Western Australian Certificate of Education

Examination, 2011 Question/Answer Booklet

MATHEMATICS 3A/3B
Section Two: Calculator-assumed
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Structure of this paper

Section Number of questions available 7 Number of questions to be answered 7 Working time (minutes) Marks available Percentage of exam

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Instructions to candidates
1. The rules for the conduct of Western Australian external examinations are detailed in the Year 12 Information Handbook 2011. Sitting this examination implies that you agree to abide by these rules. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this Question/Answer Booklet. 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. 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.

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED Section Two: Calculator-assumed

MATHEMATICS 3A/3B (80 Marks)

This section has twelve (12) questions. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces 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. Working time: 100 minutes. Question 8 Given the universal set {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, with A = {2, 4, 6, 8} and B = {2, 3, 5, 7}: (a) list the elements of; (i) (4 marks)

AB

(1 mark)

(ii)

AB

(1 mark)

(b)

determine; (i)

n (A B)

(1 mark)

(ii)

n (A B)

(1 mark)

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MATHEMATICS 3A/3B Question 9

CALCULATOR-ASSUMED (5 marks)

The masses of lettuces sold at a fruit and vegetable shop are normally distributed with a mean mass 600 g and standard deviation 20 g. (a) If a lettuce is chosen at random, determine the probability that its mass lies between 570 g and 610 g. (1 mark)

(b)

Determine the mass exceeded by 7% of the lettuces correct to three (3) significant figures. (2 marks)

(c)

In one day, 1000 lettuces are sold. Estimate how many weigh less than 545 g. (2 marks)

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MATHEMATICS 3A/3B (8 marks)

A man sells his present business in order to start a small car-hire firm. He has $144 000 to spend on vehicles, so he decides to buy x large cars at $18 000 each and y small cars at $12 000 each. He also decides he must start with at least 10 cars altogether, and that he ought to have at least twice as many small cars as large cars. (a) Write three inequalities, other than x 0 and y 0 , which satisfy the above conditions, simplifying where possible. (3 marks)

(b)

Draw the three inequalities from (a) on the graph and shade the region satisfying these inequalities.

(4 marks) (c) What is the maximum number of large cars he can buy, subject to these conditions? (1 mark)

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED (6 marks)

A train is travelling at 30 metres per second when the brakes are applied. The velocity of the train is given by the equation v = 30 0.3t where t represents the time in seconds after the brakes are applied. The velocity-time graph is shown below.

The area under a velocity-time graph gives the total distance travelled for a particular time period. (a) Complete the tables below and estimate the distance travelled by the train during the first 6 seconds by calculating the mean of the areas of the circumscribed and inscribed rectangles. (The rectangles for the 46 seconds interval are shown on the grid above)
Time (t) Velocity (v) Rectangle Circumscribed area Inscribed area

2 28.8

6 19.2

02

24

46 50.4 38.4

Total

Estimated distance travelled: (b)

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(5 marks)

The exact distance travelled during the first 6 seconds is 158.4 m. How could you determine a better estimate of the distance travelled by the train during the first six seconds than the one determined in (a)? (1 mark)

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4 2 Consider the function y = x 2 x 8.

MATHEMATICS 3A/3B (8 marks)

(a)

Using calculus techniques, determine the coordinates of the stationary point(s) for the function. (3 marks)

(b)

Sketch the graph of the function on the interval 2 x 2 , labelling all intercepts and stationary point(s).

(3 marks) (c) Determine the coordinates of the point where the tangent to the curve at the positive x-intercept intersects the y-axis. (2 marks)

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MATHEMATICS 3A/3B Question 13

CALCULATOR-ASSUMED (12 marks)

The following figures were obtained from the My School website. The second column shows the ICSEA value for the school (an indication of the socioeconomic circumstances of the school population) and the third column shows the mean score for the school on the 2008 NAPLAN numeracy test for Year 9 students in that school.
School A B C D E F G H I J K L ICSEA value (x) 1117 1082 875 955 1129 917 1065 976 902 956 1115 1161 Mean NAPLAN score Year 9 Numeracy (y) 659 621 480 575 616 531 726 581 472 531 628 673

(a)

Calculate the correlation coefficient rxy and the least squares regression line for the above data. (2 marks)

(b)

Calculate the expected mean NAPLAN score for a school with an ICSEA value of 1100. (1 mark)

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(c)

The scatter graph and line of regression have been plotted on the graph below. One of these twelve schools may be considered to be an outlier. Circle the outlier on the scattergraph below. (1 mark)
Scattergraph and line of regression for the 2008 NAPLAN numeracy test.

