Mathematics Past Questions And Answers

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3041

From the top of a vertical mast 150m high., two huts on the same ground level are observed. One due east and the other due west of the mast. Their angles of depression are 60o and 45o respectively. Find the distance between the huts

  • A. 150(1 + \(\sqrt{3}\))m
  • B. 50( \(\sqrt{3}\) - \(\sqrt{3}\))m
  • C. 150 \(\sqrt{3}\)m
  • D. \(\frac{50}{\sqrt{3}}\)m
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1998
3042

The locus of a point equidistant from two intersecting lines is

  • A. where the sum of the distances of two focal points is fixed
  • B. the collection of points that are equally distant from a fixed point and a line
  • C. the perpendicular bisector of the lines
  • D. pair of bisectors of the angles between the two lines
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2023
3043

The sum of the first twelve terms of an Arithmetic Progression is 168. If the third term is 7, find the values of the common difference and the first term.

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2018 THEORY
3044

If \(y = 4x - 1\), list the range of the domain \({-2 \leq x \leq 2}\), where x is an integer.

  • A. {-9, -1, 2,3, 4}
  • B. {-9, -2, 0, 1, 7}
  • C. {-5, -4, -3, -2}
  • D. {-9, -5, -1, 3, 7}
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2016 OBJ
3045

X is a point due east of point Y on a coast: Z is another point on the coast but 6√3km due south of y.

If the distance XZ is 12Km. Calculate the bearing of Z from X

  • A. 240o
  • B. 210o
  • C. 150o
  • D. 60o
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1992
3046

Evaluate \(\frac{3524}{0.05}\) correct to 3 significant figures

  • A. 705
  • B. 70,000
  • C. 70, 480
  • D. 70, 500
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1993
3047

Find, correct to two decimal places, the acute angle between \(p = \begin{pmatrix} 13 \\ 14 \end{pmatrix}\) and \(q = \begin{pmatrix} 12 \\ 5 \end{pmatrix}\).

  • A. 23.52°
  • B. 24.50°
  • C. 29.52°
  • D. 29.82°
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2011 OBJ
3048

(a) Given that \(5 \cos (x + 8.5)° - 1 = 0, 0° \leq x \leq 90°\), calculate, correct to the nearest degree, the value of x.

(b) The bearing of Q from P is 0150° and the bearing of P from R is 015°. If Q and R are 24km and 32km respectively from P : (i) represent this information in a diagram;

(ii) calculate the distance between Q and R, correct to two decimal places ; (iii) find the bearing of R from Q, correct to the nearest degree.

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2014 THEORY
3049

Evaluate: \(\int(2x + 1)^3 dx\)

  • A. \(8(2x + 1)^2 + k\)
  • B. \(6(2x + 1)^2 + k\)
  • C. \(\frac{1}{8} (2x + 1)^4 + k\)
  • D. \(\frac{1}{6} (2x + 1)^4 + k\)
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2023 OBJ
3050

Two panel of judges, X and Y, rank 8 brands of cooking oil as follows :

Cooking oil typeABCDEFGH
X85172634
Y63485712

Calculate the Spearmann's rank correlation coefficient.

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2018 THEORY