Test your knowledge of advanced level mathematics with this aptitude test. This test comprises Further Maths questions and answers from past JAMB and WAEC examinations.
Given that \(r = 3i + 4j\) and \(t = -5i + 12j\), find the acute angle between them.
14.3°
55.9°
59.5°
75.6°
Correct answer is C
\(\overrightarrow{r} . \overrightarrow{t} = |\overrightarrow{r}||\overrightarrow{t}|\cos \theta\)
\(\overrightarrow{r} . \overrightarrow{t} = (3i + 4j) . (-5i + 12j) = -15 + 48 = 33\)
\(|\overrightarrow{r}| = \sqrt{3^{2} + 4^{2}} = \sqrt{25} = 5\)
\(|\overrightarrow{t}| = \sqrt{(-5)^{2} + 12^{2}| = \sqrt{169} = 13\)
\(\cos \theta = \frac{\overrightarrow{r} . \overrightarrow{t}}{|\overrightarrow{r}||\overrightarrow{t}|}\)
\(\cos \theta = \frac{33}{5 \times 13} = \frac{33}{65}\)
\(\theta = \cos^{-1} {\frac{33}{65}} \approxeq 59.5°\)
0.21
0.22
0.30
0.70
Correct answer is B
The probability of picking a black ball = \(\frac{6}{6 + 14} = \frac{6}{20}\)
Probability of a white ball without replacement = \(\frac{14}{19}\)
Probability of a black ball and then white without replacement = \(\frac{6}{20} \times \frac{14}{19} = \frac{21}{95} = 0.22\)
A fair coin is tossed 3 times. Find the probability of obtaining exactly 2 heads.
\(\frac{1}{8}\)
\(\frac{3}{8}\)
\(\frac{5}{8}\)
\(\frac{7}{8}\)
Correct answer is B
Let the probability of getting a head = p = \(\frac{1}{2}\) and that of tail = q = \(\frac{1}{2}\)
\((p + q)^{3} = p^{3} + 3p^{2}q + 3pq^{2} + q^{3}\)
In the equation above, \(p^{3}\) and \(q^{3}\) are the probabilities of 3 heads and 3 tails respectively
while, \(p^{2}q\) and \(pq^{2}\) are the probabilities of 2 heads and one tail and 2 tails and one head respectively.
Probability of exactly 2 heads = \(3p^{2}q = 3(\frac{1}{2})^{2}(\frac{1}{2})\)
= \(\frac{3}{8}\)
Find the variance of 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.
2
3
\(\sqrt{2}\)
13
Correct answer is A
\(Variance (\sigma^{2}) = \frac{\sum (x - \mu)^2}{n}\)
The mean \((\mu)\) of the data = \(\frac{11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15}{5} = \frac{65}{5} = 13\)
\(x\) | \((x - \mu)\) | \((x - \mu)^{2}\) |
11 | -2 | 4 |
12 | -1 | 1 |
13 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 1 | 1 |
15 | 2 | 4 |
Total | 10 |
\(\sigma^{2} = \frac{10}{5} = 2\)
0.121
0.733
0.879
0.979
Correct answer is C
The Spearman's correlation coefficient \(\rho\) is given as:
\(\rho = 1 - \frac{6\sum d^{2}}{n(n^{2} - 1)}\)
= \(\rho = 1 - \frac{6 \times 20}{10(10^{2} - 1)}\)
= \(1 - \frac{120}{990} = \frac{870}{990}\)
= \(0.879\)