Western Australian Certificate of Education

Examination, 2013
Question/Answer Booklet

MATHEMATICS
2C/2D

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50

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13

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100

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Section

Instructions to candidates
1.

The rules for the conduct of Western Australian external examinations are detailed in the
Year 12 Information Handbook 2013. Sitting this examination implies that you agree to
abide by these rules.

2.

Write your answers in this Question/Answer Booklet.

3.

You must be careful to confine your response to the specific question asked and to follow
any instructions that are specified to a particular question.

4.

Spare pages are included at the end of this booklet. They can be used for planning your
responses and/or as additional space if required to continue an answer.
Planning: If you use the spare pages for planning, indicate this clearly at the top of
the page.
Continuing an answer: If you need to use the space to continue an answer, indicate in
the original answer space where the answer is continued, i.e. give the page number.
Fill in the number of the question that you are continuing to answer at the top of the
page.

5.

Show all your working clearly. Your working should be in sufficient detail to allow your
answers to be checked readily and for marks to be awarded for reasoning. Incorrect
answers given without supporting reasoning cannot be allocated any marks. For any
question or part question worth more than two marks, valid working or justification is
required to receive full marks. If you repeat any question, ensure that you cancel the
answer you do not wish to have marked.

6.

It is recommended that you do not use pencil, except in diagrams.

7.

The Formula Sheet is not handed in with your Question/Answer Booklet.

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Structure of this paper

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Section One: Calculator-free

(50 Marks)

This section has six (6) questions. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces
provided.
Spare pages are included at the end of this booklet. They can be used for planning your
responses and/or as additional space if required to continue an answer.
Planning: If you use the spare pages for planning, indicate this clearly at the top of the page.
Continuing an answer: If you need to use the space to continue an answer, indicate in the
original answer space where the answer is continued, i.e. give the page number. Fill in the
number of the question that you are continuing to answer at the top of the page.
Working time: 50 minutes.

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Question 1

(8 marks)

(a)

Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram below.

(1 mark)

(b)

Given n(A) = 15 and n( ) = 22, determine n(U).

(1 mark)

(c)

Determine the gradient of the line with equation 4x + 8y = 16.

(1 mark)

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Question 1 (continued)
Write 0.020 83 using scientific notation.

(1 mark)

(e)

The information below shows the frequency of goals scored in each game during the
2011 and 2012 seasons. For which year was the mean number of goals per game
greater?
(1 mark)

(f)

Factorise 9x2 25.

(1 mark)

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(g)

Simplify 34 32. Express your answer as a power of 3.

(1 mark)

(h)

Determine the value of cos ACB.

(1 mark)

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(14 marks)

(a)

Solve 2x (x + 4) = 0.

(2 marks)

(b)

Show a minimum spanning tree on the following network.

(2 marks)

(c)

Are the lines with equations y = 3

(d)

Evaluate 74 7 6, giving your answer without using index notation.

5
x and y = 2 + 4 x perpendicular?
4
5

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(e)

Sketch the graph of y = (x 2)(x + 2) on the axes below.

(f)

Jean has bought 10 pots, each of which contains five seedlings, and is provided with
data from previous experiments about the seedlings likely survival in the pots. Data in
the table below show the relative frequency of seedlings in each pot that will survive for
at least one week if they are not planted in the garden.
Number of plants per pot surviving for at
least one week when not planted in the
garden
Relative frequency of pots

(3 marks)

0.1

0.2

0.24

0.3

0.1

0.06

In how many of the 10 pots can she expect more than three seedlings to survive for at
least one week if she does not plant them in the garden? Justify your answer. (2 marks)

(g)

Consider triangle ABC where tan BAC =

2
and side AB has length 600 m. Determine
3

the length of side BC.

(2 marks)

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Question 3

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When learning sounds in words, children are often introduced to small groups of letter sounds
with a mixture of consonants and vowels. For example, the first group of letters suggested by
various education institutions includes the consonants s, t, p and n and the vowels a and i. One
way of presenting sounds is to use three-letter words of the form c-v-c (consonant-vowelconsonant) in which letters are not repeated; words such as p i p would not be allowed.
Draw a tree diagram to represent the possible three-letter words from the consonants
s, t, p, and n and the vowels a and i.
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One of these words is selected at random.

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(b)

What is the probability that the word selected contains an s?

(1 mark)

(c)

What is the probability that the word selected contains an n or an s?

(1 mark)

(d)

What is the probability that a word beginning with s does not end in t?

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Question 4

(5 marks)
x

1
1
Each of the functions: y =
, y = x3, y = , y = x2 and y = 3x is represented by either a
2
x

x
y

0
0

1
1

2
8

3
27

4
64

x
y

0
1

1
3

2
9

3
27

4
81

1
2

1
2

1
3

1
4

Complete the table below by matching each function with one of the letters A, B, C, D or E from
the tables and graphs above.
Function

y=

1
2

Table or graph

y = x3
y=

1
x

y = x2
y = 3x
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table or a graph labelled A, B, C, D or E below.

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Question 5

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The following diagram shows the graph of the quadratic function f (x) = 0.5x2 + 2x 6.

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A second quadratic function is defined by g(x) = (x 2)2 + 4.

Complete the following table for these two functions.

f (x)
line of symmetry

x-intercept(s)
y-intercept(s)
turning point

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Question 6

(8 marks)

(a)

Mal achieved the second highest score in Physics. What was his score in Chemistry?

(1 mark)

(b)

Draw a trend line by eye.

(c)

(i)

Use your trend line to predict the Chemistry result of a student who achieved 66%
in Physics.
(1 mark)

(ii)

Comment on the reliability of your prediction.

(1 mark)

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The graph below compares the Physics and Chemistry results of 23 students.

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(i)

Use your trend line to predict the Physics result of a student who achieved 100%
in Chemistry.
(1 mark)

(ii)

Comment on the reliability of your prediction.

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