Student Number:

Teacher:

St George Girls High School

Mathematics Standard 2
2020 Trial HSC Examination

General Reading time – 10 minutes

Instructions Working Time – 2 hours and 30 minutes
Write using black pen
Calculators approved by NESA may be used
A reference sheet is provided at the back of this paper
For questions in Section I, use the multiple-choice answer sheet
provided.
For questions in Section II:
o Answer the questions in the space provided
o Show relevant mathematical reasoning and/or calculations
o Extra writing space is provided at the back of this booklet. If
you use this space, clearly indicate which question you are
answering
o Marks may not be awarded for incomplete or poorly
presented solutions

Total marks: Section I – 15 marks (pages 3 – 9)

100 Attempt Questions 1 - 15
Allow about 25 minutes for this section

Section II – 85 marks
Attempt Questions 16 – 43
Allow about 2 hour and 5 minutes for this section

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Section I

15 marks
Attempt questions 1 - 15
Allow about 25 minutes for this section
Use the multiple-choice answer sheet for questions 1-15

1. Hayley invests $4000 at 3% pa compounding monthly. What is the value of her

investment (to the nearest dollar) after 5 years?

(A) $4 600.00
(B) $4637.10
(C) $4646.47
(D) $17599.16

2. What is the area of this triangle in square metres?

(A) 32.5
(B) 38.5
(C) 45.5
(D) 50.375

3. Jim, a landscaping contractor, charges by the hour for his company’s services.
To complete a particular job, he will have to use three workers and pay each of
them $20 per hour. The fixed costs for the job are $150 and it will take four hours
to complete the job. To break even on this job, his hourly charge to the client
should be:
(A) $97.50
(B) $107.50
(C) $127.50
(D) $132.50

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4. The angle of elevation from the base of the tree to the top of the building is 53°.
The base of the building is 50 metres from the base of the tree.

What is the height of the building, correct to the nearest metre?

(A) 30
(B) 40
(C) 66
(D) 67

5. The capacity of the fuel tank of Jane’s car is 65 litres. She starts driving with a full
tank and the car consumes 0.15 litres per km.
Which of the following linear equations describes the volume (V) in litres of fuel
in the tank, after travelling k km?

(A) 𝑉𝑉 = −0.15𝑘𝑘 − 65
(B) 𝑉𝑉 = −0.15𝑘𝑘 + 65
(C) 𝑉𝑉 = 0.15𝑘𝑘 + 65
(D) 𝑉𝑉 = 0.15𝑘𝑘 − 65

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6. The following network shows the time, in hours, that it takes to travel along a
series of roads that connect town P to town Q.

What is the shortest time, in hours, that it would take to travel from town P to
town Q?

(A) 8

(B) 9

(C) 10

(D) 14

7.

The correlation coefficient of the above scatter plot is closest to:

(A) 0.5

(B) −0.5

(C) 0.9

(D) −0.9

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8. A large piece of machinery costs $100 000 and is depreciated using the
declining-balance method. The graph below shows the value of the machinery at
the end of each year for ten years.

Which of the following statements is true?

(A) The rate of depreciation increases every year.

(B) Each year, the machinery depreciates by $7000.
(C) The declining-balance depreciation rate is less than 10% per annum.
(D) The annual dollar value of the depreciation decreases over time.

9. Elizabeth lives in Sydney, NSW (UTC +10) and Margaret lives in

Los Angeles, USA (UTC –8).
Margaret makes a call to Elizabeth at 12:30 pm on Monday 24th June.
What is the date and time in Sydney when Elizabeth receives the call?

(A) 6:30 pm Tuesday 25th

(B) 6:30 am Tuesday 25th

(C) 5:30 am Sunday 23rd

(D) 5:30 pm Monday 24th

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10. The scale on an aerial photograph is given as 1 mm = 500 m. If the straight real
distance between two towns is 1.2km, how far apart are these two towns on the
map?

(A) 2.4 mm
(B) 24 mm
(C) 4.2 mm
(D) 0.42 mm

11. Nick bought a portfolio of 500 OptusNet shares with his retrenchment payout.
The value of each share is currently $52.50, and Nick is paid an annual dividend of
$2.75 per share.
What is the dividend yield on the shares?

(A) $1375
(B) $26250
(C) $5.2%
(D) $10.5%

12. The length of a beach is measured as 1.45 km.

What is the absolute error of this measurement?

(A) 100 m
(B) 50 m
(C) 10 m
(D) 5m

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13. Mitchell is going to buy a car and downloads data on fuel efficiency for three
models.
Model Fuel Consumption (City) Fuel Consumption (Country)
Tacoma 15.8 L/100km 11.5 L/100km
Firenze 14.4 L/100km 11.4 L/100km
Vortex 15.6 L/100km 11.0 L/100km

In a test drive, he drives all three cars for 40 km on city roads and 120 km on country roads.

Based on the data, which car would use the least fuel on the test drive?

(A) The Firenze would use the least fuel

(B) The Firenze and the Tacoma are equal in using the least amount of fuel
(C) The Firenze and the Vortex are equal in using the least amount of fuel
(D) The Tacoma would use the least fuel

14. A restaurant owner collected data related to the reasons given by customers for
being unhappy with his restaurant. The Pareto chart shows the data collected.

Which percentage of customers were unhappy because of the small portions?

(A) 6% (B) 7% (C) 8% (D) 87%

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15. The activity chart below shows the immediate prerequisite(s) and duration for
each activity in a project.
Activity Immediate Prerequisites Time (days)
A - 2
B A 3
C A 3
D B, C 3
E A 5
F B, C 8
G D, E 4
H F, G 2

Which network could be drawn from the activity chart?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

End of Section I
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Section II

85 marks
Attempt all questions
Allow about 2 hours and 5 minutes for this section

Answer the questions in the spaces provided.

Your responses should include relevant mathematical reasoning and/or

calculations.
Extra writing space is provided at the back of the examination paper.

Question 16 (2 mark) Marks

Calculate the perimeter of the shape below, rounded to 3 2

significant figures.

