POST UTME ESUT 2019 Mathematics | Objective

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Question 1 View Details
Solve for x in the equation \(\frac{x}{2} + 5 = 11\):
Correct A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9

Correct Answer: A

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Question 2 View Details
Find the equation of the circle with center \(-2, 3\) and radius 4:
Correct A. \(x+2 \\)^2 + \(y-3\)^\(2 = 16\) )
B. \(x-2 \\)^2 + \(y+3\)^\(2 = 16\) )
C. \(x+2 \\)^2 + \(y+3\)^\(2 = 16\) )
D. \(x-2 \\)^2 + \(y-3\)^\(2 = 16\) )

Correct Answer: A

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Question 3 View Details
Solve the inequality \(2x^2 + 5x - 3 > 0\):
Correct A. \(x < -1\) or \(x > \frac{3}{2}\)
B. \(x < -1\) or \(x < \frac{3}{2}\)
C. \(x > -1\) or \(x > \frac{3}{2}\)
D. \(x > -1\) or \(x < \frac{3}{2}\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 4 View Details
Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the geometric series with first term 2 and common ratio 3:
Correct A. \(2 3^{10}-1 \\) )
B. \(2 3^{10}+1 \\) )
C. \(2 3^{10}-2 \\) )
D. \(2 3^{10}+2 \\) )

Correct Answer: A

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Question 5 View Details
Find the equation of the line passing through the points (1, 2) and (3, 4):
Correct A. \(y = \frac{2}{1}x + 0\)
B. \(y = \frac{2}{1}x + 1\)
C. \(y = \frac{2}{1}x - 1\)
D. \(y = \frac{2}{1}x + 2\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 6 View Details
Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the geometric series \(sum_{n = 1}^{10} 2^n \cdot 3^{n-1}\).
Correct A. 12167
B. 12345
C. 12543
D. 12879

Correct Answer: A

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Question 7 View Details
A circle passes through points ( A(1, 2) ) and ( B(3, 4) ). Find the equation of the circle in the form \(x - h \\)^2 + \(y - k\)^\(2 = r\^2\) ).
A. \left\(x - 2 \right\)^2 + \left\(y - 3 \right\)^\(2 = 5\)
Correct B. \left\(x - 1 \right\)^2 + \left\(y - 2 \right\)^\(2 = 4\)
C. \left\(x - 3 \right\)^2 + \left\(y - 4 \right\)^\(2 = 9\)
D. \left\(x - 4 \right\)^2 + \left\(y - 5 \right\)^\(2 = 16\)

Correct Answer: B

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Question 8 View Details
Find the derivative of the function ( f(x) = \(\frac{1}{x^2 + 1}\)\)\) \) using the chain rule.
Correct A. -\(\frac{2x}{x^2 + 1\) ^2}\)\)
B. \(\frac{2x}{x^2 + 1\) ^2}\)\)
C. -\(\frac{2}{x^2 + 1\) ^2}\)\)
D. \(\frac{2}{x^2 + 1\) ^2}\)\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 9 View Details
A die is rolled twice. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers is 7?
A. \(\frac{1}{6}\)\)
Correct B. \(\frac{1}{12}\)\)
C. \(\frac{1}{18}\)\)
D. \(\frac{1}{24}\)\)

Correct Answer: B

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Question 10 View Details
Solve the inequality \(2x^2 + 5x - 3 > 0\).
Correct A. \left\(-\infty, -\frac{3}{2} \right\) \cup \left\(\frac{1}{2}, \infty \right\)
B. \left\(-\infty, -\frac{1}{2} \right\) \cup \left\(\frac{3}{2}, \infty \right\)
C. \left\(-\infty, \frac{1}{2} \right\) \cup \left\(-\frac{3}{2}, \infty \right\)
D. \left\(-\infty, \frac{3}{2} \right\) \cup \left\(-\frac{1}{2}, \infty \right\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 11 View Details
Determine the value of \(\int_0^1 x^2 \sin(x) dx\).
A. -1
Correct B. 0
C. 1
D. 2

