Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
Three towns X, Y and Z are such that Y is 20 km from X and 22 km from Z. Town X is 18 km from Z. A health centre is to be built by the government to serve the three towns. The centre is to be located such that patients from X and Y travel equal distance to access the health centre while patients from Z will travel exactly 10 km to reach the Health centre.
(a) Using a scale of 1 cm to 2 km, find the construction, using a pair of compasses and ruler only, the possible positions the Health centre can be located.
(b) In how many possible locations can the Health centre be built?
(c) Measure and record the distances of the location from town X.
(d) Which of these locations would be convenient for all three towns?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2012 THEORYIf tan θ = 4/3, calculate sin\(^2\) θ - cos\(^2\) θ.
- A. 16/25
- B. 24/25
- C. 7/25
- D. 9/25
Given that the root of an the equation \(2x^2 + (k+2)x+k=0\) is 2, find the value of k
- A. -4
- B. -2
- C. -1
- D. ?1/4
Given that \(\sqrt{128}+\sqrt{18}-\sqrt{K} = 7\sqrt{2}\), find K,
- A. 8
- B. 16
- C. 32
- D. 48
The area A of a circle is increasing at a constant rate of 1.5 cm\(^2s^{-1}\). Find, to 3 significant figures, the rate at which the radius r of the circle is increasing when the area of the circle is 2 cm\(^2\).
- A. 0.200 cms\(^{-1}\)
- B. 0.798 cms\(^{-1}\)
- C. 0.300 cms\(^{-1}\)
- D. 0.299 cms\(^{-1}\)
Correct 0.002473 to 3 significant figure
- A. 0.002
- B. 0.0024
- C. 0.00247
- D. 0.0025
(a) A boy blew his rubber balloon to a spherical shape. The balloon burst when its diameter was 15 cm. Calculate, correct to the nearest whole number, the volume of air in the balloon at the point of bursting. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
(b) A point X is on latitude 28°N and longitude 105°W. Y is another point on the same latitude as X but on longitude 35°E. (i) Calculate, correct to three significant figures, the distance between X and Y along latitude 28°N ; (ii) How far is X from the equator? [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\) and radius of the earth = 6,400km].
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2001 THEORYBottles of the same sizes produced in a factory are packed in boxes. Each box contains 10 bottles. If 8% of the bottles are defective, find, correct to two decimal places, the probability that box chosen at random contains at least 3 defective bottles.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2017 THEORYGiven that \(\log_{3}(x - y) = 1\) and \(\log_{3}(2x + y) = 2\), find the value of x.
- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4
(a) A cylindrical pipe is 28 metres long. Its internal radius is 3.5 cm and external radius 5 cm. Calaulate : (i) the volume, in cm\(^{3}\), of metal used in making the pipe ; (ii) the volume of water in litres that the pipe can hold when full, correct to 1 decimal place. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
(b)
In the diagram, MP is a tangent to the circle LMN at M. If the chord LN is parallel to MP, show that the triangle LMN is isosceles.


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Longitude difference : 105° + 35° = 140°