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Semester One Examination, 2020

Question/Answer booklet

MATHEMATICS
SPECIALIST If required by your examination administrator, please
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In words

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you do not have any unauthorised material. If you have any unauthorised material with you, hand
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SPECIALIST UNIT 1 2 CALCULATOR-FREE

Structure of this paper


Number of Number of Working Percentage
Marks
Section questions questions to time of
available
available be answered (minutes) examination
Section One:
8 8 50 52 35
Calculator-free

Section Two:
13 13 100 98 65
Calculator-assumed

Total 100

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Instructions to candidates
1. The rules for the conduct of examinations are detailed in the school handbook. Sitting this
examination implies that you agree to abide by these rules.

2. Write your answers in this Question/Answer booklet preferably using a blue/black pen.
Do not use erasable or gel pens.

3. You must be careful to confine your answers to the specific question asked and to follow
any instructions that are specific to a particular question.

4. Show all your working clearly. Your working should be in sufficient detail to allow your
answers to be checked readily and for marks to be awarded for reasoning. Incorrect
answers given without supporting reasoning cannot be allocated any marks. For any
question or part question worth more than two marks, valid working or justification is
required to receive full marks. If you repeat any question, ensure that you cancel the
answer you do not wish to have marked.

5. It is recommended that you do not use pencil, except in diagrams.

6. Supplementary pages for planning/continuing your answers to questions are provided at


the end of this Question/Answer booklet. If you use these pages to continue an answer,
indicate at the original answer where the answer is continued, i.e. give the page number.

7. The Formula sheet is not to be handed in with your Question/Answer booklet.

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CALCULATOR-FREE 3 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Section One: Calculator-free 35% (52 Marks)


This section has eight questions. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces
provided.

Working time: 50 minutes.

Question 1 (5 marks)
(a) Find the values of ! and " which satisfy the matrix equation given below. (2 marks)

2! " 1 −1 13 1
# &' *=' *
−2" ! −3 1 26 −18
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(b) Calculate:
0 −2 2
(i) ' *' * (1 mark)
1 −1 4

−3 −1 0 −2
(i) 2' *−3' * (2 marks)
0 1 1 2

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SPECIALIST UNIT 1 4 CALCULATOR-FREE

Question 2 (7 marks)
Two forces are given by 01 = −32 + 55 N and 06 = 22 − 5 N.

(a) Determine

(i) 01 − 06 . (1 mark)

(ii) 501 + 1006 . (2 marks)

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(iii) |01 |. (1 mark)

(b) The resultant of 301 , 606 and a third force is 52 + 45 N. Determine the magnitude of the
third force. (3 marks)

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CALCULATOR-FREE 5 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 3 (6 marks)
:
(a) Consider the statement: 8 = 2 ⇒ 8 = 4.

(i) Write the inverse statement. (1 mark)

(ii) Write the converse statement. (1 mark)


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(b) State whether each of the following statements are true or false, supporting each answer
with an example or counterexample.

(i) ∀ positive integer <, √< ≤ <. (2 marks)

(ii) ∀@ ∈ ℝ, ∃D ∈ ℝ such that @D = 24. (2 marks)

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SPECIALIST UNIT 1 6 CALCULATOR-FREE

Question 4 (6 marks)
−8 7
The position vectors of points E and F are GH = I J and GK = I J.
3 −2

(a) Determine the position vector of point M that divides EF internally in the ratio 2: 3.
(3 marks)

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2
(b) A small body leaves E and moves with a constant velocity in a direction parallel to I J.
1
Determine, with reasons, whether the body will pass through point O with position vector
6
GP = I J. (3 marks)
9

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CALCULATOR-FREE 7 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 5 (7 marks)
(a) 4 different letters are chosen from the 7 in the word PAYMENT and then arranged to form
a password. Determine how many different passwords are possible that

(i) end in T. (1 mark)

(ii) end in T or start with P. (3 marks)


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(b) Determine the number of two letter permutations that can be made using letters from the
word REPAYMENT. (3 marks)

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Question 6 (5 marks)
(a) Without prefacing the statement with 'It is not ...' or similar, write the negation of the
following statements:

(i) Polygon R is a rhombus or a square. (1 mark)

