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MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL

VCE MATHEMATICS 2008
GENERAL MATHEMATICS SPECIALIST UNIT 2
WRITTEN EXAMINATION 1: TECHNOLOGY FREE
READING TIME: 15 minutes
WRITING TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes
STRUCTURE OF QUESTION BOOKLET
Section

Number of questions

Number of questions to be answered

12

12

Number of marks

96

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examination.

Full working must be shown in the space provided. Only this Question-and-Answer booklet
is to be submitted. Any rough working done on loose sheets of lined paper will not be
assessed and should not be submitted.

Values should be expressed in fully simplified form where appropriate.

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Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any unauthorised electronic devices
into the examination room.

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Question 1.
(a) Prove that sec cosec cot sec cosec 2

(b) If tan a , express tan(

) tan( ) in terms of a .
4
4

(3+4 = 7 marks)
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Question 2.
If sin A

5
and A [90,180] find the exact value of
3

(a) cos 2 A

(b) sin 2A

(c) tan 4A

(2+2+4=8 marks)
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Question 3.
(a) Show that sin 2 x sin 4 x sin 2 x(3 4sin 2 x)

(b) Hence solve sin 2 x sin 4 x 0 for x [0, 2 ] .

(2+6=8 marks)
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Question 4.
In the diagram AD 10 3cm
and AB BD CD (the diagram is
obviously not drawn accurately).
(a) (i) Find the exact length of AB .

A 30 B

10 3cm
D

(ii) Hence find the exact area of triangle ABD .

(b) (i) Find the exact area of triangle BCD .

(ii) Hence show that the sum of the areas of triangles ABD and BCD is the same as the area of triangle ACD.

(2+2+2+2=8 marks)
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Question 5.
(a) Show that z 1 i is a solution of z 3 z 2 4 z 6 0

(b) Find the other solutions to the equation z 3 z 2 4 z 6 0

(2+3= 5 marks)

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Question 6.
From a tall building 20 metres above sea level two boats are observed on a lake. Boat A is observed at an
angle of depression of 30 and is due east, Boat B is observed at an angle of depression of 45 on a bearing
of 135T .
(a) Show the approximate positions of the boats on the diagrams
(i) when viewed from above.
(ii) when viewed from the side.

N
20m

O
(b) (i) Show that distance OA 20 3m and OB 20m .

(ii) Hence, show that the exact distance between the boats can be expressed in the form: 20 a b , where
a and b are positive integers.

(6 marks)
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Question 7.
Two weights are hung from ropes, with a 12kg weight attached at B and a triangular weight of M kg attached
at C so that the weights are balanced and not moving. The tension in the ropes AB, BC and CD are
T1 , T2 and T3 kgwt respectively. The angles that the ropes AB and CD make with AD are R DAB 45
and R ADC 60 , with R ABC 90 and AD is horizontal.

(a) Mark the angles and all forces onto

the diagram.

C
(b) Show that the tensions, T1 and T2 are equal and find the
exact size of each tension.

12k
g

(c) (i) Find the exact tension, T3 in kilogram weight.

(ii) Find the weight of the triangular mass in exact form.

(2+2+4= 8 marks)
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Question 8.
Mr Bull instructs Adrian (with Linforth supervising) to begin an experiment by dropping a stone from a tall
building. At the same time as the stone is dropped, Adrian strikes an electronic switch to launch a small
rocket from below ground level with the top of the rocket at ground level. The rocket is launched with an
initial velocity of 4 g m / s , where g is the gravitational constant.
(a) Find the exact expression for the speed of each object in terms of time, t and the
gravitational constant g for the
(i) stone

(ii) rocket

(iii) The stone and the rocket pass by each other, travelling with the same speed but in
opposite directions. Find the time, t for this to happen after the start of the experiment.

(iv) Hence, show that height of the building is 8g metres.

(b) (i) Find the exact time that it takes for the stone to hit the ground.

(ii) Hence find the difference in time between the stone hitting the ground and the rocket rising and hitting
the ground.

(6+4=10 marks)
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Question 9.
Two complex numbers are z1 1 3i and z2 1 3i .
(a) Show z1 and z2 on the Argand diagram.

Im( z)
Re(z)

(b) Express z1 and z2 in polar form.

(c) (i) Express z1 z2 in both polar and Cartesian form.

(ii) Express

z1
in both polar and Cartesian form.
z2

(d) Express the following in polar form

(i) z1

(ii) z2

z
(iii) Hence express 1 in Cartesian form.
z2

(2+2+4+4+2=14 marks)
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Question 10.
Two blocks of concrete at rest with weight
m1 and m2 are connected via a wire which
passes through a smooth pulley. Both planes
are smooth and are inclined with angles of
30 and 45 to the horizontal.
(a) Find the ratio m1 : m2

m1

m1

m2

45

30

(b) The wire is cut and the blocks slide down the plane. Both blocks are stopped after 4 seconds.
Find the exact distance that each block travels in that time.
(i) Block m1
(ii) Block m2

(c) Find the speed that each block reaches after the 4 seconds of travel, hence find the ratio of the final
velocities of the first block compared to the second block,

v1
.
v2

(2+4+2= 8 marks)
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Question 11.
A block of concrete weighing 50 kg is connected to a
10kg block of lead via a wire over a smooth pulley. The
masses are held in position and then released. The
smooth plane is inclined at 30 to the horizontal.
(a) When the blocks are released show that the blocks
will move so that 50 kg block slides down the plane.