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Question 17 (2 marks) Marks

A maze contains eight statues. The statues are labelled A to H on the
following directed graph. Walkers within the maze are only allowed to
move in the directions of the arrows.

(a) Find two statues that a walker could not reach from statue G. 1

(b) One way that statue D can be reached from statue E is along path 1
ECD. List two other ways that statue D can be reached from statue
E.

Question 18 (3 marks)
The network diagram shows seven campsites, F, G, H, I, J, K and L, which
are joined by tracks. The numbers by the paths show lengths (in km) of
that section of track.

(a) Find and highlight the minimum spanning tree of the network. 2

(b) A telephone cable is to be laid along as few of the existing tracks 1

as possible. What is the minimum length of cable necessary to
complete this task?

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Question 19 (2 marks) Marks

An online retailer of cushions draws the graph below to
analyse sales. The lines representing the equations for daily
cost (C) and daily income (I) are shown.

(a) Give an appropriate explanation for what the coefficient of N i.e. 4, 1

could mean in the equation 𝐶𝐶 = 4𝑁𝑁 + 70

(b) What is the result on a day where 30 cushions were sold? 1

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Question 20 (4 marks) Marks

The house plan of the ground floor is drawn below.

(a) The north side of the house which has Dining and Living is 12m 1
long. What is the scale of the house plan?

(b) What is the cost of tiling the area that is labelled as porch on 3
the south side, if tiling costs $150 per square metre?

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Question 21 (2 marks) Marks

A pyramid has a vertical height of 1.1 m, and it has a square base of 80 cm.

Calculate the capacity of the pyramid in litres. 2

Question 22 (2 marks)

The formula below gives the blood alcohol concentration for a male.
10𝑁𝑁−7.5𝐻𝐻
𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐶𝐶Male =
6.8𝑀𝑀

where N is the number of standard drinks consumed, H is the number of

hours of drinking, and M is the person’s weight in kilograms.
Charles weighs 70 kg and consumes 4 standard drinks in 2 hours.
What is his BAC, correct to 2 significant figure? 2

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Question 23 (2 marks) Marks

What is the least amount (to the nearest dollar) that must be invested now
at 4.8% per annum, compounded monthly, so that in three years it will have
grown to $25 000? 2

Question 24 (2 marks)
Angel sets up this spreadsheet to track the progress of her loan on a
monthly basis.
Principal (P) = $45 000.00
Annual Interest rate (r) = 8% This table assumes each month
Monthly repayment (R) = $500.00 is one twelfth of a year.

Interest
N Principal (P)
(I)
P+I P+I-R

1 $45,000.00 $300.00 $45,300.00 $44,800.00

2 $44,800.00 $298.67 $45,098.67 $44,598.67
3 $44,598.67 $297.32 $44,895.99 $44,395.99
4 $44,395.99 $295.97 $44,691.96 $44,191.96
5 $44,191.96 Y
Calculate the value that would appear at Y.
2

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Question 25 (3 marks) Marks

Anthony and Natalie walk in different directions from the same camp
site (S). Anthony walks for 12 km on a bearing of 130° to a lookout (N)
and Natalie walks for 9 km on a bearing of 040° to a picnic ground (A).
Anthony then walks directly from the lookout to meet Natalie at the
picnic ground.

(a) What distance would Anthony have to walk to meet Natalie on 1

the lookout point?

(b) On what bearing must Anthony walk? 2

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Question 26 (3 marks) Marks

A group of 14 children were tested on their co-ordination skills and the
results are shown on the scatter-plot below.

Two researchers, Anika and David, each draw a line of best fit on the
graph.

(a) Explain why Anika’s line is a better line of best fit.

1

(b) Give the equation of Anika’s line. 2

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Question 27 (4 marks) Marks

Sam recorded the scores of 25 footballers who each took 50 shots at goal.
The cumulative frequency graph displays the results.

(a) Use the graph to estimate the median number of goals scored. 1

(b) Calculate the mean number of goals scored. (Answer to 1 decimal 1

place.)

(c) What percentage of players scored 37 goals or more? 1

(d) The players with the top 76% of scores go through to the next round 1
of shots. What score was needed to go through to the next round?

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Question 28 (3 marks) Marks

A supermarket receipt is shown.

Given that the cost of cat food tins is 3 times the cost of the ice-cream, 3
determine the missing values P and Q to complete the receipt.

Question 29 (2 marks)
Julie is looking through the supermarket catalogue for her favourite cookies 2
and cream ice-cream. She can buy 2L of triple-chocolate ice-cream for $6.30
while the cookies-and-cream ice-cream is usually $5.40 for 1.2L. What
discount (in dollars and cents) should the supermarket offer on the price of
the 1.2L container of cookies-and cream ice-cream for it to be of equal value
to the 2L triple-chocolate container in per litre terms?

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Marks
Question 30 (4 marks)
(a) Make y the subject of the formula 3𝑥𝑥 – 5𝑦𝑦 + 10 = 0. 1

(b) Using your answer in part (a) or otherwise, find the gradient and 1
y-intercept of the linear equation:
3𝑥𝑥 – 5𝑦𝑦 + 10 = 0

(c) Draw the linear function 3𝑥𝑥 – 5𝑦𝑦 + 10 = 0 on the number plane 2
given below:

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Marks
Question 31 (4 marks)

The earth is in the shape of a sphere with the diameter of 12 800 km.

12800 km

(a) Show that the circumference of the earth along equator is approximately
1
40000 km?

(b) A satellite is located 1000 km above sea level in space. How many km, to the
1
nearest 100 km, does the satellite travel in each rotation?

(c) City A is located at (35°N, 125°E). City B is located 60° to the east and 40° 2
to the south of city A. What is the latitude and longitude of city B?

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Question 32 (2 marks) Marks

(a) A bag contains more than three types of chocolates. In this bag
there are 30 caramel pieces, 35 strawberry pieces, 20 mint pieces
and many pieces of other flavours.

What is the ratio of caramel to strawberry to mint pieces, in its 1

simplest form?

(b) In this bag the ratio of the total number of caramel, strawberry and
mint pieces to the total number of all the pieces in the bag is 17:18.
1
What is the total number of pieces of chocolate that are in the bag?

