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Mathematics Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1979 Mathematics Questions

Question 41:
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 42:
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 30o. 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
  • A 30<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
  • B 60<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
  • C 45<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
  • D 25<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
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Question 43:
In the figure, \(\bigtriangleup\) ABC are in adjacent planes. AB = AC = 5cm, BC = 6cm and o then AE is equal to
  • A 3\(\sqrt{2}\)
  • B 2\(\sqrt{3}\)
  • C \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\)
  • D \(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\)
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Question 44:
In this figure, PQRS is a parallelogram, PS = PT and < PST = 55\(^o\). The size of <PQR is
  • A 125<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
  • B 120<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
  • C 115<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
  • D 110<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
  • E 10<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
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Question 45:
If O is the centre of the circle, < POS equls
  • A 70<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
  • B 75<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
  • C 105<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
  • D 140<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
  • E 150<sup style='font-size: smaller;'>o</sup>
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