CAULFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL - CAULFIELD

CAMPUS

SEMESTER 1 EXAMINATION, 2015

YEAR: 10/11 SUBJECT: Unit 1, Mathematical Methods CAS / Technology Free

(NO NOTES or CALCULATOR ALLOWED)

Date of Exam: Friday June 5th, 2015

Time Allowed: 1 hour + 10 minutes reading time

Time: Session 2: 11:00am – 12:40pm (including reading time)

Teacher Responsible: Ms Adams

Write your name below.

Circle your teacher's name below.

Ms Condos Mr Mann Mr Hill

Ms Adams Ms Banerjee Ms Warlond

Mr Snell Ms McCormack

Total 43 marks

Instructions
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
A decimal approximation will not be accepted if an exact answer is required to a question.
In all questions where more than one mark is available, appropriate working must be shown.
Unless otherwise indicated, the diagrams in this paper are not drawn to scale.

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Question 1
(a) Show that x  3 is a factor of Px   2 x 3  11x 2  18x  9 .
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(b) Hence factorise fully to find all the linear factors of P(x)
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(c) Sketch a graph of y = P(x) labelling all intercepts with their coordinates.
(Coordinates of turning points are not required)

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Question 2
Given that f  x   ax 2  bx  c , f 0  16 , f 1  7 and f 7   5 , find:
a) The values of a, b and c.
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(b) The coordinates of the turning point of the function, f (x).

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Question 3

If [ ] and [ ]

(a) Rearrange the matrix equation AX = K to make X the subject

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(b) Using matrix methods, solve for X if X = [ ], hence explicitly state the values of x and y.

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Question 4
Rewrite the equation given by x 2  y 2  6 x  4 y  12 in the form x  a    y  b   r 2 .
2 2

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 Question 5
Determine the equation of the following quadratic in the form

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Question 6
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For the curve with equation f ( x)  3
x 1

a) Write down the equations of the vertical and horizontal asymptotes.

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b) Sketch the graph of f ( x)   3 making sure you include all intercepts and other important information.
y x 1
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10

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 x
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-4

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Question 7
a. Solve the equation: 2 sin( 2 x)  1  0 for x  [0, 2 ] .
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b. Sketch the graph y  2 sin 2 x   1 in the interval 0 , 2  on the axes provided below. Include the
coordinates for the end points and the first two turning points.

y
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2 x

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Question 8
Find in simplest surd form if

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Question 9
(a) Write the equation for the hybrid function ( ) below, given that the parabolic section has its turning point
at (2, 5).

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(b) Write the range of ( )

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Question 10
For the cubic curve with equation: ( )
(a) Find the x-intercept(s) of this function

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 (b) State the coordinates of the point of inflection.

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Question 11
Factorise each of the following fully into linear factors:
(a) (b)

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 W O R K I N G S P A C E

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 W O R K I N G S P A C E

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 UNIT 1 MATHEMATICAL METHODS
FORMULAE SHEET

Linear:
y 2  y1
Gradient: m
x2  x1
Equation of a line: y  mx  c
y  y1  m( x  x1 )

Pythagoras’ Theorem:

Matrices
a b
 ad bc
c d
a b
If  0 ...the matrix is singular
c d
 d  b
a b 
1  c a 
c d    
  a  d  b  c 
a b   e f  ae  bg af  bh
c d   g 
h   ce  dg cf  dh 
  

Algebra:
a 3  b3  (a  b)(a 2  ab  b 2 )
a 3  b 3  (a  b)(a 2  ab  b 2 )
(a  b)3  a3  3a 2b  3ab2  b3
(a  b)3  a3  3a 2b  3ab2  b3
a 2  b 2  (a  b)(a  b)
Graphs:
( x  h)2  ( y  k )2  r 2
y  a( x  h)2  k
a
y k
( x  h)
a
y k
( x  h) 2

Quadratic Formula: Discriminant:

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