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SPECIALIST MATHEMATICS

TRIAL EXAMINATION 1

2015
Reading Time: 15 minutes
Writing time: 1 hour

Instructions to students
This exam consists of 9 questions.
All questions should be answered.
There is a total of 40 marks available.
The marks allocated to each of the questions are indicated throughout.
Students may not bring any notes or calculators into the exam.
Where more than one mark is allocated to a question, appropriate working must be shown.
Where an exact answer is required to a question, a decimal approximation will not be
accepted.
Unless otherwise indicated, diagrams in this exam are not drawn to scale.
The acceleration due to gravity should be taken to have magnitude g m/s 2 where g 9.8
Formula sheets can be found on pages 11-13 of this exam.

This paper has been prepared independently of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment
Authority to provide additional exam preparation for students. Although
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Question 1 (3 marks)

6
x5
Evaluate
0
x2 2
dx

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Question 2 (5 marks)

___ ___ ___

OAB is a triangle where C is the midpoint of OB and 3 AD AB .
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OD and AC intersect at point M.
A

B
C
O

Let OA a~ , OB b~ , CM CA and OM OD .

a. in terms of
Express CM

i. a , b and .
~ ~

1 mark

ii. a~ ,b~ and

2
marks

b. Hence find the values of and .

2 marks

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Question 3 (3 marks)

Let a
~
~i 4 j 2k~ and b
~
2~i j 2k~ .
~ ~

Resolve a~ into two vector resolutes, one parallel to b b

~ and the other perpendicular to ~ .

Question 4 (4 marks)

Let f ( z ) z 4 2 z 3 8 z 2 8 z 16, z C . Given that z 2i is a solution of f (z) 0 ,

find all the other solutions in Cartesian form.

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Question 5 (5 marks)

A box of mass 2kg rests on a rough horizontal floor. It is given a one-off push which causes it
to travel across the floor with an initial velocity of 10m/s. The frictional force F shown in the
diagram below, exerted by the floor on the box, causes the box to come to rest 4 seconds later.

a. Find the acceleration of the box across the floor.

2 marks

b. How far does the box travel before coming to rest?

1 mark

r
c. The coefficient of friction between the box and the floor equals , where r and s
sg
r
are positive integers and is a fraction expressed in simplest form.
s
Find the values of r and s.

2 marks

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Question 6 (4 marks)

x 2
Find the gradient of the tangent to the curve defined by 2 xy arctan y 5 at the
2 4
point ( 2,1) .

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Question 7 (4 marks)

1
Calculate the area of the region enclosed by the graphs of y 2
, x 2 and the x
x 2x 3
and y axes.

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Question 8 (5 marks)

A particle moves in a straight line with acceleration a m/s2, velocity v m/s and position x m,
relative to a fixed point on the line. The relationship between the position and the velocity of
the particle at time t seconds, t 0 , is given by v 2 x 4 . The particle is initially at the
fixed point.

a. Show that the acceleration of the particle is constant.

2 marks

b. Find the value of x when t 3.

3 marks

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Question 9 (7 marks)

Consider the function f ( x) 6arccos(2x) .

a. Write down the maximal domain and range of f.

2 marks

b. Sketch the graph of y f ( x) on the set of axes below. Label any endpoints and
axes intercepts with their coordinates.

2 marks

y

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The region enclosed by the x and y axes and the graph of y f ( x) is rotated about the y-
axis.

c. Find the volume of the resulting solid of revolution.

3 marks

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Specialist Mathematics Formulas

Mensuration
1
area of a trapezium: ( a b)h
2
curved surface area of a cylinder: 2rh
volume of a cylinder: r 2 h
1 2
volume of a cone: r h
3
1
volume of a pyramid: Ah
3
4 3
volume of a sphere: r
3
1
area of a triangle: bc sin A
2
a b c
sine rule:
sin A sin B sin C
cosine rule: c 2 a 2 b 2 2ab cos C

Coordinate geometry
( x h) 2 ( y k ) 2 ( x h) 2 ( y k ) 2
ellipse: 1 hyperbola: 1
a2 b2 a2 b2
Circular (trigonometric) functions
cos 2 ( x) sin 2 ( x) 1
1 tan 2 ( x) sec 2 ( x) cot 2 ( x) 1 cosec 2 ( 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) tan( y ) tan( x) tan( y )
tan( x y ) tan( x y )
1 tan( x) tan( y ) 1 tan( x) tan( y )
cos(2 x) cos 2 ( x) sin 2 ( x) 2 cos 2 ( x) 1 1 2 sin 2 ( x)
2 tan( x)
sin( 2 x) 2 sin( x) cos( x) tan(2 x)
1 tan 2 ( x)
function sin 1 cos 1 tan 1
domain [1, 1] [1, 1] R

range 2 , 2 [0, ] ,
2 2

Algebra (Complex numbers)

z x yi r (cos i sin ) rcis
z x2 y2 r Arg z
z1 r1
z1 z 2 r1r2 cis( 1 2 ) cis( 1 2 )
z 2 r2
z n r n cis( n ) (de Moivres theorem)
Mathematics Formula Sheets reproduced by permission; VCAA 2014. The VCAA
does not endorse or make any warranties regarding this study resource. Current
and past VCAA VCE exams and related content can be accessed directly at
www.vcaa.vic.edu.au

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Calculus

d n
dx

x nx n 1 x
n
dx
1 n 1
n 1
x c, n 1

dx

d ax
e ae ax
1
e ax dx e ax c
a
d 1
log e ( x) 1 dx log e x c
dx x x
d 1
sin(ax) a cos(ax) sin( ax) dx cos(ax) c
dx a
d 1
cos(ax) a sin(ax) cos ( ax) dx sin( ax) c
dx a
d 1
tan(ax) a sec 2 (ax) sec 2 (ax) dx tan(ax) c
dx a
d
dx

sin 1 ( x)
1

1 x
dx sin 1 c, a 0
1 x2 2
a x 2 a
d
dx

cos 1 ( x)
1

1
dx cos 1
x
c, a 0
1 x2 a2 x2 a
d

tan 1 ( x)
1
2
a
2
x
dx tan 1 c
dx 1 x2 a x a

d dv du
product rule: (uv) u v
dx dx dx
du dv
v u
quotient rule: d u
dx 2 dx
dx v v
dy dy du
chain rule:
dx du dx
dy
Eulers method: If f ( x), x0 a and y 0 b,
dx
then x n 1 x n h and y n 1 y n hf ( x n )
d 2 x dv dv d 1 2
acceleration: a 2
v v
dt dt dx dx 2
1 1
constant (uniform) acceleration: v u at s ut at 2 v 2 u 2 2as s (u v)t
2 2

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Vectors in two and three dimensions

r x i y j z k
~ ~ ~ ~

r~ x y z 2 r
2 2 r1 . r2 r1 r2 cos x1 x 2 y1 y 2 z1 z 2
~ ~

d r~ dx dy dz
r i j k
~ dt dt ~ dt ~ dt ~

Mechanics

momentum: p m v~
~

equation of motion: R
~
m a~
friction: F N

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