Newington

College Year 11 Ext 1 Mathematics Assessment 2 2011

Question 1 (18 Marks) Marks

(a) Factorise fully

(i) 16 x3 54 y 3 2

(ii) x y + y x 2
2 2


(iii) a5 2a3 + a 3

1 x
(b) Simplify + 3
y x ( x y )2

(c) Express 2.039 as a rational number in its simplest form. 3

12
(d) Express 2 27 + 3 48 in its simplest form. 2
2

(e) Solve the equations x y = 6 and x2 + y 2 = 18 simultaneously 3
and explain the geometric significance of your answer.

Question 2 (18 Marks) (START QUESTION IN A NEW BOOKLET)

(a) Solve

(i) x 3 = 11 2

(ii) 2 x 11 = 3x 4 3

(iii) 1 2 x 5 2

1 y y 2 y +1
(iv) = 2
6 3 4


2
(b) Express 1 + in the form a + b 3 where a and b are rational. 3
3 1

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Question 2 Continued. Marks

(c) If x y + x + y = 6 , find the value of x and y. 2

x
(d) Solve < 2 4
x 1

Question 3 (18 Marks) (START QUESTION IN A NEW BOOKLET)

(a) If f ( x) = x 2 + 2 and g ( x) = 2 x + 3 , find the value of f ( g (3)) . 2

1
(b) Write down the natural domain of f ( x) = 1
x 9
2

2x 3
(c) Sketch the function y = , stating the equations of its vertical 5
x 1
and horizontal asymptotes?

(d) Noting any restrictions on the domain of the function, make a neat sketch 2
of the graph of

x2 9
y=
x+3

(e) Solve x 2 + x + 1 = 3 . 3

(f) Sketch the graphs of y = x + 2 and y = x 4 on the same set of axes 5

and use your graphs to solve x + 2 x 4 .

Question 4 (18 Marks) (START QUESTION IN A NEW BOOKLET)

1 tan 2 30o
(a) Without using a calculator, prove that = cos 60o. 3
1 + tan 30
2 o

5
(b) If is acute and sec = , find the exact value of: 3
2

(i) sin
(ii) tan

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Question 4 Continued. Marks

(c) From two observation points A and B 1 km apart, a balloon C is observed at 4
angles of elevation of 56o and 34o respectively. Find to the nearest metre,
the height of the balloon above the ground.

560 340
A B
1 km

sin135o cos 240o

(d) Find the exact value of . 2
sin 225o + cos120o

5
(e) If tan = and 270o < < 360o , find the exact value of cos . 2
12

1 cos
(f) Prove = . 2
sec + tan 1 + sin

2 cos 2 1
(g) Prove = 1 . 2
cos 2 sin 2



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