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From the diagram above, \(h[g(3)]\) is

  • A. s
  • B. \(\beta\)
  • C. \({s, \beta}\)
  • D. \({s, w, \beta}\)
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23

From the diagram above, which of the following represents the vector V in component form?

  • A. \(-5\sqrt{3} i + 5j\)
  • B. \(3i + 3\sqrt{3}j\)
  • C. \(i + 2\sqrt{3}j\)
  • D. \(-2\sqrt{3}i - j\)
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24

The angle of a sector of a circle is 0.9 radians. If the radius of the circle is 4cm, find the length of the arc of the sector.

  • A. 3.6 cm
  • B. 7.6 cm
  • C. 8.0 cm
  • D. 11.6 cm
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25

The distance s in metres covered by a particle in t seconds is \(s = \frac{3}{2}t^{2} – 3t\). Find its acceleration.

  • A. \(1 ms^{-2}\)
  • B. \(2 ms^{-2}\)
  • C. \(3 ms^{-2}\)
  • D. \(4 ms^{-2}\)
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26

A box contains 4 red and 3 blue identical balls. If two are picked at random, one after the other without replacement, find the probability that one is red and the other is blue.

  • A. \(\frac{4}{7}\)
  • B. \(\frac{2}{7}\)
  • C. \(\frac{1}{7}\)
  • D. \(\frac{1}{12}\)
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27

Find the acute angle between the lines 2x + y = 4 and -3x + y + 7 = 0.

  • A. 40ยฐ
  • B. 44ยฐ
  • C. 45ยฐ
  • D. 54ยฐ
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28

Find the number of different arrangements of the word IKOTITINA.

  • A. 30240
  • B. 60840
  • C. 120960
  • D. 362880
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29

A straight line makes intercepts of -3 and 2 on the x- and y- axes respectively. Find the equation of the line.

  • A. 2x + 3y + 6 = 0
  • B. 3x - 2y - 6 = 0
  • C. -3x + 2y - 6 = 0
  • D. -2x + 3y - 6 =0
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30

Find the constant term in the binomial expansion of \((2x – \frac{3}{x})^{8}\).

  • A. 90720
  • B. 1296
  • C. 1120
  • D. 672
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31

Find the values of x at the point of intersection of the curve \(y = x^{2} + 2x – 3\) and the lines \(y + x = 1\).

  • A. (1, -2)
  • B. (0, 4)
  • C. (2, -3)
  • D. (1, -4)
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32

If P(x – 3) + Q(x + 1) = 2x + 3, find the value of (P + Q).

  • A. 0
  • B. 1
  • C. 2
  • D. 3
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33

A fair die is tossed twice. Find the probability of obtaining a 3 and a 5.

  • A. \(\frac{5}{12}\)
  • B. \(\frac{2}{3}\)
  • C. \(\frac{1}{18}\)
  • D. \(\frac{1}{36}\)
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34

Which of the following is nor a measure of central tendency?

  • A. Mean
  • B. Variance
  • C. Median
  • D. Mode
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35

Given that \(^{n}P_{r} = 90\) and \(^{n}C_{r} = 15\), find the value of r.

  • A. 2
  • B. 3
  • C. 5
  • D. 6
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36

In computing the mean of 8 numbers, a boy mistakenly used 17 instead of 25 as one of the numbers and obtained 20 as the mean. Find the correct mean

  • A. 19
  • B. 21
  • C. 23
  • D. 24
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37

Find the unit vector in the direction of the vector \(-12i + 5j\).

  • A. \(\frac{-12i}{13} - \frac{5j}{13}\)
  • B. \(\frac{-1i}{13} + \frac{5j}{13}\)
  • C. \(\frac{-12i}{13} + \frac{5j}{13}\)
  • D. \(\frac{-5i}{13} + \frac{12j}{13}\)
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38

Two forces 10N and 6N act in the directions 060ยฐ and 330ยฐ respectively. Find the x- component of their resultant.

  • A. \(5\sqrt{3} - 3\)
  • B. \(3 - 5\sqrt{3}\)
  • C. \(5 - 3\sqrt{3}\)
  • D. \(3\sqrt{3} - 5\)
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39

Differentiate \(\frac{x}{x + 1}\) with respect to x.

  • A. \(\frac{1}{x + 1}\)
  • B. \(\frac{1}{(x + 1)^{2}}\)
  • C. \(\frac{1 - x}{x + 1}\)
  • D. \(\frac{1 - x}{(x + 1)^{2}}\)
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40

A stone is dropped from a height of 45m. Find the time it takes to hit the ground. \([g = 10 ms^{-2}]\)

  • A. 3.0 seconds
  • B. 4.5 seconds
  • C. 5.0 seconds
  • D. 9.0 seconds
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41

If r denotes the correlation coefficient between two variables, which of the following is always true?

  • A. \(0 < r \leq 1\)
  • B. \(-1 \leq r < 1\)
  • C. \(-1 < r \leq 0\)
  • D. \(-1 \leq r \leq 1\)
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42

The marks obtained by 10 students in a test are as follows: 3, 7, 6, 2, 8, 5, 9, 1, 4 and 10. Find the variance.

  • A. 8.25
  • B. 8.50
  • C. 9.00
  • D. 9.17
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