Pure

Mathematics 30
2010 Released Diploma Examination Items
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Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1
Released Written-Response Items
Question 1 ......................................................................................................... 2
Question 2 ......................................................................................................... 4
Question 3 ......................................................................................................... 7
Scoring Guides for Released Written-Response Items
Scoring Guide for Question 1 ............................................................................ 9
Scoring Guide for Question 2 .......................................................................... 13
Scoring Guide for Question 3 .......................................................................... 18
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 1 Pure Mathematics 30
Introduction
This document contains written-response items and scoring guides from the January 2006
diploma examination. Teachers may wish to use these items in a variety of ways to improve the
degree to which students develop and demonstrate an understanding of the concepts described in
the Pure Mathematics 30 Program of Studies.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 2 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following information to answer the frst question.
In 2005, Albertas centennial year, the Alberta government began a program that
gives each child born or adopted in Alberta in 2005 or later $500 to be deposited
into a registered educational savings plan (RESP). Jordan was born in Alberta
on January 3, 2005.
Written Response10%
What will be the value, to the nearest cent, of the provinces grant to Jordan on
her 18
th
birthday if it has been invested on her birth date at 4%/a, compounded
annually?
1.
Use the following additional information to answer the next part of the question.
Jordans family leaves Alberta in 2005. Her parents decide to contribute $500
to the same RESP on each of her birthdays, starting January 3, 2006.
Assume that the only contributions to the RESP are the initial grant from the
provincial government and the amount that the parents contribute each year
on Jordans birthday. The value of the RESP on Jordans n
th
birthday, V(n),
including her parents contribution on that day, is given by the function below.
V(n) = 12 500(1.04
n + 1
1), n W !
Determine algebraically on which birthday the value of Jordans RESP will frst
exceed $8 500.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 3 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following additional information to answer the next part of the question.
Tuition fees at a particular university have been increasing exponentially over
a ten-year period.
Year Tuition Fees ($)
1995 2 600
2005 5 000
Using the data in the table above, determine the average annual growth rate of
tuition fees, to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
Use the following additional information to answer the next part of the question.
Assume that the earnings of student employees at their summer jobs are normally
distributed with a mean of $2 240. It is known that 80% of students earn from
$1 728 to $2 752, amounts that are symmetric about the mean.
Determine the standard deviation of the distribution, to the nearest dollar, of student
earnings.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 4 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following information to answer the next question.
The roller-coaster at an indoor amusement park has a section of track that rises above
the level of the roof. A glass dome covers this section, as shown below.
The side view of a particular section of the track has the shape of one period of a
sinusoidal curve. At its highest point, this section of track is 14 m above the level of
the roof. At its lowest point, it is 6 m below the level of the roof. A diagram of the
side view of this section is represented on the coordinate plane shown below.
The y-axis represents the height of the track, in metres, with respect to the level of the
roof. The x-axis represents the horizontal distance, in metres, to the right or left of the
highest point on the track.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 5 Pure Mathematics 30
Written Response15%
State the period of the sinusoidal curve shown on the previous page. 2.
Determine the equation of the sinusoidal portion of the roller-coaster track in the
form y = a cos[b(x c)] + d for the domain x 25 25 # # - , where y is the height in
metres and x is the horizontal distance in metres.
When the equation of the sinusoidal portion of the roller-coaster track is written
in the form of y = [ ( )] sin a b x c d - + , only one of the parameters a, b, c, and d
is changed. Identify which parameter changes and state the new value of this
parameter.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 6 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following additional information to answer the next part of the question.
The outline of the cross section of the dome directly over the roller-coaster track forms
a semi-ellipse. The cross section has a maximum width of 44 m and a maximum height
of 20 m above the level of the roof. A diagram of the cross section of the dome and the
roller-coaster track, with a coordinate plane superimposed on it, is shown below.
Determine the horizontal distance, w, between the wall of the dome and the
roller-coaster track at the level of the roof, to the nearest tenth of a metre.
State the equation in standard form of the ellipse that models this dome for the
restriction y 0 20 # # .
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 7 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following information to answer the next question.
A car dealership is promoting a particular model of car that has 8 different
optional features available. Each optional feature can be purchased separately.
Written Response10%
How many different packages of 3 optional features are possible for this model of
car?
3.
Explain why the number of different packages of 5 optional features is the same
as the number of different packages of 3 optional features for this model of car.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 8 Pure Mathematics 30
Using information from past sales, the car dealership found that 62% of its
customers selected air conditioning as an option on one particular model of small
car. Determine the probability, to the nearest hundredth, that at least 5 of the next
7 customers who purchase this model of car will select air conditioning as an
optional feature.
Another model of car has n different optional features available. When 2 optional
features are chosen for this model of car, there are 45 different packages available.
Determine algebraically the number of optional features, n, that are available for
this model of car.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 9 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following information to answer the frst question.
In 2005, Albertas centennial year, the Alberta government began a program that
gives each child born or adopted in Alberta in 2005 or later $500 to be deposited
into a registered educational savings plan (RESP). Jordan was born in Alberta
on January 3, 2005.
Written Response10%
What will be the value, to the nearest cent, of the provinces grant to Jordan on
her 18
th
birthday if it has been invested on her birth date at 4%/a, compounded
annually?
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 1
A = P(1 + i)n
= 500(1.04)
18
= $1 012.91
1.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 10 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following additional information to answer the next part of the question.
Jordans family leaves Alberta in 2005. Her parents decide to contribute $500
to the same RESP on each of her birthdays, starting January 3, 2006.
Assume that the only contributions to the RESP are the initial grant from the
provincial government and the amount that the parents contribute each year
on Jordans birthday. The value of the RESP on Jordans n
th
birthday, V(n),
including her parents contribution on that day, is given by the function below.
V(n) = 12 500(1.04
n + 1
1), n W !
Determine algebraically on which birthday the value of Jordans RESP will frst
exceed $8 500.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 2
8 500 = 12 500(1.04
n + 1
1)
1 +
12 500
8 500
= 1.04
n + 1
. log 1 68
10
= (n + 1) . log 1 04
10

