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You are advised to spend 45 minutes answering the questions in this booklet.

Driving
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(a) Solve the equations

i) 2(2x – 3) = 12

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X=9__________________________________________________________________

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ii) 2

X/2=10__________________________________________________________________

X=10x2__________________________________________________________________

X=20__________________________________________________________________

iii) 3x(x + 2) = 0

3X2+6X=0__________________________________________________________________

X=-2__________________________________________________________________

iv) 3x + 2 = x -5

2X=-7__________________________________________________________________

X=-3.5__________________________________________________________________

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v) (2x – 3)(4x + 5) = 0

8X2-2X-15=0

8X2-2X=15

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(b) Solve the equations

2 x +1
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i) 3

2X+1<3X-6_________

X>7__________________________________________________________________

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ii) 2 x + 7 x =−3

(2X+1)

(X+1)=0__________________________________________________________________

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(c) Tom takes 8 hours to travel 740 kilometres on a mixture of gravel and sealed roads.
He drives for g hours at an average of 80 kph on gravel roads and for s hours at an average
of 100 kph on sealed roads.
Solve the simultaneous equations to find how long he travels on gravel roads.

80g + 100s = 740

g+s=8

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(d) The braking distance of Tom’s car on a particular stretch of sealed road is
equal to 0.1 times the square of the car’s speed.
His reaction distance is exactly equal to his car’s speed.
Total stopping distance is equal to the sum of the braking and reaction distances.
Tom is forced to brake suddenly and takes a total distance of 300 metres to stop.
Form and solve a quadratic equation to determine the speed v at which he was
travelling when he decided to brake.

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Tom’s Speed = ________________________

QUESTION TWO

(a) Simplify:
18a7
i) 6a3

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ii) ( 4 a2 )
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iii) √ 49 x6 y 2
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iv) 2 a2 b3 ×4 ab 4

8a3b7__________________________________________________________________

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3x x
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v) 5 4

12x/20-

5x/20__________________________________________________________________

7x/20__________________________________________________________________

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x 2 −4
vi) 2 x +4

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(b) On a stretch of gravel road Tom’s braking distance is given by the formula:
v2
D = 20
D is the reaction distance and v is the speed of the car.
Rearrange the formula to get an expression for v, the speed of the car.

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(c) Bricks are stacked in the following pattern.

Number of bricks
on the base of 1 2 3 4
the pattern (n)
Total number of
bricks in the 1 3 6 ...
pattern (T)

Find a formula which relates the number of bricks on the base of the pattern (n), to the
total number of bricks in the pattern (T).

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(d) Martin and his son Jake are stuck in a traffic jam.
To demonstrate his mathematical knowledge Jake says to his father:

- ten years ago you were six times my age

- in ten years time you will be only twice my age

Form some equations and use them to work out Jake’s current age.
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