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Question 1131

jamb 1979

The area under the speed time graph given the total distance covered by car. What is the average velocity to two places of decimals?

A17.72 meter/sec.

B21.67 meters/sec

C2.5 meter/sec.

D20.45 meters/sec.

E13.33 meter/sec.

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Question 1132

jamb 1979

Find x in the diagram below.

A3\(\sqrt{3}\)

B\(\frac{3(\sqrt{3} - 1)}{\sqrt{3} + 1}\)

C\(\frac{(\sqrt{3} - 1)}{\sqrt{3} + 1}\)

D\(\frac{3 - 1}{\sqrt{3} + 1}\)

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Question 1133

jamb 1979

PQ is parallel to RS. Calculate the value of x.

A20^o

B40^o

C60^o

D80^o

E100^o

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Question 1134

jamb 1979

In the parallelogram PQRS, PE is perpendicular to QR. Find the area of the parallelogram.

A60cm²

B65cm²

C72cm²

D132cm²

E156cm²

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Question 1135

jamb 1979

(Numbers indicate the lengths of the sides of the triangles) If the area of \(\bigtriangleup\) PQR is k2sq. units what is the area of the shades portion?

A\(\frac{5}{9}\)k² sq. units

B\(\frac{1}{3}\)k² sq. units

C\(\frac{8}{9}\)k² sq. units

D\(\frac{7}{9}\)k² sq. units

E\(\frac{2}{3}\)k² sq. u

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Question 1136

jamb 1979

In the figure, PQ is parallel to SQ; QS bisects < PSQ, < PQS is 65º, and < RPS is 20º. What is the size of < PRS?

A45^o

B35^o

C40^o

D30^o

E42^o

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Question 1137

jamb 1979

In the figure, PQ and QR are chords of the circle PQR. QRS is a straight line and PR is equal to RS, < PSR is 20o. What is the size of

A70^o

B90^o

C80^o

D40^o

E60^o

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Question 1138

jamb 1979

If O is the centre of the circle, < POS equls

A70^o

B75^o

C105^o

D140^o

E150^o

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Question 1139

jamb 1979

In this figure, PQRS is a parallelogram, PS = PT and < PST = 55\(^o\). The size of

A125^o

B120^o

C115^o

D110^o

E10^o

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Question 1140

jamb 1979

In the figure, \(\bigtriangleup\) ABC are in adjacent planes. AB = AC = 5cm, BC = 6cm and

A3\(\sqrt{2}\)

B2\(\sqrt{3}\)

C\(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\)

D\(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\)

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Question 1141

jamb 1979

A man is standing in the corridor of a 10-storey building and looking down at a tall tree in front of the building. He sees the top of the tree at angle of depression of 30^o. If the tree is 200m tall and the man's eyes are 300m above the ground, calculate the angle of depression of the foot tree as seen by the man

A30^o

B60^o

C45^o

D25^o

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Question 1142

jamb 1979

If \(\sqrt{3^{\frac{1}{x}}}\) = \(\sqrt{9}\) then the value of x is:

A\(\frac{3}{4}\)

B\(\frac{4}{3}\)

C\(\frac{1}{3}\)

D\(\frac{2}{3}\)

E\(\frac{1}{2}\)

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Question 1143

jamb 1979

A father is now three times as old as his son. Twelve years ago he was six times as old as his son. How old are the son and the father?

A20 and 45

B100 and 150

C45 and 65

D35 and 75

E20 and 60

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Question 1144

jamb 1979

If y = x\(^2\) - 2x - 3, find the least value of y and the corresponding value of x

Ax = 3, y = 3

Bx = 1, y = -3

Cx = 4, y = 1

Dx = 1, y = -4

Ex = 2, y = -3

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Question 1145

jamb 1979

The following table relates the number of objects f corresponding to a certain size x. What is the average size of an object?
\(\begin{array}{c|c} f & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\ \hline x & 1 & 2 & 4 & 8 & 16\end{array}\)

A\(\frac{31}{15}\)

B\(\frac{31}{5}\)

C\(\frac{129}{5}\)

D\(\frac{43}{5}\)

E\(\frac{16}{5}\)

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Question 1146

jamb 1979

The size of a quantity first doubles and then increases by a further 16%. After a short time its size decreases by 16%. What is the net increases in size of the quantity?

A\(\frac{59300}{625}\)

B\(\frac{50900}{625}\)

C200%

D+100%

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Question 1147

jamb 1979

What is log\(_7{(49^a)}\) - log\(_{10}^{(0.01)}\)?

A\(\frac{49^a}{100}\)

B\(\frac{a}{2}\) + 2

C7^2a + 2

D2a + 2

E\(\frac{2a}{2}\)

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Question 1148

jamb 1979

What is the greatest straight line distance between two vertices (corners) of a cube whose sides are 2239cm long?

A\(\sqrt{2239cm}\)

B\(\sqrt{2}\) x 2239cm

C\(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\) 2239cm

D\(\sqrt{3}\) x 2239cm

E4478cm

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Question 1149

jamb 1979

An arc of circle of radius 2cm subtends an angle of 60º at the centre. Find the area of the sector

A\(\frac{2 \pi}{3}\)cm²

B\(\frac{\pi}{2}\)cm²

C\(\frac{\pi}{3}\)cm²

D\(\pi\)cm²

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Question 1150

jamb 1979

A cylinder of height h and radius r is open at one end. Its surface area is

A2\(\pi\)rh

B\(\pi\)r²h

C2\(\pi\)rh + \(\pi\)r²

D2\(\pi\)rh + 2\(\pi\)r²

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