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2020 Trial Examination

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MATHEMATICAL METHODS
Unit 2 – Written examination 1

Reading time: 15 minutes

Writing time: 60 minutes

QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK

Structure of book
Number of Number of questions Number of
questions to be answered marks

7 7 40

 Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters,
erasers, sharpeners and rulers
 Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper
and/or white out liquid/tape.
 No calculator is permitted in this examination.

Materials supplied
 Question and answer book of 8 pages.

Instructions
 Print your name in the space provided on the top of this 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 examination room.

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Instructions
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
In all questions where a numerical answer is required, an exact value must be given unless
otherwise specified.
In questions where more than one mark is available, appropriate working must be shown.
Unless otherwise indicated, the diagrams in this book are not drawn to scale.

Question 1 (7 marks)

Solve the following for :

a.

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2 marks

b. ( ) ( )

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2 marks

c. Using an appropriate substitution or otherwise, solve

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3 marks

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Question 2 (9 marks)

For the function ( ) ( ) , , -

a. State the value of if the domain includes exactly one complete cycle only.

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1 mark

b. Find ( )

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2 marks

c. Find * ( ) +, for the domain found in a.

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3 marks

d. Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of the graph of ( ) and the graph of
( ) . / , , -

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3 marks

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Question 3 (5 marks)

Find for the following:

a.

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1 mark

b. √

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2 marks

c.

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2 marks

Question 4 (6 marks)

For the function ( ) ( )

a. Find ( )

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2 marks

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b. Find the equation of the tangent to ( ) at the point where

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2 marks

c. Find the coordinates of the turning point of the graph of ( ) using calculus.

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2 marks

Question 5 (3 marks)

If ( ) and ( ) , find ( ).

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3 marks

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Question 6 (5 marks)

The decay of a radioactive material is modelled by ( ) , where ( ) is the

amount of radioactive material in kg at time t years.

a. Show that represents the initial amount of the material.

1 mark

b. The half-life of the material is 50 years. Calculate the exact value of k.

2 marks

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c. Sketch the graph of showing axial intercepts as coordinates, asymptotes

with their equations and the point where x = -1.

2 marks

Question 7 (5 marks)

a. For the function ( ) ( ) the stationary point of inflection is located

at ( ). Find the values of and .

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b. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve of ( ) √ at the point where
giving your answer in terms of

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3 marks

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