Trial Paper
Trial Paper
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
What is the area of the shaded portion of this circle to 2 decimal places?
A. 10.57 m2
B. 2337.24 m2
C. 10.60 m2
D. 2337.23 m2
2 dy
Given the function y=log 15 (x x ) , which expression is equal to ?
dx
1
A. x
2
x ln15
2 x ln ( x )
B. + x ln ( 15 )
ln ( 15 )
1
C. x2
x
D. x 2 log 15( x)
A.
B.
C.
D.
What is the equation of the tangent to the curve y=3 x 2 +3 x at the point (0,0)?
A. y=3 x
B. y=3 x +2
C. y=6 x +3
D. y=3
2 x +3
ii. x 2
e
(b)
i. Find ∫ x 3 x . dx
2
4
5
ii. Evaluate ∫ . dx 3
1 ( x−7 )3
(a) In an arithmetic series, the second term is 10 and the tenth term is 40.
i. Find the common difference and second term. 3
ii. What is the value of the term that is greater than 1200? 3
(b) In the diagram, the equation of line AB has the equation y=2 x +4 . A is the point of
intersection between the line that passes through AB and AC and has the
coordinates (2.4, 4.8).
i. Find the equation of the line AC 2
ii. Show that there are exactly two occasions, t1 and t2, when these particles
have the same velocity? 2
iii. Find the distance travelled by particle A between these two occasions
(a) James and Pete play against each other in a tennis match. The champion will be the
first person to win two games. James’s probability of winning each game is 0.6 and
Pete’s probability of winning each game is 0.4.
i. Draw the probability tree diagram and list the sample space for this
match. 2
ii. What is the probability that James wins the match? 2
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(a) Molly makes contributions to her superannuation account at the beginning of the
year. She earns 10.5% interest per annum on the amount she contributes, and this is
compounded annually.
( )
n
10.5
the scheme is worth M 1+ at the end of the nth year. 2
100
ii. Hence show that the value of the investment, An, at the end of the nth
year is:
n
M ×1.105 ×(1.105 −1)
An =
0.105
2
(b) A radioactive substance decomposes and the mass, M, present t years after some
initial time is given by M =M 0 e−kt , where k is a constant and M 0 is the initial mass.
iii. How long does it take for the mass to halve itself? 2
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