Year 12 Trial Exam Paper
2016
MATHEMATICAL METHODS
Written examination 1
Reading time: 15 minutes
Writing time: 1 hour
STUDENT NAME:
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of book
Number of Number of questions Number of
questions to be answered marks
10 10 40
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highlighters, erasers, sharpeners and rulers.
Students are NOT permitted to bring blank sheets of paper, notes of any kind or correction
liquid/tape into the examination.
Calculators are NOT permitted in this examination.
Materials provided
Question and answer book of 11 pages with a separate sheet of miscellaneous formulas.
Working space is provided throughout this book.
Instructions
Write your name in the box provided.
Remove the formula sheet during reading time.
Unless otherwise indicated, the diagrams in this book are not drawn to scale.
You must answer the questions in English.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones or any other unauthorised electronic devices
into the examination.
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written examination 1.
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Instructions
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
Provide exact answers to all questions where a numerical answer is required, unless otherwise
stated.
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 (4 marks)
dy
a. If y x3 cos( x), find .
dx
2 marks
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b. If f ( x) 2 x 2 , find f (1).
2 marks
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Question 2 (2 marks)
7
2 3
For x , let
3 3x 2 dx log (k ).
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e
Find the value of k.
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Question 3 (2 marks)
Solve 2 sin 2 x 1 0, where 0 x 1 .
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Question 4 (3 marks)
Parts of the graphs of functions f ( x) 9 x 9 and g ( x) 8(3x ) are shown below.
The graphs intersect at the point labelled A. Find the coordinates of A.
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Question 5 (2 marks)
Solve log e ( x) 4 log e ( x 6) for x, where x 0.
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Question 6 (7 marks)
1 3
Consider the function f : (1,5] R, f ( x) x ( x 4) .
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a. Find the coordinates of the stationary points of the function.
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b. On the axes below, sketch the graph of f.
Label end points, stationary points and axial intercepts with their coordinates.
3 marks
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c. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at x 1 .
2 marks
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Question 7 (3 marks)
When f ( x ) 3sin( x ) cos and f 1 , find f ( x).
x
2 3
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Question 8 (6 marks)
A fish tank contains eight gold and eight red fish.
Let p be the proportion of red fish in the tank. A sample of three fish is taken from the tank
without replacement.
a. What are the possible values of the sample proportion p̂ of red fish in the sample?
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b. Determine the probability that the proportion of red fish in the sample is more
than 0.25.
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Find Pr pˆ | pˆ .
1 1
c.
3 4
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Question 9 (5 marks)
A continuous random variable, X, has a probability density function
x
sin when x 0, a
f ( x ) 2 2 .
0, otherwise
a. Find the value of a.
2 marks
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d x x x x
b. Given that x cos sin cos , find E ( X ) .
dx 2 2 2 2
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Question 10 (6 marks)
a. The tangent to the graph y a 2 x at x = 4 passes through the origin. Find the value
of a.
3 marks
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b. For this value of a, find the area bounded by the graph, the tangent and the x-axis.
3 marks
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