Mean NAPLAN score

ICSEA value (d) Remove this outlier from the given data and calculate the new correlation coefficient and line of regression. Graph the new line of regression on the scattergraph. (4 marks)

(e)

Calculate the new expected mean NAPLAN score for a school with a ICSEA value of 1100. (1 mark)

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(f)

Describe the influence of the outlier on the different values for the mean NAPLAN scores calculated in (b) and (e). (1 mark)

(g)

Comment on the reliability of your prediction from (e).

(2 marks)

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MATHEMATICS 3A/3B (5 marks)

2 The equation of a curve is given by y = (9 x )(3 x) .

(a)

Use the product rule to determine

dy . Do not simplify your answer. dx

(2 marks)

(b)

Solve the equation given curve.

dy = 0 and state what these values of x represent in terms of the dx

(3 marks)

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED (4 marks)

A curve has a gradient function

dA = 60 3at2 , where a is a constant. dt Given that the curve has a maximum turning point when t = 2 and passes through the point
(1, 62), determine the equation of the curve.

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MATHEMATICS 3A/3B (6 marks)

The graphs of the functions f(x) and g(x) are given below.

(a)

State the solution(s) to f(x) = g(x) .

(1 mark)

(b)

State the domain of g(x) .

(2 marks)

(c)

State the range of f(x) .

(1 mark)

(d)

Estimate g'(3) by drawing an appropriate tangent to the curve.

(2 marks)

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED (10 marks)

A scientist records the number of trout in a section of a river on ten successive days. His results are: 28, 26, 23, 23, 25, 27, 21, 58, 22, 23 (a) Calculate the mean and median for these data. (2 marks)

(b)

State which is the more appropriate average for describing the number of fish in that section of the river on a typical day. Justify your choice. (2 marks)

(c)

Calculate the standard deviation and interquartile range.

(2 marks)

(d)

Explain the large difference between the magnitudes of the two measures of dispersion calculated in (c). (2 marks)

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(e)

The scientist completes his daily observations after one year and collates the data in the following table. Frequency Number of trout (x) 21 25 139 26 30 107 31 35 84 36 40 34 41 45 0 46 50 0 51 55 0 56 60 1 Total 365 Calculate approximate values for the mean and standard deviation correct to two (2) decimal places for this distribution. (2 marks)

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CALCULATOR-ASSUMED (5 marks)

To save money for an overseas holiday, Bruce started an investment account. He placed an initial deposit of $6000, and then deposited an extra $200 at the end of each month for one year. The table below shows the amount in the account at the beginning of each month (An), the interest added to the account each month (In), the deposit made at the end of each month (Dn), and the amount in the account at the end of each month (An+1) for the first six months.
Month (n) Amount at beginning of month (An) $6000.00 Interest for month (In) $48.00 Deposit for month (Dn) $200.00 Amount at end of month (An+1) $6248.00

1 2 3 4 5 6

$6248.00 $6497.98 $6749.96 $7003.96 $7259.99

$49.98 $51.98 $54.00 $56.03 $58.08

$200.00 $200.00 $200.00 $200.00 $200.00

$6497.98 $6749.96 $7003.96 $7259.99 $7518.07

Note: The values in this table have been truncated to two decimal places (a) What is the monthly interest rate? (1 mark)

(b)

Write a recursive rule to determine the amount in the account at the end of each month. (2 marks)

(c)

What was the amount in the account at the end of 12 months? Give your answer to the nearest 10 cents. (1 mark)

(d)

What was the total amount of interest earned during the year?

(1 mark)

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MATHEMATICS 3A/3B (7 marks)

Sally wants to prepare and eat her breakfast in the minimum amount of time. The activities involved, their immediate predecessors and the time taken to complete each activity is shown below.
Activity F P W G D O M B E T C Immediate Predecessors F D P, W G O E, B M, T Time taken (minutes) 0.5 0.5 10 7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 3 5 3

Fill kettle Put tea bag in cup Boil water Toast crumpets Pour out cereal Fetch and pour milk Make tea Butter crumpets Eat cereal Eat crumpets Drink tea

Start

G
B

M
C

Finish

(a)

Complete the partially drawn project network above. You may assume that Sally is capable of doing several activities at the same time. (2 marks) State the critical path and the minimum time needed for Sally to complete her breakfast, again assuming that she can do several activities at the same time. (2 marks)

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(c)

Activities W and G do not require Sallys attention. However, she must do the other activities one at a time. Sally starts preparing her breakfast at 7 am. To complete her breakfast in minimum time, Sally must start activities as in the table below.
Start time Activity

0700 0700.5

G F W D

Toast crumpets Fill kettle Boil water Pour out cereal

(i)

What is the earliest time that Sally can start eating her cereal?

(1 mark)

(ii)

What is the earliest time that Sally can start eating her crumpets?

(1 mark)

(iii)

What is the earliest time that Sally can actually finish her breakfast?

(1 mark)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Section Two: Question 13

Data source: My School [Table]. (n.d.). Retrieved July, 2011, from www.myschool.edu.au/.

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