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ATMAM MATHEMATICS METHODS

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Year 2017
4 October 2017
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 SUNWAY COLLEGE JOHOR BAHRU
AUSTRALIAN MATRICULATION PROGRAMME

1. An experimental rocket leaves its launch site and is travelling in a straight line, such that
the vertical distance of the rocket is from its launch site is given by the equation, =
ln( + 1), where x is the vertical distance travelled in kilometres and t is the time in
seconds. Only 5 seconds after leaving the launch site the rocket explodes due to a
malfunction.

(a) Sketch the graph = ln( + 1) for 0 5 below. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate the vertical distance travelled before the rocket exploded. (1 mark)

(c) Was the speed of the rocket changing over time or was it constant? How can you tell
from its graph? (2 marks)

The launch director wishes to find out the approximate speed of the rocket at various
stages. She uses the formula:
distance travelled
average speed =
time taken
(d) What is the average speed of the rocket from 0 1? Show your working. (2 marks)

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AUSTRALIAN MATRICULATION PROGRAMME

(e) What is the average speed of the rocket from 1 2? (1 mark)

(f) What is the average speed over the first 5 seconds of the journey? (1 mark)

(g) She then sets about finding the average speeds between the following intervals.
Complete the table: (4 marks)

Time period (s) 4.5 5 4.7 5 4.8 5 4.9 5 4.99 - 5

Distance travelled 0.08701

(km)

Time (s) 0.5

Average speed (km/s) 0.17402

(h) Using the same method as above, find the speed of the rocket at the times indicated.
(4 marks)

For t = 1
Time period (s) 0.999 1.000 0.9999 1.0000

Distance travelled (km) 0.000500125 0.000050001

Time (s) 0.001 0.0001

Average speed (km/s) 0.500125042 0.50001251

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AUSTRALIAN MATRICULATION PROGRAMME

For t = 2
Time period (s) 1. 999 2.000 1.9999 2.0000

Distance travelled (km)

Time (s)

Average speed (km/s)

For t = 3
Time period (s) 2. 999 3.000 2.9999 3.0000

Distance travelled (km)

Time (s)

Average speed (km/s)

For t = 4
Time period (s) 3. 999 4.000 3.9999 4.0000

Distance travelled (km)

Time (s)

Average speed (km/s)

For t = 5
Time period (s) 4. 999 5.000 4.9999 5.0000

Distance travelled (km)

Time (s)

Average speed (km/s)

(i) Find the speed s of the rocket for time, t, correct to 2 decimal places.
(2 marks)

Time t 1 2 3 4 5

Speed s 0.50 0.33 0.17

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AUSTRALIAN MATRICULATION PROGRAMME

2. The table below has some distance/time functions indicating the distance in metres,
measured in a straight line, of a moving object from a fixed point t seconds after passing
that point. By using the same method as above, calculate the speed of each object at the
stated times and hence decide a formula for its speed at any time t. (Note: some values
have already been found for you.) (9 marks)

Distance/Time Speed of Train at time

Function 1 2 3 4 S(t)

= ln 1 1 1 1 1
2 3 4

= ln 2 2 1 1
2

= ln 3 3 3 1
2

= ln 4 4 4 1
3

= ln 5 5 5 5
2 3 4

= ln 6 6 3 3 6
=
2

3. Looking at the table above and recalling your take home section, decide a formula for the
speed of an object at any time t seconds given: (2 marks)

= ln
.