May 2013 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

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1. a. i.

11
18

ii. 1.3524
b. The 450 ml carton is the better buy. This is because, with the 450 ml carton, the
customer pays $0.0114 per ml. This is less than the amount per ml a customer will pay
for the 350 ml cartonwith the 305 ml carton, the customer pays $0.012 per ml.
c. i. $768
ii. $6000
iii. $480

2. a. i. 2( + 2)( 2)
ii. (3x + 1)(x 2)
b. i. =

5160
9

or equivalent

ii. C = 45
c. i. a) 500 x
b) 5000 4x
ii. 223

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3. a. i.

U(30)
M(20)

4x

20 - x

ii. 4x + 22
iii. 8
b. i. BC = 6 cm
ii. ABC is similar to ADE because their corresponding angles are congruent.
iii. DE = 3.6 cm
4. a. NOTE: The measurements below are based on a facsimile of the original paper, so it is
possible that the measurements below will differ slightly from measurements drawn from the
original. As long as your measurements are close to the measurements below, they are likely
correct.
i. 4.8 cm
ii. 35
iii. 17.5 cm
iv. 11.5 cm
b. i.

1
2

ii. (1, 3)

1
1
iii. y x 3
2
2
2

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5. a. i. A = kR
ii. k = 12
iii.
A 36 60 196
R 3 5 16 1
3

b. i. fg(2) = 9
ii. f 1 3 4
6.

a. i. 15 m/s
ii. 300 m
b. i. A reflection across the line x = 7
ii.

0
iii. A reflection across the line x = 7, then a translation according to the vector
3

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7. a.
Amount
Spent ($)
1 10
11 20
21 30
31 40
41 50
51 - 60

Number of Cumulative
Students
Frequency
3
3
7
10
9
19
11
30
8
38
2
40

b. and c. [NOTE: the solutions to part c will depend on the way that the cumulative
frequency curve was drawn, so solutions that are reasonably close to the solutions shown below
are also acceptable.]
Students
40

30

c. ii. Probability a
student spends less
12
than $23
40

20

10

c. i. Median $32

10

20

30

40

50

60 Money Spent ($)

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9. a.

b. i. 3 x 2 4
2

ii.
y

ii. (a) y-intercept at (0, 8)

ii. (b) minimum at (2, - 4)

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10. a. i. EBF 55 because, since EBC is tangent to the circle at the point B, angle EBO is
90. Since EBF FBO EBO 90 , then EBF 90 35 55
ii. BOA 100 . We know that triangle BOA is an isosceles triangle because it has two
congruent sides (sides OB and OA are both radii of the same circle, hence sides
OB and OA are congruent). Therefore, the two base angles of triangle BOA are
congruent, so mOBA mOAB 40 . Since the sum of the three angles in
triangle BOA must be 180, BOA 180 40 40 100 .
iii. AFB 50 . The inscribed angle AFB and the central angle BOA both stand on the
1
1
chord, AB. Hence, AFB BOA (100) 50
2
2
iv. OAF 15 . For triangle AFB, we know that AFB 50 and that
FBA 40 35 75 . Therefore, FAB 180 50 75 55 . We can also see
that FAB OAF OAB . Since FAB 55 and OAB 40 ,
OAF 55 40 15

b.

i.

25 m

25 m
27

43.3 m

43.3 m

S
25
RF
25
0.5095
RF
25
RF
49.1 m
0.5095

ii. tan 27 =

iii. SR = 65.5 m
iv. 30
7

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11. a. i. a. = 2 + 2

b. =

ii. OB is parallel to PQ because OB can be expressed as a multiple of PQ

OB is twice the length of PQ because = 2

3 1
)
4 2

b. i. 1 = 2 (
ii.

1
2

3 1 2 1
)(
)
4 3
4 2

64
33
)
8 + 8 4 + 6

2 0
)
0 2

1 0
)
0 1

iii.

(
2

3 1 2 1
)(
)(
4 3
4 2

1 3
1 2 1
) = 2(
)(
)

4 2
4 1

1 64
3+1
) = 2(
)

8 + 8 4 2

1 2
4
) = 2(
)

0 6

1 2
)=(
)

0 3

(
(
(

r = 1, s = 2, t = 0, u = - 3