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urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« on: May 16, 2009, 09:49:14 pm »
can someone please explain this question to me? this question has got me completely spinning.

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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2009, 09:50:48 pm »
sure.. but which one?

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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2009, 09:52:01 pm »
sorry forgot to put the question!! :-[
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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2009, 09:55:49 pm »
the percentage of the total area which is shaded = shaded area/total area of the figure  x 100

the fraction of the total shaded area = shaded area/total area of the figure
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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2009, 09:56:54 pm »
Yea thats a tricky one.. i dont think theyl bring somethin like that this year cuz its kinda old..

but for the first one.. its 1/4 * 100= 25% i think its straighforward..

and the rest ima need a pen and paper to get it goin  :-\

and By the way.. wat was question 6? also weird.. very hard..

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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2009, 09:57:39 pm »
but how did you get the shaded area?

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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2009, 10:11:45 pm »
astar please help! ???

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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2009, 10:14:08 pm »
get the shaded area in terms of h .. then the total area in terms of h .. and divide .. the h will get canceled

for the first diagram =>    answer is     (0.5 x 1 x h) / (0.5 x 4 x h)   x 100  =   1/4 x 100 = 25%

for the second diagram =>      (0.5 x 1 x h) / (4 x h)   x 100  =  1/8 x 100 = 12.5%

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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2009, 10:17:26 pm »
i totally get it. Thank you very much. I was using the same method as you showed above before but i was making a very stupid mistake. I took the area, especially, of the triangle as being 1/4*b*h insteas of 1/8*b*h.
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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2009, 10:18:56 pm »
ur welcum ;)
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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2009, 10:20:05 pm »
9a)25% since A=0.5base*height and the heights are the same.

b)12.5 since A=base *height for the paralellogram and 1/5base*height for the triangle

c)37.5 since if you cut the kite in half downwards the base is in the ratio 1:3 so shaded area is 75% of the triangle the half this

d)Divide the traezium into 3 triangles then ans=60%

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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2009, 10:22:49 pm »
bi)20/180*100%


ii)pi*1^2/pi*5^2*100%=4%

ii)(pi3^2-pi2^2)/pi3^2=5/9=55.6%

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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2009, 10:25:56 pm »
thanks! :D I understand the question now. I was making a silly mistake.

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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2009, 10:35:13 pm »
oh. I'm stuck again at the same question. I don't get how to calculate the shaded area of diagram 4. That is a bit tricky.

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Re: urgent help 4 maths paper 4
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2009, 10:39:15 pm »
dude stop stressin urself out.. this paper was ages ago its unlikely a question like that will come up..
they like to put a lil sequences ques at the end lately and theres many topics that didnt come on p2 that MUST come on p4 so theres no room for silly questions like these  ::)