AL Applied Mathematics 1995 Paper 1

Section A(40 marks)

Answer ALL question in this section

Write your answer in the AL(C1)answer book

1.A thin, smooth, uniform rod AB of mass m and length 2a is placed on a smooth
horizontal table. A small ring of mass m is threaded onto the rod at a distance x from
A. A(0,1),B(2,3) and C(4,0)are third points on the xy-plane with origin o.(See Figure
1.)Forces represented in magnitude and direction by 2OA,AB, 2BC and CO act along
(a)Using integration, find the moment of inertia of the rod together with the ring about
OA,AB, BC and CO respectively. Let land j be unit vectors along the x and y axes
A.
respectively. Find
(b)The rod with the ring is given an initial angular velocity Ԁo and rotates freely on
a. the resultant force,
the table about A, which is fixed, If the angular velocity is reduced to 1/2Ԁo when
the ring reaches B, show that x=(2Ѕ3)/3a.(6marks) b. the total moment of the given forces about O,

c. the equation of the line of action of the resultant force.(7marls)

2.A.particle,constrained to move along a curve, is acted on by a force F. Suppose, at

time t(IN suitable units),the position vector of the particle relative to a fixed origin is
5.
r=I+2tj=5t2 k,

and F=(Ӵr)/ |r|, where Ӵis constant.

Find the work done by F during the time interval t=1tot=3.(6 marks)

3.A.particle falls from rust at a height a onto a horizontal plane It rebounds to a

height b(b<a),then falls and rebounds again and again. The coefficient lf restitution
between the plane and the particle is e.
A uniform rod OP of mass m and length l is free to rotate in a vertical plane abort a
(a)Find e in terms of a and b.
horizontal axis through the end O, The rod is slightly displaced from its equilibrium
(b)Show that the total distance traveled by the particle before it comes to rest is position, with end Pat a point A, and then released form rest .(See Figure 2.)It is given
ϔa(a=b)ϕ/(a-b)(7 marks) that the moment of inertia of the rod about an arsis through O perpendicular to the rod
is 1/3ml2

a. Show that the rod performs simple harmonic motion.

4.
b. The end P takes 2 seconds to swing from A to the other extreme position B
 and ИAOB=8O. How long does it take P to swing from C to D, where И
COD=4O and C, D are symmetrical about the vertical?(see Figure 2.)(7marks)

6.Let(r, è)denote the position of a particle Pin polar coordinates with O as the pole.
Particle Proves along the curve r=a(2sinè-cosè)so that OP has a constant angular
velocity ù, where a is a constant. It is given that the radial and transverse components
of the acceleration. It is given that that the radial and transverse components of the
acceleration of P are

8.

(b)show that the magnitude of the acceleration of P is 2 5aù2. (7marks)

Section B(60 marks)

Answer any FOUR question in this section A smooth circular track of radius a is held fixed in a vertical plane .Two small spheres
A and B, of masses 3m and m respectively, are held at spheres are then released
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simultaneously so that they socked down the track .The coefficient of restating the
spheres is 2/3.

(a)where does the first impact between the two spheres occur?(1 mark)

7.A light elastic string of natural length l and modulus of elasticity 2mg (i.e. (b)Find the speeds of the two spheres immediately before the first impact.(2marks)
tension=2mg/lxextension)hangs vertically with its upper end fixed at a point A. a
(c)Show that the speed of B immediately after the first impact is 3/2Ѕ(2ga)(4marks)
particle P of mass m is attached to the other end.
(d)after the first impact, B moves along the track and leaves the track at point S (see
(a)Determine the distance from A of the equilibrium position of P.(2marks)
figure3)height is measured from the lowest point of the track
(b)The particle P is held at A and then released.
(i)show that S is at a height 11a/6 and the speed of B at S is Ѕ(5ga/6)

(ii)Find the maximum height attained by B after it loaves the track .(8 marks)

9.(a)show by integration that the center of mass of a uniform solid hemisphere of

radius a is at a distance 3/8a form its plane face(5makrs)
(b)a solid sphere, center O ,of radius a ,consists of two uniform hemispheres of the A cannon is placed on the level top of a vertical cliff at a distance Ѕ3a from the
same size and of masses m and km(k>1)The center of mass of the sphere is at G. edge ,where a is a constant ,(see figure 5)the height of the cliff is a above sea
show OG=3/8(k-1/k+1)a(2marks) level .shells can be fired form the cannon out to the sea with a speed Ѕ(2ga) at an
angle of elevation è to the horizontal. assume that air resistance is negligible

(a)find the range of values of è for which the shell will hit the sea directly(4marks)

(b)suppose a shell is fired at an angle è within the range of admissible values

determined in (a)and hits the sea at a horizontal distance x from the cannon(see figure
5)

