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    91261

    912610
    2
    SUPERVISOR’S USE ONLY

    Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics, 2013


    91261 Apply algebraic methods in solving problems

    2.00 pm Monday 18 November 2013


    Credits: Four

    Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with Excellence


    Apply algebraic methods in solving Apply algebraic methods, using Apply algebraic methods, using
    problems. relational thinking, in solving problems. extended abstract thinking, in solving
    problems.

    Check that the National Student Number (NSN) on your admission slip is the same as the number at the
    top of this page.

    You should attempt ALL the questions in this booklet.

    Show ALL working.

    If you need more space for any answer, use the page(s) provided at the back of this booklet and clearly
    number the question.

    You are required to show algebraic working in this paper. Guess and check methods do not
    demonstrate relational thinking. Guess and check methods will limit grades to Achievement.

    Check that this booklet has pages 2 – 10 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank.

    YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.

    TOTAL

    ASSESSOR’S USE ONLY


    © New Zealand Qualifications Authority, 2013. All rights reserved.
    No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the prior permission of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
    2

    You are advised to spend 60 minutes answering the questions in this booklet. ASSESSOR’S
    USE ONLY

    QUESTION ONE

    (a) (i) Factorise 6x2 – 11x – 10

    (ii) Solve 6x2 – 11x – 10 = 0

    (b) Find the value of m so that only one value of x satisfies the equation:
    4x2 – 8x + m = 0

    Mathematics and Statistics 91261, 2013


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    2x2 − 8 ASSESSOR’S
    (c) Simplify fully USE ONLY
    x2 − 2x − 8

    (d) The equation ( x + 2) − 3 ( x + 2) − 4 = 0 has only one real solution.

    Find the value of x.

    (Hint: Let a = ( x + 2) )

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    (e) (i) Find expressions, in terms of m and n, for the roots of the equation: ASSESSOR’S
    USE ONLY

    x − m 2( x + m)
    =
    x − n x+n

    (ii) Give an inequality, in terms of m and n, so that the equation has two distinct roots.

    Mathematics and Statistics 91261, 2013


    5

    This page has been deliberately left blank.

    The examination continues on the following page.

    Mathematics and Statistics 91261, 2013


    6

    QUESTION TWO ASSESSOR’S


    USE ONLY

    Simplify (4 a )
    2 3
    (a)
    (8a5 )2

    (b) Simplify:
    1

    (i) (16 x 2 ) 4

    1 1

    (ii) (16 x 2 ) 4 × (9 x 3 ) 2

    (c) Lara says that she is thinking of a number. She:


    • squares the number,
    • multiplies the answer by 6,
    • adds 12 times the number she was first thinking of,
    • subtracts 48.
    Her answer is 0.

    What numbers could she be thinking of?

    Mathematics and Statistics 91261, 2013


    7

    (d) Rearrange the formula ax = 5(x – 1) to make x the subject. ASSESSOR’S


    USE ONLY

    (e) The equation 3x2 + 4x – k = 0 has two distinct real roots.

    If 2 is a root of this equation, find the value of k and the second root.

    Mathematics and Statistics 91261, 2013


    8

    QUESTION THREE ASSESSOR’S


    USE ONLY

    (a) Solve the equations:

    (i) log x64 = 3

    (ii) 3 × 2 x +1
    = 96
    8x

    (b) At the beginning of his first year of study, Danny borrows $1 800 from his parents.
    His parents reduce the amount he owes them by 40% at the end of that year, and each
    subsequent year he continues his studies.
    Danny studies for several years and he does not make any repayments of the initial amount
    while he is studying.

    (i) Write an expression for the amount $A Danny owes his parents if he studies for n years.

    (ii) Use your expression to find the minimum number of years for which Danny studies if
    he owes his parents less than $100 when he finishes studying.

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    (c) Explain why the equation (3x + 1)2 = –7 does not have any real solutions, and explain what ASSESSOR’S
    USE ONLY
    this means graphically.

    (d) Solve the equation log x = 2 log (mx) for x in terms of m.

    Mathematics and Statistics 91261, 2013


    10

    Extra paper if required. ASSESSOR’S


    USE ONLY
    QUESTION Write the question number(s) if applicable.
    NUMBER

    Mathematics and Statistics 91261, 2013


    91261

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