.
.
log
log
1 04
1 68
10
10
1 = n
12.2275 = n
or log
1.04
1.68 = n + 1
The value of Jordans RESP will not exceed $8 500 until after her 12
th
birthday.
Therefore, Jordans RESP will frst exceed $8 500 on her 13
th
birthday.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 11 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following additional information to answer the next part of the question.
Tuition fees at a particular university have been increasing exponentially over
a ten-year period.
Year Tuition Fees ($)
1995 2 600
2005 5 000
Using the data in the table above, determine the average annual growth rate of
tuition fees, to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 3
Compound Interest Formula
A = P(1 + i)
n
5 000 = 2 600(1 + i)
10

2 600
5 000
10 = (1 + i)
1.0676 = 1 + i
0.0676 = i
or
Geometric Sequence
t
n
= ar
n 1
5 000 = 2 600r
11 1

2 600
5 000
10 = r
1.0676 = r
System of Equations
y= a(b
x
)
2 600 = a(b)
1995

5 000 = a(b)
2005

b
10
=
2 600
5 000
b =
2 600
5 000
10
b = 1.067 578
b = 1.0676
or
Exponential Regression
Input year values into a list.
Input tuition fee values into
another list.
Perform an exponential
regression on the lists.
y = 2 600(1.067 578 123)
x