(i)show that x satisfies the equation

A sphere as in (b) has weight 20 N. When the sphere is placed on a perfectly rough x2 sec2 -4axtanè-4a2 =0
horizontal plane with OG horizontal, a horizontal force of 15/4N along GO is required
to keep it in equilibrium.(See Figrue4 (a).) Find k. (4 marks) (ii)find the greatest possible value of x an the corresponding value(s)of ©(7marks)

(c)a small boat is located at a horizontal distance Ѕ3a/4 form the cliff ,can the shell
hit the boat directly? explain your answer (4amrks)

(ii)find the greatest possible value of x an the corresponding value(s)of ©(7marks)

(c)a small boat is located at a horizontal distance Ѕ3a/4 form the cliff ,can the shell
hit the boat directly? explain your answer (4amrks)

11.
The sphere in ©rests in equilibrium on a perfectly rough plane inclined at an angle è
to the horizontal. Find the maximum possible value of è.

10.

The density at a point P of a non-uniform right circular cylinder A of mass M ,radius a

and unit length is ñ(r),where r is the distance of P form the axis of the cylinder.(see
figure 6)the density ñ(r)is a decreasing linear function for such that ñ(0)= ñ0 and ñ(a)=
ñ0 /2, where ñ0 is a constant ,the moment of inertia of the cylinder about its axis is NèE. or at 1.3v km h-1 in the direction N(è-5)E relative to the ground where v and è
given by are constant s ,it is known that the water flows at 6 km h-1 towards the east and there
is no wind

let the velocity of A relative to the ground be w km h-1 in the direction SÖE

(i)find w and Ö

(ii)show that v*sin(è-30°)=w*sin(Ö+30)

(iii)how much time (in minutes )can the helicopter pilot save by flying at the faster
speed 1.3v km h-1 (11 marks)
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(c)another cylinder B ,of the same dimensions and mass as A but of uniform 1.

density ,rolls without slipping down the inclined plane as in (b)which of the cylinders
A or B takes less time to travel the dame distance L along the plane? explain
briefly(3mraks)

12.

An aircraft carrier C is sailing at a speed of 12 kmh-1 relative to the water .it spots a
ship A 10 km away on a bearing N 30E .the velocity of A relative to the water is 30
kmh-1 in the direction S 30E(see figure7)

(a)the aircraft carrier C adjusts its course instantly so as to get as close to A as

possible, find the direction of the velocity of C relative to the water (4marks)

(b)at the instant of spotting the ship A, a helicopter is launched from C to intercept
A ,interception will happen if the helicopter flies either at v kmh-1 in the direction
 4.The number x of a certain species of bacteria at time t(in hours)can be modeled by
AL Applied Mathematics 1995 Paper 2 the differential equation

Section A(40 marks) dx/dt+2/t+1(x)+30=0

Answer ALL questions in this section when t=0,x=10000,assume that x may be treated as a continuous variable

Write your answers in the AL(C1)answer book (a)find x in terms of t

1.the editor of an automobile magazine makes a comparison of two models ,A and
B ,of car every year, past record shows that 40% of drivers prefer model A and 60%
prefer model B.A modification of the engine has been made on model A this year, so
the editor suspects that the proportion of drivers preferring A will increase. to justify
his suspicion ,he randomly selects 200 drivers and studies their preferences for A or B
(b)describe the long-terms behavior of the number of bacteria(7marks)
5.Independent observations are made on a random variable x whose probability
density function is

(a)set up suitable null and alternative hypotheses for the editor

(b)of the 200 drivers selected ,94 prefer A and 106 prefer B, using normal
approximation to binomial probabilities, perform a test at the 5% significance
level(5marks)

2.In a certain business school ,the ratio of the number of part-time students to
full-time students is 9:8 at the end of their studies, all the school’ s 935 students took a
professional examination and 550 passed. it is known that the percentage of the
full-time students passing the examination was twice that of the part-time students 6.The pass mark of an examination is set at 40.the following table shows some
(a)find the pass percentage of the part-time students summary statistics of the marks(x)of the 200 students who took the examination

(b)a student chosen at random is found to have failed the examination ,what is the Mark range Number of Mean Standard
students deviation
probability that he was a full-time student?(6marks)

x 40 160 64.0 6.0

3.Consider the equation E:x3 +x2 -5=0

X<40 40 32.0 4.0
(a)show that E has exactly one root in the interval[1,2]

(b)using newton’ s method ,with 1.5 as an initial guess, determine the root of E in The teacher wants to scale the marks to that more students will pass the examination
[1,2](6marks) the new mark corresponding x is
 8.(a)It is known that the equation

x=ð2 /8(sinx)

has a unique real root a in the interval(0,ð/2),using the method of fixed-point

a. Find the mean and standard deviation of the new marks of the 200 students.
b. The median of the original 200 marks is 52 , Find the median of the new
marks.
iteration ,with 1 as an initial guess, determine a correct to 2 decimal places(3marks)
(b)consider the function f(x)=cosx, where -ð/2ЉxЉð/2
let p(x)be the quadratic polynomial which equals f(x)at x=-ð/2,0andð/2,it is known
that the error in using p(x)as an approximation to f(x)can be expressed as

