MATHEMATICS

TIME: 3 HOURS
JANUARY 2010
BCT 010

NYANDARUA INSITUTE OF SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY
SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM

DIPLOMA IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

INSTRUCTIONS
 You should have the following for this examination
Answer booklet
Mathematical table
Scientific calculator
 This paper consists of eight questions
 Answer any five questions
 All questions carry equal marks
 Maximum marks for each part of a question are as shown

This paper consists of four printed pages

Alphonce Kimutai Kirui©2011 NiST

Question one
(a) Solve the triangle DEF and find its area given that EF= 35mm, DE = 25 mm and
<E=64° 5mks
(b) i. Prove the identity sin2θcotθsecθ=sin θ 3mks
tan x + sec x
=1
ii. Prove that  tan x  4mks
sec x1 + 
 sec x 

(c) solve the equations;

i.8sin2θ+2sinθ-1=0, for all values of θ between 0° and 360° 4mks
ii. 4sin(x-90°) = 5cos x for values of x between 0° and 90° 4mks
Question two
(a) The first term of geometric progression is 12 and the fifth term is 55. Determine the 8th
term and the 11th term. 4mks
(b) Evaluate
i. 7C4
ii. 10C6
iii. 6P2
iv. 6P5 8mks
(c) i. Determine using Pascal’s triangle method the expansion of (2p-3q)5 4mks
ii. Use the binomial series to determine the expansion (2+x)7 4mks
Question three
(a) i. Simplify log 64- log 128 + log 32 2mks
ii. Evaluate

log 25 − log125 + 1 log 625

2 3mks
3 log 5
iii. Solve the equation log x4-logx3= log 5x- log 2x 3mks
(b) i. Solve the equations by factorization
x2+2x-8=0
3x2-11x-4=0 4mks

ii. The roots of a quadratic equation are 1

3 and -2. Determine the equation 4mks

iii. Solve 2x2+5x=3 by ‘completing the square’ 4mks

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 Question Four
(a) Given that A= i+3j-7k and B= 5i-2j+4k determine;
i. A·B
ii. A× B
iii. The angle between the two vectors 10mks
(b) i. Find the Angle between the vectors u= 2i+4j and v= 5i-2j
ii. Find the area of the triangle whose sides are the vectors
A=4i+7j-3k
B= 9i-2j+5k 10mks
Question five
(a) i. Solve the equation
(x-2yi) +(y+3xi) = 2+3i
ii. Determine the modulus and argument of the complex number z=2+3i and express z
in polar form. 10mks
(b) Prove that
1 − sin x
= sec x − tan x 5mks
1 + sin x

Question six
(a) A car starts from rest and its speed is measured every second for 6s:
Time t(s) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Speed v(m/s) 0 2. 5. 8.7 12. 17. 24.0
5 5 5 5 5
Determine the distance traveled in 6 seconds (i.e. the area under the v/t graph) by
i. The Trapezoidal Rule 4mks
ii. The Mid-Ordinate Rule 4mks
iii. Simpson’s Rule 4mks
(b) The areas of seven cross-sections of a water reservoir at intervals of 10m are
210,250,320,350,290,230, 170 m2;
Calculate the capacity of the reservoir in litres 8mks

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Question seven
1 1 1
(a) Given that z1= 3+2i, z2= -3+5i and = + determine:
z3 z1 z 2

i. z3 in the form a+bi

ii. Represent z1,z2 and z3 on an Argand diagram 10mks
(b) The 1st , 12th and the last term of an arithmetic progression are 4, 31.5, and 376.5
respectively. Determine
i. The number of terms in the series
ii. The sum of all the terms in the series
iii. The 80th term 10mks
(c) Solve 5cos2t+3sint-3=0 for values of t from 0° to 360° 5mks
Question eight
(a) A box contains 100 copper plugs, 27 of which are oversize and 16 undersize. A plug is
taken from the box, tested and replaced. A second plug is then similarly treated.
Determine the probability that
i. Both plugs are acceptable
ii. The first is oversize and the second undersize
iii. One is oversize and the other undersize 10mks
(b) A block of copper having a mass of 50 kg is drawn out to make 500m of wire of
uniform cross-section. Given that the density of copper is 8.91g/cm3, calculate
i. The volume of copper
ii. The cross-sectional are of the wire and
iii. The diameter of the cross section of the wire 10mks

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