Mathematics Past Questions And Answers

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671

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 THEORY
672

If tan θ = 4/3, calculate sin\(^2\) θ - cos\(^2\) θ.

  • A. 16/25
  • B. 24/25
  • C. 7/25
  • D. 9/25
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2002
673

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
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2005 OBJ
674

Given that \(\sqrt{128}+\sqrt{18}-\sqrt{K} = 7\sqrt{2}\), find K,

  • A. 8
  • B. 16
  • C. 32
  • D. 48
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2004 OBJ
675

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\(^{-1}\)
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2023
676

Correct 0.002473 to 3 significant figure

  • A. 0.002
  • B. 0.0024
  • C. 0.00247
  • D. 0.0025
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2010 OBJ
677

(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 THEORY
678

Bottles 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 THEORY
679

Given 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
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2009 OBJ
680

(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)prove showing that triangle is an isosceles 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.

View Discussion (0)WAEC 1999 THEORY