PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

PAPER 1
GRADE 12
AUGUST 2022
MATHEMATICS
MARKING GUIDELINES
SECTION A
QUESTION 1
(a) Write down the next term for each sequence:
𝟏
(1) 32 ; 8 ; 2 ; … ✓
𝟐
(1)
3 7 11 15 𝟏𝟗
(2) ; ; ; ;… ✓
4 9 16 25 𝟑𝟔
(1)
(b) Determine the value of 𝑛 if 6 − 18 + 54 − ⋯ 𝑡𝑜 𝑛 terms equals −1092.
𝒂(𝒓𝒏 − 𝟏)
𝑺𝒏 =
𝒓−𝟏
𝟔[(−𝟑)𝒏 −𝟏]
−𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟐 = (−𝟑)−𝟏
✓

(−𝟑)𝒏 = 𝟕𝟐𝟗✓
(−𝟑)𝒏 = (−𝟑)𝟔
𝒏 = 𝟔✓ (if Tn used, 1/3 if both a=6 and r=-3 correct)
(3)
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QUESTION 2
(a) Solve for 𝑥:
(1) (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 − 3) − 18 = 0
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟑𝟎 = 𝟎 ✓
(𝒙 + 𝟔)(𝒙 − 𝟓) = 𝟎 ✓
𝒙 = −𝟔 𝒐𝒓 𝒙 = 𝟓 ✓

(3)
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(2) −𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 ≥ −3
−𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑 ≥ 𝟎
𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 ≤ 𝟎 ✓
(𝒙 − 𝟑)(𝒙 + 𝟏) ≤ 𝟎 ✓
𝒙 ∈ [−𝟏; 𝟑] ✓
(3)
(3) (𝑥 2 − 3𝑥)2 − 5𝑥 2 + 15𝑥 = −4

(𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙)𝟐 − 𝟓(𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙) + 𝟒 = 𝟎 ✓

𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒌 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙
𝒌𝟐 − 𝟓𝒌 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 ✓
(𝒌 − 𝟒)(𝒌 − 𝟏) = 𝟎 ✓
𝒌 = 𝟒 𝒐𝒓 𝒌 = 𝟏
𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 = 𝟒 𝒐𝒓 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 = 𝟏
𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 ✓
−(−𝟑)±√(−𝟑)𝟐 −𝟒(𝟏)(−𝟏)
(𝒙 − 𝟒)(𝒙 + 𝟏) = 𝟎 𝒙= 𝟐(𝟏)

𝟑±√𝟏𝟑
𝒙 = 𝟒 𝒐𝒓 𝒙 = −𝟏 ✓ 𝒙= ✓
𝟐

𝑶𝑹 𝒙 = 𝟑, 𝟑 𝒐𝒓 𝒙 = −𝟎, 𝟑

𝒙𝟒 − 𝟔𝒙𝟑 + 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟓𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 ✓ (6)

𝒇(−𝟏) = 𝟎 ∴ (𝒙 + 𝟏) is factor✓
-1⇂ 𝟏 − 𝟔 𝟒 𝟏𝟓 𝟒
1 -7 11 4 0
(𝒙 + 𝟏)(𝒙𝟑 − 𝟕𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝟒)
𝒇(𝟒) = 𝟎 ∴ (𝒙 − 𝟒) is factor✓
(𝒙 + 𝟏)(𝒙 − 𝟒)(𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏) = 𝟎
𝒙 = 𝟒 𝒐𝒓 𝒙 = −𝟏 ✓ 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 ✓
−(−𝟑)±√(−𝟑)𝟐 −𝟒(𝟏)(−𝟏)
𝒙= 𝟐(𝟏)

𝟑±√𝟏𝟑
𝒙= ✓ 𝑶𝑹 𝒙 = 𝟑, 𝟑 𝒐𝒓 𝒙 = −𝟎, 𝟑
𝟐

(ca 2 if quadratic equation correctly used from standard form)

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(b) Simplify without using a calculator:

32𝑥 − 3𝑥+2 + 14
3𝑥 − 2
𝟑𝟐𝒙 − 𝟗.𝟑𝒙 +𝟏𝟒
= ✓
𝟑𝒙 −𝟐
(𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐)(𝟑𝒙 −𝟕)
= ✓
𝟑𝒙 −𝟐

= 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟕✓ (3)
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QUESTION 3
(a) Solve simultaneously for 𝑥 and 𝑦, where:
4

