SECTION B (30 marks): Answer two (2) questions from this section. Show workings clearly. 1. (a) In 2018, there were 1,250 bags of maize produced in a town called Tsatee. The number of bags
produced increased by 25% per year after 2018. How many bags of maize were produced in Tsatee i
2018?
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(b) Find the coordinates of (12, 1959) on a Cartesian plan.
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2. (a) Simplify: 5(83 + 273
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(b) Mr. Asante has 1200 acres of land on which he grows corn, wheat, and soya beans. It costs GH
per acre to grow corn, GH¢60 to grow wheat, and GH¢50 to grow soya beans. Because of custome
demand, Mr. Asante will grow twice as many acres of wheat as corn. He has allocated GH¢63,750
the cost of growing his crops. How many acres of each crop should he plant?
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3. (a) An engineer working for the department of defense is writing a program that transfers non-ne
real numbers to integer format. To avoid overflow problem, find the maximum non-negative inte
that can be represented in a 5-bit integer word.
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(b) Find the length and midpoint of the line segment connecting (-4,3) and (3,5). 8 Mar
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4. (a) Using the quadratic equation formula, find the roots of 2x2 - x - 6= 0.
(b) Express 0.123 in the form, where p and q are integers and q = 0.​