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(a) (i) Prove that the angle which an arc of a circle subtends at the centre is twice that which it subtends at any point on the remaining part of the circumference.

(ii) In the diagram above, O is the centre of the circle and PT is a diameter. If < PTQ = 22° and < TOR = 98°, calculate < QRS.

(b) ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral and the diagonals AC and BD intersect at H. If < DAC = 41° and < AHB = 70°, calculate < ABC.

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3967

(a) In an A.P, the difference between the 8th and 4th terms is 20 and the 8th term is \(1\frac{1}{2}\) times the 4th term. What is the:

(i) common difference ; (ii) first term of the sequence?

(b) The value of a machine depreciates each year by 5% of its value at the beginning of that year. If its value when new on 1st January 1980 was N10,250.00, what was its value in January 1989 when it was 9 years old? Give your answer correct to three significant figures.

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3968

(a) A pair of fair dice each numbered 1 to 6 is tossed. Find the probability of getting a sum of at least 9.

(b) If the probability that a civil servant owns a car is \(\frac{1}{6}\), find the probability that:

(i) two civil servants, A and B, selected at random each owns a car ; (ii) of two civil servants, C and D selected at random, only one owns a car ; (iii) of three civil servants, X, Y and Z, selected at random, only one owns a car.

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(a) Triangle PQR is right-angled at Q. PQ = 3a cm and QR = 4a cm. Determine PR in terms of a. 

(b) Ayo travels a distance of 24km from X on a bearing of 060° to Y. He then travels a distance of 18km to a point Z  and Z is 30km from X.

(i) Draw the diagram to show the positions of X, Y and Z ; (ii) What is the bearing of Z from Y ; (iii) Calculate the bearing of X from Z.

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(a) Derive the smallest equation whose coefficients are integers and which has roots of \(\frac{1}{2}\) and -7. 

(b) Three years ago, a father was four times as old as his daughter is now. The product of their present ages is 430. Calculate the ages of the father and daughter. 

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