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- The following information relates to Njao Traders for the year ended 31 .12.2018.(Solved)
The following information relates to Njao Traders for the year ended 31 .12.2018.
Prepare his profit and loss account for the year ended 31.12.2018
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Read the passage and then answer the questions that follow. (Solved)
Read the passage and then answer the questions that follow.
Two weeks before the fateful examination began; I was indiscreet enough to fight the principal’s son. He was a fellow fifth former with whom ,up till then ,I had no quarrel at all .He was inclined to be a little overbearing at times ;but then a flint needs contact with another flint in order to spark, and I had been forced to develop from the start an easy-going and tolerant disposition .I suppose as the examination drew nearer, our nerves became tauter and our tempers shorter .When, during a discussion in our classroom about careers Samuel declared unnecessarily loudly that he believed all persons who came from North should return to it to find employment ,I suddenly felt my anger rising like a column of mercury. I asked him why, in as calm a voice as I could assume. He replied with a sneer by quoting a Sagroson proverb whose meaning was roughly that even a man who does not know where he is going to ought, at least, to know where he has come from: and the gentle laughter, which greeted it brought my temper to boiling point. I was tall and well built, but so was he. Three strides took me beside him and by the time the class prefect succeeded in separating us, Sagrosan blood and Lokko blood had mingled on the floor. Moreover, as is the custom with us, the fight was as much verbal as physical and a torrent of abuse directed mainly against the other’s antecedents was flowing out of each battered mouth.
We were bloody, sweaty, and dusty when it was over but still only partly through our respective stocks of abuse. Nothing more than a heighted respect each for the other might have come out of the fight, had Samuel been a boarder. Unfortunately for both of us, however, he lived very much under his august father’s eye and the marks I had succeeded in leaving on his face were too distinctive to be hidden by any sort of artifice. I prepared for the worst (prepared in spirit that is, for physical preparations were known to be unavailing at such times.)The summons to the principal’s office duly came after lunch the same day.
He was quite impartial, I’ll say that for him. We were both arched over his desk and inscribed across our rumps with two dozen strokes of a bamboo four-footer .Then we were made to shake hands with each other and sent off for walk together along the beach and back (this was the principal’s usual way of dealing with a pair of fighters, and one which usually made bosom friends of them.)That thrashing and the walk which followed ,gave me the moments of deepest mortification I have experienced ,and drove home to me the utter futility and wastefulness of making issue of tribal divisions, in a land where much else required our attentions and our energies .Having heard from us how the fight started ,the principal might so early have wasted our time and his reading us along patriotic sermon on the essential brotherhood of all the people of Songhai .
Such a theme would have made him appear to me hypocrite and to Samuel a traitor –for we both knew only too well that the difference between us were real, if not deep .Instead, we were made to share a fellowship of misery and humiliation which linked us together more effectively than any half-believed fiction about cultural or ethnic affinities could have succeeded in doing.
QUESTIONS:
(a) What was the cause of the fight?
b)Show how the statement “A flint needs contact with another flint in order to spark” is applicable to this story?
c) With illustrations show the difference in character between the narrator and his classmates?
(d) What is the narrator’s attitude towards the head teacher?
e) Identify three phrases in the passage to describe the fierce nature of the fight?
(f) Identify two images that are used to show the extent of the narrator’s anger?
(g) Identify a case of parenthesis in paragraph one?
h) Get a quotation from the passage that shows the fight did not end the tribal differences between the two groups?
(i) Explain the meaning of the following phrases as used in passage: (2marks)
(i) bosom friends
(ii) Patriotic sermon
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- A ship B is on bearing of 0800 from port A and at a distance of 95km.(Solved)
A ship B is on bearing of 0800 from port A and at a distance of 95km. Another ship is stationed at port D which is on a bearing of 2000 from A and a distance of 124km from B. A ship leaves B and moves directly to island P which is on a bearing of 1400 from A.
(a) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 10km, make a scale drawing to show the relative positions of A, B, D and P.
(b) Hence find:-
(i) The distance from A to D.
(ii) The bearing of D from B.
(iii) The bearing of P from D.
(iv) The distance from P to D.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Two rectangles A and B each has an area of 240m2. the length of rectangle A is y m and the length of rectangle B...(Solved)
Two rectangles A and B each has an area of 240m2. The length of rectangle A is y m and the length of rectangle B is 4 m longer.
(a) Write down the expression for width in terms of y for
(i)Rectangle A.
(ii) Rectangle B
(b) The widths of the rectangle differ by 3. form an equation in y duly simplified.
(c) Solve the equation in (b) above and hence find the difference between the perimeters of the rectangles.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- State the level of production for each of the following activities(Solved)
State the level of production for each of the following activities
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a triangle ABC such that AB=6cm; BC= 7cm and ?ABC = 76½o. Locate the region...(Solved)
Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a triangle ABC such that AB=6cm; BC= 7cm and ∠ABC = 76½o. Locate the region covered by the locus R, such that:
(a) AR ≥ ‘BR’
(b) ∠CAR ≤ ∠BAR
(c) AR ≤ 4.5cm
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Five members of ‘SILK’, a self supporting enterprise Jane, Jepchoge, Esther, Mama Charo and Chepkoech were given a certain amount of money to share amongst...(Solved)
Five members of ‘SILK’, a self supporting enterprise Jane, Jepchoge, Esther, Mama Charo and Chepkoech were given a certain amount of money to share amongst themselves. Jane got 3/8 of the total amount while Jepchoge got 2/5 of the remainder. The remaining amount was shared equally among Esther, Mama Charo and Chepkoech each of which received Kshs. 6,000;
(a) How much was shared among the five business women?
(b) How much did Jepchoge get?
