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Question 41

jamb 2018

A man stands on a tree 150cm high and sees a boat at an angle of depression of 74°. Find the distance of the boat from the base of the tree.

A52cm

B43cm

C40cm

D15cm

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Question 42

jamb 2018

A man's initial salary is N540.00 a month and increases after each period of six months by N36.00. Find his salary in the eight month of the third year.

AN828.00

BN756.00

CN720.00

DN684.00

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Question 43

jamb 2018

Find the equation of the line through (5,7) parallel to the line 7x + 5y = 12

A5x + 7y = 20

B7x + 5y = 70

Cxy = 7

D15x + 17y = 90

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Question 44

jamb 2018

Divide the L.C.M of 48, 64 and 80 by their H.C.F

A20

B30

C48

D60

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Question 45

jamb 2018

A room is 12m long, 9m wide and 8m high. Find the cosine of the angle which a diagonal of the room makes with the floor of the room.

A\(\frac{15}{17}\)

B\(\frac{9}{17}\)

C\(\frac{8}{15}\)

D\(\frac{12}{17}\)

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Question 46

jamb 2018

Two sisters, Taiwo and Kehinde, own a store. The ratio of Taiwo's share to Kehinde's is 11:9. Later Kehinde sells \(\frac{2}{3}\) of her share to Taiwo for N720.00. Find the value of the store

AN1,080.00

BN2,400.00

CN3,000.00

DN3,600.00

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Question 47

jamb 2018

\(\frac{0.00256 \times 0.0064}{0.025 \times 0.08}\)

A8.8 x 10\(^{-1}\)

B8.8 x 10\(^{-2}\)

C8.2 x 10\(^{-3}\)

D8.8 x 10\(^{3}\)

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Question 48

jamb 2018

How many times, correct to the nearest whole number, will a man run round a circular track of diameter 100m to cover a distance of 1000m?

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Question 49

jamb 2018

In the diagram, GI is a tangent to the circle at H. If EF||GI, calculate the size of ∠EHF

A126°

B72°

C54°

D28°

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Question 50

jamb 2018

A car uses one litre of petrol for every 14km. If one litre of petrol cost N63.00, how far can the car go with N900.00 worth of petrol?

A420Km

B405Km

C210Km

D200Km

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Question 51

jamb 2018

A boy walks 800m in 20 minutes. Calculate his average speed in Km/H

A2.4

C24

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Question 52

jamb 2018

The table shown gives the marks scored by a group of student in a test. Use the table to answer the question given.

Mark	0	1	2	3	4	5
Frequency	1	2	7	5	4	3

What is the probability of selecting a student from the group that scored 2 or 3

A\(\frac{1}{11}\)

B\(\frac{5}{22}\)

C\(\frac{7}{22}\)

D\(\frac{6}{11}\)

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Question 53

jamb 2018

The table shown gives the marks scored by a group of student in a test. Use the table to answer the question given.

Mark	0	1	2	3	4	5
Frequency	1	2	7	5	4	3

What is the median mark?

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Question 54

jamb 2018

A machine valued at N20,000 depreciates by 10% every year. What will be the value of the machine at the end of two years?

AN16,200

BN14,200

CN12,000

DN8,000

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Question 55

jamb 2018

If the simple interest on a sum of money invested at 3% per annum for 2\(\frac{1}{2}\) years is N123, find the principal.

AN676.50

BN820

CN1,640

DN4,920

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Question 56

jamb 2018

What is the place value of 9 in the number 3.0492?

A\(\frac{9}{10000}\)

B\(\frac{9}{1000}\)

C\(\frac{9}{100}\)

D\(\frac{9}{10}\)

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Question 57

jamb 2018

Make T the subject of the relation.

AT = \(\frac{R + P3}{15Q}\)

BT = \(\frac{R - 15P^3}{Q}\)

CT =R - \(\frac{15P^3}{Q}\)

DT = \(\frac{15R + Q}{P^3}\)

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Question 58

jamb 2018

Simplify

\(\frac {25^{\frac{2}{3}} \div 25^{\frac{1}{6}}} {(\frac{1}{5})^{\frac{7}{6}} \div (\frac{1}{5})^{\frac{1}{6}}}\)

A25

C\(\frac{1}{5}\)

D\(\frac{1}{25}\)

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Question 59

jamb 2018

An arc of a circle of radius 14cm subtends angle 300° at the centre. Find the perimeter of the sector formed by the arc (take π = \(\frac{22}{7}\))

A14.67cm

B73.33 cm

C101.33cm

D513.33cm

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Question 60

jamb 2018

The probabilities that John and James pass an examination are \(\frac {3}{4}\)and \(\frac {3}{5}\) respectively. Find the probability of both boys failing the examination.

A\(\frac {1}{10}\)

B\(\frac {2}{10}\)

C\(\frac {9}{20}\)

D\(\frac {11}{20}\)

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