Semester One Examination 2013

Question/Answer Booklet

MATHEMATICS
3C/3D
Section One
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Student number: In figures

In words

Time allowed for this section

Reading time before commencing work:
5 minutes
Working time for paper:
50 minutes

Material required/recommended for this section

To be provided by the supervisor
Question/answer booklet for Section One.
Formula sheet.
To be provided by the candidate
Standard items: pens, pencils, pencil sharpener, highlighter, eraser, ruler.

Important note to candidates

No other items may be taken into the examination room. It is your responsibility to
ensure that you do not have any unauthorised notes or other items of a non-personal
nature in the examination room. If you have any unauthorised material with you, hand
it to the supervisor before reading any further

Structure of this examination

Number of questions

Working time
(minutes)

Marks
available

This Section (Section

1)
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10

50

50

Section Two
Calculator-assumed

15

100

100

Total marks

150

Instructions to candidates
1.

The rules for the conduct of Western Australian external examinations are detailed
in the Year 12 Information Handbook 2013. Sitting this examination implies that
you agree to abide by these rules.

2.

Answer the questions according to the following instructions.

Section One:
Write answers in this Question/Answer Booklet. All questions
should be answered.
Show all your working clearly. Your working should be in sufficient
detail to allow your answers to be checked readily and for marks to be
awarded for reasoning. Incorrect answers given without supporting
reasoning cannot be allocated any marks. For any question or part
question worth more than two marks, valid working or justification is
required to receive full marks. If you repeat an answer to any
question, ensure that you cancel the answer you do not wish to have
marked.
It is recommended that you do not use pencil except in diagrams.

3.

You must be careful to confine your responses to the specific questions asked and
to follow any instructions that are specific to a particular question.

4.

Spare pages are included at the end of this booklet. They can be used for
planning your responses and/or as additional space if required to continue an
answer.
Planning: If you use the spare pages for planning, indicate this clearly at the
top of the page.
Continuing an answer: If you need to use the space to continue an answer,
indicate in the original answer space where the answer is continued, i.e. give
the page number. Fill in the number of the question(s) that you are continuing
to answer at the top of the page.

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(50 marks)

This section has ten (10) questions. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the
space provided.
Spare pages are included at the end of this booklet. They can be used for planning your
responses and/or as additional space if required to continue an answer.
Planning: If you use the spare pages for planning, indicate this clearly at the top of
the page.
Continuing an answer: If you need to use the space to continue an answer, indicate
in the original answer space where the answer is continued, i.e. give the page
number. Fill in the number of the question(s) that you are continuing to answer at the
top of the page.
Suggested working time for this section is 50 minutes.

Question 1
marks)

(5

Simplify the following:

(a)
(2)

(b)
(3)

x
x 1

2x2 8x
x2 16
2
x2 3x
x 8x 15

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Question 2
marks)

(7

Differentiate each of the following with respect to x. Do not simplify after the first line
of your solution.
(a)

y 3 x
(2)

(b)

2
x3

y x2 e5 x

(2)

(c)

1
1

2x
2e
(1 x)2

(3)

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Question 3
marks)

(4

A curve contains the point (1, 9) and the gradient of the curve at any point is given by:

dy
6x 6x2 .
dx
Find the equation of the curve.

Question 4
marks)

(3

a, b, c and d represent the x values of the 4 points marked on the graph above.
Express the shaded area in terms of definite integrals.

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Question 5
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1 2
1
1 1
2

(6

Study the graph of y ax4 bx3 c shown below.

1

1
2

Given that (1, 0) is a point of inflection, evaluate the constants a, b and c.

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Question 6
marks)

(4

Given that

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P A 0.7

, P ( B) 0.6 and P ( A B ) 0.9 ,

P( A / B)

(a)

Calculate
(2)

(b)
(2)

Are events A and B independent? Justify your answer.

Question 7
marks)

(7

Find the following:

(a)

(b)
(1)

4x

5x 2 dx

(1)

dx

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(c)

4 xe

2 x2

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dx

(2)

(d)
(3)

(x 2)(x

4 x)3 dx

Question 8
marks)

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Let A, B, C, D, E, F and G be points on the graph of a continuous function g.

The table below contains information about the sign of g(x), g (x), and g (x) at these
points.
Point

x
g(x)
g (x)
g (x)

A
-4
+
+

B
-3
0
+

C
-1
0
+

D
0
0
+
0

E
1
+
+
-

F
2
+
0
0

There are no other points at which g(x), g (x), or g (x) are equal to zero.
(a)

Which point is a local minimum?

(1)

G
4
+
+
+

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(b)

Describe the nature of the graph at point F.

(2)

(c)

Sketch the function on the axes below.

(4)

Question 9
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W is a Binomial variable with parameters n and p =

not simplify your answer.

1
. Find in terms of n, P(W > 1). Do
4

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Question 10
(3 marks)
A certain type of computer password is 8 characters long.
Six of the characters are lower-case letters from the English alphabet, i.e. members of
the 26-element set a,b,c,d......... x, y, z . The other 2 characters are decimal digits.

However, the decimal digits must occur consecutively. So gtyz5 0bb and kkt4 4 f mn are
possible passwords, but mn3mj h5 t is not.
How many possible passwords are there? Give your answer as an arithmetical
expression, without evaluating.

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