2019 HKDSE Mathematics Compulsory Part Examination

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1 9  h  6k   7 h  8
9h  54k  7 h  8
2h  8  54k
h  4  27 k
2
3 2 3 5x  4  2  7 x  6
 
7 x  6 5x  4  7 x  6  5 x  4 
x

 7 x  6  5 x  4 
3 Note that any interior angle of a rectangle is 90 (def. of rectangle).

242  13  r   17  3r   Pyth. Thm.

2 2

8r 2  128r  456  0
r 2  16r  57  0
 r  3 r  19   0
r  3 or 19  rej.
r  3
4a
4m 2  9   2m  3 2m  3

b

2m 2 n  7 mn  15n  n 2m 2  7 m  15 
 n  m  5  2m  3

c 4m 2  9  2m 2 n  7mn  15n   2m  3 2m  3  n  m  5  2m  3

  2m  3  2m  3  n  m  5  
   2m  3 mn  2m  5n  3
5a Let $P be the marked price of the wallet.
P 1  25%   690
P  920
Therefore, the marked price of the wallet is $920.
b Let $C be the cost of the wallet.
C 1  15%   690
C  600
Therefore, the cost of the wallet is $600.
6a 7 x  26
 2  3 x  1
4
7 x  26  24 x  8
17 x  34
x2
b 7 x  26
 2  3x  1 and 45  5 x  0
4
x2 and x 9
2 x9
Hence, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 satisfy the system.
As a result, 8 integers satisfy the system.
7 Let 13k and 6k be the original numbers of adults and children in the
playground respectively, where k is a positive constant.
13k  9 8

6k  24 7
91k  63  48k  192
43k  129
k 3
The original number of adults in the playground  13  3
 39
8a 2
b Let θ be the angle at centre of the sector representing the number of girls
owning 5 rings.
90    54  144  360  s at a pt.
  72
90 72 54 144
The mean of the distribution  7   5  3  2
360 360 360 360
4
c 90  72
The required probability 
360
9

20
9a Note that the two spheres are similar.
Let V cm3 be the volume of the larger sphere.
Since the radius of the larger sphere is equal to the diameter of the smaller
sphere, the radius of the larger sphere is twice of that of the smaller sphere.
3
1 V
Then, the volume of the smaller sphere is V   cm3  cm3 .
2 8

V
V  324
8
V  288
Therefore, the volume of the larger sphere is 288π cm3.
b Let r cm be the radius of the larger sphere.
4 3
 r  288
3
r 3  216
r6
2
6
The sum of the total surface areas of the two spheres  4  6   4  
2

2
 180 cm 2
10a
Let h  x   k1  k2 x , where k1 and k 2 are non-zero constants.

h  2   96
k1  k2  2   96
k1  2k2  96      1

h  5   72
k1  k2  5   72
k1  5k2  72       2 

 2   1 :
7k2  168
k2  24
Sub. k2  24 into (2),

k1  5  24   72
k1  48

Therefore, h  x   48  24 x .

b h  x   3x 2
48  24 x  3 x 2
x 2  8 x  16  0
 x  4
2
0
x4
11a
 
Let p  x    ax  b  2 x 2  9 x  14 , where a and b are constants with a  0 .

Since when p  x  is divided by  x  1 , the remainder is 50,

p 1  50
 a 1  b   2 1  9 1  14   50
2

 
a  b  2      1

Since when p  x  is divided by  x  2  , the remainder is 52 ,

p  2   52
 a  2   b   2  2   9  2   14   52
2

 
2a  b  13       2 

1   2  :
3a  15
a5
Sub. a  5 into (1),
5b  2
b  3

Therefore, the required quotient is  5 x  3 .

p  x  0
b

 5 x  3  2 x 2  9 x  14   0
3
x or 2 x 2  9 x  14  0
5

Consider the equation 2 x 2  9 x  14  0 .

