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Particle P moves in a straight line such that, t seconds after passing through a fixed point O its velocity V m/s given by the equation V = 3t2 -15t + 18.
Find
a) The values of t for which P is instantaneously at rest.
b) An expression in terms of t for the distance P from O after t seconds.
c) The total distance traveled by P in the first 4 seconds after passing point O.
d) The distance P from O when the acceleration of P is zero.
Date posted:
November 5, 2019
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The probability that our school will host soccer and rugby tournament this year is 0.8. If we host the probability of winning soccer is 0.7. If we do not host the probability of winning soccer is 0.4. If we win soccer the probability of winning rugby is 0.8, otherwise if we lose the probability of winning rugby is 0.3.
a) Draw a tree diagram to represent this information.
b) Use the tree diagram to find:-
i) The probability that we will lose both games.
ii) The probability that we will win only one game.
iii) The probability that we will host and lose both games.
Date posted:
November 5, 2019
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The table below shows income tax rates
a) Mr. Juma claiming tax relief of Ksh 1056 per month discovered that a total of Ksh 18500 is deducted from his total earnings in form of income tax. Calculate Mr. Juma’s taxable income in Ksh per month.
b) Mr. Juma other deductions include:
5% of basic salary as cooperative shares
2% of basic salary as WCPS
Insurance policy Ksh 2800
Co-operative shares Ksh 1500
Given that his taxable allowances is Ksh 28400, calculate his net pay.
Date posted:
November 5, 2019
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The mass in kilograms of 9 sheep in a pen were 13, 8, 16, 17, 19, 20, 15, 14 and 11.
Determine the quartile deviation of the data.
Date posted:
November 5, 2019
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A DVD player whose cash price is sh. 15000 is bought on hire purchase by paying a deposit of sh 3000 and 12 monthly installments of sh. 1250 each. Calculate the rate of interest per annum.
Date posted:
November 5, 2019
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A house is to be sold either on a cash basis or through a loan. The cash price is Kshs. 750,000. The loan conditions are as follows: there is to be a down payment of 10% of the cash price and the rest of the money to be paid through a loan of 10% per annum compound interest.
A customer decided to buy the house through a loan.
a) i) Calculate the amount of money loaned to the customer.
ii) The customer paid the loan in 3 years.
Calculate the total amount paid for the house.
b) Find how long the customer would have taken to fully pay for the house if she paid a total of Kshs 891,750.
Date posted:
November 5, 2019
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A cylindrical water tank is of diameter 7 metres and height 2.8 metres.
a) Find the capacity of the water tank in litres.
b) Six members of a family use 15 litres each per day. Each day 80 litres are used for cooking and washing and a further 60 litres are wasted.
Find the number of complete days a full tank of water would last the family.
c) members of the family were absent for 90 days. During the 90 days, wastage was reduced by 20% but cooking and washing remained the same. Calculate the number of days a full tank would now last the family.
Date posted:
November 5, 2019
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In the figure below the lines AB and CD are parallel. AD and CB intersect at X. AB = 6cm, CD = 9cm and DX = 3 cm.
a) Calculate the length of AX.
b) The area of ΔABX is 6cm2. Calculate the area of ΔCXD.
Date posted:
November 5, 2019
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Given Sin (90 – a) = 1/2 , find without using tables or calculators the value of Cos a.
Date posted:
November 5, 2019
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Use logarithms to evaluate
Date posted:
November 5, 2019
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A bus left town A at 5:20am to town B 610km away at an average speed of 60km/hr. After 3 hrs 10 minutes, a van left town B and travelled towards A at an average speed of 80km/hr.
(a) (i) At what time did they meet
(ii) How far from A was the meeting point
b) A car left town B at 9:00am and travelled towards A at an average speed of 100km/hr.
Determine
(i) The time the car caught up with the van
(ii) The distance the car travelled to catch up with the van.
Date posted:
November 2, 2019
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Juma needs to import a car from Japan whose cost is US $ 5000 outside Kenya. He intends to buy the car through an agent who deals in Japanese yen. The agent will charge him 20% commission on the price of the car and a further 80325 Japanese yen for shipment of the car. How many Kshs will he need to send to the agent to get the car given that
1 US $ = 105.00 Japanese yen
1 US $ = KShs 63.00
Date posted:
November 1, 2019
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Three quantities P, Q and R are such that P varies directly as the square of Q and inversely as the square root of R.
a)Given that P = 20 when Q = 5 and R = 9. Find P when Q = 7 and R = 25
b)If Q increased by 20% and R decreased by 36%, find the percentage change in P
Date posted:
October 30, 2019
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a)Two blends of tea costing Ksh. 140 and Ksh.160 per kg respectively are mixed in the ratio 2:3 by mass. The mixture is sold at sh.240 per kg.
i)Find the percentage profit
ii)In what ratio should the two blends be mixed to get a mixture that costs sh.148 per kg
b)A quantity P is partly constant and partly varies as the cube of Q. when Q = 2, P = 50 and when Q =4, P =330. Find the value of Q when P= 16885
Date posted:
October 30, 2019
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A man deposits Sh. 500,000 in an investment which pays 12% per annum interest compounded quarterly. Find how many years it takes for the money to double.