y = 2 600(1.0676)
x

The average annual growth rate of tuition fees is 6.76%.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 12 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following additional information to answer the next part of the question.
Assume that the earnings of student employees at their summer jobs are normally
distributed with a mean of $2 240. It is known that 80% of students earn from
$1 728 to $2 752, amounts that are symmetric about the mean.
Determine the standard deviation of the distribution, to the nearest dollar, of student
earnings.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 4
From Tables
z = 1.28
z =
x -
v
n
1.28 =
1 728 2 240 -
v
v =
. 1 28
1 728 2 240
-
-
v = $400
or
z = . 1 29 -
z =
x -
v
n
1.29 =
1 728 2 240 -
v
v = $397
or Invnorm(0.10) =
1 728 2 240 -
v
= 1.281 551 567
v = $399.52
= $400
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 13 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following information to answer the next question.
The roller-coaster at an indoor amusement park has a section of track that rises above
the level of the roof. A glass dome covers this section, as shown below.
The side view of a particular section of the track has the shape of one period of a
sinusoidal curve. At its highest point, this section of track is 14 m above the level of
the roof. At its lowest point, it is 6 m below the level of the roof. A diagram of the
side view of this section is represented on the coordinate plane shown below.
The y-axis represents the height of the track, in metres, with respect to the level of the
roof. The x-axis represents the horizontal distance, in metres, to the right or left of the
highest point on the track.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 14 Pure Mathematics 30
Written Response15%
State the period of the sinusoidal curve shown on the previous page.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 1
The period is 50 m.
2.
Determine the equation of the sinusoidal portion of the roller-coaster track in the
form y = a cos[b(x c)] + d for the domain x 25 25 # # - , where y is the height in
metres and x is the horizontal distance in metres.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 2
a =
max min
2
-
=
( )
2
14 6 - -
= 10 m
d =
max min
2
+
=
( )
2
14 6 + -
= 4 m
b =
period
2r
=
50
2r
=
25
r
(In degrees, b = 7.2)
c = 0 as there is no phase shift from y = cos x
Therefore, the equation is y = cos x 10
25
4 +
r
c m , where x 25 25 # # - .
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 15 Pure Mathematics 30
When the equation of the sinusoidal portion of the roller-coaster track is written
in the form of y = [ ( )] sin a b x c d - + , only one of the parameters a, b, c, and d
is changed. Identify which parameter changes and state the new value of this
parameter.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 3
Only parameter c would change as there would be a phase shift of y = sinx. This phase
shift would be to the left with a value of
4
1
of the period.
Therefore, c =
4
1
(50) =
2
25
= 12.5 m.
or
Only parameter c would change as there would be a phase shift of y = sinx. This phase
shift can be determined by graphing both the cosine equation from the last bullet and
the line y = 4 and determining the x-coordinate of the intersection point closest to the
y-axis where the function is increasing.
Therefore, c =
4
1
(50) =
2
25
= 12.5 m.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 16 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following additional information to answer the next part of the question.
The outline of the cross section of the dome directly over the roller-coaster track forms
a semi-ellipse. The cross section has a maximum width of 44 m and a maximum height
of 20 m above the level of the roof. A diagram of the cross section of the dome and the
roller-coaster track, with a coordinate plane superimposed on it, is shown below.
Determine the horizontal distance, w, between the wall of the dome and the
roller-coaster track at the level of the roof, to the nearest tenth of a metre.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 4
To fnd w, we need to fnd the x-intercept of the cosine function and subtract this from
22, the x-intercept of the cross section of the roof.
Graph the equation y
1
= cos x 10
25
r
c m + 4
Using the zero feature, fnd the x-intercept.
x-intercept is approximately 15.774 7 m.
or
0 = cos x 10
25
r
c m + 4
4 = cos x 10
25
r
c m
1.982 313 = x
25
r
15.7747 = x
Therefore, w = 22 m 15.77 m = 6.2 m.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 17 Pure Mathematics 30
State the equation in standard form of the ellipse that models this dome for the
restriction y 0 20 # # .
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 5
The equation would have the form
a
x
b
y
2
2
2
2
+ = 1.
The value of b = 20 m, as this would equal the height.
The value of a =
2
44
= 22 m.
Therefore, the equation is
x
y
22 20
2
2
2
2
+ = 1 or
x
y
484 400
2
2
+ = 1.
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 18 Pure Mathematics 30
Use the following information to answer the next question.
A car dealership is promoting a particular model of car that has 8 different
optional features available. Each optional feature can be purchased separately.
Written Response10%
How many different packages of 3 optional features are possible for this model of
car?
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 1
Distinguishable choices of 3 options
8
C
3
= 56
3.
Explain why the number of different packages of 5 optional features is the same
as the number of different packages of 3 optional features for this model of car.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 2
Each time 5 options are selected, 3 options remain that are not selected. Therefore,
when forming a group of 5, a group of 3 is also formed. If all groups of 5 are counted,
then there will be an equal number of groups of 3.
or
8
C
5
=
( )! !
!
8 5 5
8
-
=
! !
!
3 5
8
and
8
C
3
=
( )! !
!
8 3 3
8
-
=
! !
!
5 3
8
Alberta Education, Learner Assessment 19 Pure Mathematics 30
Using information from past sales, the car dealership found that 62% of its
customers selected air conditioning as an option on one particular model of small
car. Determine the probability, to the nearest hundredth, that at least 5 of the next
7 customers who purchase this model of car will select air conditioning as an
optional feature.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 4
P(5 or more) =
7
C
5
(0.62)
5
(0.38)
2
+
7
C
6
(0.62)
6
(0.38)
1
+
7
C
7
(0.62)
7

= 0.464 11
0 0.46
or
P(5 or more) = binompdf(7, 0.62, 5) + binompdf(7, 0.62, 6) + binompdf(7, 0.62, 7)
= sum(binompdf(7, 0.62, {5, 6, 7}))
0 0.46
or
P(5 or more) = 1 binomcdf(7, 0.62, 4) 0 0.46
Another model of car has n different optional features available. When 2 optional
features are chosen for this model of car, there are 45 different packages available.
Determine algebraically the number of optional features, n, that are available for
this model of car.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION for bullet 3
n
C
2
=
( )! !
!
n
n
2 2 -
= 45
( )!
( ) ( )!
n
n n n
2
1 2
-
- -
= 90
n n 90
2
- - = 0
( ) ( ) n n 10 9 - + = 0
n = 10 n 9 =- , as n must be positive
There are 10 optional features available.