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Mathematical
Methods CAS
Year 11 VCE Unit 1 and 2
2006
Semester 1 Exam
Analysis Exam
Questions: 2 questions x 10 marks = 20 marks
1 question x 15 marks = 15 marks
Total:

35 marks

Time Allowed: 90 min writing time

Student Name:.
Teachers Name:

Mrs C Marshall

Mr P Sapiano

Conditions: You may use CAS calculator technology for this exam

Q1 A closed cylinder has volume 40cm3. The cylinder has height h and radius r.

a) Find and expression for h in terms of r.

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b) Show that the surface area, S cm2, of this box is given by :
S=

2r2 + 80
r

(c)

Sketch the graph of

S : [1 , 5] R , S(r) = 2r2 +

80
r

Show the coordinates at x = 1 and x = 5 on the graph.

(d) State the domain and range of the function S(r).

( e) Find the values of r and h for the surface area to be a minimum within this
domain.

( 5 x 2 marks = 10 marks )

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Q2 A school yard accident occurs in the town of Baconsfield. A school boy falls into
a ditch that can be modeled by the cubic function shown below:

Mathematicians
working at the site
want to save the boy.
They first need to
calculate the equation
of the function in the
form:

a) Find the values of a ,b, c and d and hence determine the equation of the cubic
function.

b) If the boy is within the domain [-1, 2] and is located at the minimum point
between these points. Find the coordinates of the boys location. ( ie the
graphs minimum )
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c) The clever mathematicians decide to place a ladder in the ditch. The boy can
then climb out. The ladder would have to touch the minimum point and also
reach the point ( 2 , 0 ). Calculate the length of the ladder to two decimal
places.

d) Realizing that their ladder was too short the mathematicians decide to take a
different approach to save the boy. They decide to flood water into the ditch
so that the boy begins to float to the point m with coordinates (x,y).

If the mathematicians have a ladder that is 13.36m in length and would like the
ladder to start from ( - 1 , 0 ) and reach the point m. What would the coordinates of
the point m have to be for the ladder to just reach the boy?
Hint:

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( 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 = 10 marks )