2010 TRIAL HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE GIRRAWEEN HIGH SCHOOL Mathematics General Instructions Total marks - 120 © Reading time — 5 minutes Attempt Questions 1 - 10 © Working time~3 hours All questions are of equal value Write using black or blue pen Board — approved calculators may be used © A table of standard integrals is provided at the back of this paper + Allnecessary working should be shown in every questionGirraween High School_Mathematics ‘Trial HSC_2010 Total marks — 120 Attempt Questions 1-10 All questions are of equal value Question 1 (12 marks). @ Simplify 1-2-2, Pt (&) Solve © Solve |x-1]=5 (@ Find the gradient of the tangent to the curve y=x'—4x at the point (1,-3) (©). Find the exact value of 9 such that 2sind=1, where osost : ( — Solvethe equation Inx= to three decimal places. . Give your answer correct MarksGirraween High School_Mathematics Trial HSC_2010 Question 2 (12 marks), Start on a SEPARATE page. (@) Differentiate with respect to x: @ xtanx. 2 @-sF Gi) Evaluate [arviae a Om Evaluate (© Evaluate ST ®Girraween High School_Mathematics Trial HSC_2010 Marks Question 3 (12 marks). Start on a SEPARATE page. : (2) Amavithmetic series has 20 terms. The first term is 1 2 and the common difference is 7. Find the sum of the series. © NOT TO SCALE (i Find the equation of the line AB, given that it passes 2 through the origin. (ii) The line BC is perpendicular to AB. 2 Show that its equation is y=~2x+10 . By solving the equations in () and (ii) above, find the 2 coordinates of B. (iv) Find the length of AC. 1 (v) Find the coordinates of M, the midpoint of AC. 1 (vi) Explain why a circle, centre M, can be drawn to pass 1 through A, Band C. (vii) Write down the equation of this circle . 1Girraween High School_Mathematics_ Trial HSC_2010 Marks ‘Question 4 (12 marks). Start on a SEPARATE page, (@) A man undertook to pay $200 to a charity one year, 2 $150 the next year, three-quarters of $150 the third year and 0.0n until he died. What is the greatest sum of money the charity may expect from these donations ? o NOT TO SCALE A ABC is equilateral. AP = BQ = CR. Copy or trace the diagram onto your answer page. (® Prove that triangles APR and BQP are congment . 4 (ii) Prove that ZQPR=60°. 3 (ii) Prove that triangle PQR is equilateral . 3Girraween High School_Mathematies_Trial HSC_2010 Marks Question 5 (12 marks). Start on a SEPARATE page. (@) Find the values of % for which the quadratic equation 3 x ~k(x—1)+3=0 has equal roots . ©) NOT TO SCALE Cc D K Copy or trace the diagram onto your answer page. (® Prove thet triangles ABC and ADB are similar 2 (i) If AD=4 emand DC= 12m, 2 find the length of AB.” (©) A certzin soccer team has a probability of 0.5 of winning a match and a probability of 0.2 of drawing the match. If the team plays two matches, find the probability that it will : @ draw both matches : 1 ii) win at least one match . 2 not win either match . 2Girraween High School_Mathematics Trial HSC_2010 Question 6 (12 marks). Start on a SEPARATE page. (@) Anare AB ofa sector of a circle is of length 9 metres and subtends an angle of 30? at the centre, O, of the circle. (i) Find the length of the radius . (ii) Find the area of the sector AOB . Give your answer correct to two decimal places . (iii) Find the length of the chord AB. Give your answer correct to two decimal places. (©) Find the perpendicular distance from the point (2, ~1) tothe line 5x-12y+4=0. (© Solve 2logx=log(5x+6) (@) The section of the curve y=seex , from xt to et is rotated about the x ~ axis, Find the exact value of the volume of the solid of revolution so formed. MarksGirraween High School_Mathematies Trial HSC_2010 Question 7 (12 marks). Start on a SEPARATE page. (@) Solve ~x?+13x-36=0 Find the equation of the tangent to the parabola oq gent to the p y=~—x? +13x-36 at the point where x= (©) Draw a diagram showing the parabola and the tangent. ‘Shade the region bounded by the parabola, the tangent and the x ~ axis (@ Find the area shaded in the diagram above. Question 8 (12 marks). Start on a SEPARATE page. Le gataxe5. @ Let (Find the stationary points and determine their nature, (i) Find ariy points of inflection. (iii) Sketch the graph of f(x) . (iv) For what values of x is f(x) concave upwards? (b) The mass, 2, in grams of a radioactive substance is expressed as, M=175e where k isa positive constant and ¢ the time in days. The mass of the substance halved in 6 days. ( Find the value of & correct to 5 decimal places. i) At what rate is the mass disintegrating after 10 days ? -8- MarksGirraween High School_Mathematics Trial HSC_2010 Question 9 (12 marks). Start on a SEPARATE page. (a) The diagram shows the graph of a fmetion y= f(x). ere Ay Ey SA : Sketch the graph of yep. (b) The gradient fiction of a curvois givenby 6x2. Find the equation of the curve if it passes through the point (1, (©) An amount of $10 000 is borrowed and an interest rate of 1% per month is charged monthly. An amount M is repaid every month, @ If A, is the amount owing after » months, show that or" -1 = stooc(.0) a rr . Gi) Find the value of M,, to the nearest cent, ifthe loan is repaid at the end of 5 years. (ii) How much extra, in total, will be repaid if the loan is taken over 7 years ? -9- MarksGirraween High School_Mathematies_Trial HSC_2010 Marks Question 10 (12 marks). Start on a SEPARATE page. @ Use Simpson’s rule, with five fmetion values, to approximate 3 We +4dx : (®) A particle, initially at the origin, moves so that after ¢ seconds its velocity, v m/s, is givenby v= : esl (@ Show that the position of the particle is given by x=6V2+1-6 . 1 (ii) Find the particle’s average velocity in moving from x=0 tox=24. 2 (©) Arrectangle has two of its vertices on the curve y= 4x~2" and the other two vertices on the x ~ axis in the interval 0 0 © Board of Studies NSW -ll-