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2012 Maths 5P en B 4

The document is a 6 page exam for the European Baccalaureate in 2012. It contains 4 math questions covering topics like functions, geometry, probability, sequences, and complex numbers. Students are asked to graph functions, prove geometric statements, perform probability calculations, analyze sequences, and work with complex numbers.

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2012 Maths 5P en B 4

The document is a 6 page exam for the European Baccalaureate in 2012. It contains 4 math questions covering topics like functions, geometry, probability, sequences, and complex numbers. Students are asked to graph functions, prove geometric statements, perform probability calculations, analyze sequences, and work with complex numbers.

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EUROPEAN BACCALAUREATE 2012

MATHEMATICS 5 PERIODS
DATE : 11 June
2012, PART B morning

DURATION OF THE EXAMINATION:


3 hours (180 minutes)

AUTHORIZED MATERIAL:
Examination with technological tool

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EUROPEAN BACCALAUREATE 2012: MATH 5 PERIODS

PART B

QUESTION B1 ANALYSIS Page 1/5 Marks

For all integers , consider the family of functions defined by

2 marks
a) Sketch the graph of .

b)
Show that for all real numbers .
Deduce the geometric significance of this statement and sketch the graph of 2 marks

on the same diagram as the graph of .

c) Show that all the curves have a point A in common.


2 marks
Give the coordinates of .
3 marks
d) For , determine the behaviour of when and when
, and write down an equation of the asymptote.

3 marks
e) For , calculate and determine whether is increasing or
decreasing.

f) At the point where , the graph of has a tangent parallel to the line
.
Calculate n, and determine an equation of this tangent. 3 marks

Calculate the area of the region bounded by the graphs of g0 and g1 3 marks
g)
the lines and .
between

h)
For the integers , a sequence of numbers In is given by .

2 marks
Using the calculator, find the smallest value of n for which .

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PART B

QUESTION B2 GEOMETRY Page 2/5 Marks

In 3-dimensional space consider the lines

Prove that the lines d1 and d2 are skew. 3 marks


a)
b) The line p is orthogonal to d1 and d2 and intersects both lines.
Determine a system of equations of the line p. 5 marks

c) Determine the shortest distance between the lines d1 and d2 . 3 marks

d) The line l passes through the point M (1, 2, 0) and intersects both lines d1 and
d2 .
Determine parametric equations of the line l. 4 marks

e) Does there exist a sphere with centre at the point M and tangent to both lines d1 3 marks
and d2 ?
Justify your answer.

f) Determine an equation of the sphere with centre at the point M and tangent to 2 marks
the line d2 .

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PART B

QUESTION B3 PROBABILITY Page 3/5 Marks

Use the calculator for all calculations in this question.

The diameters of eggs produced on a farm are normally distributed with mean 60
mm and standard deviation 5 mm.

a) 98 % of the production have diameters in the interval


Calculate the value of k in mm, rounded to 2 decimal places. 5 marks

Eggs with a diameter of 70 mm or more are classified as extra-large.

Show that extra-large eggs make up approximately 2.275 % of the production. 4 marks
b)

The farm produces 4000 eggs per day.

c) Calculate the probability that, in 7 days, the total number of extra-large eggs 5 marks
lies in the interval [600, 650].

Some eggs have more than one yolk.


On average, 30 % of extra-large eggs have more than one yolk, whereas only 0.5 %
of the others have more than one yolk.
d) Calculate the probability that an egg, chosen at random from the eggs from this 3 marks
farm, will have more than one yolk.

e) Calculate the probability that an egg with more than one yolk is not an extra- 3 marks
large egg.

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PART B

QUESTION B4 SEQUENCES Page 4/5 Marks

Consider the sequence (un) defined by:

Calculate the exact values of u2 and u3.


a)
2 marks
Use the calculator to find the value of u20 , rounded to 4 decimal places.

b)
You are given that for any natural number n.

Show that the sequence (un) is increasing.


3 marks
Hence conclude that (un) is convergent, and calculate its limit.

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PART B

QUESTION B5 COMPLEX NUMBERS Page 5/5 Marks

onsider the complex number


C

where is a complex number (x, y being real) and .

Determine the real part and the imaginary part of w in terms of x and y. 2 marks
a)

b) Show that, if w is purely imaginary, then the points representing z lie on a


certain straight line in the complex plane.
3 marks
Determine an equation of this line.

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