OL SEC 2013 Solutions
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Paper 1

Section A (Concepts and Skills)

1. Argand diagrams, modulus, division
   Topics: Complex Numbers

2. Quadratic function, trapezoidal rule
   Topics: Functions, Measurement

3. Scientific notation, number line, power equation
   Topics: Number, Algebra

4. Compound interest on a credit card
   Topics: Finance

5. Differentiating functions
   Topics: Differentiation

6. Intersecting functions
   Topics: Functions, Differentiation, Co-ordinate Geometry

Section B (Contexts and Applications)

7. Filling cylindrical tanks [40 marks]
   Topics: Functions

8. Salaries of Eoin and Peter [60 marks]
   Topics: Sequences and Series

9. Company’s output and profit [50 marks]
   Topics: Functions, Finance, Differentiation

Paper 2

Section A (Concepts and Skills)

1. Tossing a coin
   Topics: Probability

2. Spinners, Bernoulli trials
   Topics: Probability

3. Intersecting lines
   Topics: Co-ordinate geometry

4. Touching circles
   Topics: Co-ordinate geometry

5. Net of a cylinder
   Topics: Measurement

6. Cut of a theorem on triangles
   Topics: Geometry

Section B (Contexts and Applications)

7. Births, marriages and deaths [75 marks]
   Topics: Statistics, Finance

8. Searching for a buoy at sea [75 marks]
   Topics: Trigonometry, Geometry