∑ 𝑥(𝑛 − 2)2 = 10𝑦

6𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 6 and
𝑛=3

𝒙𝟐 −𝟐𝒙−𝟔
𝒚= and 𝒙 + 𝟒𝒙 = 𝟏𝟎𝒚 ✓
𝟔
𝒙𝟐 −𝟐𝒙−𝟔 𝟓𝒙
𝒚= and =𝒚
𝟔 𝟏𝟎
𝒙𝟐 −𝟐𝒙−𝟔 𝟏
𝒚= and 𝒙=𝒚
𝟔 𝟐
𝒙𝟐 −𝟐𝒙−𝟔 𝟏
= 𝟐𝒙 ✓ ca
𝟔

𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔 = 𝟑𝒙
𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟔 = 𝟎 ✓
(𝒙 − 𝟔)(𝒙 + 𝟏) = 𝟎
𝒙 = 𝟔 𝒐𝒓 𝒙 = −𝟏 ✓ OR any other method
𝟏
𝒚 = 𝟑 𝒐𝒓 𝒚 = − 𝟐 ✓
(5)
(b) Given: 2𝑚𝑥 2 = 3𝑥 − 8 where 𝑚 ≠ 0. Determine the value(s) of 𝑚 for which the
roots of the equation are non-real.

𝟐𝒎𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 ✓
∆= (−𝟑)𝟐 − 𝟒(𝟐𝒎)(𝟖)
∆= 𝟗 − 𝟔𝟒𝒎✓
For non-real roots: ∆< 𝟎✓
(4)
𝟗 − 𝟔𝟒𝒎 < 𝟎
[9]
𝟗
𝒎 > 𝟔𝟒✓

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QUESTION 4
(a) What amount would you have to invest now if you need at least R100 000 in five
years’ time? The interest rate is 10,5% per annum, compounded monthly.
𝑨 = 𝑷(𝟏 + 𝒊)𝒏
𝟎,𝟏𝟎𝟓 𝟓×𝟏𝟐 ✓
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 = 𝑷 (𝟏 + ✓)
𝟏𝟐
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝑷= 𝟎,𝟏𝟎𝟓 𝟓×𝟏𝟐
(𝟏+ )
𝟏𝟐

𝑷 = 𝑹𝟓𝟗 𝟐𝟗𝟎, 𝟕𝟖✓ (3)

(b) Bontleng received an amount of R300 000 as a gift from her grandfather. She
invests it with the bank at 9% per annum, compounded quarterly. After two years,
she withdraws R120 000 to buy herself a car. Three years later, she withdraws
another R15 000 to furnish her apartment. The bank now increases the interest
rate to 12% per annum compounded monthly. Two years later Bontleng considers
buying herself a small flat. Calculate how much money she can spend.
𝟎,𝟎𝟗 𝟐(𝟒) 𝟎,𝟎𝟗 𝟑(𝟒)
𝑨 = [(𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 (𝟏 + ) ✓ − 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎✓) (𝟏 + ) ✓ − 𝟏𝟓 𝟎𝟎𝟎✓] (𝟏 +
𝟒 𝟒

𝟎,𝟏𝟐 𝟐(𝟏𝟐)
) ✓
𝟏𝟐

𝑭 = 𝑹𝟑𝟕𝟔 𝟑𝟖𝟑, 𝟑𝟑✓

Or:

𝟎, 𝟎𝟗 𝟓(𝟒) 𝟎, 𝟏𝟐 𝟐(𝟏𝟐)
𝑨 = (𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 (𝟏 + ) ) ✓ (𝟏 + ) ✓
𝟒 𝟏𝟐

𝟎, 𝟎𝟗 𝟑(𝟒) 𝟎, 𝟏𝟐 𝟐(𝟏𝟐)
− (𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 (𝟏 + ) ) ✓ (𝟏 + ) ✓
𝟒 𝟏𝟐

