Barker College 2001 TRIAL HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE Mathematics Staff Involved: AM WEDNESDAY 8 AUGUST Total marks (120) * Attempt Questions 1-10 General Instructions. + All questions are of equal value + Reading time ~ 5 minutes + Working time - 3 hours + Write using blue or black pen + Make sure your Barker Student Number is on ALL pages + Board-approved calculators may be used * A table of standard integrals is provided on page 13 * ALL necessary working should be shown in every questionTotal marks (120) Attempt Questions 1-10 ALL questions are of equal value Answer each question on a SEPARATE sheet of paper Question 1. [12 marks] [START A NEW PAGE) @ (by © @ © () Evaluate 11 + |-7 + 3] Write down the exact value of sin 240° Write down the equation of a line perpendicularto Sx — 2y + 1 Express 0.25 in the form © where p and g are whole numbers. q Solve for xif (2x - 1) = 4 Simplify see Leave your answer as a surd. if at = 3 find Yo™ MarksMarks Question 2 [12 marks) [START A NEW PAGE] (a) Sketch the function _y = f(x) eoemal “ IO) = 1, for x > 3 ee, at) oe f Ve 2 @ Find g(7), giving your answer with 2 rational denominator. 1 Gi) Whatis the domain of g(x)? 1 © (2) B “The triangle ABC has vertices A (1, 5), B (-2, 1) and C (5,2) as shown. Dilies on AB and has coordinates (0, 2) (i) Show thatthe gradient of AB is ‘ 1 ii) Show that ZBAC is aright angle. 2 iii) ‘Show that the equation of the fine AB is given by 4x — 3y + We 2 (iv) Determine the coordinates of D. 1 (¥) Given that the length of AB is S units, show that ABC is isosceles. ‘ (vi) Find the area of ABC. 1Question 3. [12 marks} [START A NEW PAGE] (a) Write down B , correct to the nearest whole number, if cos B* = -0.7 and 0 < BS 180 (b) _Ahouse gable is to be constructed, ‘as shown in the diagram with pitch of angled. ‘The piteh, 0, of this gable is to be 25°. e— 82m —I Calculate the height A metres, to | decimal place, of the house gable if the cae gables tobe Bm and the is to be built symmetrically. (©) Mischa is setting up part of an orienteering course. ‘She follows the course shown in the diagram below. i @ If ZFGH is 108°, show that the distance FH to the nearest metre is 1053 metres. (i) Hence, or otherwise, calculate the size of ZGFH to the nearest degree, (iii) If the bearing of G from F is 063°, calculate the bearing of H from F to the nearest degree. (@ Simplify setacot a () If x = 3eota and y = 2 cosec a, show that 1 + = =% 4 MarksQuestion 4 [12 marks} [START A NEW PAGE] (a) ) © ‘The parabola with equation y = (x + 1)(2x — 7) is sketched below. NOT TO. SCALE @ Write, down the values of a and b. Gi) Solve the inequation (x + 1)(2x - 7) > 0 ii) Find the minimum value of y. A parabola has equation (x + 1) = 12y + 12 o ‘What is its focal length? (ii) What are the coordinates of its vertex? (ii) Draw ancat sketch of this parabola showing the coordinates of its vertex and focus. ‘The equation x7 — 6x + k = 0 has roots rand B. Ifa = 28, @ Show that k = 8 Gi) Find the value of (a + 1)(B + 1) MarksQuestion 5 [12 marks} [START A NEW PAGE] (@) T NOTTOSCALE R M J Given that TM = M3, show that triangle RTM is isosceles giving reasons in your answer. (@) The supports of a swing are constructed as in the following diagram. @ —-ABIBD, prove that AACE is similar to ABCD. Gi) AE = 18m,CD = 10m andDE = 1.4m, find the length of BD. Justify your answer. A NOT TO SCALE © A B ABCD is a parallelogram whose diagonals AC and BD intersect at M. ZDMC is a right angle. D’ . NOTTO SCALE @ Prove that AAMD is congruent to ACMD. Gi) Hence show that ABCD is a rhombus. Marks.Marks Question 6 [12 marks] [START A NEW PAGE] (a) Differentiate (4° + 1)" with respect to 2 (b) Asketchof y = 2x is shown with a tangent drawn at P. (ii) Show that ifthe gradient at P is 3, then the coordinates of P are ee pe 33, | Gili) Find the equation of the tangent at P. 2 © Wy =22 - 