - x sin x
The area and a diagonal of a rhombus are 60 cm2 and 12 cm respectively. Calculate the length of the other diagonal.
- A. 5cm
- B. 6cm
- C. 10cm
- D. 12cm
(a) Copy and complete the following table of values for \(y = 3\sin 2\theta - \cos \theta\).
| \(\theta\) | 0° | 30° | 60° | 90° | 120° | 150° | 180° |
| y | -1.0 | 0 | 1.0 |
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to 30° on the \(\theta\) axis and 2cm to 1 unit on the y- axis, draw the graph of \(y = 3 \sin 2\theta - \cos \theta\) for \(0° \leq \theta \leq 180°\).
(c) Use your graph to find the : (i) solution of the equation \(3 \sin 2\theta - \cos \theta = 0\), correct to the nearest degree; (ii) maximum value of y, correct to one decimal place.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1993 THEORYFind the domain of \(f(x) = \frac{x}{3 - x}, x \in R\), the set of real numbers.
- A. \({x : x \in R, x \neq 3}\)
- B. \({x : x \in R, x \neq 1}\)
- C. \({x : x \in R, x \neq 0}\)
- D. \({x : x \in R, x\neq -3}\)
How many students scored at least 25%

- A. 16
- B. 19
- C. 3
- D. 8


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