MATHEMATICAL METHODS (CAS)

Written examination 1
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Reading time: 9.00 am to 9.15 am (15 minutes)
Writing time: 9.15 am to 10.15 am (1 hour)
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of book
Number of
questions
Number of questions
to be answered
Number of
marks
10 10 40
Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers,
sharpeners, rulers.
Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: notes oI any kind, blank sheets oI
paper, white out liquid/tape or a calculator oI any type.
Materials supplied
Question and answer book oI 13 pages, with a detachable sheet oI miscellaneous Iormulas in the
centreIold.
Working space is provided throughout the book.
Instructions
Detach the Iormula sheet Irom the centre oI this book during reading time.
Write your student number in the space provided above on this page.
All written responses must be in English.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic
devices into the examination room.
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Question 1
a. DiIIerentiate 4 x with respect to x.
1 mark
b. II g(x) x
2
sin(2x), fnd

g

6
.
2 marks
Instructions
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
In all questions where a numerical answer is required an exact value must be given unless otherwise
specifed.
In questions where more than one mark is available, appropriate working must be shown.
Unless otherwise indicated, the diagrams in this book are not drawn to scale.
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Question 2
a. Find an antiderivative oI
1
3 4 x
with respect to x.
1 mark
b. Solve the equation 4
x
15 2
x
16 Ior x.
3 marks
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Question 3
a. State the range and period oI the Iunction
h: R R, h(x) 4 3cos
x
2

.
2 marks
b. Solve the equation
sin , . 2
3
1
2
0 x x +

= [ ]

for
2 marks
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Question 4
II the Iunction f has the rule f x x ( )=
2
9 and the Iunction g has the rule g (x) x 5
a. fnd integers c and d such that f (g (x)) ( )( ) x c x d + +
2 marks
b. state the maximal domain Ior which f (g (x)) is defned.
2 marks
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Question 5
The probability distribution Iunction Ior the continuous random variable X is given by
f x
x if x
elsewhere
( ) =

3 2 4
0
a. Find Pr( X 3.5).
2 marks
b. Find Pr( X 2.5 , X 3.5).
2 marks
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Question 6
Consider the simultaneous linear equations
kx 3y k 3
4x (k 7)y 1
where k is a real constant.
a. Find the value oI k Ior which there are infnitely many solutions.
3 marks
b. Find the values oI k Ior which there is a unique solution.
1 mark
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Question 7
A biased coin is tossed three times. The probability oI a head Irom a toss oI this coin is p.
a. Find, in terms oI p, the probability oI obtaining
i. three heads Irom the three tosses
ii. two heads and a tail Irom the three tosses.
1 1 2 marks
b. II the probability oI obtaining three heads equals the probability oI obtaining two heads and a tail, fnd p.
2 marks
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Question 9 continued
Question 8
Two events, A and B, are such that Pr(A)

3
5
and Pr(B)

1
4
.
II A' denotes the complement oI A, calculate Pr
(
A B
)
when
a. Pr A B ( ) =
3
4
2 marks
b. A and B are mutually exclusive.
1 mark
Question 9
Parts oI the graphs oI the Iunctions
f : R R, f (x)

x
3
ax a >0
g: R R, g (x)

ax a >0
are shown in the diagram below.
The graphs intersect when x

0 and when x

m.
y
y = f (x)
y = g (x)
x
m
O
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The area oI the shaded region is 64.
Find the value oI a and the value oI m.
4 marks
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Question 10 continued
Question 10
The fgure shown represents a wire Irame where ABCE is a convex quadrilateral. The point D is on line segment
EC with AB ED 2 cm and BC a cm, where a is a positive constant.
= = BAE CEA

2
Let = CBD where 0
2
< <

.
a

c
m
C
B
2 cm 2 cm
A E
D

a. Find BD and CD in terms oI a and u.

2 marks
b. Find the length, L cm, oI the wire in the Irame, including length BD, in terms oI a and u.
1 mark
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c. Find
dL
du
, and hence show that
dL
d
= 0 when BD 2CD.
2 marks
d. Find the maximum value oI L iI a = 3 5 .
1 mark
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MATHEMATICAL METHODS (CAS)
Written examinations 1 and 2
FORMULA SHEET
Directions to students
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This formula sheet is provided for your reference.
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Mathematical Methods (CAS)
Formulas
Mensuration
area of a trapezium:
1
2
a b h + ( ) volume of a pyramid:
1
3
Ah
curved surface area of a cylinder: 2t rh volume of a sphere:
4
3
3
tr
volume of a cylinder: t r
2
h area of a triangle:
1
2
bc A sin
volume of a cone:
1
3
2
tr h
Calculus
d
dx
x nx
n n
( )
=
-1

x dx
n
x c n
n n
=
+
+
+

1
1
1
1
,
d
dx
e ae
ax ax
( )
=

e dx
a
e c
ax ax
= +

1
d
dx
x
x
e
log ( ) ( )=
1

1
x
dx x c
e
= +

log
d
dx
ax a ax sin( ) cos( ) ( )=

sin( ) cos( ) ax dx
a
ax c = +

1
d
dx
ax a ax cos( ) ( ) - = sin( )

cos( ) sin( ) ax dx
a
ax c = +

1
d
dx
ax
a
ax
a ax tan( )
( )
( ) = =
cos
sec ( )
2
2

product rule:
d
dx
uv u
dv
dx
v
du
dx
( )= + quotient rule:
d
dx
u
v
v
du
dx
u
dv
dx
v

2
chain rule:
dy
dx
dy
du
du
dx
= approximation: f x h f x hf x + ( ) ( ) +
( )
Probability
Pr(A) =1 Pr(A') Pr(A B) =Pr(A) +Pr(B) Pr(A B)
Pr(A|B) =
Pr
Pr
A B
B
( )
( )
transition matrices: S
n
=T
n

S
0
mean: =E(X) variance: var(X) =o
2
=E((X )
2
) =E(X
2
)
2
probability distribution mean variance
discrete Pr(X =x) =p(x) = x p(x) o
2
= (x )
2
p(x)
continuous Pr(a < X < b) = f x dx
a
b
( )
}
=

x f x dx ( )

2 2
=

( ) ( ) x f x dx