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Question 341
jamb 2013

A chord of a circle subtends an angle of 120° at the centre of a circle of diameter \(4\sqrt{3} cm\). Calculate the area of the major sector.

A32\(\pi\) cm\(^2\)
B4\(\pi\) cm\(^2\)
C8\(\pi\) cm\(^2\)
D16\(\pi\) cm\(^2\)
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Question 342
jamb 2013

Find the length of a chord which subtends an angle of 90° at the centre of a circle whose radius is 8 cm.

A\(8\sqrt{3}\) cm
B4 cm
C8 cm
D\(8\sqrt{2}\) cm
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Question 343
jamb 2013

A square tile has side 30 cm. How many of these tiles will cover a rectangular floor of length 7.2m and width 4.2m?

A720
B336
C420
D576
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Question 344
jamb 2013

If the angles of a quadrilateral are (3y + 10)°, (2y + 30)°, (y + 20)° and 4y°. Find the value of y.

A66°
B12°
C30°
D42°
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Question 345
jamb 2013

The pie chart above shows the statistical distribution of 80 students in five subjects in an examination. Calculate how many student offer Mathematics.

A30
B11
C50
D20
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Question 346
jamb 2013

The bar chart above shows the allotment of time(in minutes) per week for selected subjects in a certain school. What is the total time allocated to the six subjects per week?

A460mins
B720mins
C960mins
D200mins
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Question 347
jamb 2013

The value x in the figure given is

A110o
B100o
C70o
D130o
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Question 348
jamb 2013
In the diagram given, find the value of x.
A30o
B40o
C45o
D15o
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Question 349
jamb 2013

The graph above is correctly represented by

Ay = x2 - x - 2
By = x2 - 3x + 2
Cy = x2 - x - 1
Dy = x2 + x - 2
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Question 350
jamb 2013

A basket contains 9 apples, 8 bananas and 7 oranges. A fruit is picked from the basket, find the probability that it is neither an apple nor an orange.

A\(\frac{3}{8}\)
B\(\frac{1}{3}\)
C\(\frac{7}{24}\)
D\(\frac{2}{3}\)
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Question 351
jamb 2013
What is the probability that an integer x \((1 \leq x \leq 25)\) chosen at random is divisible by both 2 and 3?
A\(\frac{1}{25}\)
B\(\frac{1}{5}\)
C\(\frac{4}{25}\)
D\(\frac{3}{4}\)
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Question 352
jamb 2013
In how many ways can 3 seats be occupied if 5 people are willing to sit?
A60
B20
C5
D120
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Question 353
jamb 2013
In how many ways can a student select 2 subjects from 5 subjects?
A\(\frac{5!}{3!}\)
B\(\frac{5!}{2!2!}\)
C\(\frac{5!}{2!3!}\)
D\(\frac{5!}{2!}\)
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Question 354
jamb 2013
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Score & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 10 \\ \hline Frequency & 1 & 0 & 7 & 5 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 1 \end{array}\)
The table above shows the scores of 20 students in further mathematics test. What is the range of the distribution?
A7
B6
C3
D10
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Question 355
jamb 2013
If the variance of 3+x, 6, 4, x and 7-x is 4 and the mean is 5, find the standard deviation
A\(\sqrt{3}\)
B2
C3
D\(\sqrt{2}\)
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Question 356
jamb 2013
Age 20 25 30 35 40 45
No of people 3 5 1 1 2 3

Calculate the median age of the frequency distribution in the table above

A25
B30
C35
D20
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Question 357
jamb 2013
The mean of seven numbers is 10. If six of the numbers are 2, 4, 8, 14, 16 and 18, find the mode.
A6
B8
C14
D2
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Question 358
jamb 2013
Find the mean of t + 2, 2t - 4, 3t + 2 and 2t.
At + 1
B2t
C2t + 1
Dt
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Question 359
jamb 2013
The radius of a circle is increasing at the rate of 0.02cms-1. Find the rate at which the area is increasing when the radius of the circle is 7cm.
A0.75cm2S-1
B0.53cm2S-1
C0.35cm2S-1
D0.88cm2S-1
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Question 360
jamb 2013

If y = (2x + 2)\(^3\), find \(\frac{\delta y}{\delta x}\)

A3(2x +2)2
B6(2x +2)
C3(2x +2)
D6(2x +2)2
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