Victorian Certificate of Education

Year

MATHEMATICAL METHODS
Written examinations 1 and 2

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Version 2 – April 2016
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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
2π  rh volume of a sphere πr
of a cylinder 3
1
volume of a cylinder π r 2h area of a triangle bc sin ( A )
2
1 2
volume of a cone πr 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 µ = E(X) variance var(X) = σ 2 = E((X – µ)2) = E(X 2) – µ2

Probability distribution Mean Variance

discrete Pr(X = x) = p(x) µ = ∑ x p(x) σ 2 = ∑ (x – µ)2 p(x)

b ∞ ∞
continuous Pr(a < X < b) =
∫a
f ( x)dx µ=
∫ −∞
x f ( x)dx σ2 =
∫ −∞
( x − µ ) 2 f ( x)dx

Sample proportions
X
P̂ = mean E(P̂ ) = p
n
approximate
standard ˆ) = p (1 − p ) 
 ˆp − z
ˆp (1 − ˆp ) , p + z ˆp (1 − ˆp ) 
deviation
sd ( P
n
confidence
 n
ˆ n 
interval  

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