  92  4  2 14 
 31
0
Therefore, the equation 2 x 2  9 x  14  0 has no real roots.
3
Since is rational, the equation p  x   0 has exactly one rational root.
5
12a Since the inter-quartile range of the distribution is 8 seconds,
72  72  60  c    60  c 
 8
2 2
c4
bi Since the mean of the distribution is 69 seconds,
 50  a   1243  80  b   69
20
ab  7
b 7a
Since the range of the distribution exceeds 34 seconds,
80  b    50  a   34
ba  4
7  a  a  4
3
a
2
a  0 a  1
Hence,  or  .
b  7 b  6
ii Since 50 seconds and 87 seconds have greater differences with the mean of
the distribution, which is 69 seconds, than 51 seconds and 86 seconds do, the
a  1
distribution is less dispersed when  . Hence, the standard deviation is
b  6
a  1
smaller when  .
b  6
Hence, the least possible standard deviation is 7.34 seconds (corr. to 3 sig.
fig.).
13a Since AOC is a straight line, AOC  180 .

reflex AOD  2AED   at centre twice  at   ce

AOC  COD  2 115 

180  COD  230
COD  50

COD  2CBD   at centre twice  at  

ce

50  2CBF
CBF  25

b ODB  CBF  alt. s, BC  OD 

 25
OB  OD radii 
OBD  ODB  base s, isos.  
OBD  25

OBD  ODB  BOD  180   sum of  

25  25   BOC  COD   180
BOC  50  130
BOC  80

80
The perimeter of the sector OBC  2 18    2 18
360
  8  36  cm
 61.13274123 cm
 60 cm
Therefore, the perimeter of sector is not less than 60 cm.
14ai Since BG  EC and CG  DB , BFCG is a parallelogram (def. of //gram).
BG  CF  property of  gram 
CBG  BCF  alt. s, BG  FC 
BC  CB  common side 
BCG  CBF S.A.S.
ii Since ABCD is a square, AD  BC (def. of sq.).
BCF  DEF  alt. s, BC  ED 
BFC  DFE  vert. opp. s 
CBF  EDF  alt. s, BC  ED 
BCF ~ DEF  A.A.A.
bi
BFC  BGC  property of  gram 
BFC  BCF
BF  BC  sides opp. eq. s 
BF  l

Note that CD  BC  l (property of sq.).

BC 2  CD 2  BD 2  Pyth. Thm.
l 2  l 2  BD 2
BD  2l
BF  DF  2l
l  DF  2l
DF   
2 1 l

ii BCF ~ DEF  from  a  ii  

BC BF
  corr. sides, ~s 
DE DF
l l

DE 
2 1 l 
DE   2  1 l
 Note that AD  l (def. of sq.).
AE  DE  AD
AE   
2 1 l  l


AE  2  2 l 
AE  2  
2 1 l

AE  2 DF
AE  DF
Therefore, I agree with the claim.
15 The required number  C511 21  C511
 200914
    5  18         1
16a

     13  63       2 
2

Sub. (1) into (2),

5  18   2  13  63
 2  18  81  0
  9 
2
0
 9
Sub.   9 into (1),
  5  9   18
 27
  9
Therefore,  .
   27
b The common difference  log 27  log 9
 log 3
n
 2 log 9   n  1 log 3  888
2
n  n  3 log 3  1776
n 2 log 3  3n log 3  1776  0

 3log 3  3log 3
2 2

3log 3  3log 3 
 4  log 3 1776   4  log 3  1776 
n or n 
2 log 3 2 log 3
n  62.52928981  rej. or n  59.52928981
n  59.52928981
Therefore, the least value of n required is 60.
17a Let I be the incentre of CDE .
Note that the distance of I from any side of CDE is r.
Since the sum of the areas of ICD , ICE and IDE is the area of
CDE ,
CD  r CE  r DE  r
  a
2 2 2
 CD  CE  DF  r  a
2
pr  2a
bi Γ is a line segment which lies on angle bisector of OHK with ending
points H and Q, where QK  HK .
ii 1
The area of OHK  14  0 12  0 
2
 84

 9  0   12  0 
2 2
OH 
 15

14  9    0  12 
2 2
HK 
 13
The perimeter of OHK  14  0   15  13
 42
Let R be the inradius of OHK .
42r  2  84  from  a  
r4
Hence, since OK lies on the x-axis, the y-coordinate of the incentre of
OHK is 4.

 x  k    y  4
2 2
Let  42 be the equation of the incircle of OHK ,

where k is the x-coordinate of the incentre of OHK .

