Dufile Seed SS S6 Applied Maths

P425/2
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Paper 2
April, 2024
3 hours

UGANDA ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION

End of term one examination, 2024
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Paper 2
3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

Attempt all the eight questions in section A and any five questions from section B.
Any additional question (s) answered will not be marked.
Silent non – programmable electronic scientific calculators may be used.
Mathematical tables with a list of formulae and squared papers are to be provided.
All necessary calculations must be shown clearly on the answer sheet provided as the
rest of the answers, therefore no paper should be provided for rough work.
Begin each question on a fresh page of the sheet of the answer booklet.
Indicate the degree of accuracy at the end of each question attempted using Cal for
calculator or Tab for mathematical tables.
In numerical work, take acceleration due to gravity 𝑔 to be = 9.8𝑚𝑠 −2.

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SECTION A (40 MARKS)

1. Given that 𝑓(0.9) = 0.2661, 𝑓(1.0) = 0.2420 and 𝑓(1.1) = 0.2179, estimate:
i) 𝑓(0.96)
ii) 𝑓 −1 (0.2372) using linear interpolation or extrapolation (05 marks)

2. Two hunters 𝐴 and 𝐵 shoot at an animal. The probability that 𝐴 hits the animal is 1⁄2 and the
probability that 𝐵 does not hit the animal is 1⁄3. A shoots at the animal first, and then 𝐵. find
the probability that:
i) Both 𝐴 and 𝐵 hit the animal
ii) Only one hits the animal. (05 marks)

3. The table below shows prices of food, housing and transport expended by a family in
2022 and 2023.
Item Price in 2022 (Shs) Price in 2023 (Shs) Weight (w)
Food 55000 60000 4
Housing 48000 52000 2
Transport 16000 20000 1

Calculate a weighted price index for the figures for 2023 based on 2022. (05 marks)

4. A particle of weight 10Kg rests on a rough plane inclined at 30° to the horizontal and is just
about to slip. Find the value of coefficient of friction between the plane and particle.
(05 marks)
5. A bag contains 6 red, 3 green and 1 blue discs. If three discs are picked at random from the
bag without replacement, find the probability that 2 red discs and 1 green disc are picked.
(05 marks)
6. The table below shows the number of candidates who applied for National ID renewal 2024
(𝑥) and National housing and Population Census (𝑦) across nine different offices across
westnile.

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X 13 15 15 29 20 20 21 21 24

y 65 60 76 62 70 75 76 80 70

i) Calculate the rank correlation coefficient for the data. (04 marks)
ii) Test for the 5% level of significance (01 mark)

7. A particle of mass 2𝑘𝑔 moving with a speed 10𝑚𝑠 −1 collides with a stationary particle of
mass 7𝑘𝑔. Immediately after impact, the particle move with the same speed but in opposite
directions. Find the loss in kinetic energy. (05 marks)

8. The yields of 13 plots in 100’𝑠 of 𝑘𝑔, were 16, 7, 10, 3, 11, 5, 8, 14, 18, 4, 11, 14 and 9. Find
the;
i) mean, (02 marks)
ii) standard deviation of this data. (03 marks)

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

9. A continuous random variable x is defined by the p.d.f

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(𝑥 + 2) , −2<𝑥 <0
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𝑓(𝑥) = 2
(3 − 𝑥), 0<𝑥<3
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{0 , 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
a) Sketch 𝑓(𝑥) (03 marks)
b) Determine the
i) Expectation of 𝑥 (04 marks)
ii) Cumulative distribution function, 𝐹(𝑥) hence find 𝑃(−1 ≤ 𝑥 < 1) (05 marks)

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10. Given that 𝑃(𝐴) = 5 , 𝑃(𝐴⁄𝐵 ) = 7 and 𝑃(𝐵⁄𝐴) = 3

a) State with reasons whether A and B are:

i) independent events (02 marks)
ii) mutually exclusive events (02 marks)
b) Find:
i) 𝑃(𝐴𝑛𝐵) (02 marks)
ii) 𝑃(𝐵) (02 marks)

iii) 𝑃(𝐴⁄𝐵 ′ ) (04 marks)

11. a) Strips of a metal are cut to length (𝑐𝑚) which follows a normal distribution with mean
50𝑐𝑚 and variance 0.25𝑐𝑚2. find the;
i) Probability that the length selected at random will lie between 49.25𝑐𝑚 and
50.75𝑐𝑚. (06 marks)
ii) Length range of the middle 70% of the cut of the strips. (06 marks)

12. a) Two decimal number X and Y are rounded to give x and y with errors e1 and e2
respectively. Show that maximum absolute relative error committed when 𝑥 2 𝑦 is used
e1 e2
instead of 𝑋 2 𝑌 is given by 2 | | + | | (06 marks)
𝑥 𝑦
6.042−3.21
b) Determine the limits within which the exact value of lie. (06 marks)
12.1

13. The diagram below shows an isosceles trapezium 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 where 𝐴𝐷 = 𝐷𝐶 = 𝐶𝐵 = 1𝑚 and
𝐴𝐵 = 2𝑚. Five forces of magnitudes 1,3,5,6 and 2√3 N act along 𝐴𝐷, 𝐷𝐶, 𝐶𝐵, 𝐵𝐴 and 𝐴𝐶
respectively, the direction of each force being shown by the order of the letters
𝐷 𝐶
1200 300

600
A 300 B

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If the resultant force and its line of action cuts 𝐴𝐵 produced at 𝑋. Find the;
a) magnitude and direction of the resultant force, (09 marks)
b) distance 𝐴𝑋 (03 marks)

14. a) Show that the Newton Raphson formula for finding the root of the equation
2𝑥 3 + 5𝑥 – 8 = 0 is given by; -
4𝑥 3 + 8
𝑋𝑛+1 = 2
6𝑥 + 5

(04 marks)
b. Taking the first approximation to the root of the above equation as 1.2, draw a flow
diagram which reads and prints the number of iterations and the root.
Carry out a dry run of the flow chart and obtain the root with an error of less than 0.001.
(08 marks)
15. a) Use the trapezium rule with six ordinates to estimate
3
1
x 2 Inx dx

Give your answer connect to 3 decimal places. (06 marks)

b. Hence find the percentage error made in your estimate and suggest how it can be
reduced. (06 marks)

16. A ball is hit at a point 𝑂, which is at a height of 2𝑚 above the ground and at a horizontal
distance 4𝑚 from the wall, the initial speed being in a direction of 45° above the horizontal.
If the ball just clears the wall which is 1𝑚 high,
a) Show that the equation of path of the ball is 16𝑦 = 16𝑥 − 5𝑥 2 . (04 marks)
b) Calculate the;
i) distance from the net at which the ball strikes the ground. (04 marks)
ii) magnitude and direction of the velocity with which the ball strikes the ground.
(04 marks)
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