2010 year 10 CAS methods practice exam

1. The following questions relate to a right angled triangle with side lengths
a = 8, b = 6 and hypotenuse = x
(a) find x
(b) Draw the triangle, labeling all edges.
label the angle made between face a and the hypotenuse A
label the angle made between face b and the hypotenuse B
label the right angle C.
(c) find the angles 6 ABC and 6 BAC
(1+3+4 = 8)

2. A tree of height 5 meters is a distance y away from a light source (hori-

zontally), located on the side of a tall building. The shadow of the tree
caused by the light source is x = 7 meters long, and the imaginary line
between the tip of the shadow and the tip of the tree makes an angle of
c
θ = 2π
7 with the ground.

(a) Calculate the angle θ in degrees

y
(b) The distance y can be given as a solution for the equation 2 = x2 −25.
Solve for y
(c) How high above the tip of the tree is the light source?
(d) What angle does the side of the building make with the line connect-
ing the tip of the tree and the light source? Where else is this angle
found?
(2+3+3+2 = 10)
3. In a right square-based pyramid, the length of the side of the base is 12
cm and the height is 26 cm. Sketch the pyramid and determine
(a) the angle the triangular face makes with the base
(b) the angle the sloping edge makes with the base
(c) the length of the sloping edge.

(2+2+2 = 6)
4. simplify the following
2 −4 3
4k2 m2
(a) ( 2mm−n5 ) × 7n− 8
m 2 n3 k 4 k2 n2
(b) (2n)4 n2 ÷ m−5

(2+3 = 5)

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5. (a) Graph the function y = 2ex , labeling all crucial points
(b) Graph the function y = ex − 3 labeling all crucial points
(c) A graph passes through the points (0,3) and (1,9)
i. Sketch the graph
ii. Find the equation for the graph
(2+2+3 = 7)
6. A 20 sided die and a 12 sided die are rolled

(a) what is the probability of getting an even number on both of them?

(b) what is the probability of getting an even number on only one of
them?
(c) What is the probability of getting a number greater than 10 on both
of them?

(2+2+2 = 6)
7. the following are sizes of investments (in thousands of dollars) made by
shareholders in a law firm:
9, 6, 15, 30, 106, 52, 8, 52, 64, 27, 13, 95, 36, 40.

(a) Construct a frequency table with columns for both frequency and
cumulative frequency. group the data in intervals of $20000
(b) construct a histogram for the data (no technology)
(c) construct a cumulative histogram for the data
(d) add a frequency polygon to both of your histograms

(2+2+2+2 = 8)