Question 33 (4 marks)
In a particular game of chance, two dice are thrown. If both dice
show a number greater than 4 then the person wins $2.50. If only
one die shows a number greater than 4 the person wins $1.00. If
both dice show numbers of 4 or less then the person loses $2.50.

(a) Draw a probability tree to show the possible outcomes.

2

(b) If the person played the game 10 times, what would be their
2
expected winnings or loss?

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Question 34 (3marks) Marks

The heights, in metres, of 9 buildings in a small tourist area are as shown.
50, 54, 56, 58, 58, 68, 70, 74, 95

Is the height of the tallest building in this area considered an outlier? Justify your
answer with calculations. 3

Question 35 (3 marks)
Rebecca has a credit card with the following conditions:
- There is no interest free period.
- Interest at the rate of 0.04% per day is charged at the
end of each month.
- Interest is calculated from and including the date of
purchase to the last day of the month.
Rebecca’s credit card statement for August is shown, with some
figures missing.

The minimum payment is calculated as 5% of the closing balance on the 31st of 3

August. Calculate the minimum payment.

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Question 36 (5 marks)
Marks
For a research assignment, Malcolm went to a forest near a
river. He measured the circumference of eight trees and their
distances from the riverbank.

His measurement results are summarised in the table.

Distance from the

6 11 16 20 25 30 35 45
riverbank (m)

Circumference of tree (cm) 83 75 68 67 64 62 60 52

(a) Calculate Pearson’s correlation coefficient for the data, correct to three 2
decimal places.

(b) Describe the correlation using the strength and the direction of the linear 2
relationship between distance from the riverbank and the circumference of a
tree.

(c) The equation of the least-squares regression line is shown.

𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 𝑜𝑜𝐶𝐶 𝑎𝑎 𝑡𝑡𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 (𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶) = – 0.707× 𝐷𝐷𝐶𝐶𝐷𝐷𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑎𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝑜𝑜𝐶𝐶 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝑟𝑟𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 (𝐶𝐶) + 83.0

A tree in this forest has a circumference of 56 cm.

Calculate the predicted distance, to the nearest metre, from this tree to the
riverbank using the equation of the least-squares regression line.

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Question 37 (5 marks) Marks

A compass radial survey shows the positions of four bus stops relative to a
house at the point H.

(a) What is the size of ∠DHA? 1

(b) If the distance from H to A is 300 m, calculate the length of DA to the 2

nearest metre.

(b) Given that the area of the shaded acute-angled-triangle CHD is 2

50 000 m2 , calculate the size of ∠𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐶𝐶 .

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Question 38 (2 marks) Marks

Thomas determines the area (A) in square metres of a rectangular farm by
using the formula: 𝐵𝐵 = 𝑥𝑥 (60 − 𝑥𝑥) where 𝑥𝑥 represents the length of the farm
(in metres).
Thomas draws a graph in the shape of a parabola representing this formula.

What is the maximum area (in square metres) of the farm? 2

Question 39 (3 marks)
The table below shows the mean and standard deviation in four HSC subjects.
Subject Mean Standard Deviation
English 65 10
Mathematics Standard 59 12
Society and Culture 55 8
Drama 68 15

Kasey’s marks were English 70, Mathematics Standard 66, Society and Culture
60 and Drama 79. In which subject did Kasey achieve the best result? 3

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Question 40 (2 marks) Marks

A business makes batteries. A quality control check tested the number of 2
hours the batteries lasted and found that the mean was 30 days and standard
deviation 3.5 days. The results were normally distributed. What is the
minimum number of days you would almost certainly expect a battery to
last? Show all necessary working to justify your answer.

Question 41 (4 marks)
The following network shows the activities that are needed to
complete a project and their completion times in hours.

(a) Fill in all the spaces with the earliest and the latest starting time for 3
each activity, highlight the critical path and then find out the minimum
time required to complete the above project.

(b) If activity E is delayed by 5 hours, then activity K will be delayed by how 1

many hours?

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Marks
Question 42 (5 marks)
The table shows the future values of an annuity of $1 for periods between 4
and 8 years, for different interest rates. The contributions are made at the
end of each year.
Interest Rate Per Annum
Years
5% 6% 7% 8% 9%
4 4.3101 4.3746 4.4399 4.5061 4.5731
5 5.5256 5.6371 5.7507 5.8666 5.9847
6 6.8019 6.9753 7.1533 7.3359 7.5233
7 8.1420 8.3938 8.6540 8.9228 9.2004
8 9.5491 9.8975 10.2598 10.6366 11.0285

(a) An annuity account is opened with an interest rate of 5% per annum

and contributions of $3000 are made at the end of each year for 5 1
years.

Calculate the value of the annuity after the last contribution is made.

(b) Using an annuity account with the same interest rate and
contributions as above, calculate the size of the contributions 2
necessary to achieve a value of $25 000 after 5 years.

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(c) The table shows the present values of an annuity of $1 for periods Marks
between 58 and 62 months, for different interest rates.
Months Interest Rate Per Month
0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8%
58 51.67171 50.23911 48.86109 47.53525 46.25932
59 52.46186 50.98419 49.56370 48.19786 46.88425
60 53.24887 51.72556 50.26213 48.85587 47.50421
61 54.03274 52.46324 50.95639 49.50931 48.11926
62 54.81348 53.19726 51.64651 50.15820 48.72942

Use the table to calculate the monthly repayment needed on a loan of

2
$20 000 at 7.2% per annum to be repaid over 5 years.

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Question 43 (3 marks) Marks

To reduce congestion at Tao National Park, one-way trails are used to direct
visitors from the Visitors Centre to the Lookout.
The network flow diagram below shows the layout of trails.

The trails pass through picnic areas which are labelled R through to X.

The capacity of each trail, in visitors per hour, is shown beside the trial.

Use minimum cut & maximum flow to find out the maximum flow of visitors 3
from the Visitors Centre to the Lookout. Show all necessary working.

