Sydney Girls High School
MATHEMATICS ADVANCED
YEAR 11
Assessment Task 1
2019
Reading time : 5 minutes
Writing time : 60 minutes
Total marks : 60
Topics: Functions : Algebraic techniques ; Introduction to functions ; Linear,
quadratic and cubic functions ; Further functions and relations
Calculus : Gradients of tangents ; Difference quotients ; The
derivative function and its graph
General Instructions:
There are four (4) questions which are of equal value.
Attempt all questions.
Show all necessary working.
Marks may be deducted for badly arranged work or incomplete working.
A correct answer without working will be awarded a maximum of 1 mark.
Start each question on a new page.
Write on one side of the paper only.
Diagrams are NOT to scale.
Board-approved calculators may be used.
Write using a black or blue pen.
White-out or correction tape is NOT to be used.
Student Name:__________________________ Teacher Name:____________________
Question 1 (15 marks)
a) Expand and simplify : 2
3 1 2 1 1
b) Simplify 2 3 . 2
c) Given 4 3 , find:
i) the value of 5 . 1
ii) the value of for which 0. 1
d) Sketch the graph of | 4| showing the intercepts . 2
e) Copy the given graph. Complete the graph to 2
create an :
i) odd function.
ii) even function
Question 1 continues on the next page.
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Question 1 (continued)
f) Determine if the relation represented by the table of values below is a one to one, 1
one to many, many to one or many to many relation.
3 5 8 9 5 8
5 2 7 3 6 0
g) Evaluate the following : 2
5
lim
→ 25
h) State the domain and the range for the function below using interval notation. 2
End of Question 1
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Question 2 (15 marks)
a) Solve for :
2
i) 2 1
3
ii) 8 4 √2 2
iii) |3 2| 3 2
b) Show that 5 is an odd function. 2
c) Is the following function continuous at 3 ? Justify your answer. 2
9
for 3
3
5 for 3
d) Find ′ by first principles given 3 . 2
Question 2 continues on the next page.
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Question 2 (continued)
e) The diagram below shows the graph of a function .
i) For what values of is the derivative of negative ? 1
2
ii) Sketch the graph of ′ .
End of Question 2
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Question 3 (15 marks)
a) Find the equation of the line perpendicular to 2 5 0 and passing through the 2
point 3,6 .
√ 2
b) Evaluate and if √ .
√ √
c) Find an expression for the quadratic function which cuts the -axis at 3 and 2 and has a 2
-intercept at 24.
d) It is known that 2 3 , and for all values of . 3
Find the values of and .
e) Sketch the following function : 2
5 2 3
f) Water is draining from a swimming pool such that the remaining volume of water after
minutes is given by 50 m .
i) Find the average rate at which the water leaves the pool in the first 5 minutes. 2
ii) Use the method of first principles to find the rate at which the water is leaving the 2
pool at 5 minutes .
End of Question 3
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Question 4 (15 marks)
a) Find the radius and the centre of the circle represented by : 3
2 6 1 0
b) Solve simultaneously 3 5 0 and 2. 3
3
c) Sketch the function showing key features including intercepts.
d) Make the subject of the equation : 2
9 22 0
2
e) Find the largest possible domain of √1 2 .
√
f) Solve for : 2
1
2 3 2 14 √2 3 0
9
End of the paper
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