7x - 3x41 gid Find —% 2 @ ind 3 (ii) For what values of xis the curve of y = 2x7 — Tx? - 3x 41 concave up? 1 @ =f'%) The gradient function y = s(x) has been drawn at left Using the information from this diagram, draw a sketch of a possible function for y = f(x)sgiven that f(0) ==1 izQuestion 7 [12 marks] [START A NEW PAGE] @ (b) © @) 10 Evaluate )°k a A geometric series has a limiting sum of 12 and the first term is 8. Find: o the common ratio Gi) the 5 term Insert two numbers between 64 and 27 so that the four numbers form a geometric sequence. A certain type of machine produces 200 articles per week. ‘A prodcton line starts Soin cect Att the start of each successive is brought into operation. (How many articles can be manufactured in the first week? Gi) How many articles can be manufactured in the first 2 weeks altogether’? ii) ‘Show that an expression for the number of articles that can be manufactured in the first n weeks is 1500n + 100n”. (iv) How many weeks will it take to manufacture sufficient articles to fill an ‘order for 45 007 Marks:- Question 8 [12 marks] [START A NEW PAGE] fa) (b) © Ai is binge otha the fe showing 1 i kel o come up with a probabil of 0.5. However, the other five faces, numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, are all equally likely to appear. (i) Find the probability of a6 appearing.” Gi) Find the probability of any odd number appearing. Eggs at a poultry farm are randomly sampled. Itis found that 2% of these sampled eggs are underweight. Find the probability, correct to 3 decimal places, that in a sample of 3 eggs: @® exactly one egg is underweight Gi) —_noeggs are underweight (ii) at Jeast one egg iis underweight. Noxkm Xx H___ ROAD TG NOT DRAWN TO 13. km ‘A bushwalker is in a forest at B, 5 kilometres from N on a road with a house at H. ‘The bushwalker intends to travel directly through the forest to X which is on the road between N and H and then walk along the road to the house at H which is 13 km from B. (@) If Xis.xkm from N along the road, show that BX = (25 + © km and that XH= (12 ~ x) km. (i) The bushwalker ean travel at 3 km per hour through the forest and 5 km. per hour on the road. ‘The total time # hours taken to travel from B to X and then to H is given by: _ (ii) Show that the least amount of time taken to reach the house will occur when x = 3}.Marks Question 9 [12 marks] ISTART A NEW PAGE] (a) Simplify log, 64 1 (b) Show that Zt (x7log, x) = x(2I0g,x + 1) 2 © @ — Factorise u? - 6u - 16 1 wa Hence, or otherwise, salve for x [log3]" 6ftog, x] ~ 16 = 0 3 (@) The growth of a bacterial culture is given by N = 100¢°™ where fis time in hours and NV is the number of bacteria present. (i) Find the number of whole bacteria present at time ¢ = Qandat¢ = 2, 2 (i) Write down the average rate of growth per hour during the first 2 hours. 1 si an Giy)__Find F™ and hence calculate the rate of bacterial growth atthe end of A the second hour. 2Marks Question 10 [12 marks] [START A NEW PAGE] (@) — Assketch of y = (x + 1)' is shown below @ Copy the sketch and shade in the area given by [.'(x + 1)’ dx 1 Wo) State which TWO of the following A, B C and D are equal to [iG + fas (A) -f(x + tax ) -f'(x #1) ax 2 2 2 © f(x +1) ax © fi(e+iyax 2 ‘Question 10 continued over page ueQuestion 10 (Continued) Marks (©) Anengineer is required to calculate the volurne of material to be excavated in the construction of a velodrome bow! whose cross sections are shown below. bow! to be excavated Bnet 5 A/T] 771 SIDE ELEVATION OF SECTION A-B PLAN (bird's eye view) ‘The curve AMB is a parabola with equation given by 100y = x” — 625, with units in metres and axes placed through A, B and M as shown. @ Use this equation to show that the depth of the velodrome at M is 6.25 metres, 1 Gi) Calculate the distance AB. 2 (ii) Calculate the volume to be excavated correct to the nearest cubic metre. 6 END OF PAPER “9