End of paper

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Number: _____________________________________

Section I
Trial Higher School Certificate Examination – 2019
Mathematics Standard 2
Multiple-choice Answer Sheet - Questions 1 – 15

Select the alternative A, B, C or D that best answers the question. Fill in the response oval
completely.
Sample 2+4 = (A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9
A B C D
If you think you have made a mistake, put a cross through the incorrect answer and fill in the new
answer.
A B C D
If you change your mind and have crossed out what you consider to be the correct answer, then
indicate this by writing the word correct and drawing an arrow as follows:
correct
A B C D

1. A B C D
2. A B C D
3. A B C D
4. A B C D
5. A B C D
6. A B C D
7. A B C D
8. A B C D
9. A B C D
10. A B C D
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 Student Number:

Teacher:

St George Girls High School

Mathematics Standard 2
2020 Trial HSC Examination

General Reading time -10 minutes

Instructions Working Time - 2 hours and 30 minutes
Write using black pen
Calculators approved by NESA may be used
A reference sheet is provided at the back of this paper
For questions in Section I, use the multiple-choice answer sheet
provided.
For questions in Section II:
o Answer the questions in the space provided
o Show relevant mathematical reasoning and/or calculations
o Extra writing space is provided at the back of this booklet. If
you use this space, clearly indicate which question you are
answering
o Marks may not be awarded for incomplete or poorly
presented solutions

Total marks: Section 1-15 marks (pages 3 - 9)

100 Attempt Questions 1 - 15
Allow about 25 minutes for this section

Section II - 85 marks qq
Attempt Questions 16- 43
Allow about 2 hour and 5 minutes for this section

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Section I

15 marks
Attempt questions 1 - 15
Allow about 25 minutes for this section
Use the multiple-choice answer sheet for questions 1-15

1. Hayley invests $4000 at 3% pa compounding monthly. What is the value of her

investment (to the nearest dollar) after 5 years?

(A) $4 600.00 li -::::: Ltooa:x_~ +

(B) $4637.10
-=. f L1 6 Li t , Lf 7
$4646.4:_D
$17599.16

2. What is the area of this triangle in square metres?

G 32.0
(B) 38.5
(C) 45.5
(D) 50.375

3. Jim, a landscaping contractor, charges by the hour for his company's services.
To complete a particular job, he will have to use three workers and pay each of
them $20 per hour. The fixed costs for the job are $150 and it will take four hours
to complete the job. To break even on this job, his hourly charge to the client
should be:
3 )( "20XLf +· /50
@) $9JSQ)
A~cJ r-di -
Lt·
(B)
(C)
$107.50
$127.50
!3 Cf7c!? /h~-
(D) $132.50

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4. The angle of elevation from the base of the tree to the top of the building is 53°.
The base of the building is 50 metres from the base of the tree.

o I\
tCVJ1 S3 ~ -
-Sv :n1
o X f CUJ183° :::: I'-
)>\

J'- ..;- tt, 3.5 711

h ;_ Gb 7r1

53° 50 m

What is the height of the building, correct to the nearest metre?

(A) 30
(B) 40
Gq 66)
(D) 67

5. The capacity of the fuel tank of Jane's car is 65 litres. She starts driving with a full
tank and the car consumes 0.15 litres per km.
Which of the following linear equations describes the volume (V) in litres of fuel
in the tank, after travelling k km?

(A) V = -0.l5k - 65
@) V = -0.l5k + 60
(C) V = 0.l5k + 65
(D) V = 0.l5k - 65

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6. The following network shows the time, in hours, that it takes to travel along a
series of roads that connect town P to town Q.
6

Q
p

s
What is the shortest time, in hours, that it would take to travel from town P to
town Q?

(A) 8

(B) 9

(D) 14

7.
• •
•
•
• •· . .
•
•
•
•
•

The correlation coefficient of the above scatter plot is closest to:

(A) 0.5

(C) 0.9

(D) -0.9

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8. A large piece of machinery costs $100 000 and is depreciated using the
declining-balance method. The graph below shows the value of the machinery at
the end of each year for ten years.

100000-
•
80000 •
•
60000 •
•
•
1ij
40000 •
> •
•
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20000

Years since purchased

Which of the following statements is true?

(A) The rate of depreciation increases every year.

(B) Each year, the machinery depreciates by $7000.
(C) The declining-balance depreciation rate is less than 10% per annum.
@) The annual dollar value of the depreciation decreases over time.

9. Elizabeth lives in Sydney, NSW (UTC +10) and Margaret lives in

Los Angeles, USA (UTC -8).
Margaret makes a call to Elizabeth at 12:30 pm on Monday 24th June.
What is the date and time in Sydney when Elizabeth receives the call?

(A) 6:30 pm Tuesday 25th

.@ 6:30 am Tuesday 25th

(C) 5:30 am Sunday 23rd

(D) 5:30 pm Monday 24th

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10. The scale on an aerial photograph is given as 1 mm= 500 m. If the straight real
distance between two towns is 1.2km, how far apart are these two towns on the
map?

((AL 2.4 mm°J

I ?r1 m - - !;;007YJ
i ;)~
d )(
/

(B) 24mm I X/2.D-V _ I Z o7J 'J1J

(C) 4.2mm '5o0 )'Yl'>YI

(D) 0.42 mm

11. Nick bought a portfolio of 500 OptusNet shares with his retrenchment payout.
The value of each share is currently $52.50, and Nick is paid an annual dividend of
$2.75 per share.
What is the dividend yield on the shares?

'7-, 75 X loD
(A) $1375 yielJ
tj1_.rj0
(B 26250
C) $5.2% -' 3,2%,
(D) $10.5% '

12. The length of a beach is measured as 1.45 km.

What is the absolute error of this measurement?

100 m I . t/ G /-(,yy1 I L[ :5 0 'Y/7 .

(A)
'8n1aflv,;/ u,rz,;/
0

0 /Om
(B) 50m
(C) 10m + /0 0$??1
;L

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13. Mitchell is going to buy a car and downloads data on fuel efficiency for three
models.
Model Fuel Consumption (City) Fuel Consumption (Country)
Tacoma 15.8 L/100km 11.5 L/100km
Firenze 14.4 11100km 11.4 L/100km
Vortex 15.6 L/100km 11.0 L/100km

In a test drive, he drives all three cars for 40 km on city roads and 120 km on country roads.