S
(ii) ∀ obtuse angles S, the angle is acute. (2 marks)
2

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(b) If a true statement is negated, explain whether the contrapositive of the negated
statement will also be true. (2 marks)

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CALCULATOR-FREE 9 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 7 (7 marks)
−7 3 1
Consider the vectors T = I J , U = I J and G = I J.
8 −4 −2

(a) Determine the vector projection of G onto U. (3 marks)


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(b) Given that T = VU + WG, determine the value of V and the value of W. (4 marks)

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Question 8 (9 marks)
(a) Use a matrix approach to solve the following system of linear equations. (5 marks)

2< + 5X − 3 = 0
X = −4< − 3
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(b) Solve the following equation for Z, given that [ is a 2x2 identity matrix and Z is a 1x2 row
matrix. (4 marks)

−1 0
Z I' * + 4[J = 2Z + [3 −5]
1 −3

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Supplementary page

Question number: _________


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Question Maximum Mark

1 5

2 7

3 6

4 6

5 7

6 5

7 7

8 9

S1 Total 52

S1 Wt
35%
(×0.6731)

S2 Wt 65%

Total 100%

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of WA Exam Papers. SN090-151-1.
Semester One Examination, 2020

Question/Answer booklet

MATHEMATICS
SPECIALIST If required by your examination administrator, please
place your student identification label in this box
Section Two:
Calculator-assumed

WA student number: In figures

In words

Your name

Time allowed for this section Number of additional


Reading time before commencing work: ten minutes answer booklets used
Working time: one hundred (if applicable):
minutes

Materials required/recommended for this section


To be provided by the supervisor
This Question/Answer booklet
Formula sheet (retained from Section One)

To be provided by the candidate


Standard items: pens (blue/black preferred), pencils (including coloured), sharpener,
correction fluid/tape, eraser, ruler, highlighters

Special items: drawing instruments, templates, notes on two unfolded sheets of A4 paper,
and up to three calculators approved for use in this examination

Important note to candidates


No other items may be taken into the examination room. It is your responsibility to ensure that
you do not have any unauthorised material. If you have any unauthorised material with you, hand
it to the supervisor before reading any further.
SPECIALIST UNIT 1 2 CALCULATOR-ASSUMED

Structure of this paper


Number of Number of Working Percentage
Marks
Section questions questions to time of
available
available be answered (minutes) examination
Section One:
8 8 50 52 35
Calculator-free

Section Two:
13 13 100 98 65
Calculator-assumed

Total 100

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Instructions to candidates
1. The rules for the conduct of examinations are detailed in the school handbook. Sitting this
examination implies that you agree to abide by these rules.

2. Write your answers in this Question/Answer booklet preferably using a blue/black pen.
Do not use erasable or gel pens.

3. You must be careful to confine your answers to the specific question asked and to follow
any instructions that are specific to a particular question.

4. Show all your working clearly. Your working should be in sufficient detail to allow your
answers to be checked readily and for marks to be awarded for reasoning. Incorrect
answers given without supporting reasoning cannot be allocated any marks. For any
question or part question worth more than two marks, valid working or justification is
required to receive full marks. If you repeat any question, ensure that you cancel the
answer you do not wish to have marked.

5. It is recommended that you do not use pencil, except in diagrams.

6. Supplementary pages for planning/continuing your answers to questions are provided at


the end of this Question/Answer booklet. If you use these pages to continue an answer,
indicate at the original answer where the answer is continued, i.e. give the page number.

7. The Formula sheet is not to be handed in with your Question/Answer booklet.

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED 3 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Section Two: Calculator-assumed 65% (98 Marks)


This section has thirteen questions. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces
provided.

Working time: 100 minutes.

Question 9 (9 marks)
Consider the following matrices.
,
$ −2 −5
!=# 2,
' , * = + . , / = [31 1 21], 3 = 4 5 6
2$ $
3,
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(a) Which product can be calculated using all matrices once? (1 mark)

(b) What will the dimensions of the matrix in (a) be? (1 mark)

(c) Which of the matrices !, *, /, 3 has an inverse? (1 mark)

(d) Calculate the inverse of the matrix in (c). (2 marks)

(e) Calculate 3 7 or explain why it cannot be done. (1 mark)

(f) State the value/s of $ which will make ! singular. (3 marks)

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SPECIALIST UNIT 1 4 CALCULATOR-ASSUMED

Question 10 (5 marks)
Three forces act on an object so that it remains in equilibrium. Two of the forces have
magnitudes of 80 N and 110 N and the angle between their directions is 105°. Determine the
magnitude of the third force and the angle its direction makes with the smaller force.

