Final Test for Course

Question 1. (3 marks for each problem)

1. a is positive real number satisfying the following equation:

a 4  a 3  16a 2  64

How many possible values of a are there ?

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4 (e) infinitely many

Answer : c

2. The graph of the function

2
2 x
y  16 x

2
can be obtained from the graph of y  2 x by

(a) a translation parallel to the x-axis followed by a stretch parallel to the y-axis.
(b) a translation parallel to the x-axis followed by a translation parallel to the y-axis.
(c) a stretch followed by a translation parallel to the x-axis, and finally a stretch
parallel to the y-axis.
(d) A translation followed by a stretch parallel to the x-axis, and finally a stretch
parallel to the y-axis.
(e) A translation followed by a stretch parallel to the x-axis, and finally a translation
parallel to the y-axis.

Answer: c,d
3. Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in circle O and has side lengths AB=3, BC=2,
CD=6, and DA=8. what is the length of the diagonal BD ?

(A) 51 (B) 17 (C) 10 (D) 20 (E) None of these

Answer: A

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4. In the range  x  , the equation
4 2

2 2 34
2sin x  2cos x 
2

has
(a) 0 solutions;
(b) 1 solution;
(c) 2 solutions;
(d) 4 solutions;
(e) Infinitely many solutions.
Answer: b

5.

Let 2k  8n  1024 where k and n are positive integers. How many such ordered
pairs of (k,n) are there?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3 (e) infinitely many

Answer : d
6.
Find the shortest distance between the curve y  x 2  4 and the line y  2 x  2 .

6 5 5 5
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) (d)3 (e)
5 3
Answer : B

Question 2.
The following function is defined for integer n:

f (n)  f (n  1)  f (n  2)  n

i) By replacing n with n-1 in the recursion above, find a recursive formula for f(n) in
terms of f(n-3) and n. (2 marks)
answer:

ii) Given that f(1)=f(2)=1, explain whether you can find the exact value of f(2021) ?
If so, find the value; if not, explain your reasons carefully. (3 marks)

Given also the following functions defined on the domain of integers :

p( x)  x  2

q( x)  2 x  1

s ( x, y , z )  
y ,ifx 0
z ,ifx0

Let g be a function defined , for all integers n and b, as follows,

g(n,b)=s(b,q(g(n-1,b)), p(g(n,b+1))), for b≠0；
g(n,0)=1, for b=0.
Note that g(1,b)=2, for a negative b; and g(1,b)=1/2 for a positive b.
(iii) What is the value of g(5, -2) ? ( 3 marks)

(iv) Give a simple formula in terms of m for the value of g(n, m) for all integers n and
m, where m is negative, and explain why this formula is correct. (5 marks)

(v) Give a simple formula in terms of n for the value of g(n,k) for all integers n and k,
where k is positive. And explain why this formula is correct. (5 marks)

Question 3.
Broken Bar: A bar is broken in two places, chosen uniformly and independently along
its length. What is the probability that the 3 pieces can be used to make a triangle?

(i) Assuming y>x, list the length of the three pieces. (1 marks)

(ii) What are the inequalities they should satisfy? (hint: what does the sum of
two sides of a triangle need to satisfy?) (3 marks)

(iii) Draw the diagram and shade the region specified by the above inequalities.
(4 marks)

(iv) Now consider the case when x>y, and draw it on the same diagram. (3
marks)
(v) Hence find the probability that the 3 pieces can be used to make a triangle.
(3 marks)