2014 MAM - ANALYSIS TASK 1

Student Name
Teacher

AMA

DWE

HSO

INA

JWG

MMD

MATHEMATICAL METHODS (CAS) Unit 4

Analysis Task 1
Monday 4th August 2014
Reading time: 10 minutes
Writing time: 1 hour

Number of
questions

Number of
questions to be
answered

Number of
marks

40

Students are permitted to bring into the test room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers,
sharpeners, rulers, one bound reference, one approved CAS calculator or CAS
software and, if desired, one scientific calculator. Calculator memory DOES NOT
need to be cleared.
Students are not permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper
and/or white out liquid/tape.
Materials supplied
Question and answer book of 11 pages with a sheet of formulas at the end.
Working space is provided throughout the book.
Instructions
Write your name in the space provided above on this page.
All responses must be written in English.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised
electronic devices into the examination room.
Students must not disclose the contents of the task; to do so will be a breach of VCE
guidelines and will be dealt with according to VCAA regulations.
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Instructions
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
Unless otherwise specified an exact answer is required to a question.
In questions where more than one mark is available, appropriate working must be shown.
Unless otherwise indicated, the diagrams in this book are not drawn to scale.
The axes on any graphs drawn in this section must be labelled.
Question 1 (13 marks)
An isosceles triangle, ABC, can be constructed by joining the following three points on a
cartesian plane:

A (2,2) , B(5,11) and C( 8,2) .

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a. Determine the equations, in the form of y = mx + c, of the straight lines joining the points of
the triangle listed above.

3 marks

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b. State the base length and perpendicular height of the triangle and use these values to
determine its area.

2 marks
c. State, but do not evaluate, the definite integral(s) that would allow you to find the
shaded area of the isosceles triangle.

1 mark
d. Using calculus and algebra, show that the value of the definite integral(s) in part c is
the same as the area found in part b.

3 marks

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e. A rectangle is wholly enclosed inside the isosceles triangle so that one side of the
rectangle lies along the base of the triangle.
[As indicated in the diagram to the right]

(i)

Write down, in terms of x, an equation for the area, A, of the rectangle.

(ii)

Hence, use calculus to find the maximum possible area of the rectangle placed
inside the triangle. You do not have to prove your value is a maximum.

1 + 3 = 4 marks

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Question 2 (12 marks)

The number of hours of sunlight for the planet Mars per day can be modelled by the
following circular function:
D (t )=4 cos

where t

( 24t )+12

is the number days after 31 December 2012 and t [0, 48] .

a. Find the average rate of change in hours of sunlight per day between the 31 Dec 2012
and the 15 Jan 2013. Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

2 marks

b. Find the derivative of the function

D (t ) .

1 mark
c. What is the instantaneous rate of change, in hours of sunlight per day, on 15th Jan 2013?
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

1 mark

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A spaceman liked to walk at sunset in the evenings. He noticed that at some times of the year
the number of hours of sunlight per day did not change very much.
d. Find the value(s) of t

which gives no change in hours of sunlight for t [0, 48] .

1 mark
e. Sketch the graph of the derivative:

D ' ( t ) vs t

for t [0, 48] . Label the

x -intercepts

and the turning points in exact coordinate form.

3 marks

f. For what values of t

for t [ 0, 48] is

D' ( t ) negative?

1 mark

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The Winter Solstice occurs on the shortest day of the year. [i.e the day that has the least
number of hours of sunlight]
g. Find the instantaneous rate of change of

D(t) one day after the Winter Solstice. Give

your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

1 mark
The Spring Equinox occurs exactly halfway between the Winter Solstice and the following
longest day of the year. [the longest day has the most number of hours of sunlight]
h. Find the instantaneous rate of change of

D(t) one day after the Spring Equinox. Give

your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

1 mark

i. By comparing your answers to g and h, explain how the number of hours of sunlight
changes near the Winter Solstice compared to the Spring Equinox.

1 mark

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Question 3 (15 marks)

The cross-sectional area of a piece of cabling is shown in the diagram below.

There are four main cables inside the outer casing. Each of these four cables has one point of
contact with two other cables. The cross sectional areas of each of the four cables (shaded
part in diagram above) are symmetrical about the vertical and horizontal dotted lines
indicated.
The diagram below shows a cross-sectional view of the cabling with a set of Cartesian axis
positioned so that the origin passes through the centre of the cavity between the four cables.
The cross-sectional area of the cavity is symmetrical about the x and y axis.

The equation of the outer edge of the top left quadrant of the cross-section of cable 1 is
given by
f : [a,4] R, f (x) = loge (x 1) + 2

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The graph of y = f (x) is shown below.

a. Show that a = 1 + e -2.

1 mark
The inverse function f -1 models the outer edge of the bottom right quadrant of the crosssection of cable 2.
b.
i.

Find f -1(x), the inverse function of f (x).

2 marks

ii.

Find the domain of f -1(x).

1 mark

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iii.

Write down the range of f -1(x).

1 mark

f x

c. Using calculus and algebra, find the equation of the tangent to the function
point where

x2

at the

4 marks
d. Hence find the coordinates of the point of contact between the outer edge of cable 1
and cable 2.

1 mark
2

1
1 e dx 3 e
x2

e. Using calculus, show that

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2 marks

f. Hence find the area of the cavity (shown in the diagram), between the four cables.
Express your answer as an exact value.

3 marks

End of SAC

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