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED 5 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 11 (8 marks)
(a) An art gallery plans to display a single painting on each of the three walls in a room.
Determine how many arrangements of paintings are possible in the room if they have a
selection of 24 different paintings to choose from. (2 marks)

(b) In another room, the gallery plan to hang 8 different paintings in a row. If 2 of the paintings
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are by the artist Marr, determine the number of different arrangements of paintings that
are possible when

(i) the paintings by Marr must be at the ends. (2 marks)

(ii) the paintings by Marr must be next to each other. (2 marks)

(iii) the paintings by Marr must be apart and not at the ends. (2 marks)

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SPECIALIST UNIT 1 6 CALCULATOR-ASSUMED

Question 12 (6 marks)
(a) Prove that every perfect square is either a multiple of 4 or one more than a multiple of 4.
(2 marks)

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(b) Prove that there are no integer solutions to the equation $7 = 4, + 3. (4 marks)

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED 7 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 13 (7 marks)
CCCCC⃗ = 3?B
Trapezium ?@AB is such that @A CCCCC⃗ .

The midpoints of sides ?@, @A, AB and ?B are E, F, G and H.

Let CCCCC⃗ CCCCC⃗ = J. Use a vector method to prove that EFGH is a parallelogram.
?@ = I and ?B
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SPECIALIST UNIT 1 8 CALCULATOR-ASSUMED

Question 14 (8 marks)
CCCCCC⃗L = 3|KG
In quadrilateral ?EFG shown below, K lies on FG so that LFK CCCCCC⃗ |.

(a) CCCCC⃗ = N, CCCCCC⃗


If ?E CCCCC⃗ = P, express the following in terms of N, O and/or P.
?F = O and ?G

(i) CCCCC⃗
EG. (1 mark)

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(ii) CCCCCC⃗
GK. (2 marks)

(iii) CCCCCC⃗
EK. (2 marks)

(b) If ? is the origin and points E, F and G have coordinates (−2, 39), (28, −14) and (32, −18)
respectively, determine the distance EK. (3 marks)

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED 9 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 15 (8 marks)
2 0 0 −1
Two transformations, H = 4 6 and T = 4 6, are applied to all points on the line
1 −1 3 2
UV : X = −2Y + 4.

Transformation H is applied first then T, resulting in the image lines U7 = UV ′ and U[ = UV ′′


respectively.

(a) Calculate the equation of U7 . (3 marks)


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5
(b) The point @(5, −6) lies on UV and can be described by the position vector 4 6.
−6
Calculate the coordinates of @′′ after both transformations. (3 marks)

(c) Calculate a matrix that will transform U[ back to UV . (2 marks)

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SPECIALIST UNIT 1 10 CALCULATOR-ASSUMED

Question 16 (7 marks)
(a) A calculator can generate random integers between 10 and 25. Use the pigeonhole
principle to explain why 49 random integers should be generated to be certain that at least
4 of them are the same. (3 marks)

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(b) 16 customers bought a total of 130 items from a supermarket. Given that each customer
bought at least one item, show that at least two of the customers bought the same number
of items. (4 marks)

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED 11 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 17 (9 marks)
(a) Determine the scalar product of

(i) 3.5^ + 6.5_ and 8^ − 2_. (1 mark)

(ii) two vectors with directions 60° apart that have magnitudes of 15 and 18. (1 mark)
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(b) Given that |I| = 3 and |`| = 7 simplify (I + `) ⋅ (I + `) + I ⋅ (I − 2`). (3 marks)

3 −2 −5
(c) The position vectors of points E, F and G are c d , c d and c d. Show use of a vector
−2 −1 3
method to determine the size of angle EFG. (4 marks)

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SPECIALIST UNIT 1 12 CALCULATOR-ASSUMED

Question 18 (8 marks)
A school yearbook is produced by a committee of 3 teachers and 8 students. 5 teachers and 17
students have nominated for the committee.