𝟎,𝟏𝟐 𝟐(𝟏𝟐)
−𝟏𝟓 𝟎𝟎𝟎 (𝟏 + ) ✓ = 𝑹 𝟑𝟕𝟔𝟑𝟖𝟑, 𝟑𝟑✓
𝟏𝟐 (6)
(c) Determine how long (in years) it will take for the value of a motor vehicle to
decrease to 50% of its original value if the rate of depreciation is 23% per annum
on the reducing-balance method.
𝑨 = 𝑷(𝟏 − 𝒊)𝒏
𝟏
𝑷 = 𝑷(𝟏 − 𝟎, 𝟐𝟑)𝒏 ✓
𝟐
𝟏
= 𝟎, 𝟕𝟕𝒏 ✓
𝟐
𝟏
𝒏 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟎,𝟕𝟕 (𝟐)
(3)
𝒏 = 𝟐, 𝟕 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 ✓
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∴ 𝟑 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔

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QUESTION 5
Matthew and Andrew are learners at the same school. Some days they arrive late to
school. The probability that neither of the two will arrive late on any day is 0,7.
(a) Calculate the probability of at least one of the two learners arriving late on a
randomly selected day.
𝑷(𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆) = 𝟏 − 𝟎, 𝟕
= 𝟎, 𝟑 ✓
(1)
(b) The probability that Matthew arrives late for school on a randomly selected day is
0,25, while the probability that both of them arrive late for school on that day is
0,15. Calculate the probability that Andrew will arrive late for school on that day.

𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴 = 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨 = 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒘

𝑷(𝑴 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆) = 𝟎, 𝟐𝟓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷(𝑴 ∩ 𝑨) = 𝟎, 𝟏𝟓 ✓
𝑷(𝑴 ∪ 𝑨) = 𝑷(𝑴) + 𝑷(𝑨) − 𝑷(𝑴 ∩ 𝑨)
𝟎, 𝟑 = 𝟎, 𝟐𝟓 + 𝑷(𝑨) − 𝟎, 𝟏𝟓 ✓
𝑷(𝑨) = 𝟎, 𝟐 ✓

(3)
(c) The headmaster suspects a link in the lateness of the learners. The headmaster
asks you to determine whether the events of Matthew arriving late for school and
Andrew arriving late for school are statistically independent or not. What will your
response to him be? Show ALL calculations.
𝑷(𝑨) = 𝟎, 𝟐
𝑷(𝑴) = 𝟎, 𝟐𝟓
𝑷(𝑨). 𝑷(𝑴) = (𝟎, 𝟐)(𝟎, 𝟐𝟓)
= (𝟎, 𝟎𝟓) ✓
𝑷(𝑨 ∩ 𝑴) = 𝟎, 𝟏𝟓 ✓
𝑷(𝑨). 𝑷(𝑴) ≠ 𝑷(𝑨 ∩ 𝑴) 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 ✓
(3)
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QUESTION 6
(a) Write down the domain and range of 𝑓.
𝒙∈ℝ✓
𝒚 ∈ (−𝟐; ∞) ✓
(2)
(b) Write down the equation of the asymptote of 𝑓.
𝒚 = −𝟐 ✓
(1)
(c) Determine the equation of 𝑓.
𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒃𝒙 + 𝒄
𝟑 = 𝟐𝒃−𝟏 − 𝟐 ✓
𝟐
𝟓=𝒃
𝟐
𝒃=𝟓✓
𝟐 𝒙
∴ 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐 (𝟓) − 𝟐 ✓
(3)
(d) Write down the equations of the asymptotes of 𝑔.
𝒙=𝟐✓
𝒚=𝟏✓
(2)
(e) Determine the equation of 𝑔.
𝒂
𝒈(𝒙) = 𝒙+𝒑 + 𝒒
𝒂
𝒈(𝒙) = 𝒙−𝟐 + 𝟏 ✓
𝒂
𝟐 = 𝟒−𝟐 + 𝟏 ✓
𝒂
𝟏=𝟐
𝒂=𝟐
𝟐
∴ 𝒈(𝒙) = 𝒙−𝟐 + 𝟏 ✓
(3)
(f) Determine the equations of the axes of symmetry of 𝑔.
𝒚= 𝒙+𝒄
𝟏=𝟐+𝒄
𝒄 = −𝟏
∴𝒚=𝒙−𝟏✓
AND
𝒚 = −𝒙 + 𝒄
𝟏 = −𝟐 + 𝒄
𝒄=𝟑
∴ 𝒚 = −𝒙 + 𝟑 ✓
(2)
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QUESTION 7
(a) Determine 𝑓′(𝑥) from first principles if 𝑓(𝑥) = 4𝑥 + 5𝑥 2 .

