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MATHEMATICS
2C/2D
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time
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Section Two:
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12
12
100
100
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Total
150
100
Section
Instructions to candidates
1.
The rules for the conduct of Western Australian external examinations are detailed in
the Year 12 Information Handbook 2012. Sitting this examination implies that you
agree to abide by these rules.
2.
Write your answers in the spaces provided in this Question/Answer Booklet. Spare pages
are included at the end of this booklet. They can be used for planning your responses
and/or as additional space if required to continue an answer.
Planning: If you use the spare pages for planning, indicate this clearly at the top of
the page.
Continuing an answer: If you need to use the space to continue an answer, indicate in
the original answer space where the answer is continued, i.e. give the page number.
Fill in the number of the question(s) that you are continuing to answer at the top of the
page.
3.
Show all your working clearly. Your working should be in sufficient detail to allow your
answers to be checked readily and for marks to be awarded for reasoning. Incorrect
answers given without supporting reasoning cannot be allocated any marks. For any
question or part question worth more than two marks, valid working or justification is
required to receive full marks. If you repeat an answer to any question, ensure that you
cancel the answer you do not wish to have marked.
4.
5.
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(50 Marks)
This section has six (6) questions. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces
provided.
Spare pages are included at the end of this booklet. They can be used for planning your
responses and/or as additional space if required to continue an answer.
Planning: If you use the spare pages for planning, indicate this clearly at the top of the page.
Continuing an answer: If you need to use the space to continue an answer, indicate in the
original answer space where the answer is continued, i.e. give the page number. Fill in the
number of the question(s) that you are continuing to answer at the top of the page.
Working time: 50 minutes.
Question 1
(a)
(9 marks)
(1 mark)
(b)
(1 mark)
(c)
(1 mark)
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Question 1 (continued)
The graphs below show the test results for two different science classes.
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Frequency
Frequency
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Class B
Test scores
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(e)
The graphs below show the test results for two different mathematics classes.
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Class A
Frequency
Frequency
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Class B
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Test scores
(1 mark)
(f)
(1 mark)
(d)
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. Give the answer as a power of 5.
5-2
(g)
Simplify
(1 mark)
(h)
(1 mark)
(i)
(1 mark)
10
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Question 2
(18 marks)
(a)
(b)
Five integers satisfy the following description: they have a median of 7, the mode is 5, the
range is 15 and the mean is 9. Write the five integers below in order from smallest to
largest.
(2 marks)
(c)
The two graphs shown are for the functions y = 2x and y = 3x. The point (2, q) belongs to
one of these functions. Decide which function the given point belongs to and hence
determine the value of q.
(2 marks)
y
(2, q)
(d)
Estimate the solution to the equation 2x = 80. Give the answer to the nearest integer.
(2 marks)
(2 marks)
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(e)
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(2 marks)
(f)
(g)
(h)
A survey of a town gave these probabilities for the number of children living in each
house.
Number of children
Probability
(2 marks)
0
0.15
1
0.30
2
0.35
3
0.10
4
0.05
5
0.05
There are 600 houses in the town. How many of the houses have fewer than three
children living in them?
(2 marks)
(i)
3
displayed below:
5
A
500 m
Side AC has length 500 m. Determine the length of the side AB.
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(2 marks)
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Question 3
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(7 marks)
Vehicle licence plates in Western Australia can be customised to suit individual requirements.
Jessica has decided on the wording of her customised licence plates, and has restricted her
choice to the following options:
colour pink (P), red (R), green (G) or black (B)
material metal (M) or acrylic (A)
size normal size (N) or slim-line (S).
(a)
(3 marks)
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Jessica randomly selects her customised licence plates from the available options.
(b)
Determine the probability that she selects green slim-line licence plates.
(1 mark)
(c)
Determine the probability that she does not select red licence plates.
(1 mark)
Jessica has now decided that she definitely does not want pink or acrylic licence plates.
(d)
Determine the probability that she selects normal-sized plates that are made from metal.
(2 marks)
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(a)
(2 marks)
(b)
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Question 5
MATHEMATICS 2C/2D
(4 marks)
Peter was investigating prime numbers and made a conjecture that if one is added to the
product of two or more prime numbers, then the result is also a prime number.
(a)
(b)
What conclusion can you make about Peters conjecture based on your results from Part
(a)?
(1 mark)
(3 marks)
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Question 6
(8 marks)
Country
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
(a)
Percentage of target
population vaccinated
against Hepatitis B
92
66
59
94
96
90
83
56
66
73
64
83
The information for the first six countries (A to F) has been plotted on the scatter plot
below. Complete the scattergraph.
(2 marks)
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100
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40 50 60 70 80 90
Percentage of population vaccinated
100
The World Health Organisation (WHO) monitors the percentage of a countrys target population
that has been vaccinated against a number of diseases as well as the child (under 5 years)
mortality rate for that country. The information for 12 countries is shown in the table below.
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(b)
(c)
Use your trend line to estimate the change in the child (under 5 years) mortality rate for a
country that increases its immunisation level of Hepatitis B from 10% to 30%. (3 marks)
(d)
Comment on the reliability of your estimate in Part (c). Justify your answer.
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