Name: ______________________

Year 12 Further Maths Spring assessment

78 marks

100 minutes
1.
 x 9  z y
  − 3  = kI
 y z z y

where x, y, z and k are constants.

Determine the value of x, the value of y and the value of z.

(4)
(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

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2. f (z) = z3 + az2 + bz + 175 where a and b are real constants

Given that –3 + 4i is a root of the equation f (z) = 0

(a) determine the value of a and the value of b.

(4)
(b) Show all the roots of the equation f (z) = 0 on a single Argand diagram.
(2)
(c) Write down the roots of the equation f (z + 2) = 0
(1)
(Total for Question 2 is 7 marks)
3.
 
1 0 0 
 
 3 1
A = 0 − 
2 2
 
 1 3
0 
 2 2 

(a) Describe fully the single geometric transformation A represented by the matrix A.
(2)
 1 3 0 
 
B =  3 0 5 3
 1 2 0 


The transformation B is represented by the matrix B.

The transformation A followed by the transformation B is the transformation C, which is
represented by the matrix C.
To determine matrix C, a student attempts the following matrix multiplication.

 
1 0 0 
  1 3 0 
 3 1  
0 −  3 0 5 3 
2 2 
  1 2 0 
 1 3 
0 
 2 2 

(b) State the error made by the student.

(1)
(c) Determine the correct matrix C.
(1)
(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)
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4. (i) (a) Show that

2 + 3i
= k (1 + i)
5+i

where k is a constant to be determined.

(Solutions relying on calculator technology are not acceptable.)
(3)
Given that
• n is a positive integer

 2 + 3i 
n

•   is a real number
 5+i 
(b) use the answer to part (a) to write down the smallest possible value of n.
(1)
(ii) The complex number z = a + bi where a and b are real constants.
Given that
• | z10 | = 59 049
5
• arg (z10) = −
3
determine the value of a and the value of b.
(4)
(Total for Question 4 is 8 marks)
  −2   3
   
5. The line l1 has equation r =  2  +   0  where λ is a scalar parameter.
0 1
   
1
 
The line l2 is parallel to  2 
 −3 
 

(a) Show that l1 and l2 are perpendicular.

(2)
1
 
The plane Π contains the line l1 and is perpendicular to  2 
 −3 
 
(b) Determine a Cartesian equation of Π
(2)
(c) Verify that the point A(3, 1, 1) lies on Π
(1)
Given that
• the point of intersection of Π and l2 has coordinates (2, 3, 2)
• the point B(p, q, r) lies on l2
• the distance AB is 2 5
• p, q and r are positive integers
(d) determine the coordinates of B.
(6)
(Total for Question 5 is 11 marks)
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6. (i) Shade, on an Argand diagram, the set of points for which

| z – 3 | ≤ | z + 6i |
(3)
(ii) Determine the exact complex number w which satisfies both

 
arg (w – 2) = and arg (w + 1) =
3 6
(6)
(Total for Question 6 is 9 marks)
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 n n
7. (a) Use the standard results for  r 2 and
r =1
r
r =1
to show that, for all positive

integers n,
( )
n
n
 ( 2r − 1)
2
= an 2 − 1
r =1 3

where a is a constant to be determined.

(5)
(b) Hence determine the sum of the squares of all positive odd three-digit integers.
(3)
(Total for Question 7 is 8 marks)
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8. Prove by induction that, for n ∈ ℤ+
f(n) = 2n + 2 + 32n + 1
is divisible by 7
(6)
(Total for Question 8 is 6 marks)
  k −2 7 
 
9. (i) P =  −3 −5 2  where k is a constant
k k 4 

Show that P is non-singular for all real values of k.
(4)
 2 −1
(ii) Q=  
 −3 0 
The matrix Q represents a linear transformation T
Under T, the point A(a, 2) and the point B(4, –a), where a is a constant, are
transformed to the points A′ and B′ respectively.
Given that the distance A′ B′ is 58 , determine the possible values of a.
(5)
(Total for Question 9 is 9 marks)
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10. In this question you must show all stages of your working.
Solutions relying on calculator technology are not acceptable.

(i) The quartic equation

z4 + 5z2 – 30 = 0

has roots p, q, r and s.

Without solving the equation, determine the quartic equation whose roots are

(3p – 1), (3q – 1), (3r – 1) and (3s – 1)

Give your answer in the form w4 + aw3 + bw2 + cw + d = 0, where a, b, c and d are
integers to be found.
(5)
(ii) The roots of the cubic equation

4x3 + nx + 81 = 0 where n is a real constant

are α, 2α and α – β

Determine
(a) the values of the roots of the equation,
(5)
(b) the value of n.
(2)
(Total for Question 10 is 12 marks)
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TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 72 MARKS