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GROUP TRIAL EXAMINATION 1
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Question 1

f x    2 x and g x   x  1
1
x
f g x   f x  1

 2x  1
1

x 1
(1 mark)

Question 2

a. 2e  x 1  6
e  x 1  3
log e 3  x  1
x  log e 3  1
(1 mark)

b.
2 log 5 x   log 5 3x   1, x  0
 
log 5 x 2  log 5 3x   1
 x2 
log 5    1 (1 mark)
 3x 
 x
log 5    1, since x  0
3
x
51 
3
x  15
(1 mark)

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Question 3

a.
x3  1
y
e 2x
dy


e 2 x  3 x 2  x 3  1  2e 2 x  (Quotient rule) (1 mark) –note that because the
dx e  2x 2 question is worth 1 mark and the
question hasn’t asked for the

e 2x
3x  2x  1
2 3
simplification, the following
e 4x lines are not required but are



e 2 x 3x 2  2 x 3  2  shown here to give an example
of how you would go on to
e 4x simplify if you were asked to
3x 2  2 x 3  2

e 2x

b. hx   e tan  x 
h' x   sec 2 x e tan  x  (Chain rule) (1 mark) correct derivative

(Alternatively,let y  e tan  x 
and let u  tan(x)

 sec 2 x 
du
dx
so y  e u
dy
 eu
du
dy dy du
Now,   (Chain rule)
dx du dx
 e u  sec 2 x 
 sec 2 x e tan  x  )

 
     tan  
So h'    sec 2  e  3 
3 3
1
 e 3
 
cos 2  
3
1
 2
e 3
1
 
2
1
 e 3
1
4
 4e 3

(1 mark) correct answer

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Question 4
y
a. i.
y  f (x )

5 (1, 4)
4
3
2 ( 2,1)
y  g (x )
1
x
1 2 3 4 5

(1 mark) – correct graph of y  g x  and labelling of two points

Since the graph of f x   2 has been dilated by a factor of 2 from

1
ii.
x
the y-axis, we replace the x with to obtain the rule for y  g x  .
x
2
g x  
1 4
2
 2 (1 mark)
 x x
 
2
b. i. y
x 1
y f x

5
(1.5, 4)
4
3
2 (2,1)
y  h (x )
1
x
O 1 2 3 4 5

(1 mark) correct graph including 2 labelled points

ii. Equation of vertical asymptote is x  1 . (1 mark)

iii. Equation of horizontal asymptote is y  0 . (1 mark)

h x  
1
iv. (1 mark)
x  12

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Question 5

This is a binomial distribution with p  0  9 and n  3 .

Let X represent the number of females offered a scholarship this year.

Pr X  2  Pr X  0  Pr X  1

 3C 0 0  9 0  1  3C1 0  9 0  1
0 3 1 2
(1 mark)
 0  1  3  0  9  0  01
3

 0  001  0  027
 0  028
(1 mark)

Question 6

X 0 1 2 5 10

Pr X  x  0.1 a 0.4 b 0.2

a. Since X is a discrete random variable,

0 1 a  0  4  b  0  2 1
a  b  03  1
Also, since E  X   3  5,
0  0 11 a  2  0  4  5  b 10 0  2  3 5
 a  5b  0  7  2
2 1 gives 4b  0  4
b  0 1
 In 1 gives a  0  2
(1 mark) correct method attempted
(1 mark) correct answers
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b. The median of X is 2 because 50% of the distribution is greater than 2 and 50% is less
than 2.
(1 mark)

c. Pr0, 0  Pr1,1  Pr2, 2  Pr5, 5  Pr10,10

 0  12  0  2 2  0  4 2  0  12  0  2 2
 0  01  0  04  0  16  0  01  0  04
 0  26
(1 mark)

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Question 7
a.
 x  1
cos   0 0  x  20
 8  2
S A x 20
 x  1 0 
cos   T C 8 8
 8  2
x 5 
x  7 9 (1 mark) 0 
 , , 8 2
8 4 4 4
x  2, 14,18 (1 mark)
b. Method 1

 x 
The graph of g x   cos  has maxima (for x  0) at x  0, x  16, x  32 and so
 8

on because the period of the graph is given by 2   16 .
 8
The graph of y  hx  is the graph of y  g x  that has been reflected in the x-axis
translated 4 units to the left, and translated 1 unit down. (1 mark)
 
