1 An open-top box is made from a piece of 4 State what the x-intercepts tell you
card measuring 8cm by 6cm with squares about the possible range of values for x.
of side xem cut out of the comers. @- Find the local maximum and minimum
a. Find an expression for the volume V of values of V.
the open box in terms of x. f Explain why, in real life, Vcannot be equal
b Plot a graph of Vagainst x. to one of the values you found in part e.
¢ Find the x-intercepts.
2. Asection of a toy rollercoaster is in the 5 The temperature on a winter day can be
shape of a cubic curve with equation modelled by the equation
f(t) =0.0066P + 0.167 + 0.0251 - 2.76
where fis the time in hours and f(t) is the
a Plot the graph of y= f(x). etinperetate:ttt °C;
b Find the local maximum and minimum a Plot the graph of f(i) between x= 0 and
values of the function, x= 24.
¢ Calculate the difference in height b Find the local maximum and minimum
between the maximum and minimum temperatures.
points. ¢ Find the temperature at 10am.
3. The number of fish, N, in a lake between
2005 and 2019 is modelled using the
formula ? The height, dem, that a toy rollercoaster
N(x) = 0.02527 + 0.8x7 ~ 6.75x + 60 reaches after ¢ seconds can be modelled
by the function d(t) = 0.2P - 2? + 5.81 +5.
Explain whether or not this is a
realistic model and justify your answer.
where xis the number of years after 2005.
@ Plot the graph of N(x) for 0