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SEMESTER TWO

REVISION 2
MATHEMATICS METHODS
UNITS 3-4

2016

SOLUTIONS
Mathematics Methods Units 3-4, 2016, Semester Two Solutions

SECTION ONE
1. (6 marks)

(a) (i)

(ii)

(iii)

 -1/error

2. (16 marks)

(a) (i) (ii) (iii)







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(b) (i)

(ii)

(c)

(d)



3. (7 marks)
(a) (i)

 slope

 concavity
or

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(b) (i) 

(ii)


4. (7 marks)

(a)

(b)

(c)

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5. (14 marks)

(a) (i) Not a probability density function as the probabilities do not add to 1. 

(i) Yes, a probability density function as the probabilities add to 1. 

(b) (i)

The area

(ii) 

Probably easier to use areas.

(c) (i)

(ii)

(iii) 

(iv)

END OF SECTION ONE

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SECTION TWO
6. (6 marks)
(a)
x f(x)
0.5 -0.69
1 0
2 1.69
3 1.099  -1/error
4 1.386
7 1.946

(b)



(c)

7. (9 marks)
(a) (i)  (c = 0)

(ii)



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(b) There are no turning points in so

has a positive gradient at all defined points,
is concave up for all > 0 and concave down for all < 0.

at all defined points as the gradient of is always positive.

For function is increasing so concave up and

For function is decreasing so concave down and .

f ' has turning points so has x intercepts.

At has turning points so

At the points of inflection in f , has a turning point, , the concavity of

changes so the gradient of changes from increasing to decreasing and vice versa.

8. (7 marks)

(a)

When the height is 20 cm, the rate of change of volume is 22 340.21 cm3/min.

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(b)

9. (4 marks)
(a) Area = 0.5 x 1 + 0.5 x 0.67 + 0.5 x 0.5 + 0.5 x 0.4 + 0.5 x 0.33
= 0.5 x [1 + 0.67 + 0.5 + 0.4 + 0.33 ]
= 1.45 units2

(b)

10. (4 marks)

The points of intersection are (-1,1) and (2,-2).

The area between the curves is found by

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11. (6 marks)
(a)

(b) .
There are no changes of direction on the defined domain. 0/2 if not checked.

The distance travelled is 40 m. 

12. (6 marks)

(a) 

(b) (i)

(ii)

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13. (6 marks)
(a)

The annual rate of decrease of the mountain pygmy possum population

from 1990 to 2010 was1.1875 %

(b)

Given the actual population in 2015 was 1830, the culling was not effective. The
population is a lot less than expected.

14. (6 marks)
(a)

(b)

Maximum volume when

Need dimensions of rectangle.

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15. (4 marks)

(a)



(b) P  2 or 3 or 4 or 5   0.196244856  0.20 

16. (9 marks)
(a)
  0 1 2 3
  0.5787 0.3472 0.0694 0.0046  -1/error

(b) (i) 

(ii) 

(ii)
Only mulitplying changes the variance, not adding.

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17. (11 marks)

(a) 

(b)

(c) 

(d) B(4, 0.09)

P(she had sales worth over $2 000 000 in two of the months and sales worth less than
$2 000 000 in the other two months)



18. (22 marks)

(a)



(b) (i) Bias occurs because buyers are there possibly to buy the specials
or they may be in a financial position where they need to buy goods on special. 

(ii) Assuming the survey only needs to speak to Woolworth’s customers, you could
randomly sample the people on the electoral role, then ask if they are
Woolworth’s customers. If so, you have a sample point. If not, try someone else. 

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(c)

The probability is 0.07.

(d) (i)

(ii)

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(iii)

P(X< z) = 0.975
So, 95% confidence level means z = 1.96

s=

The confidence limit is

(e)

P(X< z) = 0.95
z = 1.645
Use as the maximum value as is unknown.

E = z  s but
Therefore

n  68
Should use a sample size of 68 people to have a confidence level of 90% with an
error margin of 10%.

END OF SECTION TWO

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