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Question 1 (**)
A water tank has a square base of length 48 cm and height 35 cm .

It is filled with water to a height of 25 cm .

When a solid sphere is placed in the tank the water level rises by π cm .

Assuming the sphere is fully submerged determine the radius of the sphere.

r = 12 cm

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Question 2 (**+)

M
N

A B C

The figure above shows two circles, with centres at M and N , with respective radii
7 cm and 3 cm touch each other. The points M , N and C lie in a straight line and
the straight line ABC is a common tangent to the circles.

Determine the length of MC .

MC = 35
2

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Question 3 (***+)
A circular cylinder and a sphere both have radius r cm .

The total surface area of the cylinder is twice as large as the surface area of the sphere.

Determine the ratio of the volume of the cylinder to the volume of the sphere.

9:4

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Question 4 (****)

D C
Q

A B

The figure above shows a circle with centre at O , inscribed in a square ABCD . The
diagonal AC meets the circle at the points P and Q .

a) Show clearly that
PDQ = arccos 1 .

b) Given that the triangle PDQ is of unit area, determine the exact area of the
triangle APD .

area = 1
2 ( )
2 −1

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Question 5 (*****)
The following information is given.

• The straight line l1 is a tangent to a circle at the point T and the point C is
another point on l1 .

• The straight line l2 passes through C , intersecting the circle at two distinct
points A and B .

• The straight line l3 is the angle bisector of
TCA .

Given further that l3 intersects TA and TB at the points P and Q respectively, prove
that the triangle TPQ is isosceles.

SPX-M , proof

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Question 6 (*****)

A B

G C
O

r
F D

The figure above shows a Reuleaux heptagon, ABCDEFG , constructed as follows.

Firstly a regular heptagon ABCDEFG with centre at O and radius r is constructed.

A circular arc 
AB is drawn with centre at E and radius EA . A second circular arc
 is drawn with centre at F and radius FB .
BC

 is drawn with centre at G and radius GC and the process is

Show that the area of this Reuleaux heptagon is

 π   π 
r 2  2π cos 2   − sin    .
  14   7 

SP-J , proof

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Question 7 (*****)

The figure above shows the cross sectional view of a solid sphere that just fits inside
a right circular conical shell of radius 6 cm and height h cm .

If the sphere occupies 3 of the volume of the conical shell determine the two possible
8
values of h .

h = 8, 24 3

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Question 8 (*****)

2a

α
A a θ C

The figure above shows a triangle ABC , where AB = a and AC = 2a .

The angle BAC is α , where tan α = 3 .

The side BC is extended to the point D so that the angle ACD is denoted by θ .

Show clearly that θ = arctan 2 .

SP-E , proof

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Question 9 (*****)

2 x tan x = 1 , x ≠ 1 nπ , n ∈ 
2

a) Show that the above equation has a solution in the interval ( 0.6,0.7 ) .

b) Use the Newton Raphson method to find the solution of this equation, correct
to 5 decimal places.

The figure below shows a circle, centre at O . The points A , B and C lie on the
circumference of this circle. A circular sector ABC , subtending an angle of 2θ at C ,
is inscribed in this circle.
A

O
B
2θ
C

c) Determine the greatest proportion of the area of the circle, which can be
covered by this sector.

You may give the answer as a percentage, correct to two decimal places

SYN-O , x ≈ 0.65327 , ≈ 52.45

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