Name:

Penrith High School

2013
Trial Higher School
Certificate Examination

Mathematics
General Instructions

Total marks 100

Section 1 10 marks
Reading time 5 minutes
Attempt questions 1 10
Working time 3 hours
Allow about 15 minutes for this
Write using black or blue pen
section.
Board-approved calculators may be
used
A table of standard integrals is
Section 2 90 marks
provided at the end of this paper.
Attempt questions 11 16
A multiple choice answer sheet is
Allow about 2 hours and 45
provided at the end of this paper.
minutes for this section.
Show all necessary working for
questions 11 16 in booklets.
Work on this question paper will
not be marked
Questions
1, 2, 3, 11
4, 11
5, 6
7, 8, 15
9, 10, 13
12
14
15
16
16
Total

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/7
/2
/7
/17
/15
/15
/10
/4
/11
/100

Section 1
1.

2.

3.

Factorise 3x 2 + 9 x
(A) 3x( x + 3)

1 x
?
+ =
4 8
1+ x
(A)
8

(B)

3 x( x + 9)

(C)

3 x( x + 12)

(D)

3 x(3 x + 3)

(B)

2+ x
8

(C)

1+ x
12

(D)

8+ x
32

What is the simultaneous solution to the equations x + y =

1 and 3 x y =
7?
(A)
(C)

x = 2 and y = 1
x = 2 and y = 3

(B)
(D)

x = 3 and y = 2
x = 3 and y = 4

4.

What is the centre and radius of the circle with the equation x 2 + y 2 + 6 x 8 y 11 =
0?
(B) Centre (3, 4) and radius 36
(A) Centre (3, 4) and radius 36
(D) Centre (3, 4) and radius 6
(C) Centre (3, 4) and radius 6

5.

The chance of a fisherman catching a legal length fish is 4 in 5. If three fish are caught
at random, what is the probability that exactly one is of legal length?
(A)

6.

(B)

12
125

(C)

16
125

(D)

48
125

Sixty tickets are sold in a raffle. There are two prizes. Lincoln buys 5 tickets.
Which expression gives the probability that Lincoln wins both prizes?
(A)

7.

4
125

5
4
+
60 59

(B)

5
4
+
60 60

(C)

5 4

60 59

(D)

5 4

60 60

What are the x-coordinates of the two stationary points to the curve y =+
5 3x3 2 x 4 ?
(A) =
x 0,=
x

2
3

(B) =
x 0,=
x

3
2

(C) =
x 0,=
x

8
9

(D) =
x 0,=
x

9
8

8.

9.

Which of the following is the graph of f (=

x) 2 x3 3x 2 ?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

The diagram below shows the graph of y = x 2 2 x 8 .

What is the correct expression for the area bounded by the x-axis and the curve
y = x 2 2 x 8 between 0 x 6 ?
5

(A) A=

(C) A=

x 2 2 x 8dx

(B) A=

x 2 2 x 8dx + x 2 2 x 8dx

(D) A=

x 2 2 x 8dx +

x 2 2 x 8dx +

x 2 2 x 8dx

x 2 2 x 8dx + x 2 2 x 8dx
4

10.

The diagram below shows a native garden. All measurements are in metres.

What is an approximate value for the area of the native garden using the trapezoidal
rule with 4 intervals?
(A)

31 m2

(B)

62 m2

(C)

71 m2

(D)

74 m2

Section 2: Free response

Start each question in a new booklet.
Question 11 Start this question in a new booklet.
)

Evaluate to 1 decimal place: (1 2)2 + (2 1)2

iv.

Factorise 3 2 + 8 16

v.

Express as a single fraction in simplest form:

i.
ii.
iii.

Marks

Simplify 53 + 20 212

Solve for : |3 5| = 4 7

2
(34)
2

(+1)

i. If and are the roots of 3 2 6 + 12 = 0, find the value of:

a. +
b. 2 + 2

ii. For the equation 2 + ( 3) + = 0

a. Find an expression (in simplest form) for the discriminant 2 4, in
terms of .
b. Hence find the values of m for which the equation has two roots.

1
2

Question 12 Start this question in a new booklet

i.
ii.
iii.

Find the exact value of cos

Solve 5 2 + 2 2 = 0 for 0 2

Differentiate 2

iv.

Sketch = 2cos 3 for 0 2.

v.

Prove that

vi.

The diagram shows a sector OAC with area 902 and OA = 15 .

2 3
2 3

a.
b.

vii.

=
C

Not to scale

O
2

Find the size of in radians.

Find the perimeter of the segment ABC. Give your answer correct
to the nearest .

In the diagram, prove that x y =

Question 14

Start this question in a new booklet.

2

i.

Solve 37 2 = 7 7 4

ii.

Differentiate the following with respect to x:

a. 2
b.

32

iii.

Find 5 2

iv.

Find

v.

Given that

vi.

Find the equation of the tangent to the curve = 2 at the point

(1, ).

vii.

Find the area enclosed by the curve = , the axis and the line
= 2.

27

2
2

= 2 , evaluate 0 .

Question 15 Start this question in a new booklet.

)

Consider the curve given by = 3 3 2 9 + 1.

i. Find

ii.

Find the coordinates of the two stationary points.

iii.

Determine the nature of the stationary points.

iv.

Sketch the curve clearly showing stationary points and y intercept.

i.

ii.

A particle moves in a straight line so that its displacement, metres

25
where is measured
from a fixed point on a line, is given by = +
+2
in seconds.
a. Find the particles initial position.

1
2
1
1

b. Find expressions for the velocity and acceleration in terms of .

c. Find when and where the particle is at rest.

d. Find the limiting velocity of the particle.

The number N of bacteria in a culture at a time seconds is given by the

equation = 25 000 0.007
a. What is the number of bacteria initially?

b. Determine the number of bacteria after 30 seconds (to the

nearest whole number).

c. After what time period will the number of bacteria have doubled?

d. At what rate is the number of bacteria increasing when

= 30 seconds?

Question 16 Start this question in a new booklet.

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A(-4, 3)

B(3, 1)

i.
ii.
iii.

Find the gradient of AB.

Find the midpoint of AB.
Show that the equation of the perpendicular bisector of AB is
14 4 + 15 = 0.
What is the perpendicular distance of the line found in part iii to the
origin (0, 0)?

1
1
1

i.

An arithmetic series has first term 3 and common difference 4.

a. Find the 17th term.
b. Find the sum of the tenth to the twentieth terms (inclusive).

ii.

The sum of the first 8 terms of a geometric series is 17 times the sum of
its first 4 terms. Find the common ratio.

iii.

Colin borrows $30 000 to buy a new car. He is charged an interest rate
of 15% pa, calculated and compounded monthly, and an amount M is
repaid every month. If An is the amount owing after n months, show
that
a.
2 = 30 000 1.01252 (1 + 1.0125)
1.0125 1
b.
Hence, show that = $30 000 1.0125 (
)
0.0125
c.
Find the value of , to the nearest cent, if the loan is repaid at
the end of 7 years.
d.
How much extra, in total, will be repaid if the loan is taken over
10 years? (Answer to the nearest dollar)

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