Mini DSE (Set 5)  Paper 2

1. A
3a  3b  2a 2  3ab  b 2
 3(a  b)  (2a 2  3ab  b 2 )
 3(a  b)  (a  b)(2a  b)
 (a  b)(3  2a  b)

2. B
1009
1
   (2)
2019

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 
 (22 )1009  (1) 2019  22019
 221009 2019
 2

3. B
3a  4b  6  a  2b
3a  4b  6 (1)

a  2b  6 (2)
(1)  (2) × 3, we have:
10b  12
6
b
5

4. A
By substituting x  3 , we have:
m[3(3)  (3) 2 ]  n[2(3) 2  3]  13(3) 2  4(3)
21n  105
n  5

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5. D
3 1 3(2 x  1)  ( x  3)
 
x  3 2x 1 ( x  3)(2 x  1)
6x  3  x  3

( x  3)(2 x  1)
7x

( x  3)(2 x  1)

6. C
bc 1  1

a  d (2)  (3)
1

3

7. B
2( x  2)  5  3
2 x  4  5  3
 2 x  6
x3
Therefore, we have x  3 or x  7 .
Thus, the solutions of the compound inequality are all real numbers.
∴ The least positive integer is 1.

8. D
∵ f ( x) is divisible by x  1 .
∴ f (1)  0
(1) 2019  3(1)  2k  0
1  3  2 k  0
2k  4
k 2
f (1)  1  3(1)  2(2)  8
2019

∴ The remainder when f ( x) is divided by x  1 is 8.

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9. D
2 x 2  16 x  k  1
2 x 2  16 x  k  1  0
0
162  4(2)(k  1)  0
256  8(k  1)
k  1  32
k  33

10. B
Let b and h be the original base and height of the parallelogram respectively.
(1  25%)b  (1  x%) h  (1  12.5%)bh
(1.25)(1  x%)  (0.875)
(1  x%)  0.7
x%  0.3
x  30

11. A
8 6

7a 5b
42a  40b
21a  20b
∴ a : b  20 : 21
6 4

5b 3c
20b  18c
10b  9c
∴ b : c  9 :10
∴ abc

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12. C
Let y  ax  bx 2 , where a and b are non-zero constants.
By substituting x  1 , y  7 , we have
7  a(1)  b(1)2
ab  7 (1)
By substituting x  3 , y  27 , we have
27  a(3)  b(3) 2
3a  9b  27 (2)
(1) × 3 + (2):
12b  48
b4
By substituting b  4 into (1), we have
a47
a3
∴ y  3x  4 x 2
When x  2 ,
y  3(2)  4(2)2
 10

13. C
For I:
The quadratic graph opens downwards.
∴ m0
∴ I is true.
For II:
The y-intercept of the graph is negative.
∴ n0
∴ II is not true.
For III:
The graph has no x-intercept.
∴ 0
42  4mn  0
4mn  16
mn  4
∴ III is true.
∴ The answer is C.

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14. B
Let h cm be the decrease in water level.
2
8 4
   h   (3)3
2 3
16h  36
h  2.25
∴ The decrease in water level is 2.25 cm.

15. B
In △ADE,
∵ AD  DE (given)
∴ EAD  AED (base s, isos. △)
ADC  EAD  AED (ext.  of △)
70  AED  2
AED  35
In △ACE,
∵ AC  AE (given)
∴ ACE  AEC  35 (base s, isos. △)
BAC  ACE (alt. , AB // DC)
 35

16. B
Consider △BDE and △BAF.
△BDE ~ △BAF (AAA)
Let the area of △BDE be x cm 2 .
2
 3  x
  
 35  x  110
9 x

64 x  110
9 x  990  64 x
x  18
Consider △ABF and △ACF.
Area of △ ACF CF

Area of △ ABF BF
Area of △ ACF 9

(18  110) cm 2
35
Area of △ ACF  144 cm 2

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17. A
With the notations in the figure,
C 2 D

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1
A B 11

G H
O 2
2
E 3 F
In △AOH,
AO 2  OH 2  AH 2 (Pyth. theorem)
(11  3  2) 2  (1  2  3  2) 2  AH 2
AH  62  82
 10

18. C
In △ACE,
∵ AC  CE (given)
∴ CAE  CEA  20 (base s, isos. △)
ACB  CAE  CEA (ext.  of △)
 20  20
 40
AOB  2ACB (∠ at centre twice ∠ at ⊙ce)
 2(40)
 80
In △BOE,
AOB  OBE  OEB (ext.  of △)
80  OBC  20
OBC  60

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19. C
With the notations in the figure.
y

C(1, 6) B(7, 6)

A(8, 1)
x
O
BC  7  (1)  8
Perpendicular distance from A to BC
 6 1
5
Area of △ABC
8 5

2
 20

20. B
Let M be the mid-point of BD.
 8  3 8  1 
M  , 
 2 2 
 5 9
  , 
 2 2
Let (s, t) be the coordinates of A.
M is also the mid-point of AC. (diags. of // gram)
So, we have:
5 s0 9 t  ( 3)
  and 
2 2 2 2
s  5 t  12
∴ The coordinates of A are (5, 12).

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21. A
The coordinates of B  ( 3, 6)
Let the y-coordinate of C be t.
6t
1
2
t  4
∴ The y-coordinate of C is 4.

22. B
The probability that the product of the two numbers on the balls drawn is odd
4 3
 
7 6
2

7
The expected gain

2  2
 ($14)  1   ($7)
7  7
 $9

23. A
The original standard deviation
 0.9297
The new standard deviation
 1.0598
The change in the standard deviation
 1.0598  0.9297
 0.13 (cor. to 2 d.p.)
∴ The standard deviation of the numbers of elective subjects studied by the group of
students is increased by 0.13.

24. B
The distribution is more condensed at both ends. So, the two whiskers at both ends of the
box-and-whisker diagrams will be shorter.