THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION PROGRAMME

FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS
FOR BUSINESS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
END OF YEAR EXAM 20122013

(September 2012 Intake)

Time Allowed
3 hours 10 minutes
(Including 10 minutes reading time)

____________________________________________________________
NOTE:
This exam constitutes 60% of the total marks for this subject.

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS

Answer ALL questions in Section A.

Answer any FOUR questions in Section B.

No answer must be written during the first 10 minutes.

The marks for each part of the question are indicated in square brackets [ ].

Write your Candidate Number clearly on the Answer Book provided.

Additional sheets will be provided on request.

Clearly write the number and parts of questions attempted at the start of each
answer.

No written material is allowed in the examination room.

No mobile phones are allowed in the examination room.

An approved calculator may be used in the examination.

State the units where necessary.

Full marks will ONLY be given for full and detailed answers.

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Formulae
Straight Line: y = mx + c, where m is the gradient and c is the y-intercept of the line
1

a b
1 d b

if ad bc 0
ad bc c a
c d

Inverse of a 22 Matrix:

b b 2 4ac
Quadratic Formula: If ax + bx + c = 0, where a 0, then x =
2a
2

Arithmetic Progression (AP): a is the first term, d is the common difference

General, nth, term: tn = a + (n 1)d
Partial sum: Sn =

n 2a n 1 d
2

Geometric Progression (GP): a is the first term, r is the common ratio

General, nth, term: tn = a rn 1
Partial sum: Sn =

a 1 r n
1 r

Sum to infinity: S =

a
, provided r < 1
1 r

Binomial Theorem: If n is a positive integer, then

(a + b)n =

k 0

k a

n k

n
bk = an + an 1b +
1

n n 2 2
a b ++
2

n n1
+ bn,

ab
n 1

n
n!
where nCk
k ! n k !
k

Logarithmic Functions:
logb x logb y logb ( xy) ,

x
logb x logb y logb ,
y

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a logb x logb x a

Probability and Set Theory

P(AB) = P(A) + P(B) P(AB)
P(AB) = P(A) P(BA)
= P(B) P(AB)

Probability Distributions
Binomial distribution
X ~ B(n, p):

n
Probability P(X = k) = pkqn k, where k = 0, 1, , n 1, n, q = 1 p,
k
n n
n!
= Ck =
k ! n k !
k
Normal distribution
X ~ N(, 2)
Z ~ N(0, 12)

Introduction to Statistics
Ungrouped Data
Mean

Grouped Data
n

xk

k 1

f
k 1

Standard Deviation

xk2
k 1

fk

k 1
n

x
k 1
n

f
k 1

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2
k k

x2

Correlation and Linear Regression

For a set of n points (xk, yk), i.e.
x

x1

x2

x3

xn

y1

y2

y3

yn

xk
k 1

yk
k 1

S xy

xk yk
k 1

xy ,

S xx

Pearsons Product Moment Correlation Coefficient

Regression line of y on x:

y y =

s xy
S xx

xk2
k 1

r=

x 2,

sxy
S xx S yy

S yy

y
k 1

2
k

y2

, where 1 r 1,

(x x )

Differentiation

d n
(x ) = nxn1
dx
d x
(e ) = ex
dx
1
d
(ln x) =
x
dx

d
(sin x) = cos x
dx
d
(cos x) = sin x
dx
1
d
(tan x) =
cos 2 x
dx

Chain Rule: If y is a function of u and u is a function of x, then

dy dy du

dx du dx

Product Rule: If y = uv, where u and v are functions of x, then

dy du
dv

v u
dx du
dx

du
dv
v u
dy dx
u
dx
Quotient Rule: If y = , where u and v are functions of x, then

2
v
dx
v
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Integration
n
x dx

x n 1
C , n 1
n 1

x dx ln x C
e dx e
x

sin xdx cos x C

cos xdx sin x C
Integration by Parts: If u and v are functions of x, then uvdx uv vudx
Area under a Curve:
If f(x) 0, then area bounded by the curve y = f(x), the x-axis and the lines x = a and x = b is given by
b

A=

ydx
a

Volume of Revolution:
If the area bounded by the curve y = f(x), the x-axis and the lines x = a and x = b is rotated through 360
about the x-axis, then the volume of the solid of revolution is given by
b

V = y 2 dx
a

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Section A
Answer ALL Questions in this Section. (Total = 40 marks)
Question A1
In a class of 35 students 14 can speak Italian, 23 can speak Spanish and 5 speak neither of
these languages. With the help of a Venn diagram find how many of the students speak
both Italian and Spanish.