𝒇(𝒙 + 𝒉) − 𝒇(𝒙)
𝒇′ (𝒙) = 𝒍𝒊𝒎
𝒉→𝟎 𝒉
𝟒(𝒙+𝒉)+𝟓(𝒙+𝒉)𝟐 − [𝟒𝒙+𝟓𝒙𝟐 ]
𝒇′ (𝒙) = 𝒍𝒊𝒎 ✓
𝒉→𝟎 𝒉

𝟒𝒙+𝟒𝒉+𝟓𝒙𝟐 +𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒉+𝟓𝒉𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙−𝟓𝒙𝟐

𝒇′ (𝒙) = 𝒍𝒊𝒎 ✓
𝒉→𝟎 𝒉

𝟒𝒉+𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒉+𝟓𝒉𝟐
𝒇′ (𝒙) = 𝒍𝒊𝒎 ✓
𝒉→𝟎 𝒉
𝒉(𝟒+𝟏𝟎𝒙+𝟓𝒉)
𝒇′ (𝒙) = 𝒍𝒊𝒎 ✓
𝒉→𝟎 𝒉

𝒇′ (𝒙) = 𝒍𝒊𝒎(𝟒 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟓𝒉)

𝒉→𝟎
′ (𝒙)
𝒇 = 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 ✓
(5)
𝑑𝑦
(b) Determine if 𝑥𝑦 − 4𝑥 7 = √𝑥 3 . Give your answer with positive exponents.
𝑑𝑥

√𝒙𝟑 +𝟒𝒙𝟕
𝒚= 𝒙
𝟏
𝒚 = 𝒙 + 𝟒𝒙𝟔 ✓
𝟐

𝟏
𝒅𝒚 𝟏
= 𝟐 𝒙− 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟒𝒙𝟓
𝒅𝒙
𝒅𝒚 𝟏
= 𝟏 ✓ + 𝟐𝟒𝒙𝟓✓
𝒅𝒙
𝟐𝒙𝟐 (3)

(c) A stone is thrown vertically upwards. Its height, ℎ, in metres at any given time, 𝑡, in
seconds is given by ℎ(𝑡) = 50𝑡 − 5𝑡 2 . Determine the rate of change of the stone
after 3 seconds.
𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆: 𝒉′(𝒕) = 𝟓𝟎 − 𝟏𝟎𝒕 ✓
𝒉′ (𝟑) = 𝟓𝟎 − 𝟏𝟎(𝟑) = 𝟐𝟎 𝒎. 𝒔−𝟏 ✓

(2)
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QUESTION 8
(a) A gardener has bought a selection of plants:
5 roses, 3 tulips, 2 creepers, 6 daffodils and 2 jasmine bushes.
The gardener decides to randomly select 5 out of all the plants and arrange them
in a row in the front garden. How many ways can the 5 plants be selected?
𝟏𝟖!
𝟏𝟖. 𝟏𝟕. 𝟏𝟔. 𝟏𝟓. 𝟏𝟒 = (𝟏𝟖−𝟓)! = 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟖𝟏𝟔𝟎 ✓✓

(2)
(b) What is the probability that the a “word” formed by random arrangement of all of
the letters C O U RA G E O U S will start with a “O” and end with a consonant?
𝟖!
𝒏(𝑬) = 𝟐✓ × 𝟐! ✓ × 𝟒✓ = 𝟏𝟔𝟏𝟐𝟖𝟎
𝟏𝟎!
𝒏(𝑺) = 𝟐!𝟐! = 𝟗𝟎𝟕𝟐𝟎𝟎✓
𝒏(𝑬) 𝟏𝟔𝟏𝟐𝟖𝟎 𝟖
𝑷= 𝒏(𝑺)
= 𝟗𝟎𝟕𝟐𝟎𝟎 = 𝟒𝟓 ✓ (5)

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SECTION A: 71 MARKS
SECTION B
QUESTION 9
(a) Determine 𝑝 if:
∞ 12
𝑘
∑ 27𝑝 = ∑(24 − 3𝑡)
𝑘=1 𝑡=1

∑ 𝟐𝟕𝒑𝒌 = 𝟐𝟕𝒑 + 𝟐𝟕𝒑𝟐 + 𝟐𝟕𝒑𝟑 + ⋯ ✓

𝒌=𝟏

𝟐𝟕𝒑
𝑺∞ = ✓
𝟏−𝒑
𝟏𝟐

∑(𝟐𝟒 − 𝟑𝒕) = 𝟐𝟏 + 𝟏𝟖 + 𝟏𝟓 + ⋯ + (−𝟏𝟐)

