Name

Class

Class No.

Question Marks
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4–5

ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE 6–7

S.4 Mathematics
8–9
Final Examination
Paper I 10
Question Book
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Date : 19th June, 2013 12

Time allowed: 1 hour and 30 mins
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This paper must be answered in English
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1. Write your Name, Class and Class
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Number in the spaces provided on this
cover. 16
2. Attempt ALL the questions.
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3. Unless otherwise specified, all working
steps must be clearly shown. 18
4. Unless otherwise specified, numerical
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answers should either be exact or correct
to 3 significant figures.
5. The diagrams in this paper are not
necessarily drawn to scale.
6. Calculators approved by HKEA may be Total Marks
used unless otherwise stated.
7. This paper contains 6 pages.
8. The full mark of this paper is 100.
Answer ALL questions and write your answers in the space provided.
1. Evaluate (5 + 7i)(3 – 4i). (3 marks)

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a2b4
2. Simplify (2a2b)-3 and express your answer in positive indices. (3 marks)

3. If f(x) = 3x2 – 2x + 5, find f(2) – f(–3). (3 marks)

4. If 162a = 32b and a and b are non-zero integers, then a : b = (3 marks)

a+x
5. If y = a – x , express x in terms of a and y. (3 marks)

6. If (Ax + 1)(x – A)(x + B) + A(x + 2) – 1≡3x3 – 11x2 + 8x + 8, find the values of A

and B. (4 marks)
7. If straight lines L1 : (k – 1)x + 3y + 54 = 0 and L2 : 3kx – 4y – 2 = 0 have no points

of intersection.
Find the
a) slope of L1 in terms of k.
b) slope of L2 in terms of k.
c) value of the constant k. (4 marks)

7. If the equation 5x2 – 6x + 3k = 0 has no real roots, find the range of possible

values of k. (4 marks)
 2x2 + xy 3x2 – 8xy – 3y2 4x2 + 4xy + y2
8. Simplify × ÷ . (4 marks)
x – 3y 3x2 + xy 2xy + y2

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9. Solve log81 x + log27 x = 6 . (5 marks)

10. Mrs. Wong pays $54 for a number of oranges. If the price of an orange is
reduced by $1, she can buy 14 more oranges by paying $10 more. What is the
original price of an orange? (6 marks)
12. In the figure, CD is a diameter of the circle. The tangent to the circle at point A
and DC is produced
to meet at B. If ∠EAD = a and ∠ABD = b, express a in terms of b.
(6 marks)
B

b C

O
A
a
E D
13. Joe deposits $6 000 in a bank at an interest rate of 8% p.a. compounded yearly.

He claims that he will receive an amount more than $10 000 after 7 years. Is the claim

correct? Explain your answer. (6 marks)

14. Ifαandβare the roots of 3x2 – 8x + 4 = 0, form a quadratic equation with roots

(α+ 2) and (β+ 2). (6 marks)

15. It is given that f(x) = (x + 2)(x – k) + k. When f(x) is divided by (x + k), the
remainder is – k.
a) Find the possible values of k.
b) If we choose the smaller value of k, find the constant term and the
coefficient of x of f(x).
c) If we choose the larger value of k, find all the roots of the equation f(x) = 0.
(Leave your answer in surd form if necessary.) (7 marks)
16. The equations of line segments AB, BC and CA of ∆ABC are 2x – y + 12 = 0, x
– 3y + 6 = 0 and x + 2y – 4 = 0 respectively. If AE and BC meet at D and the
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coordinates of E are ( – 3 , 0).

a) Find the coordinates of A and D.

b) Prove that ∠ADB = 90∘.
c) Hence, find the area of ∆ABC. (7 marks)
A y

C (0, 2)
D

x
B (–6, 0) E O
17. It is given that f(x) = px3 + 23x2 + qx – 4. If the remainder of f(x) ÷ (x + 1) is
18, and 2x – 1 is a factor of f(x).
a) Find the values of p and q.
b) Hence, factorize f(x).
(8 marks)

18. The figure shows two squares such that the sum of the sides of the two squares

is 18 cm. The side of one of the two squares is x cm.

a) Express the total area A cm2 of the two squares in terms of x.
b) If the total area is 212 cm2, find the possible value(s) of x.
c) Find the minimum total area of the two squares.
(8 marks)

x cm

18 cm
19. In the figure, AC is a diameter and O is the centre of the circle.
a) If AB//DO, show that ∠BAC = 2∠OCD.
b) Hence, deduce that DO is the angle bisector of ∠BDC.
c) It is given that AD = 12 cm, CD = 16 cm and AB = 15 cm.
If AC and BD meet at K, find the length of OK.
(10 marks)

A D

B O

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