Based on the data, which car would use the least fuel on the test drive?

(AJ The Firenze would use the least fuel

(BJ The Firenze and the Tacoma are equal in using the least amount of fuel

@=)The Firenze and the Vortex are equal in using the least amount of fuel

(DJ The Tacoma would use the least fuel •1 -1- _

T~a_c0771a· ,
;F1·.-e.n3e / /5-6
Vtr(l°f:')(
IS-'B --+- IJ,5X/· 2 /lf,,lf + /1,4 X/· :2 +- l/)(!,:z..
-2.•8 = ;zO .• / 2.. L '2.•:, ;:::. jC/, ljl/ L := /1, lfl( L.
14. A restaurant owner collected data related to the reasons given by customers for
being unhappy with his restaurant. The Pareto chart shows the data collected.

900 100%

800 90%
~n

2
s 700 80%
70%
£(!)

"':::, 600
4-<
'-' 60%
"'0..
0 500 "'
;,
.,....
.0
s
400

300
40%
-""jg
50% ·.:i

:::,
30% u
200
20%
100 72
54 10%
0 Iii iii 0%
Overpriced Slow Service Small portions food Quality Waiters Too noisy
manners

Which percentage of customers were unhappy because of the small portions?

, 2 r; x1ro
:;:::::::' 7 ,/0/V
<gl o ·f 6'30+ 126 + /0'6 -1- 7 2. ·+-5'-/ C

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(A) 6% @ (C) 8% (D) 87%

15. The activity chart below shows the immediate prerequisite(s) and duration for
each activity in a project.
Activity Immediate Prerequisites Time (days)
A - 2
B A 3
C A 3
D B,C 3
E A 5
F B,C 8
G D,E 4.
H F,G 2

Which network could be drawn from the activity chart?

(A) F•8
B-3

Start A-2
H-2 End
G-4

D- .1

(B) F-8
B- 3

Start A-2
H- 2 End
G-4
E- 5

(§) B- l
F-8

Start A- 2
II - 2 End
G- 4

E- 5

(D) F-8
ll-.1

Start A-2
H-2 End
G-4

E- 5

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End of Section I

Section II

85marks
Attempt all questions
Allow about 2 hours and 5 minutes for this section

Answer the questions in the spaces provided.

Your responses should include relevant mathematical reasoning and/or

calculations.
Extra writing space is provided at the back of the examination paper.

Question 16 (2 mark) Marks

Calculate the perimeter of the shape below, rounded to 3 2

significant figures.

,.,,_ 10cm

I
(
.,r, 14cm
/14
7
17 cm

fJ,,..c :X- '2.- 7 2- + 14-2--

::: .J '2 4.5

--'-------ZL.._.LriLm~·---.__----------
== f5"b:72Ll?.,c

'
-, 6 L/ • 6 Cm { 3 s-,°g, _±t1,o1-~_ _ __

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Question 17 (2 marks) Marks

A maze contains eight statues. The statues are labelled A to Hon the
following directed graph. Walkers within the maze are only allowed to
move in the directions of the arrows.
D

A
H

B
(a) Find two statues that a walker could not reach from statue G. 1

(b) One way that statue D can be reached from statue Eis along path 1
ECD. List two other ways that statue D can be reached from statue
E.

15" F D ')'--"!F:........>eG::.........CF--<.:J/D
_ --------

Question 18 (3 marks)
The network diagram shows seven campsites, F, G, H, /,],Kand L, which
are joined by tracks. The numbers by the paths show lengths (in km) of
that section of track.

(a) Find and highlight the minimum spanning tree of the network. 2

(b) A telephone cable is to be laid along as few of the existing tracks 1

as possible. What is the minimum length of cable necessary to
complete this task?

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Question 19 (2 marks) Marks

An online retailer of cushions draws the graph below to
analyse sales. The lines representing the equations for daily
cost (C) and daily income (I) are shown.

250
240
230
220
210
200
190
180 -t-···· ·
170
160
150
140
J3" 130
8 120
110
100
90
80

70 '§
GO+----·············· ··,-;;;··?,~ - -
50 · ,~
40+-----/---+-----c---+-------------
30
20
10

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Number ol'Cushium Sold

(a) Give an appropriate explanation for what the coefficient of N i.e. 4, 1

could mean in the equation C = 4N + 70
(/1L. Li L.:J~· d t.0 ft,,, c oe/1/c ; e-nf' 1/ /II J -r-e f're.re.4if

ffi Cc'?sf tf ea..d addthmJ /f8-n'J., 01 ac:fclh077

io ifv, rfr-7e/ cogf 1/ f 70 /d°z,,_1_'_ _ __
(b) What is the result on a day where 30 cushions were sold? 1
0Jlwr1 /II ·:cc 3 0 1 c ::::. lf/1/ +70 L- I::::. 7,. 1:?X N
'-- 1TX7>T>...,.+'7o -=. 7, 0 x30
---------_~··;qo ::::: $ 2:;2_5

I- c.
= -;;.25-1qo
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Question 20 ( 4 marks) Marks

The house plan of the ground floor is drawn below.

Dining Uving

r-
Family Rumpus
1i Foyer

Study

Games room Double

garage

(a) The north side of the house which has Dining and Living is 12m 1
long. What is the scale of the house plan?

$Q. :rn?rJ........r:D'l mdf =- m g---ctJU?'l,-=-/_·_

~otu1'
... I 2- tn1

.............. Z..0..o/.Y.1-1:r2- .... _.aYJ........7.YlC'--f> := / 2. 0 Q__Q._rt].'W/. t7Y1

?SO : l~OOO

(b) What is the cost of tiling the area that is labelled as porch on 3
the south side, if tiling costs $150 per square metre?

2.
$5050- 15750 Cm

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Question 21 (2 marks) Marks

r. .-- --
A pyramid has a vertical height of 1.1 m, and it has a square base of 80 cm.

