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Answer all questions

[48 marks]

3x 2 y 2 8 y 3 x 18 xy
1 Solve the simultaneous equations and .
[5 marks]

2 Kamal and Suzy start working on the same day. Kamal earns RM4.00 for the first day.
His earnings increases by RM x for every subsequent day. He earns RM40.00 on his 19 th
day of working. Suzy earns a fixed salary of RM30.00 per day.

Find
(a) the value of x,
[2 marks]

(b) the minimum number of working days when Kamals total earnings exceed Suzys
total earnings.
[4 marks]

3 A set of data consists of four numbers has variance 0.25 and the sum of the squares of the
numbers is 10.

(a) Find the mean of the numbers in this set.

[3 marks]

(b) If each of the numbers in this set is added with a constant p and then multiplied by
6, the new mean and variance are 12 and k respectively, where k is a constant.
Find the value of p and of k.
[4 marks]

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4 Use graph paper to answer this question.

Table 4 shows some experimental values of two variable, x and y. The variables x and y
hy 2 k x
are related by the equation , where h and k are constants.

X 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4

y 1.10 1.49 1.92 2.51 3.3 4.32 5.72
TABLE 4

log 10 y
(a) Based on Table 4, construct a table for the values of .
[1 mark]

log 10 y
(b) Plot against x, using, a scale of 2 cm to 0.5 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to
log 10 y
0.1 unit on the -axis.
[3 marks]

(c) Use the graph in 7(b) to find the value of

(i) y when x = 3.2,

(ii) h,

(iii) k.

[6 marks]

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5 Table 14 shows the price indices in the year 2006 based on the year 2004 of four different
materials P, Q, R and S in the production of a type of soap. It also shows the division of
the usage of the materials in the production of the soap.

Material Price index in year 2006 (2004 = 100) Weightage

P 120 4
Q 110 m
R 140 m+2
S 90 6
TABLE 14

(a) If the price of material P is RM45 in the year 2004, calculate its price in the year
2006.
[2 marks]

(b) If the composite index of all the materials for the year 2006 based on the year 2004
is 115, find the value of m.
[2 marks]

(c) Find the price of the soap in the year 2006 if its price in the year 2004 is RM4.50.
[3 marks]

(d) Given that the price of material R is estimated to increase by 20% from the year
2006 to year 2008 while the others remain unchanged, calculate the composite
index of the soap in the year 2008 based on the year 2004.
[3 marks]

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6 Diagram 6 shows a quadrilateral ABCD.

D

3 cm

7 cm C

2.5 cm

5 cm

20o

DIAGRAM 6

(a) Calculate

ABC
(i) ,

ADC
(ii) .

(iii) the area, in cm2, of quadrilateral ABCD.

[8 marks]

B' B ' C BC .
(b) Point lies on AB such that

AB ' C
(i) Sketch the .

AB ' C
(ii) Find .

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[2 marks]

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