The graph of hx    cos x  4  1 will therefore have minima at
8 
x  4, x 12 and x  28. For x  0,20 the required value of x is 12. (1 mark)

Method 2
The minimum occurs when hx   2 because the amplitude is 1 and there is a

translation of 1 unit down.
 
 cos x  4  1  2
 8 
 
cos x  4  1
8 

x  4  ...  2 , 0, 2 , 4 ,...
8
x  4  ...  16, 0,16, 32...
(1 mark)
x  ...  20,  4, 12, 28,...
For x  0,20 , x 12. (1 mark)

Method 3
 hx    cos  x  4   1
8 
   
h' x    sin   x  4    0 (1 mark)
8 8 
 
sin  x  4   0 for a maximun or minimum
8 

x  4  ...   ,0,  ,2 ,3 ,...
8
x  4  ...  8, 0, 8, 16, 24,...
x  ...  12,  4, 4, 12, 20, ...
At x  4 and at x  20 there is a maximum.
At x 12, there is a minimum. (1 mark)

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Question 8

Let f x   cos2 x ,
f ' x   2 sin 2 x 
   
f '    2 sin  
6 3
3
 2 
2
 3

So the gradient of the tangent at x  is  3 . (1 mark)
6
   
Now f    cos 
6 3
1

2
 1
The tangent passes through the point  ,  .
 6 2
Equation of tangent
1  
y    3 x  
2  6
3 1
y   3x  
6 2
(1 mark)
Question 9

a.
d
loge sin( x   cosx 
dx sin x 
(1 mark)
 

3 cosx  cosx 
2 2
b. Hence 
 sin x 
dx  3 
 sin x
dx

6 6


 3log e sin x 

2
(1 mark)
6

         
 3log e  sin     log e  sin   
   2    6  
  1 
 3log e 1  log e  
  2 
  1 
 30  log e  
  2 
1
 3 log e   (1 mark)
2
 
 3 log e 2 1
 3 log e 2 

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Question 10

The graphs of y  f x  and y  g x  intersect when

f x   g x 
1 x2

x 8
8  x3
x2

The graphs intersect when x  2. (1 mark)

2
Area    f x   
1
g x dx (1 mark)

2
 1 x2 
1

   dx
x 8 
2
 x3  (1 mark)
 log e x  
 24  1
 8   1 
  log e 2      log e 1  
 24   24 

 log e 2  
8 1
0
24 24
 log e 2  
7
square units.
24
(1 mark)

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Question 11

a. Let PrHarry sleeps well   S

PrHarry doesn’ t sleep well   S '
PrHarry plays well   P
PrHarry doesn’ t play well  P'
Using a tree diagram,

0.6 P

S
0.3
0.4 P'
0.5 P

0.7 S'

0.5 P'

(1 mark)
PrP   PrS  P   PrS ' P 
 0  3 0  6  0  7  0  5
 0  18  0  35
 0  53
(1 mark)

b.
PrS  P'
PrS P' 
PrP' (1 mark)
0 3 0  4

0 3 0  4  0  7  0 5
0  12

0  12  0  35
0.12

0.47
12

47
(1 mark)

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Question 12

a. To show: f 1  g 1 ; that is the graphs intersect at the point where x 1.
LS  f 1
 1  1
2


0
RS  g 1
 log e 1
0
 LS
So a  1 as required.
(1 mark)

b. From the graph, g x   f x  for x  1, b .

Let hx   g x   f x 
hx   log e x   x  1
2

h'  x    2x  1
1
x
(1 mark)
hx  is a max/min when h ' x   0 .

 2x  1  0
1
x
 2x  1
1
x
1  2 xx  1
0  2x 2  2x  1
(1 mark)
2  4  4  2  1
x
4
2  12

4
22 3

4
1 3

2
1 3
Now x
2
0
Since this is outside the domain of x  1, b we reject this value of x.
1 3
So the maximum occurs at x  .
2
1 3
(1 mark) including the rejection of x 
2

Total 40 marks
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