Correct Answer: B

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Question 12 View Details
Find the equation of the circle with center \(-2, 3\)\) and radius \(4\).
Correct A. \(x+2\)^2 + \(y-3\)^\(2 = 16\)
B. \(x-2\)^2 + \(y+3\)^\(2 = 16\)
C. \(x+2\)^2 + \(y+3\)^\(2 = 16\)
D. \(x-2\)^2 + \(y-3\)^\(2 = 16\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 13 View Details
Solve the system of equations: \(\begin{cases} x + y = 2 \ 2x - 3y = - 1 \end{cases}\)
Correct A. (x,\(y) = (1\),1)
B. (x,\(y) = (2\),0)
C. (x,\(y) = (0\),2)
D. (x,\(y) = (1\),0)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 14 View Details
Find the derivative of the function \(f(x) = \frac{1}{x^2 + 1}\)
A. f'\((x) =\)\(\frac{-2x}{x^2 + 1\) ^2}\)\)
Correct B. f'\((x) =\)\(\frac{2x}{x^2 + 1\) ^2}\)\)
C. f'\((x) =\)\(\frac{-2}{x^2 + 1\) ^2}\)\)
D. f'\((x) =\)\(\frac{2}{x^2 + 1\) ^2}\)\)

Correct Answer: B

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Question 15 View Details
Solve the inequality \(|x - 2| > 3\)
Correct A. x < -1 or \(x > 5\)
B. \(x < 1\) or \(x > 5\)
C. x < -1 or \(x > 2\)
D. \(x < 1\) or \(x > 2\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 16 View Details
Find the area under the curve \(y = \frac{1}{2}x^2 + 3x - 2\) from \(x = 0\) to \(x = 4\).
Correct A. \(\frac{1}{2} \times 4^3 + 3 \times 4^2 - 2 \times 4\)
B. \(\frac{1}{2} \times 4^2 + 3 \times 4 - 2\)
C. \(\frac{1}{2} \times 4^3 + 3 \times 4^2 - 2 \times 4^2\)
D. \(\frac{1}{2} \times 4^2 + 3 \times 4^3 - 2\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 17 View Details
Solve for ( x ) in the equation \(2^x + 3^x = 5^x\).
A. \(x = 2\)
Correct B. \(x = 3\)
C. \(x = 4\)
D. \(x = 5\)

Correct Answer: B

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Question 18 View Details
A matrix ( A ) is given by \(A = egin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}\). Find the determinant of ( A ).
Correct A. \(1 \times 4 - 2 \times 3\)
B. \(1 \times 3 - 2 \times 4\)
C. \(1 \times 2 - 3 \times 4\)
D. \(2 \times 3 - 1 \times 4\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 19 View Details
Find the probability that at least one of two independent events ( A ) and ( B ) occurs, given that ( P(A) = 0.4 ) and ( P(B) = 0.6 ).
Correct A. \(1 - 1 - 0.4\)\(1 - 0.6 \\) )
B. \(0.4 + 0.6 - 0.4 \\)(0.6) )
C. \(0.4 + 0.6 - 0.4 \times 0.6\)
D. \(1 - 0.4 \\)(0.6) )

Correct Answer: A

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Question 20 View Details
Solve for ( x ) in the equation \(\log_{10} x^2 \\)\(= 4 ).\)
A. \(x = 10^2\)
Correct B. \(x = 10^4\)
C. \(x = 10^{-2}\)
D. \(x = 10^{-4}\)

Correct Answer: B

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Question 21 View Details
Find the area of the triangle with vertices ( (0, 0) ), ( (3, 0) ), and ( (0, 2) ).
Correct A. \(\frac{1}{2} \times 3 \times 2\)
B. \(\frac{1}{2} \times 3 \times 3\)
C. \(\frac{1}{2} \times 2 \times 3\)
D. \(\frac{1}{2} \times 2 \times 2\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 22 View Details
Solve for ( x ) in the equation \(x^2 + 4x + 4 = 0\).
Correct A. \(x = -2\)
B. \(x = 2\)
C. \(x = -1\)
D. \(x = 1\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 23 View Details
Find the value of \($160^circ\).
A. \(\frac{1}{2}\)
Correct B. \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\)
C. \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\)
D. \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{2}}\)

Correct Answer: B

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Question 24 View Details
A circle has a radius of 4 cm. Find the area of the circle.
A. \(\pi \times 4^2\)
B. \(2 \times \pi \times 4\)
C. \(\pi \times 2^2\)
D. \(2 \times \pi \times 2\)

Correct Answer: VIEW ANSWER

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Question 25 View Details
Find the derivative of the function ( f(x) = \(\frac{1}\){\sqrt{1 - \(x^2}}\)\) ) using the chain rule.
Correct A. \(\frac{-x}{1 - x^2 \\)^{\(3/2\)}} )
B. \(\frac{x}{1 - x^2 \\)^{\(3/2\)}} )
C. \(\frac{1}{1 - x^2 \\)^{\(3/2\)}} )
D. \(\frac{-1}{1 - x^2 \\)^{\(3/2\)}} )

Correct Answer: A

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