𝒕=𝟏
𝟏𝟐
𝑺𝟏𝟐 = [𝟐𝟏 + (−𝟏𝟐)]✓ = 𝟓𝟒
𝟐
𝟐𝟕𝒑
∴ 𝟏−𝒑 = ✓𝟓𝟒

𝟐𝟕𝒑 = 𝟓𝟒 − 𝟓𝟒𝒑
𝟖𝟏𝒑 = 𝟓𝟒
𝟐
𝒑=𝟑✓ (5)

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(b) Given the first four terms of a quadratic sequence:

𝑥 + 20 ; 24 ; 𝑥 + 8 ; 14
Calculate 𝑇𝑛 . Show ALL working.

𝒙 + 𝟐𝟎 ; 𝟐𝟒 ; 𝒙 + 𝟖 ; 𝟏𝟒

(−𝒙 + 𝟒) (𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔) (−𝒙 + 𝟔) ✓

(𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝟎) (−𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝟐) ✓

∴ 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝟎 = −𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝟐
𝟒𝒙 = 𝟒𝟐
𝒙 = 𝟏𝟎, 𝟓 ✓

𝟑𝟎, 𝟓 ; 𝟐𝟒 ; 𝒙 + 𝟖 ; 𝟏𝟒

(−𝟔, 𝟓) (𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔) (−𝒙 + 𝟔)

(𝟏) (−𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝟐)

𝟏 𝟏
𝟐𝒂 = 𝟏 𝟑 (𝟐) + 𝒃 = −𝟔, 𝟓 + (−𝟖) + 𝒄 = 𝟑𝟎, 𝟓
𝟐
𝟏
𝒂=𝟐 ✓ 𝒃 = −𝟖 ✓ 𝒄 = 𝟑𝟖 ✓

𝟏
𝑻𝒏 = 𝟐 𝒏𝟐 − 𝟖𝒏 + 𝟑𝟖

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QUESTION 10
Calculate his monthly repayments.
𝑭 = 𝑷(𝟏 + 𝒊)𝒏
𝟎, 𝟎𝟖𝟓 𝟐𝟒
𝑭 = 𝟖𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 (𝟏 + ) ✓
𝟏𝟐
𝑭 = 𝑹𝟗𝟒𝟕𝟔𝟕, 𝟓𝟖𝟏𝟏𝟐

𝒙[𝟏 − (𝟏 + 𝒊)−𝒏 ]
𝑷=
𝒊
𝟎,𝟎𝟖𝟓 −𝟑𝟔✓
𝒙[𝟏−(𝟏+ ) ]
𝟏𝟐
𝟗𝟒𝟕𝟔𝟕, 𝟓𝟖𝟏𝟏𝟐✓ = 𝟎,𝟎𝟖𝟓
✓
𝟏𝟐

𝒙 = 𝑹𝟐𝟗𝟗𝟏, 𝟓𝟖 ✓
(6)
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QUESTION 11
1 3
Given: 𝑓(𝑥) = − 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + and 𝑔(𝑥) = −𝑥 − 1 .
2 2

(a) (1) Express 𝑓(𝑥) in the form 𝑦 = 𝑎(𝑥 + 𝑝)2 + 𝑞.

𝟏
𝒇(𝒙) = − 𝟐 (𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑)
𝟏
= − 𝟐 (𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 − 𝟏 − 𝟑)
𝟏
= − 𝟐 [(𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 − 𝟒]
𝟏
= − 𝟐 ✓(𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 ✓ + 𝟐✓

(3)
(2) Hence, or otherwise, determine 𝑓 −1 in the form 𝑦 =. .. (show all working).
𝟏
𝒚 = − 𝟐 (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 + 𝟐
𝟏
𝒇−𝟏 (𝒙): 𝒙 = − 𝟐 (𝒚 − 𝟏)𝟐 + 𝟐
𝟏
𝒙 − 𝟐 = − 𝟐 (𝒚 − 𝟏)𝟐

−𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 = (𝒚 − 𝟏)𝟐
±√−𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝒚 − 𝟏
𝒚 = ±√−𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 + 𝟏
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(b) (1)

✓for 𝑦 ≥ 1 +shape

✓ TP (2; 1)

✓ straight line accurate

✓ y-int (0; 3)

(0; 3)

(2; 1)

(2) Determine, algebraically, the point(s) of intersection of 𝑓 −1 and 𝑔.

