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Sample paper · Paper 2 Q39 Further applications
Peter invests PP at the beginning of each month in a year at an interest rate of 6%6\% per annum, compounded monthly. If he gets \10\,000attheendoftheyear,find at the end of the year, find P$ correct to 2 decimal places.
A 806.63806.63.
B 829.19829.19.
C 833.33833.33.
D 882.18882.18.
Sample paper · Paper 2 Q40 3-D figures
The figure shows a cuboid ABCDEFGHABCDEFGH. If the angle between the triangle ACEACE and the plane ABCDABCD is θ\theta, then tanθ=\tan\theta =
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A 22.
B 32\frac{3}{2}.
C 52\frac{5}{2}.
D 125\frac{12}{5}.
Sample paper · Paper 2 Q41 Basic properties of circles
In the figure, AA, BB and CC are points lying on the circle. TATA is the tangent to the circle at AA. The straight line CBTCBT is perpendicular to TATA. If BC=6 cmBC = 6\text{ cm}, find the radius of the circle correct to the nearest 0.1 cm0.1\text{ cm}.
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A 3.2 cm3.2\text{ cm}
B 3.9 cm3.9\text{ cm}
C 4.2 cm4.2\text{ cm}
D 4.7 cm4.7\text{ cm}
Sample paper · Paper 2 Q42 More about trigonometry
Let aa be a constant and 90<b<90-90^\circ < b < 90^\circ. If the figure shows the graph of y=acos(x+b)y = a\cos(x^\circ + b), then
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A a=3a=-3 and b=40b=-40^\circ.
B a=3a=-3 and b=40b=40^\circ.
C a=3a=3 and b=40b=-40^\circ.
D a=3a=3 and b=40b=40^\circ.
Sample paper · Paper 2 Q43 More about probability
Bag A contains 2 red balls, 3 green balls and 4 white balls while bag B contains 2 red balls, 3 green balls and 4 yellow balls. If one ball is drawn randomly from each bag, then the probability that the two balls drawn are of different colours is
A 1381\frac{13}{81}.
B 2981\frac{29}{81}.
C 5281\frac{52}{81}.
D 6881\frac{68}{81}.
Sample paper · Paper 2 Q44 Permutations and combinations
2 girls and 5 boys randomly form a queue, find the probability that the two girls are next to each other in the queue.
A 17\frac{1}{7}
B 27\frac{2}{7}
C 67\frac{6}{7}
D 121\frac{1}{21}
Sample paper · Paper 2 Q45 Measures of dispersion
A set of numbers has a mode of 32, an inter-quartile range of 27 and a variance of 25. If 33 is added to each number of the set and each resulting number is then doubled to form a new set of numbers, find the mode, the inter-quartile range and the variance of the new set of numbers.
A 6464, 6060, 5050
B 7070, 6060, 100100
C 7070, 5454, 5050
D 7070, 5454, 100100