Part A Test of ability to understand and interpret mathematical information 1.

Do you agree or disagree with the statement the marginal rate of change of the function answer. Test of use of mathematical procedure and ability to communicate in the process of problem solving at the point (4, 64) is 48 ? Show working to support

2. A certain industrial machine depreciates so that its value after t years

is given by i) What is its current value? ii) What will its value be after 10 years? iii) At what rate is the value of the machine depreciating after t years? Does this value depend on t or is it a constant?

Part A
1. I agree with the statement that the marginal rate of change of the function

at the point (4, 64) is 48. Since the marginal rate of change of a function is found by taking its first derivative. For

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Part B Test of ability to understand and interpret mathematical information 1. What is peculiar about the slope of a function before and after a point of inflection as compared with the slope before or after a maximum or minimum point? Test of use of mathematical procedure and ability to communicate in the process of problem solving 1. A project management consultant estimated that if a particular project was completed, that t years after its date of completion, P thousand persons would be direct beneficiaries of the project, where

For what value of t will the maximum number of people receive direct benefits?

Part B 1. The slope of a function before and after a point of inflection will be of the same sign. If the slope was negative before the point of inflection it remains negative, if positive it remains positive. The slope before or after a maximum or minimum point always changes sign, from positive to negative for a maximum point and from negative to positive for a minimum point.

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