Not t o
scale
1.1 m

L.
-E:-80 cm

Calculate the capacity of the pyramid in litres. 2

V -:::: i X .I,~ ~t:t._ X It efj_,._(J
_ ·_ _ _ __ _
- - -- · · · · iX · ··°-·:. .KXtl!Z.>c.../_•~ - - - - - - - -
•
:::. 0;2346···m ·

Question 22 (2 marks)

The formula below gives the blood alcohol concentration for a male.
BAC = lON - 7.SH
Male 6 .SM

where N is the number of standard drinks consumed, H is the number of

hours of drinking, and Mis the person's weight in kilograms.
Charles weighs 70 kg and consumes 4 standard drinks in 2 hours.
What is his BAC, correct to 2 significant figure? 2

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Question 23 (2 marks) Marks

What is the least amount (to the nearest dollar) that must be invested now
at 4.8% per annum, compounded monthly, so that in three years it will have
grown to $25 000? 2

£~.1/~t_ :::: e~ed_.fL~e ..{,_t -f_ Y-_)_r1_ __

P G '+ o-,~'l.J_3_;<,_2.._____
~5000 p [ 1- oollJg
p ;i.. 5 ooo
~ ----------
- - - - - - - -- -00.4.......3_, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
_:. ef, ':2./653•4I

Question 24 (2 marks)
Angel sets up this spreadsheet to track the progress of her loan on a
monthly basis.
Principal (P) = $45 000.00
Annual Interest rate (r) = 8% This table assumes each month
Monthly repayment (R) = $500.00 I is one twelfth of a year.

Interest
N Principal (P)
(I)
p +I P + 1-R

1 $45,000.00 $300.00 $45,300.00 $44,800.00

2 $44,800.00 $298.67 $45,098.67 $44,598.67
3 $44,598.67 $297.32 $44,895.99 $44,395.99
4 $44,395.99 $295.97 $44,691.96 $44,191.96
5 $44,191.96 y

Calculate the value that would appear at Y.

mtmrify_ ruf:z -=- 1~ .. ½. ...-.. . 4 -~------- 2

-'- -:::. 4 Lf 1q 1 • cr.6..... >.(.""".i~

... - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I 'ZOO
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Question 2 5 (3 marks) Marks

Anthony and Natalie walk in different directions from the same camp
site (S). Anthony walks for 12 km on a bearing of 130° to a lookout (NJ
and Natalie walks for 9 km on a bearing of 040° to a picnic ground (A).
Anthony then walks directly from the lookout to meet Natalie at the
picnic ground.

North

North

(a) What distance would Anthony have to walk to meet Natalie on 1

the lookout point?
• 0
LA-SN -:::: /;30 -40
== qoo

-=-- -;z. 2. .5
:::: /~Rm

(b) On what bearing must Anthony walk? 2

-ttv11 0 == -::/-
- - - -~ - k ·v·~ -1-[---~- - - - - - - - - -
-::::- 37° (_71e,~ ck~,,,__
) ---
---. A i:o N eeMULq
.. J == I to,.+ 13.c.._o_· __,+'--=-3_._7_0 _ _ __
0
_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _==__._..3Y ..____ _ _ _ _ __

..
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Question 26 (3 marks) Marks

A group of 14 children were tested on their co-ordination skills and the

results are shown on the scatter-plot below.

70

65 Anika's line

60
T

50

45

!:
·~
ei 35
·=
'E
8
u 30
14

15+- - - - - - - - - 1 - -- ---+-- -- - + - - - - - - - - -

10
f

5 l ·-
A
2 4 6 8 10 12
J\b,e (years)

Two researchers, Anika and David, each draw a line of best fit on the
graph.

(a) Explain why Anika's line is a better line of best fit.

1
f}ru)(~r5 t:rrze t~c.k,c 5 f'~ uJ-L(e J)~,t..vt"ci1s
~-?U- t-cruchv.J t:r7l(!__ p,;td-" - - -w t± b-·-k·~

!!:!if :::;t~s;:1-
#x-- - -. -b ~e-.. ---/fnt-k ~--- ~ ---·9?'± ~-- - . -5 ~----·-~ ------·-----

·-t -£)o:;vr~·~ ---- ~ :71e ·

2
(b) Give the equation of Anika's line. m :=:2
::z_

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Question 2 7 ( 4 marks) Marks

Sam recorded the scores of 25 footballers who each took 50 shots at goal.
The cumulative frequ ency graph displays the results.
25

- 4- --
20
:>, ·1
(.)
:::
Q.)
1
1:,,. ,
'I
-~ I
ro
"2
::: 10
1
8
5

1'
X
24 28 f1 36 ~ 40

Score 37
(a) Use the graph to estimate the median number of goals scored. 1

(b) Calculate the mean number of goals scored. (Answer to 1 decimal 1

p~ ce.)2l/X~ t-;2.8X6 t-3.2.X5+ otX4-f- 40.X2.
)l. -=- 2!5
==
0
2q.···
(c) What percentage of players scored 3 7 goals or more? 1

6 s t ~ e.c.~ 37 tP" '>Ti~·

(d) The players with the top 7 6% of scores go through to the next ro~nd 1
of shots. What score was needed to go through to the next round? ·
76'/; = J.1.. ..
_______
___al/
.2~2- - - - · · · ~ - - - - - - - - - ~ - - -
__ pl"--(/e,r_.s _:·Jf..
to Bu.. 71 ex1 -r-Ot01
3; 1,_ ,,.r ?7ltJf'/::.
s/21)is .
/Joa/4 ?fl5Ytf!

/ 0 3 lf d'1" 711 trr-e ll o ;i,·~

:s-. - - - - - - - -

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Question 28 (3 marks) Marks

A supermarket receipt is shown.

Receipt

Bread $3. 50

*Cat food tins p

* Ice-cream
Q

Total for 3 items $25.50

GST included in t otal $3.30

* GST of 10% is included in t he

price of item .

Given that the cost of cat food tins is 3 times the cost of the ice-cream, 3
determine the missing values P and Q to complete the receipt.
P+(;.. ::: -f, 25-30 -$3-50

'P+~ =:: '?,@+G..