E(x)=f(3)(î )/3!(x+ð/2)x(x-ð/2)
Section B(60marks)
Where -ð/2<î <ð/2
Answer any FOUR questions in this section
(i)show that άE(x) ά<0.25
Write your answers in the AL(C2)answer book
(ii)find p(x) hence determine the maximum and minimum values of f(x)-p(x)in the
7.(a)The trapezoidal rule is used to find the integral
interval[-ð/2 , ð/2 ]

(iii)use the result of (ii)to obtain an upper bound for άE(x) ά,which is better than
the value 0.25 in(i)(12marks)

(i)find the least number of subintervals required so that the error will be less than
0.0025 in magnitude 9.The motion of a particle along a straight line at time t satisfies the following
equation:
(ii)using the number of subintervals found in(i),evaluate I1
(25)d2 x/dt2 +(10)dx/dt+101x=0
(iii)using(ii)and the normal distribution table on page 10,estimate the value of
ð(10marks) where x is the displacement of the particle from a fixed point O on the line. it is
known that x=1 and dx/dt=1.8 when t=0
(b)
(a)solve the equation(5makrs)

(b)the following figure shows the variation of x with t .Let An denote the nth
maximum displacement of the particle

10.A machine is set to produce metal rods whose lengths x are normally distributed
with mean 65.0 cm and standard deviation 0.2cm.any rod whose length lies between
64.6cm and 65.4 c is acceptable rods longer than 65.4 cm will be cut to 65.0 cm and
rods shorter than 64.6cm will be recycled
An engineer discovers that ,of the large batch of rods produced on a certain day 5%
has to be recycled ,he knows that either one of the following two events must have
occurred
E1 :the mean of x has changed but its standard deviationism still 0.2cm
E2 :the standard deviation of x has changed but its mean is still 65.0cm
(a)if E1 has occurred ,find
(i)the new mean of x
(ii)the proportion of rods that are acceptable(4marks)
(b)if E2 has occurred, find
(i)the new standard deviation of x
(ii)the proportion of rods that are acceptable(4marks)
(c)past experience shows that E1 is twice as likely to occur as E2 five rods are then
randomly selected. one is found to be shorter than 64.6cm.oneis longer than 65.4cm
and the other three are acceptable, in light of this experimental result what is the
probability that E1 has occurred?(7marks)
11.Every morning Mr Chan has to reach his office by 9a.m his office is in a 60-storey
building which is served by four lifts A,B,C and D. lifts A and B stop at any floor
between the ground and the 30th floors, to go to the upper part of the building ,one
has to go to the 30th floor first and then take lift C or D ,both of which stop at any
floor between the 30th and the 60th floors, the four lifts work independently. on any
day the probability that lift A is out of service before 9a.m is 0.1 and the
corresponding probabilities for lifts B,C and D are 0.1 ,0.2 and 0.2 respectively
(a)in a year of 365 days ,what would be the expected number of days on which only
one lift is out of service before 9 a.m(3marks)
(b)given that Mr Chan’ s office is on the 25th floor ,find the probability that he can
reach his office punctually be lift on a particular day (2marks)
(c)now Mr Chan is transferred to another office on the 45th floor,
(i)find the probability that he can reach his office punctually by lift on a particular day
(ii)find the probability that out of 20days ,he can reach his office punctually by lift on
at least 18 days
(iii)given that two lifts are out of service before 9a.m. on a particular day ,find the
probability that he can still reach his office punctually by lift(10marks)
12.A gas company is promoting a new product called super-unleaded gasoline it
claims that this new product can reduce the petrol consumption of automobiles when
compared with regular-unleaded gasoline to examine the company’ s claim ,a random
sample of 10 cars is selected let the distance traveled per liter by a car using
upper-unleaded gasoline minus that by the car using regular-unleaded gasoline be x
km. the x-values(in km/l)obtained from the 10 cars are as follows
0.42 -0.41 1.24 0.97 1.02
-0.19 -0.29 -0.02 0.18 1.09

assume that x follows a normal distribution with mean ì km/l and standard deviation
0.6 km/l

(a)set up suitable null and alternative hypotheses for examining the company’ s claim

state nine terms of the sample mean ,the rule for rejecting the null hypothesis at the
0.05 significance level

(b)if the rule in (a)in adopted ,find the probability of committing a type II error when
the true value of ì is 0.5 km/l(3marks)

(c)determine a 95% confidence interval for ì (3marks)

(d)find the minimum number of additional observations needed in order to reduce the
width of the confidence interval in(c)to below 0.5 km/l(4marks)

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SECTION A

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2.