Note that k  0 .
12  0
The slope of OH 
90
4

3
4
Hence, the equation of OH is y  x.
3
 4
Sub. y  x into the equation of the incircle of OHK ,
3
2

 x  k    x  4   42
2 4
3 
25 x  18k  96  x  9k 2  0
2

Since OH is a tangent to the incircle of OHK ,

0

 
  18k  96    4  25  9k 2  0
2

k 2  6k  16  0
 k  2  k  8  0
k  2  rej. or k 8
k 8

Let P   x, y  .

y  4 12  4

x 8 98
y  4  8 x  64
8 x  y  60  0
Therefore, Γ belongs to the line with equation 8 x  y  60  0 .
Let q be the x-coordinate of Q.
Since Γ belongs to the line with equation y  8 x  60 , we know that

Q   q,8q  60  .

The slope of PK  The slope of HK  1

8q  60  0 12  0
  1
q  14 9  14
50
q
7
50
Therefore, the equation of Γ is 8 x  y  60  0 , where  x9.
7
18ai AD BD

sin ABD sin BAD
13 12

sin 72 sin BAD
BAD  61.38986936
 corr. to 3 sig. fig.
BAD  61.4
ii ABD  ADB  BAD  180   sum of  
72  ADB  61.38986936  180
ADB  46.61013064
PD
cos PDB 
BD
PD
cos 46.61013064 
12
PD  8.243508386 cm
Since AC  AD  CD , ACD is an equilateral triangle.

Therefore, ADC  60  property of equil.   .

CP 2  CD 2  DP 2  2  CD  DP  cos PDC
CP 2  132  8.2435083862  2 138.243508386  cos 60
CP  11.39253359 cm
CP  11.4 cm  corr. to 3 sig. fig.
b
PC 2  PD 2  11.392533592  8.2435083862
 197.7452520 cm 2
 169 cm 2
 132 cm 2
 CD 2

Therefore, CPD is not a right angle  contrapositive of Pyth. Thm. .

Since BPD is a right angle and CPD is not a right angle, BPC is
not the angle between the face ABD and the face ACD.
19a
1
f  4   42   6k  2  4    9k  25  
1 k
1
 16  24k  8  9k  25 
1 k
1
  33k  33
1 k
33  k  1

k 1
 33

Therefore, the graph of y  f  x  passes through F.

bi g  x  f x  4
1   x 2   6k  2   x    9k  25    4

1 k  
1
  x 2   6k  2  x   9k  25    4
1 k
1 13k  29
  x 2   6k  2  x  
1 k 1 k
1  2    6k  2    13k  29    6k  2  
2 2
1
  x   6k  2  x       
1 k   2   1 k 1 k  2 

1 9k 2  19k  28
 x   3k  1  
2

1 k 1 k
1  k  1  9k  28
 x  3k  1 
2

1 k k 1
1
 x  3k  1  9k  28
2

1 k

Therefore, the coordinates of U are  3k  1, 9k  28 .

ii For the area of the circle passing through F, O and V being the least, since
OF is fixed, we know that OF is a diameter of the circle so

OVF  90   in semi-circle  .

The slope of OV  The slope of FV  1
9k  28  0 9k  28  33
  1
3k  1  0 3k  1  4
2 k 2  5k  3  0
 2k  1 k  3  0
1
k   rej. or 3
2
k 3
iii
For any positive constant k, the graph of y  f  x  passes through F.

Therefore, G can be obtained by reflecting F with respect to the y-axis and

then translating the resulting point upwards by 4 units.

As a result, G   4,33  4    4,37  .

When the area of the circle passing through F, O and V is the least, from
(b)(ii), k  3 and OF is a diameter of the circle.
37  0 37  33
The slope of OG  The slope of FG  
4  0 4  4
37

8
 1
Hence, OGF  90 so G does not lie on the circle with diameter OF

 contrapositive of  in semi-circle  , which is the circle passing through F, O

and V.
Consequently, F, G, O and V are not concyclic.