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2011 Practice WACEexam Section 1 Calculator Free Solutions

The document provides information about a trial WACE examination for mathematics. It includes instructions for students on the structure of the exam, which has two sections - one without a calculator and one with. It provides eight questions to be answered in the calculator-free section, covering topics such as functions, derivatives, probability, integration and solving systems of equations.

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2011 Practice WACEexam Section 1 Calculator Free Solutions

The document provides information about a trial WACE examination for mathematics. It includes instructions for students on the structure of the exam, which has two sections - one without a calculator and one with. It provides eight questions to be answered in the calculator-free section, covering topics such as functions, derivatives, probability, integration and solving systems of equations.

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SCHOOL

Trial WACE Examination, 2011


Question/Answer Booklet

MATHEMATICS 3C/3D
Section One:
Calculator-free

Student Number:

SOLUTIONS

In figures
In words

____________________________________

Your name

____________________________________

Time allowed for this section


Reading time before commencing work: five minutes
Working time for this section:
fifty minutes

Materials required/recommended for this section


To be provided by the supervisor
This Question/Answer Booklet
Formula Sheet

To be provided by the candidate


Standard items: pens, pencils, pencil sharpener, eraser, correction fluid/tape, ruler, highlighters
Special items:

nil

Important note to candidates


No other items may be used in this section of the examination. 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.

MATHEMATICS 3C/3D

CALCULATOR-FREE

Structure of this paper


Number of
questions
available

Number of
questions to
be answered

Working time
(minutes)

Marks
available

Percentage
of exam

Section One:
Calculator-free

50

40

33

Section Two:
Calculator-assumed

12

12

100

80

67

Total

120

100

Section

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.

2.

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.

3.

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.

4.

It is recommended that you do not use pencil, except in diagrams.

See next page

CALCULATOR-FREE

MATHEMATICS 3C/3D

Section One: Calculator-free

(40 Marks)

This section has eight (8) questions. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces
provided.
Working time for this section is 50 minutes.

Question 1

(4 marks)

Find the minimum and maximum values of f ( x) = 2 x3 3 x 2 12 x + 27 over the interval


3 x 3 .
f '( x) = 6 x 2 6 x 12
f '( x) =
6( x + 1)( x 2) f '( x) =
0 when x =
1 , x =
2
f (3) =
18
f (1) =
34 (local max)
f (2) = 7 (local min)
f (3) = 18

Hence minimum value is -18 and maximum value is 34.

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MATHEMATICS 3C/3D

CALCULATOR-FREE

Question 2
Find
(a)

(5 marks)

dy
in terms of x for each of the following.
dx
=
y x(1 + 2e3 x )

(2 marks)

dy
=
1 + 2e3 x + 6 xe3 x
dx

(b)

y=

+ t 1 dt

(1 mark)

dy
= x2 + x 1
dx

(c)

=
y z 3 z and =
z x2 9

(2 marks)

dy
=
3 z 2 1 and
dz
dy
=
dx

( 3( x

dz
=
2x
dx

9) 2 1 2 x

= 6 x ( x 2 9) 2 2 x

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CALCULATOR-FREE

MATHEMATICS 3C/3D

Question 3

(5 marks)

Two independent events A and B are such that P(A) = 0.9 and P(B) = 0.4 .
(a)

Find P(A B) .

(2 marks)

P ( A B) = 0.9 0.4 = 0.36

A
B
0.9

0.54

0.36

0.04

0.4
0.06

Ans: 0.06

(b)

Find P( B | A B ) .
0.06 3
=
0.46 23

(c)

(1 mark)

Show that A and B are also independent.

(2 marks)

P ( A) = 0.1
P ( B ) = 0.6
P ( A B ) = 0.1 0.6
= 0.06

= P ( A B) as above. Hence independent.

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MATHEMATICS 3C/3D

CALCULATOR-FREE

Question 4
Two functions are defined as f (=
x)

(a)

(7 marks)
x 1 and g ( x) =

1
.
x 1

13
Evaluate g f .
9

(2 marks)
13
4 2
13
f =
1=
=
9
9 3
4
1
1
2
g =
= 1 = 3
3
3 2 1
3

(b)

Find in simplified form g g ( x) .

(2 marks)

g g ( x) =

1
1
x 1
1 ( x 1)
= 1
x 1
x 1
=
2 x

(c)

Determine the domain of f ( g ( x)) .

(3 marks)

1
1
x 1
1
1 0
Require that
x 1
1 ( x 1)
0
x 1
2 x
0
x 1
Hence domain is 1 < x 2.
f (=
g ( x))

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CALCULATOR-FREE

Question 5

MATHEMATICS 3C/3D
(4 marks)

Solve the system of equations

c + 2a =3 + 4b
a + 2b + 2c =
4
5a + 3c =5 + 2b

2a 4b + c =
3
a + 2b + 2c =
4
5a 2b + 3c =
5
i + 2ii
4 a + 5c =
11

ii + iii
6 a + 5c =
9

2a =
2
a = 1
c=3
b = 0.5

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MATHEMATICS 3C/3D

CALCULATOR-FREE

Question 6
(a)

(5 marks)

Determine

2e 0.2 y
dy .
5

(1 mark)

2
e 0.2 y + c
5(0.2)
=
2e0.2 y + c

(b)

Determine

minus 1 if not at least one


+c in (a) and (b)

( t 1) (1 2t + t )
2

1
1 2t + t 2
2 4

(1 2t + t )
2

(c)

Evaluate

dt .

(2 marks)

+c

+
c

dx .

(2 marks)

3
x

1
1
= (3)
2
= 2 .5

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CALCULATOR-FREE

MATHEMATICS 3C/3D

Question 7

(4 marks)

x2
is rotated 360 about the
9
y -axis. If x and y are distances measured in centimetres, find the volume of the solid formed.

The region in the first quadrant bounded by x = 0 , y = 0 and y = 1

When=
x 0,=
y 1

y
2

2
9(1 y )
x=

4 x

V = x 2 dy
0
1

= 9 (1 y ) dy

intergration with limits

0
1

y2
= 9 y

0
9
=
cm3
2

correct integral argument

minus 1 if incorrect units

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MATHEMATICS 3C/3D

10

CALCULATOR-FREE

Question 8

(6 marks)

The variables k and m are both integers such that m2 + 3 =


2k .
(a)

Use counter-examples to disprove any two of the three conjectures listed below. (2 marks)
m can be any even integer.
=
m 2=
then k 3.5 which is not an integer, so statement false.

m can be any odd integer.


(Statement true, so no counter-examples exist)

m must be a positive odd integer.

m=
1 then k =
2 . But m is a negative integer, so statement false.

(b)

Using the fact that any odd integer can be written in the form 2n + 1 or otherwise, prove
that k is always the sum of three square numbers.
(4 marks)
2k is even and hence m2 + 3 must be even.

Since 3 is odd then m2 must be odd, and so m must also be odd.


2=
k m2 + 3
= (2n + 1)2 + 3
= 4n2 + 4n + 4
k = 2n 2 + 2n + 2

= n 2 + n 2 + 2n + 1 + 1
= n2 + (n + 1)2 + 12

End of questions

CALCULATOR-FREE
Additional working space
Question number: _________

11

MATHEMATICS 3C/3D

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