(a) Determine how many different committees could be formed from the nominations.
(2 marks)

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(b) The student nominations include two sets of twins. Determine how many different
committees could be chosen that include at least one set of twins. (4 marks)

(c) Suppose one of the teachers in the committee will be appointed as treasurer and one of
the students will be appointed as secretary. Determine how many different committees
can be formed with this structure. (2 marks)

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED 13 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 19 (8 marks)
Oil platform T lies 66.5 km away from another oil platform F on a bearing of 215°. A steady
current of 4.5 km per hour flows between the platforms on a bearing of 110°. A small boat at F,
with a cruising speed of 12 km per hour, needs to arrive at T by 4 pm.

Determine the bearing that the boat should steer and the latest time it should depart from F.
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Question 20 (7 marks)
(a) There are 10 plates left on the conveyor belt of a circular sushi train at the end of the
night. 3 of the plates are blue, 2 of the plates are red, while the rest of the plates are all
different colours. Assuming the dishes are spaced evenly along the conveyor belt and that
plates with the same colour must be placed consecutively on the belt, how many different
ways are there to arrange the plates? (3 marks)

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(b) How many numbers between 1 − 500 are divisible by 3 or 5 but not by 7? (4 marks)

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED 15 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 21 (8 marks)
Particle @, initially at the point with position vector 42^ − 25_ cm, moves with a constant velocity of
−8^ + 15_ cm/s. Particle A is stationary at the point with position vector −35^ + 11_.

(a) Determine the initial distance of @ from A. (2 marks)


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(b) Determine an expression for the distance e between @ and A after f seconds. (3 marks)

(c) Sketch a graph of e against f and hence determine the time that minimises e and state
what this minimum distance is. (3 marks)

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Question Maximum Mark

9 9

10 5

11 8

12 6

13 7

14 8

15 8

16 7

17 9

18 8

19 8

20 7

21 8

S2 Total 98

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(×0.6633)

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Semester One Examination, 2020

Question/Answer booklet

MATHEMATICS
SPECIALIST If required by your examination administrator, please
place your student identification label in this box
Section One:
Calculator-free

WA student number: In figures

In words

Your name

Time allowed for this section Number of additional


Reading time before commencing work: five minutes answer booklets used
Working time: fifty minutes (if applicable):

Materials required/recommended for this section


To be provided by the supervisor
This Question/Answer booklet
Formula sheet

To be provided by the candidate


Standard items: pens (blue/black preferred), pencils (including coloured), sharpener,
correction fluid/tape, eraser, ruler, highlighters

Special items: nil

Important note to candidates


No other items may be taken into the examination room. It is your responsibility to ensure that
you do not have any unauthorised material. If you have any unauthorised material with you, hand
it to the supervisor before reading any further.
SPECIALIST UNIT 1 2 CALCULATOR-FREE

Structure of this paper


Number of Number of Working Percentage
Marks
Section questions questions to time of
available
available be answered (minutes) examination
Section One:
8 8 50 52 35
Calculator-free

Section Two:
13 13 100 98 65
Calculator-assumed

Total 100

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Instructions to candidates
1. The rules for the conduct of examinations are detailed in the school handbook. Sitting this
examination implies that you agree to abide by these rules.

2. Write your answers in this Question/Answer booklet preferably using a blue/black pen.
Do not use erasable or gel pens.

3. You must be careful to confine your answers to the specific question asked and to follow
any instructions that are specific to a particular question.

4. Show all your working clearly. Your working should be in sufficient detail to allow your
answers to be checked readily and for marks to be awarded for reasoning. Incorrect
answers given without supporting reasoning cannot be allocated any marks. For any
question or part question worth more than two marks, valid working or justification is
required to receive full marks. If you repeat any question, ensure that you cancel the
answer you do not wish to have marked.

5. It is recommended that you do not use pencil, except in diagrams.

6. Supplementary pages for planning/continuing your answers to questions are provided at


the end of this Question/Answer booklet. If you use these pages to continue an answer,
indicate at the original answer where the answer is continued, i.e. give the page number.

7. The Formula sheet is not to be handed in with your Question/Answer booklet.

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CALCULATOR-FREE 3 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Section One: Calculator-free 35% (52 Marks)


This section has eight questions. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces
provided.

Working time: 50 minutes.

