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2022 WAEC Mathematics Theory (a) The probability that an athlete will not win any of three races is 1/4.If...

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WAEC 2022

(a) The probability that an athlete will not win any of three races is 1/4.If the athlete runs in all the races, what is the probability that the athlete will win;

(i) only the second race; (ii) all the three races; (ii) only two of the races?

(b) A cone with perpendicular height 24cm has a volume of 1200cm\(^3\). Find the volume of a cone with same base radius and height 84cm. [Take pi = \(\frac{22}{7}\)]

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Explanation

9(a)(i)

p = \(\frac{1}{4}\),

p = 1 - \(\frac{1}{4}\)

p = \(\frac{3}{4}\)

= \(\frac{3}{64}\)

= 0.04687 ≈ 0.05

(ii) p(winning all) = \(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\)

= \(\frac{27}{64}\) = 0.422

(iii) p(winning two)

= (\(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{1}{4}\)) + (\(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{1}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\)) + (\(\frac{1}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\))

= \(\frac{9}{64}\) + \(\frac{9}{64}\) + \(\frac{9}{64}\)

= \(\frac{27}{64}\) = 0.4218

= 0.42

(b) Volume of a cone = 1/3πr\(^2\)h

 1200 = \(\frac{1}{3}\) * \(\frac{22}{7}\) * r\(^2\) * 24

r\(^2\) = \(\frac{1200 * 3 * 7}{22 * 24}\)

r\(^2\) = \(\frac{25200}{528}\)

r\(^2\) = 47.727

r = \(\sqrt 47.727\)

r =  6.9085cm

Volume of a cone with same radius and height 84cm:

v =  \(\frac{1}{3}\) *  \(\frac{22}{7}\) * (6.9085)\(^2\) * 84

= \(\frac{1}{3}\) *  \(\frac{22}{7}\) * 47.727 * 84

volume = 4200cm\(^3\)


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