10kg

50kg

30

(b) Find the acceleration of the blocks expressed in exact form.

(c) The masses travel for 5 seconds after being released.

(i) Find the exact distance that both blocks travel.

(ii) Find the exact speed of both blocks.

(2+4+2= 8 marks)

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Question 12.
A 10kg block of concrete is kept at rest on a rough
plane inclined at 30 to the horizontal by a force
acting at an angle of 30 to the plane. The
coefficient of friction of the plane is 15 .

F
30
10kg

(a) Mark all the forces on the diagram.

30
(b) Find the exact size of the force F if the block of concrete is on the point of moving up the plane.

(2+4 = 6 marks)

THIS SPACE CAN BE USED

End of question paper

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FOR ROUGH WORKING

FORMULA SHEET
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Circle Mensuration
Chord length: 2r sin 2

Arc length: r c
Area of segment:

1
2

r 2 ( c sin )

Area of triangle:

Area of sector:
1
2

1
2

r 2 c

bc sin A

Trigonometry
Cosine rule

C
a

a 2 b 2 c 2 2bc cos A
B

A
c

Sine rule

a
b
c

sin A sin B sin C

sin A sin B sin C

a
b
c

Herons Formula:
For any triangle with side lengths a, b and c , where s 12 (a b c) , Area =
Kinematics
v u at

v 2 u 2 2as

s ut 12 at 2

s 12 (u v)t

Complex Numbers
The polar form of a complex number is: z rcis r (cos i sin )

z x2 y 2 r

Arg z

Where z1 r1cis1 and z2 r2cis 2 , then:

nz1 nr1cis1

z1 z2 r1r2 cis 1 2

z1 r1
cis (1 2 )
z2 r2

z1n r1n cis n1 , for n N

Advanced Trigonometry
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s( s a)( s b)( s c )

sin(A + B) = sinAcosB +
cosAsinB
sin(A - B) = sinAcosB
cosAsinB
cos(A + B)= cosAcosB
sinAsinB
cos(A - B) = cosAcosB +
sinAsinB

cos2x = cos2x sin2x

cos2x = 2cos2x 1
cos2x = 1 2sin2x
sin2x = 2sinxcosx

2sinAcosB = sin(A + B) + sin(A - B)

2cosAsinB = sin(A + B) sin(A B)
2cosAcosB = cos(A + B) + cos(A B)

sin2x + cos2x = 1

2sinAsinB = cos(A B) cos(A + B)

sec2x tan2x = 1

sin A sin B 2sin 12 ( A B)cos 12 ( A B)

cosec2x cot2x =
1

sin A sin B 2cos 12 ( A B)sin 12 ( A B)

cos A cos B 2cos 12 ( A B)cos 12 ( A B )
cos A cos B 2sin 12 ( A B)sin 12 ( B A)
The following are the suggested transformations:

where in each case:

R sin( x ) a sin x b cos x

R sin( x ) a sin x b cos x
R cos( x ) a cos x b sin x
R cos( x ) a cos x b sin x

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REMOVED QUESTIONS

1. Solve the cubic equation: z 3 5 z 2 17 z 13 0 over the complex number field.

5. Solve for x , 0 x 3 , sin 3 x cos x cos 3 x sin x

3
2

8. The polar curve r sin 3 is

shown in this diagram.
The length of the extremities of the
petals shown as A, B and C on the
diagram are located at the maximum
distance from the origin; that is the
value of sin 3 is a maximum.

(a) (i) Show that the extremities of

the petals are positioned for angles of

5 9
,
,
, hence
2 2
2
find the value of for the points A,
B and C.

3 , where 3

(ii) Hence state the points A, B and C in polar coordinate form and label them on the graph above.

(b) Complete the table of values and plot each point on the graph labelling each with the polar
coordinates.
Point label
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3
4

5
4

2
3

(5+6= 11 marks)

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sin 2 x sin 4 x 2sin 12 (2 x 4 x) cos 12 (2 x 4 x) 2sin 3 x cos( x)

2sin(2 x x) cos( x) 2(sin 2 x cos x cos 2 x sin x) cos x
2(2sin x cos x cos x (1 2sin 2 x)sin x) cos x
2 cos x(2sin x cos 2 x sin x 2sin 3 x)
2 cos x(2sin x(1 sin 2 x) sin x 2sin 3 x)
2 cos x(2sin x 2sin 3 x sin x 2sin 3 x)
2 cos x(3sin x 4sin 3 x) 2 cos x sin x(3 4sin 2 x) sin 2 x(3 4sin 2 x)
sin 2 x sin 4 x sin 2 x(3 4sin 2 x) 0
sin 2 x 0

3 4sin 2 x 0

2 x 0, , 2 ,3 , 4

4sin 2 x 3, sin 2 x 34 , sin x

x 0, 2 , , 32 , 2

x 3 , 23 , 43 , 53

sin 2 x sin 4 x 0
sin 2 x sin 4 x 2sin 2 x cos 2 x
2 cos 2 x 1
cos 2 x 12
2x

2
3

, 43 , 83 , 103

x 3 , 23 , 43 , 53

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3
2

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