Westfields Sports High School YEAR 12 HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2000 MATHEMATICS 2/3 UNIT COMMON Time.allowed -Two and half hours (lus minutes reading time) DIRECTIONS TO CANDIDATES ‘Aempt ALL questions. Board approved calculators may be used ‘Show al necessary working ‘Marts may be deducted for careless or badly arranged work Allquestions are of equal value. Start s NEW PAGIE for each question,QUESTION 1 (Start on a new page) 2) Expand and simplify x -3(2x +1) +c) Simplify 2V5 48 +75 6) Find the value of the pronumeral giving reasons ae Find x Se eo wi age os Nor ToscatE FFG) =3-22, find F2)—F(-1) QUESTION 2 (Start on a now page) 9) Dirt he flowing: EF ow wast 'b) The diagram shows the points AC 1,5), BC 8,2 ) and the point C(-6, 2 ) B (i) Show thatthe gradient of AB is -1 cue) (Gi) Find the equation of line AB NOTTO SCALE i) Find the exact length of AB ay (iv) Show that triangle ABC is isosceles. (9) Find the mid-point of ACQUESTION 3 (Start on a new page) 8) Find the equation of the normal othe curve y= V+, atthe point (7,3) ) (i) Inttiangle ABC, A=123", b~Sem and e=Tem, finda to 3 significant figures. (ii) Find the size of 268 to the nearest minute al ao hve CidFind Beawaot A ABC NoTTOscaLE 5 “ é oycaen | 2 3 cna pr yi Y V2 Sy 4) The volume ofa spheres given by V= 27*(2r +). Find the value of Vie~ 3em and b= Tem othe closest unit. QUESTION 4( Start on a new page) 8) Soe 2x -6x+3=0 ?+2e—4 and it is known to passthrough the point 9 Aamey Aaya dive 2 (3) Mtn quintet ©) Find (i) the co-ordinates ofthe stationary points of = x —3x4+2and hence determine the nature of these points. (i) the point of inslexion (ii) neatly sketch te graph of y =x? 3x42 showing all major features QUESTION 5 (Start on a new page) 8) Solve the following equations simultaneously: aee2y= Detyn3 b)Solve [x1 ©) A student lies down on the ground and views the top ofa church tower at an angle of elevation of 40°. Fhe student is Sm from the foot ofthe tower, which is on the same level wih the staden, how igh is the tower? 4) Prove (se0d + and seed ~tand) ©) If and are the rots ofthe equation 33° +15x+6-=0, without solving, find the values of: Oar8 Wap G+ Gya+2Xp +2)QUESTION 6 (Start on a new page) ot Be 1) value fenviog your answer into arm 16-7, =32°—1, fd te fst tems, ©) Solve for x, if 4Sin?x=1 and 0<.x=360" 4) State the largest posible domain of the function f(x): ©) Forthe parabola. 9? =-8(x~3), find: (the focal length (Gi the co-ordinates ofthe focus (i) andthe equation of the diretrix 1) Find the values of k for which the equation x* +64 k=0 has ) equal roots (i) n0 real 001s QUESTION? ( Start on a new page) 8) Solve 9" -40")43=0 ¥) Given AD= AB, DB=DCand AD|IBC, find ZBDC A ln QRS wh actor rem bose Esucr ‘NOT TO SCALE to’ C ite = 40' Call & £086 Abu Be) pC+2BcD= 190° caverd es) Covet ‘©)Find the co-ordinates ofthe centre and the length ofthe radius ofthe circle whose equation is uOr% = LADC \WO-4O -H Pry -drhloysd= 2 I Sind =F find he value of: me Gi) cot in factional form. (0 8 < 90") 1) Factorise 162-1QUESTION (Start on a new page) 2) Change to icon 027 ') ‘Show thatthe locus of & point P(x, y) which moves so that ts distance from the line x= 8 i twice its stance ftom the point 2, 0) 3x? + 4y2 = 48 ©) Solve -5<2x-3 $ 7 forx ER and graph the solution onthe amber Hine Express 27 428-2 in the form Ax(x-+1) +88? + C(e+ 1) ©)Soive 2+? 3 Sas 2 @) Rewrite asa fraction 3 49-6 if Cos =F 29 —F in Bit Caso: pind @ to the nearest minute By icting te dvmintrespes E25 eto a QUESTION 9 (Start on a new page) a) Evaluate im ail 3s >) Dittereniste —7 ©) If 23,20 5, and Sa~7 ae in arithmesic progression, find the value of and the common difference, ) In arithmetic progression, the first term i 3 and the twentieth erm is 81. Find the sum ofthe first 20 terms, ©) How many terms are there in the following series? 1 dedans, +128 373 ‘The annual depreciation value of cars is 16%. Ifa car was bought for $21000 five years a go, how much sit ‘worth now?QUESTON 10 (Start on a new page) x » ‘The diagram shows the graph ofthe gradient function ofthe curve y= x). For what value of x does i) have local maximum? Justify your answer, ©), What isthe condition if the series 1-242? -Bx 4. is tohavea sum to infinity? A.man invests $1000 atthe beginning of each year ina superannuation fund. Assuming intrest is paid st '8% pa on the investment, how much wil his ivestment amouzt to in 30 years? ©) ABCD isa square of unit length and points E and Fare taken on the sides AB and AD respectively such that AB= AF =x. (3) Show thatthe area y, of the quadrilateral CDFE is given by 1 odes) vax ) (Gi) What i the pretest area the quadsilsteral can have?