TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Mathematics Department

(NESA Student Number | Year 12 only)

2019
Year 12
Mathematics Standard 2
TRIAL EXAMINATION
HSC ASSESSMENT TASK 4
Date of Assessment Task: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
General • Reading time – 10 minutes
Instructions • Working time – 2.5 hours
• Write using black pen
• NESA approved calculators may be used
• A reference sheet is provided.
• In Questions 16 – 41, show relevant mathematical reasoning
and/or calculations
• Write your NESA Student Number (Year 12 HSC) and your
Class teacher on the question paper

Total marks: Section I – 15 marks (pages 2 – 8)

100
• Attempt Questions 1 – 15
• Allow about 25 minutes for this section

Section II – 85 marks (pages 10 – 29)

• Attempt Questions 16 – 41
• Allow about 2 hours and 5 minutes for this section

• HSC Assessment Weighting: 30%

Section I
15 marks
Attempt Questions 1 – 15
Allow about 25 minutes for this section
Use the multiple-choice answer sheet for Questions 1 – 15.
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1 Which of the following scatterplots would have the greatest positive correlation
coefficient?

2 Consider the network with five isolated vertices shown below.

What is the minimum number of edges needed to form a tree?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10

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Which formula should be used to calculate the distance between Callum and Lara?

A.

B.

C.

D.

5 Consider the formula below for the blood alcohol content (BAC) for a male person.
10𝑁𝑁−7.5𝐻𝐻
𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 = 6.8𝑀𝑀
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where H is in hours, M is the weight in kg and N is the number of standard drinks consumed
to reach a particular BAC level.

Gary weighs 120 kg. Approximately how many standard drinks would he need to consume
over 3 hours to exceed a BAC of 0.05?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

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6 A cross-country race is run on a triangular course. The points A, B and C mark the corners
of the course as shown below.

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The distance from A to B is 2050 m.

The distance from B to C is 2250 m.
The distance from A to C is 1900 m.
The bearing of B from A is .
To the nearest degree, what is the bearing of C from A?
A.
B.
C.
D.

7 Two independent events, one after the other, are partially summarised in
the following tree diagram.

Given this information, which of the following is true?

A. P(YY) < P(NN)

B. The probability of getting N increases from event 1 to event 2
C. P(YN) = P(NY)
D. P(YY) = 0.9

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8 Stockholm is located at and Darwin is located at .
What is the time difference between Stockholm and Darwin?
(Ignore time zones and daylight saving.)

A. 184 minutes
B. 288 minutes
C. 452 minutes
D. 596 minutes

9 The graph below shows the stopping distance for a car travelling at speeds
greater than 20 km/h.

Dry conditions

Antoinette is driving at 60 km/h on a dry road. If the road was wet, by how much
(in km/h) should Antoinette reduce her speed in order to keep the same stopping distance?

A. 20 km/h
B. 30 km/h
C. 40 km/h
D. 90 km/h

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10 Hunter rides his bike to school each day.
The edges of the network below represent to roads that Hunter can use to ride to school.
The numbers on the edges give the distance, in kilometres, along each road.

What is the shortest distance that Hunter can ride between home and school?
A. 8 km
B. 10 km
C. 12 km
D. 14 km

11 A bank charges 0.07751% compound interest per day on the amount owing on a
credit card. What is the interest charged in four weeks on a balance of $3500,
assuming there are no additional purchases or cash advance withdrawals?

A. $10.86
B. $76.76
C. $3576.76
D. $24 805.10

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12 The table shows the average energy used, in kilojoules per kilogram of body mass, by a
person walking for 30 minutes at different speeds.

Sam, who weighs 65 kg, drinks a regular cappuccino made with full cream milk. It
contains 73 kilocalories.

For approximately how long must Sam walk at 5 km/h to burn off the energy contained in
the cappuccino? (1 kilocalorie = 4.184 kJ)

A. 120 minutes
B. 90 minutes
C. 25 minutes
D. 20 minutes

13 Connor makes 200 meat pies to sell at his local market.

The cost $C, of producing n pies can be determined by the rule below.

Connor sells the first 150 pies at full price and sells the remaining 50 pies at half-price.
To break even, what must the full price of each pie be?

A. $1.85
B. $2.05
C. $2.35
D. $2.50

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14 Emma and Ryan wish to buy a block of land and are considering the two options below.

Town A Town B

Block of land Block of land

20 m by 28 m 22 m by 40 m

$291 200 $382 800

What is the difference between the two options in cost per square metre of land?

A. $85
B. $320
C. $1000
D. $91 600

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B.

C.

D.

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 TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Mathematics Department

(NESA Student Number | Year 12 only)

2019
Year 12
Mathematics Standard 2
Section II Answer Booklet

85 marks
Attempt Questions 16 – 41
Allow about 2 hours and 5 minutes for this section

Instructions

• Write your Student Number at the top of this page.

• Answer the questions in the spaces provided. These spaces provide guidance for the
expected length of response.

• Your responses should include relevant mathematical reasoning and/or calculations.

• Extra writing space is provided at the back of this booklet.

• If you use this space, clearly indicate which question you are answering.

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Question 16 (2 marks)
The elevation and floor plan of a building are shown below. 2

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Calculate the area of the floor of this building in square metres.

