SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

2013 Half-Yearly Examination

FORM VI
MATHEMATICS 2 UNIT
Thursday 21st February 2013

General Instructions Collection

• Writing time — 2 hours • Write your candidate number on each
• Write using black or blue pen. booklet and on your multiple choice
answer sheet.
• Board-approved calculators and tem-
plates may be used. • Hand in the booklets in a single well-
ordered pile.
• A list of standard integrals is provided
at the end of the examination paper. • Hand in a booklet for each question
in Section II, even if it has not been
Total — 85 Marks attempted.
• All questions may be attempted. • If you use a second booklet for a ques-
Section I – 10 Marks tion, place it inside the first.
• Questions 1–10 are of equal value. • Place your multiple choice answer
sheet inside the answer booklet for
• Record your solutions to the multiple
Question Eleven.
choice on the sheet provided.
• Write your candidate number on this
Section II – 75 Marks question paper and submit it with
• Questions 11–15 are of equal value. your answers.
• All necessary working should be shown.
• Start each question in a new booklet.

Checklist
• SGS booklets — 5 per boy
• Multiple choice answer sheet Examiner
• Candidature — 96 boys SG
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SECTION I - Multiple Choice

Answers for this section should be recorded on the separate answer sheet
handed out with this examination paper.

QUESTION ONE
√
Which of the following is a primitive of x?
3 32
(A) x
2

2 32
(B) x
3

1 − 12
(C) x
2

1 −1
(D) − x 2
2

QUESTION TWO
Z 2
What is the value of the definite integral x2 dx ?
−1

(A) 3

(B) −3

7
(C)
3

7
(D) −
3

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QUESTION THREE

A point P (x, y) moves so that it is always equidistant from the points A(0, 0) and B(5, 5).
Which of the following best describes the locus of P ?

(A) A line

(B) A circle

(C) A parabola

(D) A hyperbola

QUESTION FOUR

The graph of y = f(x) is shown below. It consists of a straight line section and a semicircle.
Z 4
What is the value of the definite integral f(x) dx ?
0

x
1 2 3 4

y=f (x)
−1

(A) 2+π

(B) 2−π

π
(C) 2+
2

π
(D) 2−
2

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QUESTION FIVE

A parabola has its focus at (3, −3) and directrix at x = 1. What is the equation of this
parabola?

(3, −3)

x=1

(A) (y + 3) = 4(x − 2)2

(B) (y + 3)2 = 4(x − 2)

(C) (y − 3)2 = 4(x + 2)

(D) (y − 3) = 4(x + 2)2

QUESTION SIX

The graph of y = ex is translated two units to the right. Which of the following represents
the new function?

(A) y = ex+2

(B) y = ex−2

(C) y = ex + 2

(D) y = ex − 2

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QUESTION SEVEN
dy d2 y
For y = f(x) graphed below, which of the labelled points satisfies = 0 and < 0?
dx dx2
y y=f (x)

A

D

C

B
x

(A) A

(B) B

(C) C

(D) D

QUESTION EIGHT
Which of the following is not true of the function f(x) = ex + 3?
(A) The first derivative is ex .

(B) The function is always increasing.

(C) The function has its y-intercept at (0, 1).

(D) A primitive of the function is ex + 3x.

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QUESTION NINE
The function f(x) = (x − 2)2 (x + 7) has the following first and second derivatives:

f 0 (x) = 3(x − 2)(x + 4)

f 00 (x) = 6(x + 1)

Which of the following statements is false?

(A) f(x) has stationary points at x = 2 and x = −4.

(B) f(x) is concave up for x < −1.

(C) f(x) has x-intercepts at x = 2 and x = −7.

(D) f(x) is a cubic function.

QUESTION TEN
A function y = f(x) is graphed below. The x-axis is an asymptote for the function.

y=f (x)
x

Which of the following statements is true?

(A) f(x) has a global minimum at y = 0.

(B) f(x) has an asymptote at x = 0.

(C) f(x) has a single point of inflexion.

(D) f(x) has two stationary points.

End of Section I

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SECTION II - Written Response

Answers for this section should be recorded in the booklets provided.

Show all necessary working.

Start a new booklet for each question.

QUESTION ELEVEN (15 marks) Use a separate writing booklet. Marks

3e2
(a) Calculate , correct to three decimal places. 1
5

3
(ex )
(b) Simplify 2x . 2
e

(c) (i) Sketch the locus of a point P which moves so that it is always at a fixed distance 1
of two units below the x-axis.

(ii) Write down the equation of the locus. 1

(d) A parabola has equation x2 = −4y.