√−𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 + 𝟏 = −𝒙 − 𝟏 ✓
√−𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 = −𝒙 − 𝟐
−𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒 ✓
𝟎 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 ✓
𝟎 = 𝒙(𝒙 + 𝟔)
𝒙 ≠ 𝟎 ✓ 𝒐𝒓 𝒙 = −𝟔 ✓
𝒚 = −(−𝟔) − 𝟏 = 𝟓
(−𝟔; 𝟓) ✓ (6)
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QUESTION 12
The diagram below shows the graph of 𝑓(𝑥) = −2𝑥 3 + 12𝑥 2 − 18𝑥 + 8. 𝐴(1; 0) and 𝐵
are turning points of the graph of 𝑓(𝑥).

𝑓(𝑥)

O
𝐴(1; 0) 𝑥

(a) Determine the equation of the tangent to the graph of 𝑓 when 𝑥 = 0.

𝒎 = 𝒇′ (𝒙) = −𝟔𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟖 ✓
𝒎 = 𝒇′ (𝟎) = −𝟏𝟖 ✓
𝒚 = −𝟏𝟖𝒙 + 𝒄
(𝟎; 𝟖): 𝒄 = 𝟖
𝒚 = −𝟏𝟖𝒙 + 𝟖✓ (3)
(b) Determine the coordinates of turning point 𝐵.
TP: 𝑓 ′ (𝑥) = 0: 𝒇′ (𝒙) = −𝟔𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎✓
𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
(𝒙 − 𝟑)(𝒙 − 𝟏) = 𝟎
𝒙 = 𝟑 𝒐𝒓 𝒙 = 𝟏 ✓
𝒇(𝟑) = −𝟐(𝟑)𝟑 + 𝟏𝟐(𝟑)𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖(𝟑) + 𝟖✓ = 𝟖
𝑩 (𝟑; 𝟖) ✓ (3)
(c) For which value(s) of 𝑥 is 𝑓(𝑥) concave downwards.
Concave down where 𝒇′′ (𝒙) < 𝟎✓ (accept setting = and finding POI first)
𝒇′′ (𝒙) = −𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝟒 < 𝟎✓
𝒙 > 𝟐 or 𝒙 ∈ (𝟐; ∞)✓ (3)

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QUESTION 13
The diagram below shows the graph of 𝑓 ′ (𝑥), the derivative of
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 + 𝑐𝑥 + 𝑑. 𝑓 ′ (𝑥) has 𝑥-intercepts at −3 and 1 and a 𝑦-intercept at −3.

𝑓 ′ (𝑥)

O
−3 1 𝑥

−3

(a) Write down the 𝑥-coordinates of the stationary points of 𝑓(𝑥).

𝒙 = −𝟑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝒙 = 𝟏 ✓✓ (2)
(b) Write down the gradient of the graph 𝑓(𝑥) of when 𝑥 = −2?
𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝑷 𝒐𝒇 𝒇′ (𝒙): 𝒙 = −𝟏 ✓
𝒎 = −𝟑 𝒔𝒚𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 ✓✓ (3)
(c) For which values of 𝑥 is the graph of 𝑓(𝑥) increasing?
𝒙 ∈ (−∞; −𝟑) ∪ (𝟏; ∞) ✓✓ (2)
(d) Determine the equation of 𝑓(𝑥) given that 𝑓(−3) = 5.
𝒇′(𝒙) = 𝒂(𝒙 + 𝟑)(𝒙 − 𝟏)
(𝟎; −𝟑) : − 𝟑 = 𝒂(𝟎 + 𝟑)(𝟎 − 𝟏) ✓
−𝟑 = −𝟑𝒂
𝒂=𝟏✓
𝒇′(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 ✓ if done in (b), bring marks down
𝟏
𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟑 𝒙𝟑 + 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒅 ✓
𝟐
(−𝟑; 𝟓): 𝟓 = − (−𝟑)𝟑 + (−𝟑)𝟐 + 𝟒(−𝟑) + 𝒅
𝟑

𝒅 = −𝟒 ✓
𝟏
𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟑 𝒙𝟑 + 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒

(5)
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QUESTION 14
2
The parabolas with equations 𝑓(𝑥) = 10 − 𝑥 2 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 5 (10 − 𝑥 2 ) are shown in the
diagram below.

