Jamb 1992 Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
If y = x sin x, Find \(\frac{d^2 y}{d^2 x}\)
- A. 2 cosx - x sinx
- B. sinx + x cosx
- C. sinx - x cosx
- D. x sinx - 2 cosx
Five people are to be arranged in a row for a group photograph. How many arrangements are there if a married couple in the group insist on sitting next to each other?
- A. 48
- B. 24
- C. 20
- D. 10
Ice forms on a refrigerator ice-box at the rate of (4 - 06t)g per minute after t minutes. If initially there are 2g of ice in the box, find the mass of ice formed in 5 minutes
- A. 19.5
- B. 17.0
- C. 14.5
- D. 12.5
\(\begin{array}{c|c} x & 2 & 4 & 6 & 8\\ \hline f & 4 & y & 6 & 5 \end{array}\)
If the mean of the above frequency distribution is 5.2, find y
- A. 2, 1
- B. 1, 2
- C. 1, 5
- D. 5, 2
Simplify 5\(\sqrt{18}\) - 3\(\sqrt{72}\) + 4\(\sqrt{50}\)
- A. 17\(\sqrt{4}\)
- B. 4\(\sqrt{17}\)
- C. 17\(\sqrt{2}\)
- D. 12\(\sqrt{4}\)
Obtain a maximum value of the function f(x) x3 - 12x + 11
- A. -5
- B. -2
- C. 2
- D. 27
The radius of a circle is given as 5cm subject to an error of 0.1cm. What is the percentage error in the area of the circle?
- A. \(\frac{1}{25}\)
- B. \(\frac{1}{4}\)
- C. 4
- D. 25
Evaluate the integral \(\int^{\frac{\pi}{4}}_{\frac{\pi}{12}} 2 \cos 2x \mathrm {d} x\)
- A. -\(\frac{1}{2}\)
- B. -1
- C. \(\frac{1}{2}\)
- D. 1
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
A student has 5 courses to take from Mathematics and physics. There are 4 courses in Mathematics and 3 in Physics which he can choose his courses so that he takes exactly two courses in Physics?
- A. 48
- B. 12
- C. 10
- D. 7

