CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS

( 06 JANUARY 2009 (a.m.))

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length.

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where A is the area of the base and h is the perpendicular height.

A = ~ (a + b) h where a and b are the lengths of the parallel sides and h is

the perpendicular distance between the parallel sides.

sin e = opposite side

hypotenuse

adjacent side
hypotenuse

tan e opposite side

adjacent side

a + b+ c
where s = -----

a b c
sin A = sin B = sin C
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(b) BDS$ means Barbados dollars and EC$ means Eastern Caribbean dollars.

(i) Karen exchanged BDS$2 000.00 and received EC$2 700.00. Calculate the
value of one BDS$ in EC$. ( 2 marks)

(ii) If Karen exchanged EC$432.00 for BDS$, calculate the amount of BDS$
which Karen would receive. ( 2 marks)

(c) A credit union pays 8% per annum compound interest on all fixed deposits. Acustomer
deposited $24 000 in an account. Calculate the TOTAL amount of money in the
account at the end of two years. ( 4 marks)

Total 11 marks

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(d) A drinking straw oflength 21 cm is cut into 3 pieces.

The length of the first piece is x cm.
The second piece is 3 cm shorter than the first piece.
The third piece is twice as long as the first piece.

(ii) Write an expression, in terms of x, to represent the sum of the lengths of the
three pieces of drinking straw. ( 1 mark)

(iii) Hence, calculate the value of x. ( 3 marks)

Total 12 marks
 A school has 90 students in Form 5.
54 students study Physical Education.
42 students study Music.
6 students study neither Physical Education nor Music.
x students study both Physical Education and Music.

(ii) Show on your Venn diagram the information relating to the students in Form 5.
( 2 marks)

(iii) Calculate the number of students who study BOTH Physical Education and
Music. ( 3 marks)

(b) .~ The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows two straight wires, LJ and NK,
supporting a vertical pole, MJ. LMN is a straight line on the horizontal plane. Angle
JML = 90°, angle KNM= 30°, LJ = 13 m, LM= 5 m and KN= 10 m.
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and Q.

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(ii) If the height of a small box is 20 cm, list TWO different pairs of values which
the company can use for the length and width of a small box. ( 2 marks)

The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows rectangle PQRS with PQ = 7.0 em and
QR = 5.5 em.

Using a ruler, a pencil and a pair of compasses only, construct the rectangle.
( 6 marks)
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L is mapped onto M by a translation.

(i) State, in the form (~) , the vector which represents the translation

a) Find and label on your answer sheet the point G, the centre of the
enlargement. Show your method clearly.

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1 - 10 2 2

11 - 20 5 7

21 - 30 9 16
31 - 40 14 I

41 - 50 16

51 - 60 12

61 - 70 I 8 I
71 - 80 4 70
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(a) Copy and complete the table to show the cumulative frequency for the distribution.
( 2 marks)

Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 5 marks on the horizontal axis and 1 em

to represent 5 students on the vertical axis, dravv the cumulative frequency
curve for the scores. ( 5 marks)

(ii) What assumption have you made in drawing your curve through the point
(O,O)? (, 1 mark)

(c) The pass mark for the test is 47. Use your graph to determine the number of students
who passed the test. ( 2 marks)

(d) What is the probability that a student chosen at random had a mark less than or equal to
30? ( 2 marks)
The figure below shows the first three diagrams in a sequence. Each diagram is made up of dots
connected by line segments. In each diagram. there are d dots and Iline segments.

No. of dots Pattern connecting No. of line segments

d land d I

5
I 2x5-4 I 6

8 2x8-4
I 12
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11 2x11-4 18 I
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(i) 62 ( ) ( ) ( 2 marks)

(ii) ( ) ( ) 180 ( 2 marks)

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(ii) How many line segments are in the seventh diagram of the sequence?
( 1 mark)

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Express the functionftx) = 2x2 - 4x - 13 in the formftx) = a(x + h)2 + k.
( 3 marks)
 j:x---"x-3
g:x---,,_i -

Calculate j (6). ( 1 mark)

Findj-J(x). ( 1 mark)

The distance-time graph below describes the journey of a train between two train
stations, A and B. Answer the questions below on the answer sheet.

Distance
in km

A
o

(ii) Determine the average speed of the train, in km/h, on its journey from A to B.
. ( 3 marks)

The train continued its journey away from stations A and B to another station C, which
is 50 km from B. The average speed on this journey was 60 km/h.

(iii) Calculate the time, in minutes, taken for the train to travel from B to C.
( 3 marks)

(iv) On your answer sheet, draw the line segment which describes the journey of
the train from B to C. ( 3 marks)
 1 tan x , for 10 ° :s; x :s; 60 ° .
v = --
. 2

(ii) U sing a scale of 2 cm to represent 10° (l0 degrees) on the horizontal axis and
10 cm to represent 1 unit on the vertical axis, plot the values from the table
and draw a smooth curve through your points. ( 4 marks)

(b) The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a circle with centre, O.
EA and EB are tangents to the cirele, and angle AEB = 48°.
On the diagram below, not drawn to scale, TU = 8 ffi, TW = 10 ffi, VW = 11 111,

angle UTW = 60° and angle WUV = 40°.

In this question use 1t = 2; , and assume that the earth is a sphere of radius 6 370 km.

(b) The diagram below, not drawn to scale, represents the surface of the earth. The points
Nand S represent the North and South Poles respectively. The Equator and Greenwich
Meridian are labelled. The following are also shown on the diagram but they are not
labelled:

Greenwich
Meridian

a) the SHORTEST distance from P to Q measured along the common

circle of longitude ( 2 marks)
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13. The diagram below shows position vectors OP and OQ.

(a) Write as a column veclor, in the form (:)

~
OP

~
OQ

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Express QR as a vector in the form (xy')'
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Using a vector method, show that OP is parallel toQR.
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Determine the magnitude of the vector PR .

The point S has coordinates (a, b).

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(i) Write QS as a column vector, in terms of a and b.
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(ii) Given that QS = OP , calculate the value of a and the value of b. ( 3 marks)
 Calcu late the matrix product 3A8, where A = G ~) and 8 = C :)
(b) The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a triangle, ABC whose coordinates are
stated.

A (1, 2)

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B (1,1) C (2, 1)

0 x

v= (~ ~ J and W = ( - ~ ~}

(ii) Determine the 2 x 2 matrix that represents the combined transformation of V

followed by W. ( 3 marks)

(iii) U sing your matrix in (b) (ii), determine the coordinates of the image oftriangle
ABC under this combined transformation. ( 3 marks)

Write the following simultaneous equations in the form AX = B where A,

X and Bare matlices:

11x + 6y = 6
9x + Sy = 7

(ii) Hence, write the solution for x and)' as a product of two matrices.
( 2 marks)