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MATHEMATICAL METHODS
Unit 2 – Written examination 2

Reading time: 15 minutes

Writing time: 2 hours

QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK

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

1 20 20 20
2 7 7 60

Total 80

 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.
 An approved CAS calculator is permitted in this examination.

Materials supplied
 Question and answer book of 18 pages.

Instructions
 Print your name in the space provided on the top of this page.
SECTION 1 – Multiple-choice
 All written responses must bequestions
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 for Section 1

Answer all questions in pencil on the answer sheet provided for multiple-choice questions.
Choose the response that is correct for the question.
A correct answer scores 1, an incorrect answer scores 0.
Marks will not be deducted for incorrect answers.
No marks will be given if more than one answer is completed for any question.

Question 1:
An artist is mixing colours for their painting. The palette contains 3 shades of blue, 5 shades of
green and 4 shades of yellow. Assuming the artist is using one blue, one green and one yellow in
the mix how many colour combinations are possible?
A. 12 B. 60 C. 24 D. 120 E. 18

Question 2:
In how many ways can the letters of the word PAINT be arranged?
A. 120 B. 3125 C. 1 D. 5 E. 25

Question 3:
The artist is to choose six paintings from their nine works for an exhibition. How many such sets
of 6 paintings are possible?
A. 84 B. 720 C. 20 D. 504 E. 3,818

Question 4:
The probability that Vincent sells a painting at the exhibition is 0.3. The probability that
Leonardo sells a painting is 0.5. If these events are independent, what is the probability that they
both sell a painting?
A. 0.15 B. 0.48 C. 0.80 D. 0.12 E. 0.32

Question 5:
A card is picked up at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that it is a 7, 8, 9 or
10.
A. B. C. D. E.

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Question 6:
The approximate coordinates of the point of the unit circle corresponding to an angle of 50° are:
A. (0.94, 0.34) B. (0.64, 0.77) C. (0.94, -0.34)
D. (0.34, 0.94) E. (0.34, 0.50)

Question 7:
The diagram below shows a unit circle:

The y-coordinate on this point of the unit circle is:

A. B. C.

D. E.

Question 8:
If , then is equal to:
√ √ √ √ E.
A. B. C. D.

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Question 9:
Part of the graph of a trigonometric function is shown below:

The rule of the function could be:

A. ( ) 2 B. ( )-1 C.

D. E.

Question 10:

The graph of the function ( ) has a maximum located when:

A. B. C.

D. E.

Question 11:
The solutions to the equation √ for , are given by

A. and only B. and only C. and only

D. , , , E. , , ,

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Question 12:
If , then is equal to:
A. 0 B. C. -1 D. 2 E. -2
Question 13:
is equal to:
A. B. C. D. E.

Question 14:
If , then is equal to:
A. B. 3 C. 10 D. E. 0

Question 15:

What is the instantaneous rate of change at of the function ?

A. -2 B. C. D. 2 E. 1

Question 16:
If , then is
A. B. C.
D. E.

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Question 17:
The graph of the cubic function is shown below:

It is true to say that when

A. only B. only C. only
D. E.

Question 18:

is equal to

A. 0 B. -1 C. 8 D. -10 E. 10

Question 19:
If then is equal to
A. 8 B. -6 C. 0 D. 6 E. 10

Question 20:
∫ is equal to:
A. B. C.

D. E.

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SECTION 2 - Analysis questions

Instructions for Section 2

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 (12 marks)

Aces Tennis Club has 40 members. Of these members 7 women and 8 men are ranked as A-grade
players and 13 women and 12 men as B-grade players.

a. A committee of eight is to be chosen from the members of the tennis club. The committee
is to consist of five A-grade players and 3 B-grade players. In how many ways can this
committee be chosen?

2 marks

b. The chosen committee consists of four men and four women. The committee members sit
at a round table for their first meeting. In how many ways can the committee members be
seated at the table?

2 marks

c. The committee of eight members are to be photographed standing in line for the local
newspaper. In how many ways can the members be photographed if male and female
members are to be in alternate positions?

2 marks

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d. A fundraising committee consisting of four members is to be chosen from the 40 club

members. How many committees could have more than two B-grade players?

2 marks

e. What is the probability that the fundraising committee consists of all A-grade players?

2 marks

f. What is the probability that the fundraising committee consists of all men?

2 marks

Question 2 (9 marks)

The height for a section of a roller coaster can modelled by

where h is the height (metres) above the ground and d is the horizontal distance (metres) from the
start of the ride.
a. State the amplitude

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1 mark

b. State the period in metres

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1 mark
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c. What is the highest point above the ground, in metres, for this section of the ride?

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1 mark

d. What is the height of the ride above the ground, in metres, (to 2 decimal places) at the
beginning and end of this section of the roller coaster?

2 marks
e. Sketch the function below. Indicate clearly on your
graph the coordinates of the endpoints and turning points. Give your answer correct to
two decimal places.

3 marks

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f. What is the height above the ground, in metres, when . Express your answer to 2
decimal places.

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1 mark

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Question 3 (9 marks)
The top view of a pond is in the shape of two right-angled triangles joined by a parallelogram as
shown in the diagram below. The triangular sections of the pond are x metres deep, while the
parallelogram section is 2x metres deep.

a. Show that √

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2 marks

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b. Show that the cross section area of the pond is 2ax-3a.

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2 marks

c. Determine the volume of the pond in terms of x.

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1 mark

d. Find the value of for which the volume of the pond is √ m3 .

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2 marks
e. Find , when

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2 marks
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Question 4 (12 marks)

A population of bacteria (P) for time (t) days is given by

a. What is the initial population of bacteria?

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1 mark

b. After 5 hours the bacterial population is 130. Show that

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1 mark

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c. Sketch the graph of for the first 15 days below, clearly showing all the end points on
your graph.

2 marks
d. Find the average rate of change of the bacterial population between and

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2 marks

e. Find the instantaneous rate of change of the bacterial population at , giving your
answer correct to three decimal places.

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1 mark

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After 15 days an antibiotic is added to the bacterial population. The population of bacteria after t
days is given by

Where
f. The bacterial population has been halved after three days of treatment with the antibiotic.
Determine the value of c. (correct to 3 decimal places)

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2 marks

g. Using your answer from f how many days will it take before population of bacteria is less
than 10?

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3 marks
Question 5 (7 marks)

A body starts from 5 m to the right of the origin and moves in a straight line. After seconds its
velocity, is given by

Let displacement be the anti-derivative of velocity with respect to time.

a. Find the body’s displacement from the origin at time seconds.

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2 marks

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b. Find the average velocity in the first 10 seconds.

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2 marks

c. Find the displacement after 10 seconds.

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2 marks

d. Assume that acceleration is the derivative of velocity with respect to time. Determine an
expression for the acceleration of the body in m/s2 at time t.

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1 mark

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Question 6 (7 marks)

A function has the rule

a. What is the domain and range of f(x)?

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2 marks

b. Determine the equation(s) of the asymptote(s) of f(x).

1 mark

c. Determine

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1 mark

d. What is the domain and range of ?

2 marks

e. Determine the asymptotes of f--1(x).

1 mark

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Question 7 (4 marks)

Differentiate the function using first principles.

4 marks

END OF QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

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