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Macquarie Fields High School

Higher School Certificate
Assessment Task 2
Term 1 2012

Mathematics Faculty

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MATHEMATICS
Time allowed one hour
Reading time five minutes

General Instructions
Total marks (41)
o Write using a black or blue pen.
o Board approved calculators may be o Section 1: Multiple Choice (1-5)
used.
1 mark each
o All necessary working should be
o Section 2: Questions 6-8
shown for every question.
12 marks each
o Begin each of Questions 6-8 on a
new page.

Examiner: Mr Simonds
HSC Mathematics 2012 Assessment Task 2

SECTION 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: ( 1 mark each)

Indicate the correct response (A, B, C or D) in your answer booklet.

1. The graph below is a parabola. Its equation is:

A. y2 = 4x
B. y2 = 4x
C. x2 = 4y
D. x2 = 4y
y

10

-10 -5 5 10 x

-5

-10

2. Consider the function shown below.

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y

A
B

C
D

Stationary points occur at points:

A. A and E
B. A, C and E
C. B and D
D. none of the above

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3. For the function in Question 2 points of inflexion occur at:

A. B and D
B. B, C and D
C. A, C and E
D. A, B, C, D and E

4. Consider the function below.

10

-4 -2 2 4 x

-5

-10

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As the value of x increases the corresponding value of the second derivative:

A. remains positive
B. remains negative
C. changes from negative to positive
D. changes from positive to negative

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5. For the function y = 2x2 6x + 7 find the values of x for which the curve is decreasing.

A. x < 1.5

B. x 3
C. x 3 and x 1
D. none of the above

Section 2 is next page

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SECTION 2: (36 Marks)

Start each of questions 6, 7 and 8 on a new page.

Marks

Question 6: (12 marks)

2
(a) (i) Find the 25th term of the arithmetic sequence
2
3, 6, 9, 12

(ii) Find the sum of the first 25 terms.

(b) In the arithmetic sequence

90 86 82

find the first term that is less than 21.

2

20

(4n 3) 3
(c) Evaluate 1

(d) The sum of the second and fifth terms of an arithmetic series is 19. Three times its
3rd term is 24. Find the first three terms of the arithmetic series.

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Start each of questions 6, 7 and 8 on a new page.

Question 7: (12 marks) Marks

(a) How many terms of the arithmetic series

10, 4, 2 . 3

must be added to make 940?

(b) A parabola has a vertex at the origin and has a vertical axis. Find the equation
of the parabola in each case if:

(i) the focal length is 4 units and it is concave up

(ii) the equation of its directrix is y = 2 2

(c) For the parabola y = x2 2x 7 find:

(i) the coordinates of the vertex

(ii) the focal length

(iii) the coordinates of the focus 4

(d) For what values of x is the curve y = x4 + 6x2 x 1 concave down?

Justify your answer. 3

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Start each of questions 6, 7 and 8 on a new page.

Question 8: (12 marks) Marks

(a) Sketch the parabola (y 1)2 = 6(x 4) Show: 5

(i) the vertex

(ii) the axis
(iii) the focal length
(iv) the focus
(v) the directrix

(b) (i) Find the turning points on the graph of y = x3 12x + 16 2

(ii) Determine the nature of the turning points and justify your conclusion. 2

(c) Find the coordinates of any points of inflexion on the curve

y = x3 3x2 6x + 8

Show clearly why any such points are points of inflexion. 3

END OF EXAMINATION

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6. Choose the possible gradient function graph of the function with these properties:
f (4) f (1) f (5) 0 , As x , f ( x) 5 . It has stationary points at.
x 1, and x 3 .
A. B)

C. D)

x2
y
7. While sketching the graph of 3 x 2 Lily realises that the function has an oblique
asymptote. What is the equation of the oblique asymptote?
2
x
A. 3
x
y
B. 3
C. x 0

x 2
y
3 9
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8. Given the series 5+13+21+29+

which term in the series is the first one with a value greater than 8000?

A. 999
B. 1000
C. 1001
D. 1002
9. For the function y x 6 x 9 x 1 find the values of x for which the curve is
3 2

increasing.

E. x3
F. x 3 and x 1
G. 1 x 3
H. The curve is monotonic decreasing

1 1
2
3
(a) Find the primitive of x x

(b)
Find the two stationary points of the function y x( x 4) and
2
(i)
determine their nature.
(ii) Sketch the curve showing all the important features
(iii) Find the equation of the tangent at x 2 on the curve
(iv) Show that the tangent meets the curve again at (4, 0)

(c) Use the mathematical induction to prove that, for positive integral n,
1 1 1 n
.......
1 4 4 7 3n 2 3n 1 3n 1

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Marks
Question 7 on the next page

Question 7: (11 marks)

n 3n 1
Sn
(a) The sum of the first n terms of an Arithmetic Progression is given by 2 .
Find:
(i) Find S1 and S 2
(ii) The firt two terms of the AP
(iii) An expresssion for the nth term.
(b)

A logo is made of 20 squares with a common corner, as shown in the diagram. The odd
numbered stripes between successive squares are shaded in the diagram. The shaded
stripes are painted in gold paint, which costs $9 per square centimeter. The side length of

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the nth square is 2n 4 cm. The nth stripe lies between the nth square and (n + 1)the
square

Show that the areas of the nth stripe is 8n 20 cm

2 Marks
(i)
(ii) Hence find the areas of the first and last stripes.
(iii) Hence find the total cost of the gold paint for the logo.

Question 8 on the next page

Question 8: (12 Marks)

a) Fibre cabling is to be laid in a rectangular room along BP and PQ from the corner B
of the floor ABCD as shown in the diagram.

The dimension of the room are AB =5 m, AD = 4 m and the height of the room 4
AE =3 m. Suppose AP = x metres.

(i) State the length of BP in terms of x.

Show that the length of PQ is 25 6 x x m.
2
(ii)
(iii) Hence state the total length L m, of the cabling (in terms of x)

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(iv) Find the value of AP when the total length L is to be minimum

b) Prove by mathematical induction that, for any integer n, the product

( n 1)( n 2)......... (n n) is always a multiple of 2 n but never a multiple of 2 n 1

10

-10 -5 5 10 x

-5

-10

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10

-4 -2 2 4 x

-5

-10

10. The ninth term of an arithmetic sequence is 33 and the fourteenth term is 53. The
common difference is

A. 20
B. 3
C. 4
D. none of the above

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