(i) Write down the coordinates of the vertex. 1

(ii) Write down the coordinates of the focus. 1

(iii) Write down the equation of the directrix. 1

(iv) Sketch the parabola, showing all the features found in (i) to (iii). 1

(e) Differentiate the following with respect to x:

(i) 5x3 − 3x2 + 9 1

(ii) 4e5x 1

(iii) (2 − 3x)4 2

(f) Find a primitive for each of the following:

(i) x2 − 2 1
− 21
(ii) x 1

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QUESTION TWELVE (15 marks) Use a separate writing booklet. Marks

(a) Expand and simplify (ex + e−x )2 . 2

(b) Evaluate the following definite integrals:

Z 2
(i) (3x2 + 2x) dx 2
−2
3
2
Z
(ii) dx 2
1 x2

(c) Given f 0 (x) = ex + 2x, find f(x) if f(0) = 0. 2

(d) The following diagram shows the graph of y = f(x). A maximum occurs when x = a 2
and a stationary point of inflexion when x = b. Sketch a possible graph of f 0 (x).

x
a b
y=f (x)

(e) Find the area of the region bounded by the curve y = ex − 1, the x-axis and the line 2
x = 2, as shown in the diagram below. Express your answer in terms of e.
y y=ex −1

x
2
y = −1

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QUESTION TWELVE (Continued)

(f) The curves y = x2 + x + 1 and y = 2x2 − x − 2 meet at two points whose x-coordinates 3
are x = −1 and x = 3.

y 

y = 2x2 − x − 2
y = x2 + x + 1

x
−1 3

Find the area of the shaded region enclosed between the two curves, as shown in the
diagram above.

QUESTION THIRTEEN (15 marks) Use a separate writing booklet. Marks

(a) Consider the curve y = 3x3 − 9x + 3.

dy d2 y
(i) Find and . 2
dx dx2
(ii) Find all the stationary points of the curve. 2
(iii) Determine the nature of each stationary point. 2
(iv) Sketch the curve, clearly indicating all the stationary points and the y-intercept. 2
Note, you are not required to find the x-intercepts or any points of inflexion.
Z 2
(b) Evaluate e2x+1 dx. 2
−2

5
1
Z
(c) Using Simpson’s rule with five function values, estimate dx correct to three 2
1 x
decimal places.

(d) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y = e3x at the point where x = 0. 3

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QUESTION FOURTEEN (15 marks) Use a separate writing booklet. Marks

(a) The cost, C dollars, of running a vehicle at an average speed of v km/h is given by 3
2
C= v + 2000v −1 , where v > 0.
5
For what average speed will the cost be minimised?
√
(b) The region bounded by the curve y = x, the x-axis and the line x = 4, is shown 2
below.
√
y y= x

x
4

Find the volume of the solid generated when this region is rotated about the x-axis.

(c) A function f(x) has second derivative f 00 (x) = 20(x − 1)2 (x − 4). Show that f(x) has 2
only one point of inflexion.

(d) Differentiate the following, leaving your answers in simplest form.

(i) y = (2x − 1)ex 2
ex
(ii) y = 3
2x + 3
3
(e) (i) Differentiate y = ex . 1
Z 1
3
(ii) Hence evaluate the definite integral 3x2 ex dx. 2
0

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QUESTION FIFTEEN (15 marks) Use a separate writing booklet. Marks

1
(a) Consider the function f(x) = .
(x + 4)2
(i) Find f 00 (x). 2
(ii) Explain why y = f(x) is concave up for all real x except x = −4. 1

(b) Show that the function y = xe−2x satisfies the equation y 00 + 4y 0 + 4y = 0. 3

(c) A sector with radius 5 cm, arc length ` cm and angle θ degrees at its centre is bent to
form a cone, as shown in the diagram below. The resultant cone has base radius r cm
and height h cm.

`
r

θ h
5c
m
m
5c

πθ
(i) Show that ` = . 1
36
θ
(ii) Hence show that r = . 1
72
s  2
θ
(iii) Show that h = 25 − . 1
72
(iv) Construct an equation for the volume of the cone V cm3 as a function of θ only. 2
(v) Find, to the nearest degree, the value of θ for which the volume of the cone is 4
maximised.

End of Section II

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The following list of standard integrals may be used:

1
Z
xn dx = xn+1 , n 6= −1; x 6= 0, if n < 0
n+1
1
Z
dx = ln x, x > 0
x
1 ax
Z
eax dx = e , a 6= 0
a
1
Z
cos ax dx = sin ax, a 6= 0
a
1
Z
sin ax dx = − cos ax, a 6= 0
a
1
Z
sec2 ax dx = tan ax, a 6= 0
a
1
Z
sec ax tan ax dx = sec ax, a 6= 0
a
1 1
Z
x
dx = tan−1 , a 6= 0
a2 +x2 a a
1
Z
x
√ dx = sin−1 , a > 0, −a < x < a
a2 − x2 a
1
Z  p 
√ 2 2
dx = ln x + x − a , x > a > 0
x2 − a2
1
Z  p 
√ dx = ln x + x2 + a2
x2 + a2

NOTE : ln x = loge x, x > 0

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