[4]

Question A2
Find the median and interquartile range of the following set of data:
52, 25, 32, 69, 38, 34, 28, 42, 23, 49, 66, 57, 63, 44

[4]

Question A3
The table below shows the annual yield of wheat, w tonnes, and the annual rainfall, R cm,
from the year 2005 to 2012.
Year

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

w tonnes

75

67

64

72

81

68

63

87

R cm

85

72

89

77

75

92

81

86

Given that R = 657, w = 577, R2 = 54305, w2 = 42117, Rw = 47355,

calculate the correlation coefficient between the two sets of data.

[5]

Question A4
Solve the inequality x2 + 4 > 5x.

[4]

Question A5
Solve

x5
3

x7

= 2 for x.
[3]

Question A6
Solve the equation 53x + 1 = 73x 1 for x, giving your answer to 2 decimal places.

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[5]

Question A7
Differentiate with respect to x: y =

x3
cos 5 x 1

You do not have to simplify your answer.

[3]

Question A8
5

Using the substitution t = x 3x + 4 or otherwise, evaluate

x
2

2x 3
dx .
3x 4

[5]

Question A9

33 2 a

Let matrix A = b 1 3 be inverse of matrix A =

3 0 1

1 2 4

2 3 11 .
3 6 11

(a) Find the values of a and b.

[4]

(b) Hence or otherwise, solve for x, y, z the following set of simultaneous

equations:
x 2y + 4z = 1
2x 3y + 11z = 5
3x + 6y 11z = 3

[3]

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Section B
Answer any FOUR from SIX questions in this Section. (Total = 60 marks)

Question B1
(1) The probability of events A, B and C are P(A), P(B) and P(C) respectively.
(1a) If P(A) = 0.5, P(B) = 0.7 and A and B are independent,
find P(A B) and P(A B).

[3]

(1b) If P(C) = 0.3, A and C are mutually exclusive and P(B C) = 0.2,
draw a Venn diagram to illustrate these three sets, labelling all the
regions with their probabilities.

[4]

(2) Amy is going to buy a new DVD player. The probability that it is made in China is 0.5.
The probability that it is made in the USA is 0.3. Otherwise it is made in Germany.
The probability that it will fail within three years if it is made in China is 0.05,
if made in the USA is 0.08, and if it is made in Germany is 0.07
(2a) Draw a probability tree to illustrate the above situation.

[2]

(2b) What is the probability that the DVD player will fail during the first
three years?

[3]

(2c) Given that the DVD player does not fail during the first three years,
what is the probability that it was made in Germany?

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[3]

Question B2
A pizza delivery company records the number of miles travelled by each delivery man during a week.
The results are shown in the grouped frequency table below.
Number of Miles

Frequency

0 < m 200

200 < m 400

400 < m 600

10

600 < m 800

800 < m 1000

(a) Calculate the mean number of miles travelled.

[4]

(b) Find the standard deviation of the data.

[5]

(c) Copy and extend the table in an appropriate manner,

to draw the cumulative frequency curve.
(d) Using your graph in (c), estimate the median of the data.

[4]
[2]

Question B3
A curve has equation x2 y2 2xy 3x + 2 = 0.
(a) Show that the curve crosses the x-axis at the points A(1, 0) and B(2,0).
(b) Show that

dy 2 x 2 y 3

dx
2x 2 y

[2]

[5]

(c) Find the equations of the tangent at the points A

and the normal at the point B in (a).

[6]

(d) Find the y-intercepts of the two lines in (c).

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[2]

Question B4
A curve has equation y = x2ex.
(a) Find

d2y
dy
and
.
dx 2
dx

[5]

(b) Find the coordinates of the stationary points on the curve

and determine their nature.

[7]

(c) Find the equations of the tangents at the stationary points on the curve.

[3]

Question B5
Let f(x) = 1

1
.
x

(a) Sketch the curve y = f(x) for 1 x 3.

[3]

(b) Find the exact value of the area under the curve between x = 1 and x = 3.

[5]

(c) The area in (b) is rotated about the x-axis through the angle of 360.
Find the exact value of the volume of revolution of the solid formed.

[7]

Question B6
(1) Sketch the graph of y = 3sin(2x) + 1 for 0 x 2.
State the amplitude and the period of the function.

[5]

(2) Find the value of x such that f(g(x)) = g(f(x)), where

f(x) = x2 + 1 and g(x) = x + 2.

[4]

(3) The first term of an arithmetic progression is equal to 0 and the common
difference is 3. Given that the sum of the first n terms is165,
[6]

find the value of n.

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