Question 1 (5 marks)
(a) Find the values of ! and " which satisfy the matrix equation given below. (2 marks)

2! " 1 −1 13 1
# &' *=' *
−2" ! −3 1 26 −18
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(b) Calculate:
0 −2 2
(i) ' *' * (1 mark)
1 −1 4

−3 −1 0 −2
(i) 2' *−3' * (2 marks)
0 1 1 2

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SPECIALIST UNIT 1 4 CALCULATOR-FREE

Question 2 (7 marks)
Two forces are given by 01 = −32 + 55 N and 06 = 22 − 5 N.

(a) Determine

(i) 01 − 06 . (1 mark)

(ii) 501 + 1006 . (2 marks)

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(iii) |01 |. (1 mark)

(b) The resultant of 301 , 606 and a third force is 52 + 45 N. Determine the magnitude of the
third force. (3 marks)

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CALCULATOR-FREE 5 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 3 (6 marks)
:
(a) Consider the statement: 8 = 2 ⇒ 8 = 4.

(i) Write the inverse statement. (1 mark)

(ii) Write the converse statement. (1 mark)


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(b) State whether each of the following statements are true or false, supporting each answer
with an example or counterexample.

(i) ∀ positive integer <, √< ≤ <. (2 marks)

(ii) ∀@ ∈ ℝ, ∃D ∈ ℝ such that @D = 24. (2 marks)

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SPECIALIST UNIT 1 6 CALCULATOR-FREE

Question 4 (6 marks)
−8 7
The position vectors of points E and F are GH = I J and GK = I J.
3 −2

(a) Determine the position vector of point M that divides EF internally in the ratio 2: 3.
(3 marks)

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2
(b) A small body leaves E and moves with a constant velocity in a direction parallel to I J.
1
Determine, with reasons, whether the body will pass through point O with position vector
6
GP = I J. (3 marks)
9

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CALCULATOR-FREE 7 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 5 (7 marks)
(a) 4 different letters are chosen from the 7 in the word PAYMENT and then arranged to form
a password. Determine how many different passwords are possible that

(i) end in T. (1 mark)

(ii) end in T or start with P. (3 marks)


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(b) Determine the number of two letter permutations that can be made using letters from the
word REPAYMENT. (3 marks)

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SPECIALIST UNIT 1 8 CALCULATOR-FREE

Question 6 (5 marks)
(a) Without prefacing the statement with 'It is not ...' or similar, write the negation of the
following statements:

(i) Polygon R is a rhombus or a square. (1 mark)

S
(ii) ∀ obtuse angles S, the angle is acute. (2 marks)
2

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(b) If a true statement is negated, explain whether the contrapositive of the negated
statement will also be true. (2 marks)

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CALCULATOR-FREE 9 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 7 (7 marks)
−7 3 1
Consider the vectors T = I J , U = I J and G = I J.
8 −4 −2

(a) Determine the vector projection of G onto U. (3 marks)


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(b) Given that T = VU + WG, determine the value of V and the value of W. (4 marks)

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CALCULATOR-FREE 10 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Question 8 (9 marks)
(a) Use a matrix approach to solve the following system of linear equations. (5 marks)

2< + 5X − 3 = 0
X = −4< − 3
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(b) Solve the following equation for Z, given that [ is a 2x2 identity matrix and Z is a 1x2 row
matrix. (4 marks)

−1 0
Z I' * + 4[J = 2Z + [3 −5]
1 −3

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CALCULATOR-FREE 11 SPECIALIST UNIT 1

Supplementary page

Question number: _________


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SN090-151-1
Markers use only

Question Maximum Mark

1 5

2 7

3 6

4 6

5 7

6 5

7 7

8 9

S1 Total 52

S1 Wt
35%
(×0.6731)

S2 Wt 65%

Total 100%

© 2020 WA Exam Papers. Scotch College has a non-exclusive licence to copy and
communicate this document for non-commercial, educational use within the school. No
other copying, communication or use is permitted without the express written permission
of WA Exam Papers. SN090-151-1.
Semester One Examination, 2020

Question/Answer booklet

MATHEMATICS
SPECIALIST If required by your examination administrator, please
place your student identification label in this box
Section Two:
Calculator-assumed

