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The feet of two vertical poles of height 3m and 7m are in line with a point P on the ground, the smaller pole being between the taller pole and P and at a distance of 20m from P. The angle of elevation of the top (T) of the taller pole from the top (R) of the smaller pole is 30°. Calculate the :

(i) distance RT ; (ii) distance of the foot of the taller pole from P, correct to three significant figures ; (iii) angle of elevation of T from P, correct to one decimal place.

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(a) Find the volume of a right solid cone of base radius 4cm and perpendicular height 6cm. [\(\pi = 3.142\)]

(b) A hemispherical tank of diameter which is 10m is filled by water issuing from a pipe of radius 20cm at 2m per second. Calculate, correct to three significant figures, the time, in minutes, it takes to fill the tank.

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3953

The weights to the nearest kilogram, of a group of 50 students in a College of Technology are given below:

65, 70, 60, 46, 51, 55, 59, 63, 68, 53, 47, 53, 72, 53, 67, 62, 64, 70, 57, 56, 73, 56, 48, 51, 58, 63, 65, 62, 49, 64, 53, 59, 63, 50, 48, 72, 67, 56, 61, 64, 66, 52, 49, 62, 71, 58, 53, 69, 63, 59.

(a) Prepare a grouped fraquency table with class intervals 45 - 49, 50 - 54, 55 - 59 etc.

(b) Using an assumed mean of 62 or otherwise, calculate the mean and standard deviation of the grouped data, correct to one decimal place.

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(a) ABCD is a trapezium in which AB // DC, |AB| = 8cm, < ABC = 60°, |BC| = 5.5cm and |BD| = 8.3cm. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct:

(i) the trapezium ABCD ; (ii) a rectangle PQCD, where P, Q are two points AB;

(b) Measure |AB| and |QB|.

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3955

(a) If a number is chosen at random from the integers 5 to 25 inclusive, find the probability that the number is a multiple of 5 or 3.

(b) A bag contains 10 balls that differ only in colour; 4 are blue and 6 are red. Two balls are picked one after the other, with replacement. What is the probability that:

(i) both are red? (ii) both are the same colour?

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