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Trial Examination 1 of 5
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MATHEMATICAL METHODS
Units 3 & 4 – Written examination 2
(TSSM’s 2011 trial exam updated for the current study design)
Reading time: 15 minutes
Writing time: 2 hours

QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK

Structure of book
Section Number of Number of questions Number of
questions to be answered marks

1 22 22 22
2 5 5 58

Total 80

 Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners,
rulers, a protractor, set-squares, aids for curve sketching, one bound reference, one approved CAS calculator
( memory DOES NOT need to be cleared) and, if desired, one scientific calculator
 Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or white out
liquid/tape.

Materials supplied
 Question and answer book of 21 pages including answer sheet for multiple-choice questions.

Instructions
 Print your name in the space provided on the top of this page and the multiple-choice answer sheet.
 All written responses must be in English.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic
communication devices into the examination room.
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SECTION 1 – Multiple-choice questions

Instructions for Section 1

Answer all questions on the answer sheet provided for multiple choice questions.
Choose the response that is correct for the question.
A correct answer scores 1, an incorrect answer scores 0.
Marks will not be deducted for incorrect answers.
No marks will be given if more than one answer is completed for any question.

Question 1
The simultaneous linear equations where is
a real constant, have a unique solution for:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Question 2
Let . Which one of the following is not true?
A.
B.
C.
D.

E.

Question 3
At the point on the graph of the function with rule ,
A. The graph is not continuous.
B. There is a stationary point of inflection.
C. There is a local maximum.
D. The graph is not differentiable.
E. There is a local minimum.

SECTION 1 - continued

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Question 4

can be written as:

A.
B.
C.

D.

E.

Question 5
The tangent at the point on the graph of the curve has equation .
The tangent of at the point on the curve has equation:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Question 6
If , where is a standard normal random variable, then c is closest to:
A. 0.6745

B.
C. 0.5987
D. 0.7734

E.

SECTION 1 - continued
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Question 7
A cubic function has the rule y = f (x). The graph of the derivative function crosses the x-
axis at (2, 0) and (–3, 0). The maximum value of the derivative function is 10. The value of x for
which the graph of y = f (x) has a local maximum is:

A.
B. 2
C.
D. 3
E.

Question 8
Let , and . Then the largest domain such
that exists is:
A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

Question 9
If , then could be:

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

SECTION 1 - continued
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Question 10
The continuous random variable has a probability density function given by

The value of such that is closest to:

A.

B. 2.63
C. 3.45

D.

E. 4.06

Question 11
The graph of a function lies above the for and . The graph
of is dilated by a factor of from the , then translated 1 unit up. The resulting
function is . Find .
A. 6
B. 18
C. 12
D. 42
E. 0

Question 12
The continuous random variable has a normal distribution with mean 4.3 and variance 0.09.
The continuous random variable has the standard normal distribution. The probability that is
between and is equal to:
A.

B.

C.

D.

E.
SECTION 1 - continued
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Question 13
For the rate of change of with respect to when is
A. 1

B.
C. 0

D.

E.

Question 14
The general solution to the equation is
A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

Question 15
For the function , the subset of for which the gradient of
is positive is closest to
A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

SECTION 1 - continued
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Question 16
A transformation that maps the curve with equation onto the curve with
equation is given by
A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

Question 17
A certain drug is known to be successful in 45% of all people using the drug. Twenty sufferers at
a company are using the drug. The probability that exactly five people will be cured is closest to
A. 0.0049
B. 0.0365
C. 0.0503
D. 0.0185
E. 0.2059

Question 18
The function with rule has a period and an asymptote respectively
A. and
B. and
C. and
D. and
E. 10 and

SECTION 1 - continued
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Question 19
The right rectangle approximation using rectangles of width to the area of the region enclosed
by the curve with equation , the axis, the line and axis is
A. 5
B.
C.
D.
E.

Question 20
The function , with rule , will have an inverse function if
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Question 21
The total area of the shaded regions in the diagram is given by

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

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Question 22
The function has rule where are real constants. The
maximal domain of is
A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

END OF SECTION 1
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SECTION 2

Instructions for Section 2

Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
A decimal approximation will not be accepted if an exact answer is required to a question.
In questions where more than one mark is available, appropriate working must be shown.
Where an instruction to use calculus is stated for a question, you must show an appropriate
derivative or anti-derivative.
Unless otherwise indicated, the diagrams in this book are not drawn to scale.

