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2023 Trial Examination
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MATHEMATICAL METHODS
Unit 1 – 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 Suggested times
questions to be answered marks (minutes)
1 20 20 20 30
2 6 6 60 90
Total 80 120
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 19 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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SECTION 1 – Multiple-choice questions
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
The solution to the simultaneous equations:
and is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Question 2
Given the distance between the points and is √ units. could equal:
A.
B. √
C.
D. √
E. No solution
Question 3
When the polynomial is divided by ), the remainder is.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
SECTION 1 - continued
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Question 4
The graph of has an asymptote at . could be equal to:
A.
B.
C. √
D.
E.
Question 5
If has one real solution, must be:
A. √
B. √
C. √ √
D. √
E.
Question 6
To obtain the graph of , must be:
A. translated 2 units to the right
B. translated 2 units to the left and 4 units down
C. translated 2 units to the left and 4 units up
D. translated 2 units to the right and 4 units up
E. translated 2 units to the right and 4 units down
SECTION 1 – continued
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Question 7
The range of the function is
A. B. C. D. E.
Question 8
The gradient of the tangent of the function where is closest to:
A.
B.
C. , where is very small
D. , where is very small
E. where is very small
Question 9
The number of ways that the letters of the word GOOGLE can be arranged in a row is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
SECTION 1 - continued
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Question 10
The equation of the following graph could be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Question 11
The graph of has a turning point with coordinates:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
SECTION 1 – continued
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Question 12
The average rate of change from to on the curve is:
A. Undefined
B.
C.
D.
E.
Question 13
How different ways can the letters A, E, I, O and U be arranged in a circle?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Question 14
A committee of 3 is to be chosen from a group of 4 men and 5 women.
The probability that the committee is made up of more women than men is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
SECTION 1 - continued
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Question 15
Consider the simultaneous equations:
There will be infinitely many solutions when:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Question 16
If the graph of √ is reflected in the axis, and then dilated by factor parallel to the x-
axis, the equation of the image would be:
A. √
B. √
C. √
D. √
E. √
Question 17
The gradient of the normal to the line segment joining ( ) and ( ) would be:
A. B. 6 C. D. E.
SECTION 1 - continued
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Question 18
Which of the following functions is not one-to-one:
A.
B. √
C.
D. √
E.
Question 19
For what value(s) of will the line not intersect with the line ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Question 20
The distance of a line segment is √ The end points are The value of
could be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
END OF SECTION 1
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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 (8 marks)
Let { }
a. Sketch the graph of , labelling all asymptotes and intercepts.
3 marks
can be found by transforming by a dilation factor 2 from the x-axis, followed by a
translation 3 units in the negative x-direction.
b. State the equation of the image of after these transformations
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2 marks
SECTION 2 – Question 1 – continued
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c. Find the coordinates of the intersection of graphs of and
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3 marks
Question 2 (10 marks)
For the function f with the rule .
a. Find the value/s of m for which has no solutions.
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2 marks
b. Find the value/s of n for which the equation has two positive solutions.
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2 marks
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SECTION 2 – Question 2 – continued
c. Find the exact coordinates of the intersection/s of the graphs of and
.
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2 marks
d. Sketch the graph of , labelling the turning point and intercepts with exact
coordinates. (Lines provided for working out.)
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4 marks
SECTION 2 – Question 2 – continued
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Question 3 (8 marks)
5 boys and 7 girls are in a drama class. A group of 4 is chosen to perform on stage.
a. How many different groups can be formed?
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1 mark
b. What is the probability that Harry (one of the boys) is chosen?
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1 mark
c. What is the probability that there are an even number of boys and girls chosen?
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2 marks
d. What is the probability that more boys than girls are chosen?
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2 marks
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SECTION 2 – Question 3 – continued
e. What is the probability that Harry is chosen, but his sister Hilary is not chosen?
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2 marks
Question 4 (12 marks)
The number of living bacteria in a sample is modelled by the rule:
, , where is time in minutes after treating the sample withan anti bacteria.
√
a. How many bacteria are in the sample when the anti bacteria is added? Answer to the nearest
whole number.
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1 mark
b. Find the average rate of decrease over the first 5 minutes. Round your
answer to 3 decimal places.
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2 marks
SECTION 2 – Question 4 – continued
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c. Use an appropriate method to estimate, to the nearest whole number, the instantaneous rate of
change in bacteria after 5 minutes. Justify your answer with working.
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4 marks
d. Using the central difference approximation, with a value of 0.1, find an approximation to
the instantaneous rate of change at . Round your answer to 2 decimal places.
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2 marks
e. When does the model predict that the rate of decline in bacteria per minute will fall to 5
bacteria Give your answer in minutes, correct to one decimal place.
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3 marks
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SECTION 2 – continued
Question 5 (9 marks)
Consider the system of linear equations;
a. If the 2 equations are parallel to each other, show that .
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2 marks
b. For , if passes through the point , find the value of
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2 marks
c. For what values of and are there no solutions to the system of linear equations.
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2 marks
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SECTION 2 – Question 5 – continued
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d. For find the family of solutions in terms of t.
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2 marks
e. For the solution find the value of .
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1 mark
Question 6 (7 marks)
Consider the family of quadratics defined by the function where is a non zero
real number.
a. Find all intercepts for the graph of
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2 marks
b. Find the location of the turning point in terms of
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2 marks
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SECTION 2 – Question 6 – continued
The graph of is drawn on the same axis as the graph of .
c. Find the coordinates of the point/s of intersection of the graph of and the graph
of in terms of .
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1 mark
d. For what value/s of is there one intersection?
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1 mark
e. For what value/s of are there two points of intersection?
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1 mark
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SECTION 2 – continued
TURN OVER
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Question 7 (6 marks)
A right conical vessel with radius 4m and height 8m, is filled with liquid to a height of
as shown in the diagram.
a. Find the volume of liquid, , as a function of
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2 marks
b. Find the radius when the height of the liquid is 5 metres.
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1 mark
c. What is the height of the liquid when the volume is ?
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1 mark
SECTION 2 – Question 7 – continued
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d. Sketch the graph of over an appropriate domain. Label all endpoints to 2
decimal places where appropriate.
2 marks
END OF QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
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