Yr 11 MM 2022 Cubic and Quartic Functions Name: __________________

Part 2 : Multiple Choice and Extended Response (40 mins) Total : 28 marks

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a polynomial?

2. The remainder when is divided is equal to

A.

B.

C.

D.

2 60
E. x + 8 x+27 +
x−2

3.
4. Which one of the following graphs could be the graph of f (x) = (x – 4)(x + 2)2(k – x), where k is a positive
constant?

A. B.

C. D.

E.
5. If then equals

6. If (x  a) is a factor of 2 x 4−(4 a−1) x3 +17 x 2−2 ax and a ∈ Z ¿ 0 },¿ the value of a is

A. 3
B. 2
C. 1
D. 1
E. 2

7. The equation of the graph given below is

A. y=x (x−3)(x +2) y

B. y=2 ( x +3 ) ( x−2 ) 20
C. y=2 x ( x −3 ) ( x +2 )
D. y=2 x ( x +3 )( x−2 )
x
E. y=2 x ( x +3 )( 2−x )
–4 –2 O 2

8. For the curve defined by which one of the following statements is FALSE?

A. The curve has three X-intercepts.

B. The curve passes through the point (–1 , 26).

C. When .

D. The curve has an X-intercept of .

E. The curve has a Y-intercept of 60.

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The rule for a function with the graph above could be:

A. y=−2(x+ b) ( x−c )2 (x −d)

B. y=2 ( x +b )( x−c )2 (x−d)
C. y=−2 ( x−b ) ( x −c )2 (x−d )
D. y=2 ( x−b ) ( x −c ) (x−d )
E. y=2 ( x−b ) ( x +c )2 (x +d )

10.

[10 marks]
EXTENDED RESPONSE

1. A section of a path along the edge of a river can be modelled by a cubic function for x ∈ [0, 20]. Measurements
are in metres. The co-ordinates of points on the path are (0,0), (3, -18), (4, -24) and (6, 72).

a. If the equation of the path along the river is modelled by the function , use your
CAS calculator to find the values of a, b, c, and d.

b. The bank of the river is 5 metres to the north of the centre of the path. Find the equation of the cubic function
which models the river bank.

c. Find the largest deviation of the path from the x axis using the equation found in part (a).
Express your answer correct to one decimal place.

[4 + 1 + 1 = 6 marks]
2. An open box is constructed by cutting out square corners, with side length x cm from a sheet of cardboard paper
100 cm by 70 cm as shown below and then folding along the dotted lines.

a) Show that the volume of the open box is .

b) For what values of x would this function be defined?

c) Answering correct to one decimal places, find the maximum volume and the height of the box which gives
this maximum volume.

d) The manufacturer wants to make a box with a volume of 40 000 cm3. What is the smallest height that will
give this volume?

[2+1+2+1 = 6 marks]
 3. A manufacturer uses wire of length 240 cm to make wire frames which are covered to produce bins. The
finished bins are cylindrical in shape. The wire frames are comprised of two circles and four straight pieces of
wire joining them as shown in the diagram below.

r cm

h cm

The radius of each wire frame, and hence each bin, is r cm and the height is h cm. The volume is  r2h .

a.
i. Show that h  60   r.

1 mark

ii. Hence show that the volume V, of a bin is given by V  60 r2   2r3.
.

1 mark

b.
Sketch the graph of the volume function V (r)  60r 2   2r labelling axial intercepts, turning point and
endpoints with their co-ordinates. 3

2 decimal points where necessary.

2 marks
c.
Find the maximum volume that a bin can have and the height of the bin when its volume is a maximum.
2 DECIMAL PLACES

2 marks
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