Question 1
For the function , .
a. Use calculus to show that the gradient of the normal to the function at any point, is
.

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2 marks

b. Find the equation of , the normal to the function , at .

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2 marks

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c. Find the equation of the composite function and state its domain.

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3 marks

d. Sketch the graph of , showing all key features.

2 marks

e. Sketch the graph of on the axes above, showing all key features.

2 marks

f. If the graph of is transformed to give , describe the

transformations applied to and find the equation of the transformed graph.

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4 marks
Total 15 marks
SECTION 2 - continued
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Question 2
Jealeen and Chirs have clients who buy coloured light globes. The lifespan of these globes is
binomially distributed. A sample of n lightglobes was tested and the expected number of
lightglobes that last over 200 hours is 212.5 with a variance of 31.875.

a. Find n the number of lightglobes tested and p, the probability that a lightglobe will last over
200 hours.

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3 marks
Jealeen and Chris trial a new brand of coloured lightglobe that has a probability of lasting over 200
hours of 0.9.

b. Find the probability that if 5 of the new brands lightglobes are tested, at least 3 will last
longer than 200 hours. Answer to 3 decimal places.
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1 mark

c. How many lightglobes would need to be tested to ensure that the probability that at least one
of them lasts less than 200 hours is more than 0.95?
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3 marks

SECTION 2 – Question 2 - continued

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A third brand of coloured lightglobes claims the lifespan of their globes is normally distributed
with a mean of 196 hours and standard deviation of 4.2 hours.
d. Find the probability that one of the new lightglobes randomly selected will last at least 200
hours writing your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
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1 mark

e. If the probability that one of these lightglobes lasts more than m hours is 0.42, find the value
of m to 2 decimal places.

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2 marks

SECTION 2 – Question 2 - continued

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f. Chris realized that some of his customers prefer the coloured light globes that he bought from
company B. The choices that a customer has to make between coloured light globes and candles
are independent of previous choices that they have made. The probability that his customers will
buy candles from company B is 0.6.
Chris wants to ensure that the probability that his customers will buy coloured light globes on at
least two days is at least 0.8.f.Calculate the minimum number of coloured light globes Chris’
customers have to buy in a day to achieve his aim.

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3 marks

Jealeen and Chris sell speciality light globes that change colour. The life span of these light
globes in hours, t, is given by the probability density function:

hours and zero elsewhere.

g. Prove that this is a probability distribution.

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2 marks

SECTION 2 – Question 2 - continued

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h. Sketch a graph of the probability distribution and label the maximum with its coordinates.

2 marks

i. Calculate the exact value for the average life of a light globe.

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2 marks

j. Find the probability that the life of a light globe will last longer than average, given that it
has already lasted 1000 hours. Give your answer correct to four decimal places.

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2 marks
Total 21 marks
SECTION 2 – continued
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Question 3
The gradient of a curve at any point is given by for .

a. What is the average value of the gradient function for ?

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2 marks

b. Show that if .

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2 marks

c. Find the coordinate of the stationary points of and state the nature of each of these
stationary points. Give reasons for your answer.

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4 marks

SECTION 2 – Question 3 - continued

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d. Find the area between and the axis from , correct to two decimal places.

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2 marks
Total 10 marks
Question 4

In the following is the function .

a. Show that the intercepts of are .

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3 marks

b. Sketch the graph of , showing the coordinates of the stationary point.

2 marks
Total 5 marks
SECTION 2 – continued
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Question 5
An isosceles triangle ABC has a height of 200 mm and its base is 200 mm. Rectangle PQRS is an
inscribed rectangle with P on AB and S on AC as shown in the diagram below.

M S
P

B C
Q N R

a. Show that the area of PQRS is if NR .

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4 marks

b. Find the value for that will maximise the area.

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2 marks

SECTION 2 – Question 5 - continued

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c. Find the maximum area of the rectangle PQRS.

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1 mark
Total 7 marks

END OF QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

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MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWER SHEET

Student Name:___________________________________

Circle the letter that corresponds to each correct answer.

Question
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