WA student number: In figures

In words

Your name

Time allowed for this section Number of additional


Reading time before commencing work: ten minutes answer booklets used
Working time: one hundred (if applicable):
minutes

Materials required/recommended for this section


To be provided by the supervisor
This Question/Answer booklet
Formula sheet (retained from Section One)

To be provided by the candidate


Standard items: pens (blue/black preferred), pencils (including coloured), sharpener,
correction fluid/tape, eraser, ruler, highlighters

Special items: drawing instruments, templates, notes on two unfolded sheets of A4 paper,
and up to three calculators approved for use in this examination

Important note to candidates


No other items may be taken into the examination room. It is your responsibility to ensure that
you do not have any unauthorised material. If you have any unauthorised material with you, hand
it to the supervisor before reading any further.
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Structure of this paper


Number of Number of Working Percentage
Marks
Section questions questions to time of
available
available be answered (minutes) examination
Section One:
8 8 50 52 35
Calculator-free

Section Two:
13 13 100 98 65
Calculator-assumed

Total 100

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Instructions to candidates
1. The rules for the conduct of examinations are detailed in the school handbook. Sitting this
examination implies that you agree to abide by these rules.

2. Write your answers in this Question/Answer booklet preferably using a blue/black pen.
Do not use erasable or gel pens.

3. You must be careful to confine your answers to the specific question asked and to follow
any instructions that are specific to a particular question.

4. Show all your working clearly. Your working should be in sufficient detail to allow your
answers to be checked readily and for marks to be awarded for reasoning. Incorrect
answers given without supporting reasoning cannot be allocated any marks. For any
question or part question worth more than two marks, valid working or justification is
required to receive full marks. If you repeat any question, ensure that you cancel the
answer you do not wish to have marked.

5. It is recommended that you do not use pencil, except in diagrams.

6. Supplementary pages for planning/continuing your answers to questions are provided at


the end of this Question/Answer booklet. If you use these pages to continue an answer,
indicate at the original answer where the answer is continued, i.e. give the page number.

7. The Formula sheet is not to be handed in with your Question/Answer booklet.

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Section Two: Calculator-assumed 65% (98 Marks)


This section has thirteen questions. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces
provided.

Working time: 100 minutes.

Question 9 (9 marks)
Consider the following matrices.
,
$ −2 2, −5
!=# ' , * = + . , / = [31 1 21], 3 = 4 5 6
2$ $ 3,
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(a) Which product can be calculated using all matrices once? (1 mark)

(b) What will the dimensions of the matrix in (a) be? (1 mark)

(c) Which of the matrices !, *, /, 3 has an inverse? (1 mark)

(d) Calculate the inverse of the matrix in (c). (2 marks)

(e) Calculate 3 7 or explain why it cannot be done. (1 mark)

(f) State the value/s of $ which will make ! singular. (3 marks)

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Question 10 (5 marks)
Three forces act on an object so that it remains in equilibrium. Two of the forces have
magnitudes of 80 N and 110 N and the angle between their directions is 105°. Determine the
magnitude of the third force and the angle its direction makes with the smaller force.

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Question 11 (8 marks)
(a) An art gallery plans to display a single painting on each of the three walls in a room.
Determine how many arrangements of paintings are possible in the room if they have a
selection of 24 different paintings to choose from. (2 marks)

(b) In another room, the gallery plan to hang 8 different paintings in a row. If 2 of the paintings
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are by the artist Marr, determine the number of different arrangements of paintings that
are possible when

(i) the paintings by Marr must be at the ends. (2 marks)

(ii) the paintings by Marr must be next to each other. (2 marks)

(iii) the paintings by Marr must be apart and not at the ends. (2 marks)

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Question 12 (6 marks)
(a) Prove that every perfect square is either a multiple of 4 or one more than a multiple of 4.
(2 marks)

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(b) Prove that there are no integer solutions to the equation $7 = 4, + 3. (4 marks)

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Question 13 (7 marks)
CCCCC⃗ = 3?B
Trapezium ?@AB is such that @A CCCCC⃗ .

The midpoints of sides ?@, @A, AB and ?B are E, F, G and H.

Let CCCCC⃗ CCCCC⃗ = J. Use a vector method to prove that EFGH is a parallelogram.
?@ = I and ?B
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Question 14 (8 marks)
CCCCCC⃗L = 3|KG
In quadrilateral ?EFG shown below, K lies on FG so that LFK CCCCCC⃗ |.

