SECTION A

Question 1

A rectangular banner BCEO

 is partially raised by two ropes of equal length. The ropes are indicated in
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the diagram below by AG and DF .

The width of the banner, that is OE, is 10 metres.

AGO forms a vertical plane and k points vertically upwards.

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With O as the origin, and the i , j plane representing the ground,
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 
 
OA  ai  2 3k and OG  2  2 22 i
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(a) Write down an expression for OE in terms of the vector j .
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(b) If the distance from O to A is 4 metres and a is a negative number, show that a  2 .
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(c) Find the expression for OB in terms of i and k given that OB  5 metres.
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(d) Use a vector method to find the length of the ropes used.

(e) Find the angle of elevation of the ropes above the ground, that is, find  , using a vector method.

Question 2.
(a) Plot the complex numbers z1  1  i and z2  2  2i on the Argand Diagram , labelling them
clearly.

(b) Using the diagram or otherwise, find Argz1 and Argz2 .

(c) Find Arg  z1 z2  .

(d) Given that z1 and z2 are solutions to the equation

z 4  2 z 3  2 z 2  8 z  16  0
find the other 2 solutions.

(e) If z1  1  i and z3  m  1  i  , find the value of m given that z1 and z3 are solutions to the equation
z2  2  1  i  z  6  0

Question 3

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(a) The graph of the function f with the rule f  x   x  4  is shown on the graph below.
 x  2
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The function f has a vertical asymptote with equation x  a , and an oblique asymptote with equation
y  x  4 . It has x-intercepts at  b, 0  ,  0, 0  and  c, 0  .
(i) Find the value of a.
(ii) Find the value of b and c.
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(iii) Find  dx .
 x  2
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(iv) Use your answer to part iii, to find the area of the region enclosed by the asymptote with
equation y  x  4 and the function f between x  4 and x  0 .
 (v) The region enclosed between the asymptote with equation y  x  4 and the x-axis between
x  3 and x  0 is rotated around the x-axis to form a solid of revolution.
Using a calculus method, find the exact volume of the solid.

(b) A spherical ice block has a radius of 12 mm and is taken from a freezer and placed at room
temperature. The volume of the ice block decreases with time at a rate proportional to the surface
area of the sphere at that particular time. After 5 minutes, the radius of the sphere is 2mm.

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The volume, V, of a sphere is given by V   r and the surface area, S, of a sphere is given by
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S  4 r .
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dV
(i) Express in terms of S.
dt
ii
dV dr
(ii) Show that S where r is a function of t.
dt dt

iii (iii) Express r in terms of t.

(iv) Find the time taken for the radius of the ice block to be reduced to half of its initial magnitude.
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v (v) Express V in terms of t.

SECTION B (Mechanics)

Question 4 (Take g  9.8 ms 2 )

A car of mass 1000 kg is towing a horse float of mass 500 kg along a straight road which is inclined at
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an angle of  to the horizontal where sin   . The frictional force acting on the car is 3000 newtons
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and on the float is 1500 newtons. The tractive force exerted by the engine of the car is 9500 newtons.
The tension in the coupling between the car and horse float is T newtons. The acceleration due to
gravity is g ms 2 .

(a) On the diagram below, mark in clearly all the forces with their respective magnitudes, acting on the
car and on the horse float.

(b) Calculate the tension in the coupling which joins the car and the horse float.
(c) Find the acceleration of the car. (Express your answer correct to 3 decimal places).

(d) When the velocity of the car and the horse float reaches 60 km/hr, the driver senses a problem with
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the engine of the car and immediately the car begins to decelerate at a rate of m / s until it
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comes to rest.

(i) How long did it take the car to stop?

(ii) What distance did the car and the horse float cover between the time when the deceleration
began and when they came to rest?

(e) The horse float is detached from the car and wheeled clear of the road to stand on a piece of open,
clear ground which is inclined at a n angle of 30 as indicated below on the diagram.

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If the coefficient of friction between the horse float and the ground is , show that the horse
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float is not the point of slipping down the incline.