(c) Jane, Jepchoge and Chepkoech invested their money and earned a profit of Kshs. 12,000. A third of the profit was left to maintain the business and the rest was shared according to their investments. Find how much each got.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Highlight any four differences between Home trade and International trade.(Solved)
Highlight any four differences between Home trade and International trade.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Msamaria bus leaves Butere for Nairobi at 7.00 am at an average speed of 80Km/h. Kukhu bus leaves Nairobi towards Butere at 7.30 am on...(Solved)
Msamaria bus leaves Butere for Nairobi at 7.00 am at an average speed of 80Km/h. Kukhu bus leaves Nairobi towards Butere at 7.30 am on the same day at an average speed of 60km/h. the distance from Nairobi to butere is 450km. after traveling for one and half hours; Kukhu bus developed a mechanical problem which took 45 minutes to repair before continuing at its speed in the same direction.
(a) Determine the time when the two buses met.
(b) Calculate the distance from Nairobi at the time of the two buses meeting.
(c) For how long did the Msamaria bus stay in Nairobi before Kukhu bus arrving at Butere.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- The table below shows the prices of different types of goods in the year 2015 and 2018. Use the figures to calculate the consumer price...(Solved)
The table below shows the prices of different types of goods in the year 2015 and 2018. Use the figures to calculate the consumer price index (C.P.I) of each commodity.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- A school requires to transport 800 bags of cement from Athi river Portland to butere 500km away. The school can not opt to use a...(Solved)
A school requires to transport 800 bags of cement from Athi river Portland to butere 500km away. The school can not opt to use a container freight charging shs 3000 for every 25km or pay shs 50 per bag using a lorry to Butere: Which option is cheaper and by how much.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Atieno started a business with a capital of shs. 12,000. Jane joined her after 4 months with a capital of shs. 10,000. Awinja joined them...(Solved)
Atieno started a business with a capital of shs. 12,000. Jane joined her after 4 months with a capital of shs. 10,000. Awinja joined them after 10 months with a capital of shs. 8,000. if they made a profit of shs. 16,500 at the end of 15 months; find the share of Jane if they shared all the profit in the ratio of their capital and time in business.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Below is a triangular Prism ABCDEF. A tight string stretches from F to D through R on BC.By drawing accurate net of the solid determine...(Solved)
Below is a triangular Prism ABCDEF. A tight string stretches from F to D through R on BC.By drawing accurate net of the solid determine the shortest possible length of the string.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- A metallic sphere is immersed in water in a cylindrical container. This causes a rise in the level of water by 7.5cm if the cylinder...(Solved)
A metallic sphere is immersed in water in a cylindrical container. This causes a rise in the level of water by 7.5cm if the cylinder has a base radius of 7cm. Find the radius of the sphere to 2 d.p
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Find the greatest integral value of x which satisfies.(Solved)
Find the greatest integral value of x which satisfies.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- A salesman gets commission of 2% on sales upto shs. 100,000. He gets additional commission of 1½ % on sales above this. He sold goods...(Solved)
A salesman gets commission of 2% on sales up to shs. 100,000. He gets additional commission of 1½ % on sales above this. He sold goods and allowed a discount of 2%. If he received a commission of Sh. 5792 calculate the sales made.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- A parallelogram ABCD has the coordinates A (3,-2) B (2,3) and C ( -4,-2). Using vector method find the co-ordinates of point D.(Solved)
A parallelogram ABCD has the coordinates A (3,-2) B (2,3) and C ( -4,-2). Using vector method find the co-ordinates of point D.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Solve for x in the following without using a calculator or mathematical tables.
9x( 27(x-1)) = tan 30o(Solved)
Solve for x in the following without using a calculator or mathematical tables.
9x( 27(x-1)) = tan 30o
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- An aircraft takes off from airport A ( 30oS, 45oE) at 11.30 am at a speed of 60 knots to another airport B ( 30oS,...(Solved)
An aircraft takes off from airport A ( 30oS, 45oE) at 11.30 am at a speed of 60 knots to another airport B ( 30oS, 30oE). Calculate the time the aircraft arrived at B.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Name and describe the processes illustrated in each image/picture below.(Solved)
Name and describe the processes illustrated in each image/picture below.
(i) 
(ii) 
(iii) 
(iv) 
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- How can the following clay defects be corrected?(Solved)
How can the following clay defects be corrected?
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Simplify completely:(Solved)
Simplify completely:
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Outline the process of decorating a fabric using the tie/dye and screen printing techniques.(Solved)
Outline the process of decorating a fabric using the tie/dye and screen printing techniques.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Explain how the following pictorial features have been portrayed.(Solved)
Explain how the following pictorial features have been portrayed.
a. Line
b. Rhythm
c. Emphasis
d. Depth
e. Mood
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Evaluate the following(Solved)
Evaluate the following
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Outline 5 factors to consider in sculpture placement.(Solved)
Outline 5 factors to consider in sculpture placement.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Describe elimination technique in block printing in graphic design.(Solved)
Describe elimination technique in block printing in graphic design.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Study the artwork below and answer the questions under the following subheadings:(Solved)
Study the artwork below and answer the questions under the following subheadings:
a. Format
b. Style
c. Technique used
d. Suggest a possible theme
e. Identify the subject matter.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Using ruler and a pair of compasses only:(Solved)
Using ruler and a pair of compasses only:
(a) Construct triangle ABC in which BC = 8cm and angle ABC = 1050 and angle BAC = 450.
(b) Drop a perpendicular from A to meet line BC at P. Determine the area of triangle ABC.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.
- Identify factors to consider in the selection of materials in the making of a pair of earrings.(Solved)
Identify factors to consider in the selection of materials in the making of a pair of earrings.
Date posted: August 19, 2019.