Gosford High School Year 11 2009 Preliminary Higher School Certificate Mathematics Extension 1 Assessment Task 2 Time Allowed - 60 minutes +5 minutes reading time “The foar questions ae of almost egal value Remember to start each new question on anew page. Work down the page in one column only. Stodents must answer questions using »bve/lack pen and/or a sharpened B or HB pencil Approved seen calculators may be used ‘Stents neod to be aware thet "pale answers may not gun full mack, ‘untidy and/or poorly organised solutions may not gin fll masks. ‘Tinear Funston na Taequalaes - | mm [ Polvaomisis 7 —— leeds 6 Polynomials 13 Toul 150‘Mathematics Extension 1 Year 11 Half Yearly Examination ~2009 ‘Question 1 (12 Marks) 4) AQ,4,B.6,-3) and C(-2,-6) are the vertices ofa triangle onthe mumber plan, (Find the length of AB (Gi) Find the gradient of AB. (Gi) Find she mi point of AC (e)_ Whattype of ingle i ABC. Fully justify your answer, (9) ind the coordinates of D such that ABCD isa parallelogram. 1) Find, in general form, the esuaton ofthe line perpendicular to. $x~3y-2=0 ‘concurent with y = 3x6 2and 2x ‘Question 2 (12 Marks) Bogin a New Sheet of Paper 8) Solve and graph your solution on a number Hine sot 2 b) Solve 2x1 < fevdl 3 a aan =? Solve fe+ll + fx-2)‘Question 3 (13 Marks) Bepin a New Sheet of Paper » » o * ° Graph fla) = (2-3 (0#2)2x-1) Hence or otherwise, solve (x-3¥(H32x-1) < 0 Provethat, if x¢ ~ x3 4 bx ~ 4 hasa factor of (2+); then also has feetor of G2. Bagand and simplify | @x~3yX23-43y) ~ (2x~39)* Factorise ot -B'42he-c* Simplity Question 4 (13 Marks) Begin a Now Sheet of Paper 2 » 9 ‘When the polynomial (3) is divided by x*—1 the omsinder is 3x~1 “What isthe remainder when P(x) divided by x—1? Justify your answer. ()_Factorise completly the polynomial P(x) theequition P(x) = 0 hasa repeated root, = 3x42 giventhat Gi) The polynomial Qf) has the form Q(2)=P(x)ex+a) with 6) asin. ‘The consiant a is choten so that (=) 2 0 forall eal values of x Find all possible values of @. Hint Draw a graph or two) If a, Pend y wetherooieof x ~ 23 + 3x4 7 = 0, find the values of @ asper wo 2 7 wo athe? (60) Hence using () and Gi) find a? + B+ 7?gt = Bere. WSytaSe 3a => Bet SY sh EP Quote ce | “be te?) a Cb-<)* > a C4 tbe Cask a | Sor aD