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ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
MATHEMATICS 4008/2
PAPER 2
June 2012 SESSION 2 hours 30 minutes
Additional materials
“Answer paper
‘Geometrical insteuments
Graph paper (3 sheets)
Mathematical tables
Plain paper (1 sheet)
TIME 2 hours 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the
answer paper/answer booklet.
Answer all questions in Section A and any three questions from Section B.
Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided
If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.
Electronic calculators must not be used.
All working must be clearly shown. It should be done on the same sheet as the rest of the
answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
I the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question and if the answer is not exact, the
answer should be given to three significant figures. Answers in degrees should be given
to one decimal place.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
The number of marks is given in brackets [] at the end of each question or part,
question. Mathematical tables may be used to evaluate explicit numerical expressions.
‘This question paper consists of 11 printed pages and 1 blank pages.
Copyright: Zimbabwe Schoo! Examinations Council 12012.
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Section A [64 marks]
Answer all the questions in this section,
Express as a single fraction in its simplest form
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Find the numerical value of d(n~d°) when n=4and d=
By selling an article for S11, 40, a shop owner made a loss of 5%
Calculate the cost price of the article
Factorise completely
(2k 7k-15,
(il) 2am? = 2an? ~ bm? + bn?
Mary has $(3x-4y) and Diana has $(2y - x).
(Write down in terms of x and y, the simplified expression for
the amount of money that Mary has more than Diana,
(i) Given that Mary has $12 and Diana has $8, find the value of x
and the value of y
Given that T= e +20,
(i) make v the subject of the formula,
(i) find v when
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In the diagram, AM =7 cm and MC =8 cm. If the area ofA AMC =25 cm’,
calculate ANIC. (31
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(©) Itis given thatP = (3 3) and Q= ie eh
Find (i) the inverse of Q,
(i) the matrix R such that P +R =Q. [4]
4 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of plain paper.
Use ruler and pair of compasses only for all constructions and show clearly
all the construction lines and ares.
(a) Ona single diagram, construct
(i) trapezium ABCD in which AB = 8,5 cm, ABC = 120°,
BC = 6 em, CD = 12 cm and AB is parallel to DC,
(ii) the locus of points which are equidistant from C and D,
(iii) the circle of which CD is the diameter, M7
(b) Measure and write down CBD. fl
(©) CD satisfies a certain focus. Describe this locus fully. 21
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In the diagram, K is 5 km due east of M, D is 8 km due south of K and
Cis 10 km due east of D.
Calculate
(the length of straight line MC,
(ii) the bearing of C from M correct to the nearest degree. 1s]
In the diagram, P,Q, R and S are points on the circle centre O.
AT isa tangent to the circle at P and QO is parallel to RS.
Given that PRQ = 32°, calculate
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(ii) QPS,
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(a) Find the equation of a straight line which passes through P(3; ~ 4)
and Q(-1; 2) Q)
(b) Solve the equation
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In the diagram, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral in which AC and BD
intersect at P. AP=3 cm, PC =4.em and BP = 6m
(i) Name in correct order, the triangle that is similar to triangle
APD.
(ii) Find the ratio of S22 APD.
area of ACPD
(iii) Given that the area of ACPD = 8 em?, calculate the area of
the quadrilateral ABCD (51
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Section B [36 marks]
Answer any three questions in this section
In the diagram, the points H, G and D are in a straight line on level ground.
DE is a tree 6 m high and the angle of elevation of E from G is 52°. The angle
of depression of E from the top of a tower HF. is 24°
Given that EF = 9 m, calculate
(a) GEF, (21
tb) the length of
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(c) the angle of depression of G from F. 14)
Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 2 units on both axes, draw the x and y axes
for -6s x 510 and-l0sys8.
(a) Triangle A has vertices at (3; 1), (1: 2) and (2; 4). Draw and label
clearly the triangle. i}
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rotation of 90° about (-2; 2)
Draw and label clearly the triangle B. (21
(©) Asingle transformation P maps triangle A onto triangle C with
vertices at (9; 1), (3; 2) and (6; 4).
(i) Draw and label clearly triangle C.
(ii) Find and write down, the matrix which represents the
transformation P.
(iii) Describe fully the single transformation P. 16}
(2) Triangte 4 is mapped onto triangle D by an enlargement of scale
factor -2 with the origin as the centre
Draw and label clearly triangle D. 31
(a) The resistance, R newtons, to a train travelling at v km/h, is given by
the formula R= c+ dv? where ¢ and d are constants.
Given that R=
when » = 20 and that R = 10 when v = 40,
find
(i) the value of c and the value of ¢,
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In the diagram, OAB is a triangle in which H and K are points on OA
and BA respectively such that the ratio OH : HA = 1 : 2 and the ratio
BK: KA= 1:2, OA= 3a and OB = 3b.
Express in terms of a and! or b
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2 BA,
3 BK,
4 KA,
5. BK.
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ii) Write down the ratio —~. 7
(ii) Write down the ratio SF a
10 (a) _ Solve the equation 3g? -Sq-5=0 giving your answers correct to two
decimal places. 5]
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In the diagram, ABCDE is a composite solid which is made up of a
cylinder and a cone with a common radius r metres. AE =4, 81 m
and DE = 2.2m,
Calculate
(the common radius of the solid,
(ii) the surface area of the solid excluding the shaded base,
(iii) the volsime of the solid.
[Curved surface area of a cone = 2rl,volume of a cone = 7)
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11 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
Below is an incomplete table of values for y = x° - Sx +3.
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(a) Find the value of m and the value of 7. 2)
(b) Using scale of 2 em to represent I unit on the x-axis and 2 em to
represent 5 units on the y-axis, draw the graph of y= x? ~Sx+3, (4)
(©) On the same axis, draw the line y = +3. w
(d) Write down the roots of the equation x°-5x+3=x43 13]
(&) Use your graph to estimate the gradient of the curve y =x? - Sx +3
at the point where x =-2 2]
12 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
The table below shows the heights, h of 100 grade seven pupils correct to the
nearest centimetre
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