Victorian Certificate of Education

Year

MATHEMATICAL METHODS
Written examinations 1 and 2

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MATHMETH EXAM 2

Mathematical Methods formulas

Mensuration
1 a+b h 1
area of a trapezium ( ) volume of a pyramid Ah
2 3
curved surface area 4 3
2 rh volume of a sphere r
of a cylinder 3
1
volume of a cylinder r2h area of a triangle bc sin ( A )
2
1 2
volume of a cone r h
3

Calculus
d n
dx
( )
x = nx n 1
x dx = n + 1 x
n 1 n +1
+ c, n 1

d 1
dx
( )
(ax + b) n = an ( ax + b )
n 1
(ax + b) n dx =
a (n + 1)
(ax + b) n + 1 + c, n 1

d ax 1 ax
dx
( )
e = ae ax
e
ax
dx =
a
e +c

1
d
dx
1
( log e ( x) ) = x x
dx = log e ( x) + c, x > 0

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

d 1
dx
( cos (ax) ) = a sin (ax) cos (ax)dx = a sin (ax) + c
d a
( tan (ax) ) = 2 = a sec 2 (ax)
dx cos (ax)
du dv
v u
d dv du d u dx dx
product rule ( uv ) = u + v quotient rule =
dx dx dx dx v v2

dy dy du
chain rule =
dx du dx
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Probability

Pr(A) = 1 Pr(A) Pr(A B) = Pr(A) + Pr(B) Pr(A B)

Pr ( A B )
Pr(A|B) =
Pr ( B )

mean = E(X) variance var(X) = 2 = E((X )2) = E(X 2) 2

Probability distribution Mean Variance

discrete Pr(X = x) = p(x) = x p(x) 2 = (x )2 p(x)

b
continuous Pr(a < X < b) =
a
f ( x)dx =

x f ( x)dx 2 =

( x ) 2 f ( x)dx

Sample proportions
X
P = mean E(P ) = p
n
approximate
standard ) = p (1 p )
p z
p (1 p ) , p + z p (1 p )
deviation
sd ( P
n
confidence
n
n
interval

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