2. '2- ::: lf . . ..."
· --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
@-_ ::::- $5 -50 (./ce.-c.~J
:3 i!l. (J't" f' :::: 3 X 5 ·5V
:::-- 4 ·-7·6 ·;··15r)··-·----t _-cd -r?:JtJJ--1:-,:11::)

Question 29 (2 marks)
Julie is looking through the supermarket catalogue for her favourite cookies 2
and cream ice-cream. She can buy 2L of triple-chocolate ice-cream for $6.30
while the cookies-and-cream ice-cream is usually $5.40 for 1.2L. What
discount (in dollars and cents) should the supermarket offer on the price of
the 1.2L container of cookies-and cream ice-cream for it to be of equal value
to the 2L triple-chocolate container in per litre terms?
2 L f.,.i,fole- Cn.f/~c!edi cost w :p b · 30 , #·,. 5f 3 -15/L
[.2L c&--C...-r cod io t f:> •4tJ, :'. 'f l/ , So/4_

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Marks
Question 30 ( 4 marks)
(a) Makey the subject of the formula 3x - Sy + 10 = 0. 1
-ax+-10 ==-S.!f

(b) Using your answer in part (a) or otherwise, find the gradient and 1
y-intercept of the linear equation:
3x - Sy + 10 0

:2--

(c) Draw the linear function 3x - Sy + 10 0 on the number plane 2

given below:

-- - 61

s
y -axis
I
I
,.- .
V
/
-
,,,.I
I /
4 y '
3 V
- -- ..- -- .. .- /
--
:"
, V I l
X -axis
-6 y /4 -3 -2 -1 l 2 3 4 5 6

,,V -2

-3

-4
-
-s
-6

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Marks
Question 31 (4 marks)

The earth is in the shape of a sphere with the diameter of 12 800 km.

12800 km

(a) Show that the circumference of the earth along equator is approximately
1
40000 km?
C ::: '/( .D

- - - - -~'ff:
~ x~ L2~ 800 ___/-Gm._ _ _ _ _ _ __
- - - - - -~YO 2 2 / 2, 39 ,. ••
-
(b) A satellite is located 1000 km above sea level in space. How many km, to the
1
nearest 100 km, does the satellite travel in each rotation?
C =- If { I 21fO O + I t5lJDX..b..__;..._ _ _ _ _ __
-=- 7) ><- IL.f goo

(c) City A is located at (35°N, 125°E). City Bis located 60° to the east and 40° 2
to the south of city A. What is the latitude and longitude of city B?
3!/f.l 125!"
- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - '-==-"l a + 6/">.,_____ _ _ _ __
(:., (- 5° N ; I g~· E j _ dl----
- - - - - - -- 2- L.5..-~5; 175 W_)__~- -

vO

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Question 32 (2 marks) Marks

(a) A bag contains more than three types of chocolates. In this bag
there are 30 caramel pieces, 35 strawberry pieces, 20 mint pieces
and many pieces of other flavours.

What is the ratio of caramel to strawberry to mint pieces, in its 1

simplest form? C : $ I'-'/
30 35 · 20

(b) In this bag the ratio of the total number of caramel, strawberry and
mint pieces to the total number of all the pieces in the bag is 17:18.
1
What is the total number of pieces of chocolate that are in the bag?
G -t- 7 +-lf -= I 7 w I 7 ~e2.-~~ = 35
- - -9 o
- - - ---;,,·-. ps·rm ···:-· n-td-- - - -,- s- s~~
/7 : /8
.... -fofal qo 0-ktJcci~ ·

Question 33 (4 marks)
In a particular game of chance, two dice are thrown. If both dice
show a number greater than 4 then the person wins $2.50. If only
one die shows a number greater than 4 the person wins $1.00. If
both dice show numbers of 4 or less then the person loses $2.50.

(a) Draw a probability tree to show the possible outcomes.

._;:, 2
~/5.Jt Y1

yr',' f/2.)3.,14 ½
~5/t ½
1..,2_;3__,ll
""? '.12..)3.)4
¾
(b) If the person played the game 10 times, what would be their
2
expected winnings or loss?
~x.pedzrl win/toss =- (o (){, x.2,50 +- ~xl - )(2-~
:::= / C) )( - l(g______

- - - - ~ - - -li~
os~s -=-,
'{/ - ~ - 3 ~- 8'
=--?~ - -
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Question 34 (3marks) Marks

The heights, in metres, of 9 buildings in a small tourist area are as shown.
50, 544,56, 5s,@ 6s, 1oi74, 95
CAI M ~?/
Is the height of the tallest building in this area considered an outlier? Justify your
answer with calculations. 3
,

-= 17
o ull,lu ? 1• 5 X 17 +-- €A.3
t>Jli&Y > I'· 5 XI? f- 72
? Of 7.5
•• ~5 'n ;t Ct.--71 ~:t,-e,,-r.
Question 35 (3 marks)
Rebecca has a credit card with the following conditions:
There is no interest free period.
Interest at the rate of 0.04% per day is charged at the
end of each month.
Interest is calculated from and including the date of
purchase to the last day of the month.
Rebecca's credit card statement for August is shown, with some
figures missing.
Statement period: 1 August to 31 August

Date Details Amount($)

1 August Opening balance 0

21 August Fridge 4500

31 August Interest charge

31 August closing balance

Minimum payment: I I
The minimum payment is calculated as 5% of the closing balance on the 31 st of 3
August. Calculate the minimum payment.
= r
5 oo x.
-------'.i. I ".l
o . o 4 % ______
· ~Q_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
:,_;'~'- - - - - - - - - -
__c_l_
os.0.:1:1-------.8.~c_~ -==t-Y2(2Q±J1_1.._ _~o""-- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - --~ 14 '!219- .'6'.o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
_ _,_,t ? . U ~--/ 2f/-n:u .a1L=--C1,_Q_
_ 1'1 G){.!/,.Y5-/.:LJm_ _ __
-::::. f 22.5.CfC/
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Question 36 (5 marks)
Marks
For a research assignment, Malcolm went to a forest near a
river. He measured the circumference of eight trees and their
distances from the riverbank.

