Mathematics Past Questions And Answers

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3051

From the top of a vehicle cliff 20m high, a boat at sea can be sighted 75m away and on the same horizontal position as the cliff. Calculate, correct to the nearest degree, the angle of depression of the boat from the top of the cliff.

  • A. 56°
  • B. 75°
  • C. 16°
  • D. 15°
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2019 OBJ
3052

A box contains 2 white and 3 blue identical marbles. If two marbles are picked at random, one after the other without replacement, what is the probability of picking two marbles of different colors?

  • A. 2/3
  • B. 3/5
  • C. 2/5
  • D. 7/20
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1991 OBJ
3053

Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number should come next?

  • A. 22
  • B. 24
  • C. 25
  • D. 26
View Discussion (0)POST UTME UNILORIN
3054

An object is thrown vertically upwards from the top of a cliff with a velocity of \(25ms^{-1}\). Find the time, in seconds, when it is 20 metres above the cliff. \([g = 10ms^{-2}]\).

  • A. 0 and 1
  • B. 0 and 4
  • C. 0 and 5
  • D. 1 and 4
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2013 OBJ
3055

Find the radius of the circle \(2x^2 + 2y^2 - 4x + 5y + 1 = 0\)

  • A. \(\frac{\sqrt33}{4}\)
  • B. \(\frac{\sqrt5}{6}\)
  • C. \(\frac{5}{6}\)
  • D. \(\frac{33}{4}\)
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2023 OBJ
3056

If sin θ = - \(\frac{3}{5}\) and θ lies in the third quadrant, find cos θ

  • A. \(\frac{4}{5}\)
  • B. - \(\frac{5}{4}\)
  • C. \(\frac{5}{4}\)
  • D. - \(\frac{4}{5}\)
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
3057

(a) The first term of an Arithmetic Progression(AP) is 3 and the common difference is 4. Find the sum of the first 28 terms.

(b) Given that \(x = \frac{2m}{1 - m^{2}}\) and \(y = \frac{2m}{1 + m}\), express 2x - y in terms of m in the simplest form.

(c) The angles of pentagon are x°, 2x°, 3x°, 2x° and (3x - 10)°. Find the value of x.

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2002 THEORY
3058

\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Average hourly earnings(N)} & 5 - 9 & 10 - 14 & 15 - 19 & 20 - 24\\ \hline \text{No. of workers} & 17 & 32 & 25 & 24\end{array}\)

Estimate the mode of the above frequency distribution

  • A. 12.2
  • B. 12.27
  • C. 12.9
  • D. 13.4
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1998
3059

The slope of the tangent to the curve y = 3x2 - 2x + 5 at the point (1, 6) is

  • A. 4
  • B. 1
  • C. 6
  • D. 5
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2002
3060

Simplify \(\frac{\log \sqrt{27}}{\log \sqrt{81}}\)

  • A. 3
  • B. 2
  • C. \(\frac{3}{2}\)
  • D. \(\frac{3}{4}\)
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2011 OBJ