Date posted:
October 30, 2019
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Use logarithm tables to evaluate the following to four significant figures.
Date posted:
October 30, 2019
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a) Draw the graph of 2x2 + 3x – 6 for the values of x from -3 to 3.
b) Use the graph to solve the equation:
i) 2x2 + 3x – 6 = 0
ii) 2x2 + 3x – 3 = 0
c)Solve the equation 2x + x – 7 = 0 using the graph.
Date posted:
October 29, 2019
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Find the range of value of x which satisfy the inequality below:
Date posted:
October 29, 2019
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A number is formed by finding the difference between the products of prime numbers between 20 and 30 and that of prime numbers between 1 and 15. Find the number formed.
Write the number in words.
Date posted:
October 29, 2019
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Use mathematical tables to find:
i) The square of 4.978
ii) The reciprocal of 31.65
Date posted:
October 29, 2019
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Mutua wants to erect a fence around his house using posts. Whenever he uses 5, 8 or 10 posts along one side, he is always left with 2 posts. Find the number of posts Mutua has for one side of the fence.
Date posted:
October 29, 2019
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Use the taxation rates table below to answer the questions that follow.
A civil servant is entitled to a monthly personal relief of Ksh. 3000 and her tax (PAYE) is ksh. 9000 per month. She is deducted NHIF ksh. 350 per month. WCPS ksh. 800 and co-op shares ksh. 1200 per month. Calculate:
a)The civil servant’s total deduction per month.
b)Total tax per month.
c)The civil servant’s annual gross salary
d)The civil servant’s basic salary if her monthly house allowance and medical allowances are ksh.10000 and ksh. 2000 respectively.
Date posted:
October 16, 2019
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An electronics dealer in Wote town wishes to purchase radios and TV sets. He can buy at most 30 of both items. On average, a radio and TV cost sh. 4000 and sh. 12000 respectively and he has sh. 240000 to spend. The number of TV sets should be at most twice the number of radios. He must buy more than 5 TV sets.
a)Form all inequalities to represent above information.
b)If the dealer makes a profit of sh.600 and sh.1000 per radio and TV set respectively, find the maximum possible profit.
Date posted:
October 16, 2019
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A married couple intends to have 3 children. They consult an expert who tells them that the probability of a male birth is 0.6.
a)Draw a tree diagram to represent this occurrence.
b)Find the probability that:
i) All the three children will be female.
ii) At least a male is born.
iii)At least 2 will be females.
Date posted:
October 16, 2019
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Write the expression below in surd form and rationalize the denominator.
Date posted:
October 16, 2019
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The displacement, S metres of a moving particle from point O, after t seconds is given by:
S = t3 – 5t2 + 3t + 10
a)Find S when t = 2
b)Determine:
i)The velocity of the particle when t = 5sec
ii)The value of t when the particles is momentarily at rest
c)Find the time, when the velocity of the particle is maximum.
Date posted:
October 16, 2019
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A trader bought 2 cows and 9 goats for a total of ksh. 98,200. If she had bought 3 cows and 4 goats,
she would have spent ksh. 2200 less
a)Form two equations to represent the above information.
b)Use matrix method to determine the cost of a cow and that of a goat.
c)The trader later sold the animals she had bought making a profit of 30% per cow and 40% per goat.
i)Calculate the total amount of money she received.
ii)Determine, correct to 4 significant figures the percentage profit the trader made from the sale of the animals.
Date posted:
October 16, 2019
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A motorist left Embu for Nairobi, a distance of 240km, at 8.00a.m and travelled at an average speed of 90km/h. Another motorist left Nairobi for Embu at 8.30a.m and travelled at 100km/h. Find:
a)The time they met.
b)How far they met from Nairobi.
Date posted:
October 16, 2019
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The figure below represents a cone of height 12cm and base radius of 9cm from which a similar smaller cone is removed, leaving a conical hole of height 4cm.
a)Calculate:
i) The base radius of conical hole.
ii)The volume, in terms of π of the smaller cone that was removed.
b)i) Determine, slant height of the original cone
ii)Calculate, in terms of π the surface area of the remaining solid after the smaller cone is removed.
Date posted:
October 16, 2019
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In the figure below, the tangent ST meets chord VU produced at T. Chord SW passes through the centre O, of the circle and intersects chord VU at X. Line ST = 12cm and UT = 8cm.
a)Calculate the length of chord VU.
b)If WX = 3cm and VX : XU = 2 : 3, find SX.
Date posted:
October 16, 2019