(a) If 𝑇𝑃 = 𝑥 units, show that the area of the rectangle can be given as:
𝐴(𝑥) = 12𝑥 − 2𝑥 3 .
𝑻 (0; 4) ✓
𝑷𝑸 = 𝒇(𝒙) − 𝑻𝒚 ✓
= 𝟏𝟎 − 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒
= 𝟔 − 𝒙𝟐 ✓
𝑨(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙(𝟔 − 𝒙𝟐 ) ✓
Or 𝑨(𝒙) = 𝟏𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒙𝟑
(3)
(b) Determine the maximum area of this rectangle.

𝑴𝒂𝒙: 𝑨′(𝒙) = 𝟎
𝟏𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙𝟐 = 𝟎 ✓
𝒙𝟐 = 𝟐
𝒙 = ±√𝟐 , 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒙 > 𝟎
∴ 𝒙 = √𝟐 ✓
𝟑
𝑨(√𝟐) = 𝟏𝟐√𝟐 − 𝟐(√𝟐) ✓
(4)
𝑨(√𝟐) = 𝟖√𝟐 ≈ 𝟏𝟏, 𝟑 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔 ✓
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QUESTION 15
(a) The pattern below represents the Koch snowflake. It starts with an equilateral
triangle (shaded in the figures below) with side lengths of 54 units each. Another
1
equilateral triangle (with a side length of 3 of the length of the previous triangle) is
then added to every side. The process can continue indefinitely as shown in
FIGURE 2 and FIGURE 3.

(1) The process is repeated until FIGURE N is formed. Determine the area of all
the ADDED triangles in FIGURE N.
Hint: Present the sum of the areas of all the added triangles in sigma
notation. Note that this should not include the original shaded triangle.
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝑨𝟏 = 𝟑 (𝟐 (𝟏𝟖)𝟗√𝟑) 𝑨𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐 (𝟐 (𝟔)𝟑√𝟑) 𝑨𝟑 = 𝟒𝟖 (𝟐 (𝟐)√𝟑)

𝑨 = 𝟐𝟒𝟑√𝟑 𝑨 = 𝟏𝟎𝟖√𝟑 𝑨 = 𝟒𝟖√𝟑

✓(give mark if any of the areas were calculated)
𝟒
𝒓=𝟗 ✓

𝟒 𝒏−𝟏
𝑻𝒏 = (𝟐𝟒𝟑√𝟑). (𝟗) ✓

𝒏
𝟒 𝒊−𝟏
∑(𝟐𝟒𝟑√𝟑). ( ) ✓
𝟗 (4)
𝒊=𝟏

(2) Determine the total area (including the original equilateral triangle) of this
snowflake with an infinite number of added triangles.
(𝟐𝟒𝟑√𝟑)
𝑺∞ = 𝟒 ✓
𝟏−
𝟗

𝟏 (𝟐𝟒𝟑√𝟑)
𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 = (𝟓𝟒)(𝟐𝟕√𝟑)✓ + 𝟒 = 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎, 𝟑 units2 ✓
𝟐 𝟏−
𝟗

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(b) Nica has come up with a genius theory:

1
= √𝑥 + 1 − √𝑥
√𝑥+√𝑥+1

Kelsey is at a loss when faced with the following problem:

1 1 1
+ + ⋯+
1+√2 √2+√3 √2499+√2500

As well as losing her calculator, she has no idea where to start. She needs help to
find the exact value of the above expression. Using Nica’s theory, show Kelsey how
to find the exact value of the above problem.
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
+ + ⋯+
𝟏+√𝟐 √𝟐+√𝟑 √𝟐𝟒𝟗𝟗+√𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎

= √𝟏 + 𝟏 − √𝟏 + √𝟐 + 𝟏 − √𝟐 + √𝟑 + 𝟏 − √𝟑 … + √𝟐𝟒𝟗𝟗 + 𝟏 − √𝟐𝟒𝟗𝟗 ✓
= √𝟐 − √𝟏 + √𝟑 − √𝟐 + √𝟒 − √𝟑 … + √𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎 − √𝟐𝟒𝟗𝟗
= −√𝟏 + √𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎 ✓
= −𝟏 + 𝟓𝟎
= 𝟒𝟗 ✓

(3)
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