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Question 571

jamb 2004

A committee of six is to be formed by a state governor from nine state commissioners and three members of the state house of assembly. In how many ways can the members of the committee be chosen so as to include one member of the house of Assembly

A378 ways

B462 ways

C840 ways

D924 ways

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Question 572

jamb 2004

A container has 30 gold medals, 22 silver medals and 18 bronze medals. If one medals is selected at the random from the container, what is the probability that it is not a gold medal?

A9/35

B11/35

C4/7

D3/7

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Question 573

jamb 2004

The mean age of a group of students is 15 years. When the age of a teacher, 45 years old, is added to the age of the students, the mean of their ages becomes 18 years. Find the number of the students in the group

C42

D15

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Question 574

jamb 2004

In how many ways can 2 students be selected from a group of 5 students in a debating competition?

A25 ways

B10 ways

C15 ways

D20 ways

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Question 575

jamb 2004

The pie chart above shows the distribution of the crops harvested from a farmland in a year. If 3000 tonnes of millet is harvested, what amount of beans is harvested

A6000 tonnes

B1500 tonnes

C1200 tonnes

D9000 tonnes

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Question 576

jamb 2004

An unbiased die is rolled 100 times and the outcome is tabulated above.
What is the probability of obtaining a 5?

A1/5

B1/2

C1/6

D1/4

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Question 577

jamb 2004

find the mean deviation of 1, 2, 3 and 4

A2.5

B2.0

C1.0

D1.5

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Question 578

jamb 2004

Some white balls put in a basket containing twelve red balls and sixteen black balls. If the probability of picking a white ball from the baskets is \(\frac{3}{7}\), how many white balls were introduced?

A12

B21

C28

D32

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Question 579

jamb 2004

Evaluate \(\int_{1}^{3}(x^2 - 1)dx\)

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

B\(-\frac{2}{3}\)

C\(-6\frac{2}{3}\)

D\(6\frac{2}{3}\)

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Question 580

jamb 2004

Find the derivatives of the function y = 2x\(^2\)(2x - 1) at the point x = -1?

A18

B16

C-4

D-6

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Question 581

jamb 2004

What is the rate of change of the volume V of a hemisphere with respect to its radius r when r = 2?

A8π

B16π

C2π

D4π

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Question 582

jamb 2004

Find the derivatives of (2 + 3x)(1 - x) with respect to x

B-3

C1 - 6x

D6x - 1

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Question 583

jamb 2004

If y = 3 cos(\(\frac{x}{3}\)), find \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) when x = (\(\frac{3π}{2}\))

B-3

D-1

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Question 584

jamb 2004

The locus of a point which is 5 cm from the line LM is a

Aline distance 10 cm from LM and parallel to LM

Bpair of line on opposite sides of LM and parallel to it, each distance 5 cm from LM

Cline parallel to LM and 5 cm from LM

Dpair of parallel lines on one side of LM and parallel to LM

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Question 585

jamb 2004

P, R and S lie on a circle center as shown above while Q lies outside the circle. Find ∠PSO

A45^o

B55^o

C35^o

D40^o

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Question 586

jamb 2004

Find the value of x in the figure above

A15\(\sqrt{6}\)

B20\(\sqrt{6}\)

C3\(\sqrt{6}\)

D5\(\sqrt{6}\)

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Question 587

jamb 2004

Determine the locus of a point inside a square PQRS which is eqidistant from PQ and QR

AThe diagonal QS

Bthe perpendicular bisector of PQ

CThe diagonal PR

Dside SR

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Question 588

jamb 2004

Find the midpoint of the line joining P(-3, 5) and Q(5, -3).

A(1, 1)

B(2, 2)

C(4, 4)

D(4, -4)

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Question 589

jamb 2004

In the diagram above, PQ = 4 cm and TS = 6 cm. If the area of parallelogram PQTU is 32 cm\(^2\), find the area of the trapezium PQRU

A60 cm²

B72 cm²

C48 cm²

D24 cm²

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Question 590

jamb 2004

The sum of the interior angles of a pentagon is 6x + 6y. Find y in the terms of x

Ay = 90 - x

By = 150 - x

Cy = 60 - x

Dy = 120 -x

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