Victorian Certificate of Education

2006

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SPECIALIST MATHEMATICS
Written examination 1
Friday 27 October 2006
Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes)
Writing time: 3.15 pm to 4.15 pm (1 hour)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

Structure of book
Number of
questions

Number of questions
to be answered

Number of
marks

40

Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers,
sharpeners, rulers.
Students are not permitted to bring into the examination room: notes of any kind, a calculator of any
type, blank sheets of paper and/or white out liquid/tape.
Materials supplied
Question and answer book of 10 pages with a detachable sheet of miscellaneous formulas in the
centrefold.
Working space is provided throughout the book.
Instructions
Detach the formula sheet from the centre of this book during reading time.
Write your student number in the space provided above on this page.
All written responses must be in English.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic
devices into the examination room.
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Instructions
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
A decimal approximation will not be accepted if 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.
Take the acceleration due to gravity to have magnitude g m/s2, where g = 9.8.

Question 1
Consider the relation 2xy 9y2 + 9 = 0.
dy
in terms of x and y.
a. Find an expression for
dx

2 marks
b.

Hence nd the exact value of

dy
when y = 1.
dx

2 marks

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Question 2
Solve the differential equation

dy
= x x 2 16 , x 4 given that y = 13 when x = 5.
dx

4 marks

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Question 3
a.

36
, clearly indicating the location of any asymptotes and
Sketch the graph with equation y =
2
2
x

18
intercepts with the axes.
y

x
O

3 marks
b.

Find the exact area bounded by y =

36
, the x-axis and the lines x = 2 and x = 2.
2 x 18
2

4 marks

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Question 4
A model glider with a mass of 4 kg is suspended from the roof of a wind tunnel by a thin wire. A light wind
g
exerts a horizontal force of magnitude
newtons on the model glider.
2
a. Let T newtons be the magnitude of the tension in the suspending wire. Clearly label all forces acting on
the model glider on the following diagram.

wind

1 mark
b.

Calculate the value of T, giving your answer in the form

g a
where a and b are positive integers.
b

2 marks

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Question 5
a.

Show that tan = 2 1.
8

4 marks
b.

If y = tan 1 ( x 1) + a tan , where a is a real constant, nd the minimum value of a for which y > 0
8
for all x.

2 marks

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Question 6
The region in the rst quadrant enclosed by the coordinate axes, the graph with equation y = ex and the straight
line x = a where a > 0, is rotated about the x-axis to form a solid of revolution.
a. Express the volume of the solid of revolution as a denite integral.

1 mark
b.

Calculate the volume of the solid of revolution, in terms of a.

1 mark
c.

Find the exact value of a if the volume is

5
cubic units.
18

2 marks

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Question 7
The position vector of a moving particle is given by r ( t ) = t 2 i + 2t j for 2 t 6.
!
!
!
a. Find the cartesian equation of the path followed by the particle.

2 marks
b.

Sketch the path of the particle on the axes provided.

y

2 marks

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Question 8
Find an antiderivative of

2 + 6x
4 x2

4 marks
Question 9
a.

Express 1 + 3 i in polar form.

1 mark
b.

Solve the quadratic equation z 2 + 2 z 3 i = 0 , expressing your answers in exact cartesian form.

3 marks

END OF QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

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Written examinations 1 and 2

FORMULA SHEET

Directions to students
Detach this formula sheet during reading time.
This formula sheet is provided for your reference.

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Specialist Mathematics Formulas

Mensuration
area of a trapezium:

1 a+b h
(
)
2

curved surface area of a cylinder:

2 rh

volume of a cylinder:

r2h

sine rule:

1 r 2h
3
1 Ah
3
4 r3
3
1 bc sin A
2
a
b
c
=
=
sin A sin B sin C

cosine rule:

c2 = a2 + b2 2ab cos C

volume of a cone:
volume of a pyramid:
volume of a sphere:
area of a triangle:

Coordinate geometry
ellipse:

( x h )2 + ( y k )2
a2

b2

=1

hyperbola:

( x h )2 ( y k )2
a2

b2

=1

Circular (trigonometric) functions

cos2(x) + sin2(x) = 1
1 + tan2(x) = sec2(x)

cot2(x) + 1 = cosec2(x)

sin(x + y) = sin(x) cos(y) + cos(x) sin(y)

sin(x y) = sin(x) cos(y) cos(x) sin(y)

cos(x + y) = cos(x) cos(y) sin(x) sin(y)

cos(x y) = cos(x) cos(y) + sin(x) sin(y)

tan( x + y ) =

tan( x) + tan( y )
1 tan( x) tan( y )

tan( x y ) =

tan( x) tan( y )
1 + tan( x) tan( y )

cos(2x) = cos2(x) sin2(x) = 2 cos2(x) 1 = 1 2 sin2(x)

tan(2 x) =

sin(2x) = 2 sin(x) cos(x)

function

sin1

cos1

tan1

domain

[1, 1]

[1, 1]

2 , 2

[0, !]

,
2 2

range

2 tan( x)
1 tan 2 ( x)

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Algebra (complex numbers)

z = x + yi = r(cos + i sin ) = r cis
< Arg z
z1 r1
= cis (1 2 )
z2 r2

z = x2 + y 2 = r
z1z2 = r1r2 cis(1 + 2)
zn = rn cis(n) (de Moivres theorem)

Calculus

( )

x n dx =

1 n +1
x + c, n 1
n +1

d ax
e = ae ax
dx

( )

e ax dx =

1 ax
e +c
a

d
1
( log e ( x) ) =
dx
x

1
dx = log e x + c
x

d
( sin(ax) ) = a cos(ax)
dx

1
sin(ax) dx = cos(ax) + c
a

d
( cos(ax) ) = a sin(ax)
dx

1
cos(ax) dx = sin(ax) + c
a

d
( tan(ax) ) = a sec2 (ax)
dx

sec 2 (ax) dx =

d n
x = nx n 1
dx

1
tan(ax) + c
a

x
dx = sin 1 + c, a > 0
a
a x

x
dx = cos 1 + c, a > 0
a
a x

d
1
sin 1 ( x) =
dx
1 x2
d
1
cos 1 ( x) =
dx
1 x2
d
1
tan 1 ( x) =
dx
1 + x2

x
dx = tan 1 + c
a +x
a
a

product rule:

d
dv
du
( uv ) = u + v
dx
dx
dx

quotient rule:

du
dv
v
u
d u
dx
dx
=
dx v
v2

chain rule:

dy dy du
=
dx du dx

Eulers method:

If

acceleration:

a=

dy
= f ( x ) , x0 = a and y0 = b, then xn + 1 = xn + h and yn + 1 = yn + h f(xn)
dx
d 2x
dt

constant (uniform) acceleration: v = u + at

dv
dv d 1
= v = v2
dt
dx dx 2
s = ut +

1 2
at
2

v2 = u2 + 2as

s=

1
(u + v)t
2
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Vectors in two and three dimensions

r = x~i + y j + zk~

| ~r | =
r! =
~

d~r
dt

x2 + y 2 + z 2 = r
=

r = r r cos = x x + y y + z z
1 2
1 2
1 2
1 2

~ 1. ~ 2

dx
dy
dz
i+
j+ k
dt ~ dt ~ dt ~

Mechanics
momentum:

p = mv

equation of motion:

R = ma

friction:

F N

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