THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF THE CARIBBEAN

Semester l □ □ Supplemental/Summer School □

Semester II

Examinations of December □ x /April/May □ /July □ 2020

College: Mel Nathan College □ College for Leadership & Theological Development □

Mode: On Campus □ x Take Home □ Off Campus □

Course Code and Title: (PIUC-122B) Pre IUC Mathematics 2

Date: Friday, May, 2020 Time: 9:00 – 12:00 PM

Duration: 3 Hours. Paper No:

Materials required:

Answer booklet: Normal □ Special □ Not required □

Calculator: Programmable □ Non Programmable □x
(where applicable)

Multiple Choice answer sheets: numerical □ alphabetical □ 1-20 □ 1-100 □

Auxiliary/Other material(s) – Please specify:

Candidates are permitted to bring the following items to their desks: Pencil or pen, Ruler, ID card, Exam card

Instructions to Candidates: This paper has 6 pages & 2 sections. You are
required to answer ALL questions from section A and FOUR questions from
section B.
Candidates are reminded that the examiners shall take into account the proper use of the English Language in
determining the mark for each response.

The International University of the Caribbean Course Code SEMESTER 1 2017/2018

DO NOT WRITE OR TYPE ON THE BACK OF THIS SHEET: USE ONE SIDE ONLY INSTRUCTIONS: Each page
must be signed by the First and Second Examiners, and where applicable the University and External Examiners.
Completed forms should be handed to the Deputy Registrar (Examinations). Where applicable, the EXTERNAL
EXAMINER is required to sign the question paper and return it with comments, if any, (on a separate sheet), to the
Deputy Registrar (Examinations).
 SECTION A
Answer all of the following questions by circling the correct response

1) The mean of 20 numbers is 8. If each 6) A bag contains 7 red sweets, 5 green

observation is increased by 2, what is the sweets and 8 blue sweets. One sweet is
new mean? taken out at random. What is the
A) 8 probability that the sweet is green?
B) 10 A)
C) 6
B)
D) 12
2) What is the size of an exterior angle of a C)
regular octagon? D)
A) 360
B) 450
C) 540 7) Give f  2 x  1 and g  2  3x find
D) 600 gf (1) .
3) What is the gradient of the line which
A) -1
1
parallel to the line y  x  8 ? B) -2
3 C) 3
A) -4 D) 4
B) -⅓
C) ⅓ 8) What is the median of the sample 5, 5,
D) 1 11, 9, 8, 5, 8
A) 5
B) 6
4) Which of the following points lies on the C) 8
line y   x  3 D) 9
A) (2, 3) 9) The triangle ABC below shows the angle
B) (1, 2) of elevation of the top of a tower BC
C) (0, -3) from A to B is 300. AB = 40m. The
D) (-2, -1) length of BC is
A) 40 tan 300
B) 40 sin 600 B
5) If f ( x)  2 x 2  3x  7 then f ( x) 
A) -49 C) 40 tan 600
B) -1 D) 40 sin 300
C) 9 40
D) 23 m

300
C
A
 2 x  1, x  3
10. Given f ( x)   3
 x  5, x  3
then f (1) 
A) 6
B) 4
C) 3
D) 1
 SECTION B
Answer any four (4) Questions

1. Advertising expenses are a significant component of the cost of goods sold. Listed below is a frequency
distribution showing a sample of the advertising expenditure for 60 manufacturing companies located in the
Southwest.

Advertising
Expenditure 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 - 54 55 – 64 65 - 74
($millions)

No.of
Companies 8 21 10 16 5

a. Copy and complete the table to show cumulative frequency (3 marks)

b. Draw the cumulative frequency graph for the data using a scale of 1 cm to
represent 5 units on the x-axis and 1 cm to represent 50 units on the y-axis (4 marks)
c. Use your graph to estimate
(i) the median advertising expenditure for the data
(ii) The probability that a boy picked at random weighs 65 kg or more (2+1 marks)

2. a) The line L passes through the points S(3, 6) and T(5, -2)
Determine
(i) the gradient of the line L
(ii) the equation of the line L
(iii) The coordinates of the midpoint of the line TS (3+3+2 marks)

b. Find the gradient and y-intercept of the equation 7 x  5 y  1 (2 marks)

3. Functions

a. The arrow diagram represents the relation f : x  x 2  kx ,

where x  {1, 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7}
x
x x 2  kx

2 8
3 15
5 35
4
 Calculate the value of
(i) k
(ii) f (7),
(iii) x when f ( x)  96 (2+2+2 marks)

b. Given that f(x) = and g ( x)  4 x  5 )

Determine the values of:
(i) fg (1)
(ii) f 1 (2) (2+2 marks)

4. a) The diagram not drawn to scale shows straight lines PQ and RS intersecting a pair of parallel lines TU
and VW
P
R

T U
x
1150

y
540
V W

Q S

Determine giving a reason for each of your answers, the value of

(i) x 2 marks
(ii) y 2 marks
b. When Andy is 15 m from the base of a coconut tree, he measures the angle of elevation to the top of
the tree to be 370.
(i) Draw a diagram to show the situation 2 marks
(ii) Calculate the height of the coconut tree. 4 marks

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5. (i) Use the functions f ( x)  2 x and f ( x)  x 2  x  2
to complete the table of values below:

x 2 1 0 1 2 3 4

f ( x)  2 x 1 16

f ( x)  x 2  x  2 2 10

(ii) Plot the graphs of f ( x)  2 x and

f ( x)  x 2  x  2 on the same graph paper.

(iii) Use your graphs to solve the equation 2 x  x 2  x  2 [3+5+2 marks]

END OF EXAMINATION PAPER

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Trigonometric Ratios
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