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Question 17 (3 marks)

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Give your answer correct to the nearest metre.

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Question 18 (4 marks)
Young’s rule used to prescribe medicine for children is given by:

age of child(years) × adult dose

Dosage =
age of child(years) + 12

Samantha buys a prescription for 350 mg of medicine. The adult dose is 30 mg and the
recommended dose for Samantha’s child is 5 mg.

(a) Use Young’s rule to work out the age of Samantha’s child. 2

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Question 19 (5 marks)
Joe wishes to upgrade his sprinkler system using the least possible length of piping. The
weighted network below shows the existing system. The numbers on the edges indicate
the length of each pipe, in metres, between sprinklers A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

(a) Complete the table below showing connections between each sprinkler. 3

(b) Draw the minimum spanning tree on the diagram below and state the least 2
length of piping needed.

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 Question 20 (3 marks)

The network below represents a neighbourhood. Each edge represents a street and each vertex
an intersection.
B C D E

A
F G H

I J K

(a) Complete the table of vertex degrees for the network. 1

Vertex A B C D E F G H I J K

Degree

(b) A garbage pick-up truck visits this neighbourhood every 3 months. If the truck 2
collects rubbish from both sides of the street as it goes, that is, it only has to travel
down each street once, plan a garbage pick-up collection route for this
neighbourhood starting at vertex H.

Question 21 (2 marks)

Mandy and Scott purchased a campervan for $87 500. It depreciates by 16% per year. Using the 2
declining-balance formula, find how much the campervan has depreciated by over 4 years.

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Question 22 (4 marks)

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(d) On the diagram below, indicate by shading under the normal distribution 1
curve where the bottom 10% of the data lies.

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Question 23 (3 marks)

A cylindrical tank contains water to a depth of 1.8 metres.

The volume of water in the tank is 12 000 litres.

(a) Find the radius of the tank, correct to three decimal places. 2

(b) The tank has a small hole and water is leaking out at the rate of 20 mL per minute. 1
The leaking water drips into an 8 L container.
How long will it take before the 8 L container is completely full? Give your answer
in hours and minutes

Question 24 (2 marks)

Jarvis Island has a longitude of and lies on the equator. 2

The position of Rabaul is to the south and to the west of Jarvis Island.
What is the latitude and longitude of Rabaul?

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Question 25 (3 marks)

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Question 26 (4 marks)

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Question 27 (1 mark)
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Question 29 (2 marks)
An estimate of a person’s maximum heart rate (MHR) is given by the formula: 2

MHR = 220 – AGE

where MHR is measured in beats per minute, and
AGE is measured in years.

It is estimated that a healthy person should have a heart rate of 55% of their maximum rate
when beginning to exercise. Holly is a healthy 17 years, 6 months old girl.
What is an estimate of her heart rate, in beats per minute, when she begins exercising?

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Question 30 (2 marks)

At what rate in grams per square metre is nitrogen added to the garden?

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Approximate HALF-WAY POINT of Section II

Question 31 (4 marks)

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Question 32 (2 marks)

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Question 33 (3 marks)

4𝑥𝑥 + 3𝑦𝑦 = 24
2𝑥𝑥 − 3𝑦𝑦 = −6

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Question 34 (2 marks)

The network diagram represents a system of roads connecting a shopping centre to a

motorway. The number on the edge of each road indicates the number of vehicles that can
travel on it per hour.

Motorway

The local council would like to improve the traffic flow from the shopping centre to the 2
motorway and decide to build two additional roads from Q to U and from S to U.
What capacity should each new road be in vehicles per hour in order to provide a maximum
flow to the motorway of 155 vehicles per hour?

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Question 35 (3 marks)

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Question 36 (5 marks)

Consider the following network representation of cars through a series of junctions, where
the capacities are expressed in terms of the maximum number of cars per hour along each edge
(road).

(a) Determine the capacities of Cut 1 and Cut 4. 2

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(b) Explain why the capacity of Cut 2 is 900. 1

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(c) Explain why Cut 3 is not a valid cut. 1

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Question 37 (5 marks)

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Question 38 (5 marks)
Yana has booked three gardeners to landscape her garden. The table below shows the required
activities, together with the times taken (in hours) and the immediate predecessors for each
activity.

P (2.5)

Start Finish
Q (1.5)

R (3)

(a) Complete the network diagram above, showing all tasks, durations and the EST and LST 3
for each task.

(b) Determine the critical path and the minimum completion time for the project. 2

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Question 39 (5 marks)
A project requires activities A to G to be completed, as shown in the table below. 5

Immediate Duration
Activity
Prerequisite(s) (hours)
A - 10
B - ?
C - 9
D A 8
E B ?
F C ?
G C, D, E ?

The minimum completion time for the project is 30 hours, and the critical path includes activities A,
D, and G. The float for activity E is 5 hours and the float for activity F is 10 hours.

Find a possible duration for each of the activities B, E, F, and G. Include a network diagram in your
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Question 40 (5 marks)
A sample of Year 12 students’ average internet usage, in minutes per day, is listed below. 5

30 75 95 120 125 170 180 190 200 220 240 370

Identify any outlier/s that may be present in this list.

Use statistical calculations to justify your answer.

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 Question 41 (5 marks)

Cost ($)

Distance (km)

Label the graphs.

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