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External assessment 2021

Question and response book

Mathematical Methods
Paper 2 — Technology-active

Time allowed Section 1 (10 marks)

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• Perusal time — 5 minutes • 10 multiple choice questions

• Working time — 90 minutes
Section 2 (45 marks)
General instructions • 10 short response questions
• Answer all questions in this question and
response book.
• QCAA-approved calculator permitted.
• QCAA formula book provided.
• Planning paper will not be marked.
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 Section 1
Instructions
• Choose the best answer for Questions 1 10.
• This section has 10 questions and is worth 10 marks.
• Use a 2B pencil to fill in the A, B, C or D answer bubble completely.
• If you change your mind or make a mistake, use an eraser to remove your response and fill in the new
answer bubble completely.

A B C D
Example:

A B C D
1.
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6.
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8.
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10.

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 Section 2
Instructions
• Write using black or blue pen.
• Questions worth more than one mark require mathematical reasoning and/or working to be shown to
support answers.
• If you need more space for a response, use the additional pages at the back of this book.
– On the additional pages, write the question number you are responding to.
– Cancel any incorrect response by ruling a single diagonal line through your work.
– Write the page number of your alternative/additional response, i.e. See page …
– If you do not do this, your original response will be marked.
• This section has 10 questions and is worth 45 marks.

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 QUESTION 11 (5 marks)
Consider the function
a) State the exact values of the x-intercepts of the graph of . [2 marks]

b) Write an expression for the area enclosed between the graph of and the x-axis. [2 marks]

c) Determine the area enclosed between the graph of and the x-axis to the nearest
square unit. [1 mark]

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 QUESTION 12 (4 marks)

The velocity function of an object in is given by .

Initially, the object is at the origin.
a) Determine the displacement function. [2 marks]

b) What is the displacement of the object from the origin, in metres (m), after three
seconds? [2 marks]

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 QUESTION 13 (7 marks)
The amount of gravel (in tonnes) sold by a construction company in a given week is a continuous random
variable X and has a probability density function defined by:

a) Show that . [1 mark]

b) Determine . [2 marks]

c) Determine the variance of X. [4 marks]

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 QUESTION 14 (7 marks)
The heights of students at School A are normally distributed with a mean of 165 cm and a standard
deviation of 15 cm.
a) Determine the probability that a student chosen at random from School A is shorter
than 180 cm. [1 mark]

b) Determine the minimum integer value of the height of a student who is in the top 2%
of this distribution. [3 marks]

The heights of students at School B are also normally distributed. A student at School B has the same
height as the height determined in Question 14b) but their corresponding z-score is 3.
c) Determine which student’s height ranks higher in terms of percentile for their school. [3 marks]

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 QUESTION 15 (4 marks)
A new internet search engine gives a ranking R to each website based on the function ,
where h is the number of hits (visits) the website has received.
If a website currently has 100 hits, determine how many more hits they need to increase their ranking by 1.

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 QUESTION 16 (4 marks)
In the diagram DC represents a 60 metre vertical tower.
A and B are two points in the same horizontal plane as the foot C of the tower.
The angle above the horizontal from A to D is 28° and the angle above the horizontal from B to D is 35°.

60 m
28°

35°
C

Not to scale
A
B

The bearing of C from A is 050°T and the bearing of C from B is 300°T.

Determine the distance between A and B to the nearest metre.

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 QUESTION 17 (4 marks)
Rabbits and foxes are among two species of mammals that live on an isolated island.
Rabbits represent a significant food source for the foxes.
The populations of rabbits and foxes were monitored each month for two years.
The graph shows the population of foxes (in thousands) and the population of rabbits (in thousands), at any
time t (in months) over the two years. The two populations can be modelled using trigonometric functions.

(0, 14.5) (12, 14.5) Key

15
Foxes
(3, 11)
Population (thousands)

(15, 11) Rabbits

10
(0, 9)
(6, 7.5) (9, 7)
5

0 5 10 15 20
Time (t) in months since 1 January

Jane believes that there were periods of time over the two years when the total population of foxes and
rabbits on the island exceeded 25 000.
Evaluate the reasonableness of Jane’s claim.

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 QUESTION 18 (3 marks)
The number of animals in a population (in thousands) is modelled by the function P such that
, where t is in years.

Determine the number of animals in the population when the population is growing the fastest.

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 QUESTION 19 (4 marks)
A random variable X, defined over the interval , is uniformly distributed if its probability density
function is defined by:

The expected value and variance of a uniform random variable X are

A manufacturer has observed that the time that elapses between placing an order with a supplier and the
delivery of the order is uniformly distributed between 100 and 180 minutes.
Determine the probability that the time between placing an order and delivery of the order will be within
one standard deviation of the expected time.

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 QUESTION 20 (3 marks)
The random variable B is normally distributed with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
Determine the probability that the quadratic equation has real roots.

END OF PAPER

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