(a) CCCCC⃗ = N, CCCCCC⃗


If ?E CCCCC⃗ = P, express the following in terms of N, O and/or P.
?F = O and ?G

(i) CCCCC⃗
EG. (1 mark)

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(ii) CCCCCC⃗
GK. (2 marks)

(iii) CCCCCC⃗
EK. (2 marks)

(b) If ? is the origin and points E, F and G have coordinates (−2, 39), (28, −14) and (32, −18)
respectively, determine the distance EK. (3 marks)

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Question 15 (8 marks)
2 0 0 −1
Two transformations, H = 4 6 and T = 4 6, are applied to all points on the line
1 −1 3 2
UV : X = −2Y + 4.

Transformation H is applied first then T, resulting in the image lines U7 = UV ′ and U[ = UV ′′


respectively.

(a) Calculate the equation of U7 . (3 marks)


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5
(b) The point @(5, −6) lies on UV and can be described by the position vector 4 6.
−6
Calculate the coordinates of @′′ after both transformations. (3 marks)

(c) Calculate a matrix that will transform U[ back to UV . (2 marks)

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Question 16 (7 marks)
(a) A calculator can generate random integers between 10 and 25. Use the pigeonhole
principle to explain why 49 random integers should be generated to be certain that at least
4 of them are the same. (3 marks)

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(b) 16 customers bought a total of 130 items from a supermarket. Given that each customer
bought at least one item, show that at least two of the customers bought the same number
of items. (4 marks)

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Question 17 (9 marks)
(a) Determine the scalar product of

(i) 3.5^ + 6.5_ and 8^ − 2_. (1 mark)

(ii) two vectors with directions 60° apart that have magnitudes of 15 and 18. (1 mark)
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(b) Given that |I| = 3 and |`| = 7 simplify (I + `) ⋅ (I + `) + I ⋅ (I − 2`). (3 marks)

3 −2 −5
(c) The position vectors of points E, F and G are c d , c d and c d. Show use of a vector
−2 −1 3
method to determine the size of angle EFG. (4 marks)

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Question 18 (8 marks)
A school yearbook is produced by a committee of 3 teachers and 8 students. 5 teachers and 17
students have nominated for the committee.

(a) Determine how many different committees could be formed from the nominations.
(2 marks)

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(b) The student nominations include two sets of twins. Determine how many different
committees could be chosen that include at least one set of twins. (4 marks)

(c) Suppose one of the teachers in the committee will be appointed as treasurer and one of
the students will be appointed as secretary. Determine how many different committees
can be formed with this structure. (2 marks)

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Question 19 (8 marks)
Oil platform T lies 66.5 km away from another oil platform F on a bearing of 215°. A steady
current of 4.5 km per hour flows between the platforms on a bearing of 110°. A small boat at F,
with a cruising speed of 12 km per hour, needs to arrive at T by 4 pm.

Determine the bearing that the boat should steer and the latest time it should depart from F.
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Question 20 (7 marks)
(a) There are 10 plates left on the conveyor belt of a circular sushi train at the end of the
night. 3 of the plates are blue, 2 of the plates are red, while the rest of the plates are all
different colours. Assuming the dishes are spaced evenly along the conveyor belt and that
plates with the same colour must be placed consecutively on the belt, how many different
ways are there to arrange the plates? (3 marks)

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(b) How many numbers between 1 − 500 are divisible by 3 or 5 but not by 7? (4 marks)

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Question 21 (8 marks)
Particle @, initially at the point with position vector 42^ − 25_ cm, moves with a constant velocity of
−8^ + 15_ cm/s. Particle A is stationary at the point with position vector −35^ + 11_.

(a) Determine the initial distance of @ from A. (2 marks)


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(b) Determine an expression for the distance e between @ and A after f seconds. (3 marks)

(c) Sketch a graph of e against f and hence determine the time that minimises e and state
what this minimum distance is. (3 marks)

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Markers use only

Question Maximum Mark

9 9

10 5

11 8

12 6

13 7

14 8

15 8

16 7

17 9

18 8

19 8

20 7

21 8

S2 Total 98

S2 Wt
65%
(×0.6633)

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