2010-CE MATH

Hong Kong Education and Assessment Authority Hong Kong Certificate Education Examination 2010

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Mathematics Paper I
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8:30 am-10:30 am (2 hours) This paper must be answered in English

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INSTRUCTION:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Please write down your candidate name, class and class number in the space provided on this cover. This paper consists THREE sections, A(1) ,(A)2 and B. Each section carries 33 marks. Write all your answers in the answer-book provided. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should either be exact or correct to 3 significant figures. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

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Section A(1) (33 Marks) Answer ALL questions in this section and write your answer in the spaces provided.
(x 7 )5 y 2 x 2

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Simplify

(3 marks)

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Make

v as the subject of the formula F =

mv 2 r

(3 marks)

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3. In the figure, find

x .

(4 marks)

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Let f(x) = x 3 + x 2 2x 8 , factorize f(x) completely.

(3 marks)

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5. See the following Figure.

In the figure, DE is a diameter of the circle AEDC. (a) Show that A, E, D, C are concyclic. (b) Hence, if EDC = 37 , AED = 64 , find OCE , where O is the centre of the circle AEDC. (5 marks)

6. Find the solution of 2x + 1 > 5 and 3x + 4 < 19 and show the solution on graph. (4 marks)

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7. In the bag, there are 3 red balls, 2 green balls and 1 black ball, in another bag, there are 2 yellow ball, 4 green balls and 1 red ball, now pick one ball up from each bag once time, find the probability that the ball which draw out is different color. (3 marks)

8. Factorize (a) 2a2 13a + 6 . (b) 4a2 4ab + b2 2a + b . (4 marks)

9. Round off 504.714561 to (a) the nearest integer, (b) 3 decimal places, (c) 3 significant figures.

(4 marks)

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Section A(2) (33 marks) Answer ALL questions in this section 10. Suppose y is partly varies directly as the square of x and partly varies directly as x. When x = 1, y = -11 ; when x= 4, y = 16 (a) Express y in terms of x. (4 marks)

(b) Hence, find x when y = -9

(2 marks)

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11. In the figure , A (0,6), B (-10,0), C (2,0) are the vertices of ABC .

(a) Find the equation of AC.

(2 marks)

(b) D is a point on AC such that BD is perpendicular to AC. Find the equation of BD. (2 marks)

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(c) BD cuts the y-axis at a point P. Find the coordinates of P. Hence find the area of (4 marks) ABP

12. (a) If the thin metal wire is 5 cm, correct to the nearest cm, find the least length of the wire. (2 marks)

(b) A metal wire, which measure that 2.0 m, correct to the nearest 0.1 m. (i) Could the length of this metal wire exceed 206 cm ? Explain your answer. (ii) Is there possible to cut the metal wire to 46 shorter metal wire, which each shorter wire is 5 cm, correct to the nearest cm ? Explain you answer. (5 marks)

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13. Let a, a - 1, a + 2, .. form a geometric sequence, where a is real. (a) Find the value of a. (b) If the first n terms of above series is -3690.5, find the value of n, where n is an positive Integer (5 marks)

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14. An ice ball in the shape of a sphere of radius r cm touches the surface of an inverted conical glass of base radius 3 cm and height 6 cm. The top of the ice ball lies on the plane formed by the rim of the glass.

(a) Find r .

(3 marks)

(b) If the ice ball melts and becomes water, find the depth of the water

(4 marks)

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Section B (33 marks) Answer any THREE questions in this section, each question carries 11 marks, write your answer in the space provided. 15. See the following figure There are two ice-cream balls into the inverted right circular cone which radius and height are 4 cm and 8cm, when they are melted, the height of the liquid is (2x + 3) cm.

Assume that the volume of ice-cream does not change on melting. (a) Find the sum of volume of the two ice-cream balls in terms of x.

(2 marks)

(b) Prove that 8x 3 36x 2 54x + 101 = 0

(5 marks)

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(c) The figure shows the graph of y = 2x 3 9x 2 for x 0 . By adding a suitable straight line to the graph, find x correct to 1 decimal place. (4 marks)

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Hint in (c) [ + =

b a

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