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MATHEMATICAL METHODS
Unit 4
Targeted Evaluation Task for School-assessed Coursework 3

2019 Problem Solving Task on Calculus for Outcome 1, 2 & 3

Recommended writing time*: 180 minutes
Total number of marks available: 40 marks

TASK BOOK

* The recommended writing time is a guide to the time students should take to complete this
task. Teachers may wish to alter this time and can do so at their own discretion.

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Conditions and restrictions

 Students are permitted to bring into the room for this task: pens, pencils, highlighters,
erasers, sharpeners and rulers, CAS calculator and a bound reference.
 Students are NOT permitted to bring into the room for this task: blank sheets of paper
and/or white out liquid/tape.

Materials supplied
 Question and answer book of 11 pages.

Instructions
 Print your name in the space provided on the top of the front page.
 All written responses must be in English.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised
electronic communication devices into the room for this task.

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Question 1
AusRoads are designing a section of road that is to join the new building estates in the north-
western suburbs of Melbourne. The engineers have mapped where other roads and significant
areas are, and this has helped them to identify the plan for the road.

a. The section of road can be modelled by the polynomial function that has the rule
( ) , where and are real constants.
If ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) , determine the values of and .

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4 marks

b. Determine the coordinates of any stationary points of the function ( ) and state their nature

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3 marks

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c. Sketch the graph of the function on the axes provided below, showing all axial intercepts and
stationary points.

3 marks
Total 10 Marks

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Question 2
AusRoads carefully consider each section of the road before moving onto the next. They are
currently working on the section that can be defined by the domain . The x- and y-axes
show the direction (in km) east and north, respectively.

After careful consideration they have refined the function for this section. The road can now be
modelled by
( ) ( )

A building estate has put forward a proposal for a road to connect their estate to the road
AusRoads is building, in this section.

Their proposal is a straight line connecting the points on the function and
a. Determine the average rate of change between and

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2 marks

b. Determine the equation of the line that forms the line segment between and

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2 marks

c. Calculate the distance between and

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1 mark

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Another building estate is located at the origin and also wishes to build a connecting road.
AusRoads will have to pay the full cost of building this road and wants to keep the price to a
minimum, as they have worked out that it will cost million per kilometre when completed at a
standard two lane width.

The connecting road will join the AusRoads road at the point

d. Determine the value of which will give a minimum distance

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4 marks

e. Hence, determine the cost of building this piece of road.

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Total 10 marks

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Question 3
On one of the ramps to the road AusRoads is building, a barrier needs to be installed to prevent
cars from driving into the embankment just next to the road.

The engineer has designed a barrier (A) as shown in the diagram below. The area of the barrier
(A) is enclosed by the functions ( ) and ( ) √ . The - and -axes are measured in
metres for the barrier.

𝑏(𝑥)

𝑎(𝑥)

a. Determine the rule of ( )

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1 mark

b. Find the area of the region enclosed by the two functions shown in the diagram above,
correct to 2 decimal places.

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2 marks

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The barrier is to be made metres high

c. If the cost of the concrete is per cubic metre, calculate the cost, to the nearest dollar, to
make this barrier.

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1 mark

The engineer has re-designed the barrier (B), to produce a slimmer barrier as shown in the
diagram below. The area of the barrier (B) is now enclosed by the functions ( ) ( )
and ( )

𝑏(𝑥)

𝑐(𝑥)

d. Find ( ) and ( )

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2 marks

e. Determine the value(s) of x where the gradients of ( ) and ( ) are the same, correct to 4
decimal places

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2 marks

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f. Find the area of the region enclosed by the two functions shown in the diagram above,
correct to 2 decimal places.

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2 marks

As this barrier is not as wide, it is to be made metres high.

g. If the cost of the concrete is per cubic metre, calculate the cost, to the nearest dollar, to
make this barrier and hence determine which of the two barriers is more cost effective.

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2 marks

h. Given ( ) ( ), and ( ) ( )

show that ∫ ( )

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3 marks
Total 15 marks

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Question 4
In another section of the road, AusRoads is planning to pant the embankment next to the road
with native shrubs.

The engineer has mapped the area of the embankment that is due to be planted, which is the
region enclosed by the graph of ( ) and the and axes. The graphs of ( ) and the
line with equation , where c is a negative constant, are shown below. The graph of has an
-intercept at the point ( ) where .

𝑦 𝑐

𝑦 𝑔(𝑥)

Let ( ) ( ) √ .

a. Find the value of .

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1 mark

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b. If there is exactly one point of intersection between the graph of ( ) and the line of
, determine the possible values of

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2 marks

c. If instead, the area of the shaded region is equal to the area enclosed by the x and y axes and
equations of and , find the value of

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2 marks
Total 5 marks

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