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ROUSE HILL
ANGLICAN COLLEGE
YEAR 11 MATHEMATICS ADVANCED
Assessment Task 1 2022

MATHEMATICS ADVANCED
General Instructions
• Reading Time – 5 minutes
• Working Time – 90 minutes
• Write using black or blue pen only
• Calculators approved by NESA
may be used
• A reference sheet is provided separately
• Attempt all questions
• Write your answers in the spaces
provided
• Marks have been allocated for working
Numbers & Surds / 14

• Answers with incomplete or Functions & Graphs / 25

incorrect working will not be Transformations &
Symmetry
/ 21
awarded full marks
Total / 60

This paper must not be removed from the examination room.

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Numbers & Surds Total marks (14)
Answer these questions on this paper. Show all working clearly.

Marks

1. Expand and simplify the following.

(a) (√8 − 8√2)(√2 + 4) 2

(b) (3√3 + 4√7)2 2

2. Rationalise the denominators and simplify where possible. 2

10√3 − √5
√15

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3. Find the value of 𝑎𝑎 and 𝑏𝑏 if:

4√3−5 2
(a) = 𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏√3
1+√3

√7−√3
(b) = 𝑎𝑎 − √𝑏𝑏 2
√7+√3

4. Let 𝑎𝑎 = 2 + √3.

1
(a) Find the exact value of 𝑎𝑎 + . 2
𝑎𝑎

1
(b) Hence, without calculating 𝑎𝑎2 , find the value of 𝑎𝑎2 + . 2
𝑎𝑎2

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Functions & Graphs Total marks (25)
Answer these questions on this paper. Show all working clearly.

Marks

5. (a) State the domain and range of the function 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = −√18 − 𝑥𝑥 2 . 2

(b) Sketch 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) showing the essential features. 2

6. Consider the function 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 2𝑥𝑥 − 𝑥𝑥 2 . Find:

(a) 𝑓𝑓(3) 1

(b) 𝑓𝑓(𝑎𝑎 + 1) − 𝑓𝑓(1) in simplest form 2

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7. A circle has the equation 𝑥𝑥 2 − 2𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 2 + 6𝑦𝑦 = 6.

(a) Complete the square to find the radius and the centre of the circle. 2

(b) Show that the relation is many-to-many by substituting appropriate values for 𝑥𝑥
and 𝑦𝑦. 2

8. The equation 𝑥𝑥 2 − 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 − 15 = 0 has one zero at 𝑥𝑥 = −5.

(a) What is the value of 𝑘𝑘? 1

(b) Find the other root. 1

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9. Consider the function 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥 2 − 4𝑥𝑥 + 1.

(a) Use the discriminant to determine how many 𝑥𝑥-intercepts the graph will have. 2

(b) Find the coordinates of the vertex. 2

(c) Find the zeros of the parabola. Leave your answer in exact form. 2

(d) Draw a neat sketch of the parabola showing the vertex and the 𝑥𝑥 and 𝑦𝑦
intercepts. 2

(e) State the range. 1

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10. The graph of 𝑦𝑦 = (𝑥𝑥 − 3)2 − 3 is shown below.

(a) On the same axis draw the graph of the linear function 2𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 − 6 = 0. 1

(b) Write down the coordinates of the point(s) of intersection of the two graphs. 2

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Transformations & Symmetry Total marks (21)
Answer these questions on this paper. Show all working clearly.

Marks

11. Let 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 2𝑥𝑥 − 3, 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥) = √𝑥𝑥 and ℎ(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑥𝑥 2 + 1.

Simplify the following and state the domain:

(a) 𝑓𝑓�𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥)� 2

Domain:

(b) ℎ(𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥)) 3

Domain:

12. Solve |𝑥𝑥 + 1| = 2𝑥𝑥 − 3 3

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13. The graph of 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) is shown below.

(a) What is a possible equation of 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥)? 2

(b) Sketch, in the diagrams below,

(i) 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑓𝑓(−𝑥𝑥) 1

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13. (b) (ii) 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥 + 2) 1

14. Sketch the following graphs showing all essential features and intercepts.

(a) 𝑦𝑦 = −2𝑥𝑥 + 1 2

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14. (b) 𝑦𝑦 = |𝑥𝑥 − 2| 2

2
15. Consider the function 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑥𝑥−4.

(a) Determine algebraically if 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) is odd, even or neither. 1

(b) State the natural domain of 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥). 1

(c) Find the equation of the new function 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥) after it has been shifted 3 units left
and 1 unit down. 1

(d) What are the equations of the asymptote(s) of 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥)? 2

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