2013 MATHMETH(CAS) TEST 1
VICTORIAN CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
2022
STUDENT NAME:
TEACHER NAME: BERD BOHL CHAP CVEK FITK MAYR ROSP SCHP
MATHEMATICAL METHODS UNIT 2
TECH-FREE
EXAM 1
Reading Time: 10 minutes
Writing time: 60 minutes
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Number of Number of questions Number of marks
questions to be answered
8 8 44
Students are permitted to bring into the test room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners,
rulers.
Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination: notes of any kind, blank sheets of paper,
white out liquid/tape or a calculator of any type.
Materials supplied
Question and answer book of 10 pages.
Working space is provided throughout the book.
Instructions
Write your name in the space provided above on this page.
All written responses must be in English.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices
into the examination room.
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Instructions
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
Unless otherwise specified an exact answer is required to a question.
In questions where more than one mark is available, appropriate working must be shown.
Question 1 (4 marks)
Differentiate the following functions with respect to x.
a. y = 3x 2 + x − 5 1 mark
b. y = (2 x − 3)(3x + 1) 1 mark
1
c. f ( x) = ( x 2 − ) 4 2 marks
x
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Question 2 (5 marks)
Solve the following for x.
a. 43− x = 82 x 2 marks
b. log3 ( x2 + 2 x − 3) − log3 ( x − 1) = 2 3 marks
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Question 3 (7 marks)
a. Solve the following equations for x.
i. 2sin( x) + 1 = 0 for x [− , 2 ] 2 marks
ii. 2cos2 ( x) − cos( x) − 1 = 0 for x [0, 2 ] 3 marks
2 3
b. Given that cos( ) = and 2 , find the value of sin( ) . 2 marks
3 2
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Question 4 (6 marks)
Consider the function f : 0, 2 → R, f ( x) = −4sin(2 x) + 2 .
a. State range of f ( x) . 1 mark
b. State the period and amplitude of f ( x) 2 marks
Period:
Amplitude:
c. Sketch the graph of y = f ( x) . Label all axial intercepts and endpoints with their coordinates.
3 marks
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Question 5 (6 marks)
Consider the function p : (−4, ) → R, p( x) = log 2 ( x + 4) + 3 .
a. Sketch the graph of y = p( x) , labelling axes intercepts with their coordinates and
asymptotes with their equations. 3 marks
b. Find the inverse function, p −1 ( x ) , expressing your answer in function notation. 3 marks
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Question 6 (6 marks)
Ms Adolph has 40m of tape with which to put lines on the ground to construct a court similar to a tennis
court as shown below.
y 2y y
4y
2x
a. Show that y = 4 − . 1 mark
5
b. Hence find an expression for the area of the court in terms of x. 1 mark
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c. Use calculus to find the maximum area of this court. Use a sign diagram to show
that this area is a maximum.
4 marks
Question 7 (2 marks)
x x −1
State the values for which k ( x) = 2 x + 1 −1 x 1 is:
x2 + 2 x 1
a. Continuous. 1 mark
b. Differentiable. 1 mark
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Question 8 (8 marks)
A cubic function has the rule g ( x) = x3 + 3x 2 − 24 x .
a. Find the equation of the tangent to g ( x) at x = 1 . 3 marks
b. Find the coordinates of the stationary points of g ( x) and state their nature. 3 marks
c. Hence, find the coordinates of the stationary points of h( x) = −2 g ( x + 2) + 1 . 2 marks
END OF QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
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Mathematical Methods Units 1 & 2 formulas
Functions and graphs
distance formula d = ( x2 − x1 ) 2 + ( y2 − y1 ) 2
x + x2 y1 + y2
midpoint = 1
2
midpoint formula ,
2
Straight line graphs
general equation y = mx + c
equation through point ( x1 , y1 ) y − y1 = m( x − x1 )
y2 − y1
gradient m=
x2 − x1
Mensuration
circumference of a 2 r area of a circle r2
circle
4
volume of a sphere r3 volume of a cylinder r 2h
3
Calculus
d n
dx
( )
x = nx n −1
