Year 10 Test 1 2016 Solutions

Part A

Answers

1. B 2. B 3. D 4. C

Explanations

1.  x  22 x  3  0
x2 0 2x  3  0
x2 2 x  3
3
x
2

 x  b
2
2. c
xb   c
x  b c

Comparing to numerical solutions: b   3, c  5

3. All options indicate a horizontal shift of 2 and a vertical shift of 3.

The vertex of the graph has been shifted left by 2 and down by 3.
This corresponds to option D.

4.
Test 1 Test 2 Result
PP
p
P
P

p
P
1 p
PP p

PP p
p P
1 p

P
1 p P
PP

   
P exactly 1 pass  P P P  P P P
 p  1  p   1  p   p
 2 p 1  p   C
Part B

Question 1

(a) (i) x2  x  6  0
 x  3 x  2  0
x  3,  2

(ii) 2x2  5x  2
2x2  5x  2  0
2 x  1 x  2  0
1
x ,2
2

(iii) x2  2x 1  0
2  22  4 1 1
x
2 1
2  8

2
2  2 2

2
x  1 2

(b) x2  4x  2  0
x2  4x  2
2
x  4x  4  6
 x  2
2
 6
x2   6
x  2 6

(c) 2 x 2  bx  1  0

 x  1 2  b 1  0
b  1

2x2  x 1  0
2 x  1 x  1  0
x  1 already accounted for

1
 other solution is x   2
Question 2

(a) (i) y  2 x2  5x  3

 y  0 2 x2  5x  3  0
2 x  1 x  3  0

1
x ,3
2

1
 3
5
(ii) Axis of symmetry: x 2 
2 4
2
5 5
y  2   5   3
4 4
49

8
5 49 
V , 
4 8

(iii)

(b) (i) y   2 x2  x  5
b
axis of symmetry: x
2a
1
x
2  2
1
x
4

2
 1 1 1
(ii) x   y   2      5
 4  4  4
39

8

39
Maximum value of 
8
(c) (i) V  h, k 

y  a  x  3  1
2
(ii)

0,  2 : 2  a 3  1
2

9a   3
1
a
3

1
 x  3  1
2
y
3
Question 3

3
1 1
(a) P 3 heads    
2 8
1
similarly P 3 tails 
8

1
 P  not all the same  1  2  
8
3

4

(b) (i)
Captain VC Result
6 BB
10 B
B
7
11 4 G
BG
10

7 GB
10 B
4
11
G
3 G
GG
10

4 3 6
(ii) P GG     55
11 10

(iii) P 1 boy, 1 girl  P  BG   P GB

7 4 4 7
   
11 10 11 10
14

55

4
(iv) (assume the vice-captain is chosen first) 11
 22  28  18 17
(c) (i)  50
200

3  28 31
(ii)  200
200

23 23
(iii)  77
23  26  28
Question 4

(a) (i) x2  x  c  0

  12  4 1c  1  4c

(ii) A parabola will lie entirely on one side of the x -axis when its equation has no roots.

ie.   0
1  4c  0
1  4c
1
c 
4

Since this parabola is always conc. up, it will always be above the x -axis for these values of c .

(b) (i)

Studies Doesn’t study

Passes 0.3  0.8  24% 0.7  0.4  28%

Doesn’t pass 0.3  0.2  6% 0.7  0.6  42%

42 7
(ii)  8
6  42

p
(c) (i) p4

p p 1 1
(ii)  
p4 p3 3
3 p  p  1   p  4 p  3
3 p 2  3 p  p 2  7 p  12
2 p 2  10 p  12  0
p2  5 p  6  0
 p  6 p  1  0

p   1, 6

But p  0 , so there were originally 6 white jellybeans in the bag.

Question 5

(a) Let the perpendicular height of the triangle be h

2
 y
By Pythagoras’: h2  y 2   
2
2 y2
 y 
4
2
3y

4
3y
h 
2

1 3y
Area: A   y
2 2
3 2
 y
4

(b) (i) PB  18  12 x

(ii) Perimeter of square is 12x  Side length is 3x

Area is 3 x   9 x 2
2


Perimeter of triangle is 18  12x  Side length is 6  4x

3
6  4 x 
2
 Area is [from part (a)]
4

3
Combined Area: A  9x2  6  4 x2
4
3 3  2 x 
2
 9x2 
 9x2  
3 9  12 x  4 x 2 
 9 x 2  9 3  12 3x  4 3x 2
 4 
3  9 x 2  12 3x  9 3

(iii) Parabola with above equation is concave up, so its vertex corresponds to the minimum area.

b
Axis of symmetry: x  
2a
12 3 4 3 9
 
4 3 9 4 3 9
144  108 3

48  81
36 3  48

11

Distance of cut from A : 12 x  15.659 cm

= 15.7 cm nearest mm