His measurement results are summarised in the table.

Distance from the

riverbank (m)
6 11 16 20 25 30 35 45

Circumference of tree (cm) 83 75 68 67 64 62 60 52

(a) Calculate Pearson's correlation coefficient for the data, correct to three 2
decimal places.
Y- :::: - o. 96 7 (3 .<!:P)c.___ _ _ __
(b) Describe the correlation using the strength and the direction of the linear 2
relationship between distance from the riverbank and the circumference of a
tree.

lz~ ~t71;;:;Y!f:~::::;;::::t::_&
0

_ ci:r:c~~ce ~~--l ~"--- - - -- - -- - --

(c) The equation of the least-squares regression line is shown.

Circumference of a tree (cm) = -0.707 x Distance from river (m) + 83.0

A tree in this forest has a circumference of 56 cm.
Calculate the predicted distance, to the nearest metre, from this tree to the
riverbank using the equation of the least-squares regression line.

c· -0 - ?07 X cl. + 48'3·D 1

56 - 0 -707 X d. + 'if 3
-:i.z -o . 707d_
d._ 27
~-707
cl --.,• 3 'o ?11

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Question 37 (5 marks) Marks

A compass radial survey shows the positions of four bus stops relative to a
house at the point H.

D (338°)

A (025°)

(a) What is the size of LDHA? 1

L 1) Hit == (_3 to"-338)+ o:i.s-b
l/70
(b) If the distance from H to A is 300 m, calculate the length ofDA to the 2
nearest metre.
c2. 2 +h 2. - 2 a...,6 c.osC

____c._ _ _ j__.200 2
-t..:3..?.m. 2-_ 2_X-. .S..t ll2)L3..a n...XC.o..s .!:LZ!!..

--
I
,

(b) Given that the area of the shaded acute-angled-triangle CHO is 2

50 000 m 2 , calculate the size of LDHC.
- - ~ It { 0-,6_S:hl__C_ _ _ _ _ _ __
':2.oO
- - -GOO{)- ~ .">!:, X 5 00 X S 0"/_.C
cc._ _
- - - - - - - ,$:;..-:-'
t,,yJ
"---------;=-----;
;j~~~~:::'.:::=::.:=-- - - - - - - - -
':2. t:JO X. 5{)0

- f

C-
...,, L DHC. 30°

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Question 38 (2 marks) Marks

Thomas determines the area (A) in square metres of a rectangular farm by
using the formula: A = x(60 - x) where x represents the length of the farm
(in metres).
Thomas draws a graph in the shape of a parabola representing this formula.
A

o 60
10
What is the maximum area (in square metres) of the farm? 2
fYlaJ<.i~ 1/retA.=: '30 [G0-3o)
=- ~0)<'.30
- - - - - - - - - ~:.::.-· croo·· · J,y,·2..,,,____________
Question 39 (3 marks)
The table below shows the mean and standard deviation in four HSC subjects.
Subject Mean Standard Deviation
English 65 10
Mathematics Standard 59 12
Society and Culture 55 8
Drama 68 15

Kasey's marks were English 70, Mathematics Standard 66, Society and Culture
60 and Drama 79. In which subject did Kasey achieve the best result? 3
_.2 .{p) _ ·7 0-6:-ft z_(s-E-t-J- G0-5.5
to
- - - - - --- l-- - - -+--- - - --;-==-o/8- ----
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Question 40 (2 marks) Marks

A business makes batteries. A quality control check tested the number of 2

hours the batteries lasted and found that the mean was 30 days and standard
deviation 3.5 days. The results were normally distributed. What is the
minimum number of days you would almost certainly expect a battery to
last? Show all necessary working to justify your answer.

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Question 41 ( 4 marks)
The following network shows the activities that are needed to
complete a project and their completion times in hours.

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(a) Fill in all the spaces with the earliest and the latest starting time for 3
each activity, highlight the critical path and then find out the minimum
time required to complete the above project.
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(b) If activity Eis delayed by 5 hours, then activity K will be delayed by how 1
many hours? , .
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Marks
Question 42 (5 marks)
The table shows the future values of an annuity of $1 for periods between 4
and 8 years, for different interest rates. The contributions are made at the
end of each year.
Interest Rate Per Annum
Years
5% 6% 7% 8% 9%
4 4.310 1 4.3746 4.4399 4.5061 4.5731
5 ( 5.5256) 5.6371 5.7507 5.8666 5.9847
6 6.8019 6.9753 7.1533 7.3359 7.5233
7 8.1420 8.3938 8.6540 8.9228 9.2004
8 9.5491 9.8975 10.2598 10.6366 11.0285

(a) An annuity account is opened with an interest rate of 5% per annum

and contributions of $3000 are made at the end of each year for 5 1
years.

Calculate the value of the annuity after the last contribution is made.

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(b) Using an annuity account with the same interest rate and
contributions as above, calculate the size of the contributions 2
necessary to achieve a value of $25 000 after 5 years.
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( c) The table shows the present values of an annuity of $1 for periods Marks
between 58 and 62 months, for different interest rates.
Months Interest Rate Per Month
0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8%
58 51.67171 50.23911 48.86109 47.53525 46.25932
59 52 .46186 50.98419 49.56370 48.19786 46.88425
60 53 .24887 51. 72556 { 50.26213"" 48.85587 47.50421
61 54.03274 52.46324 50.95639 49.50931 48.11926
62 54.81 348 53.19726 51.64651 50.15820 48.72942

Use the table to calculate the monthly repayment needed on a loan of

2
$20 000 at 7.2% per annum to be repaid over 5 years.

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Question 43 (3 marks) Marks

To reduce congestion at Tao National Park, one-way trails are used to direct
visitors from the Visitors Centre to the Lookout.
The network flow diagram below shows the layout of trails.

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The trails pass through picnic areas which are labelled R through to X.

The capacity of each trail, in visitors per hour, is shown beside the trial.

Use minimum cut & maximum flow to find out the maximum flow of visitors 3
from the Visitors Centre to the Lookout. Show all necessary working.

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