MATHEMATICS3C/3D

TESTTHREEEQUATIONS,INEQUALITIESandPROOF
Friday23rdMay,2014
TimeAllowed:55minutes

TOTALMARK:

NAME:

/20(Nocalculator)+/35(Calculator)= 55

TEACHERCOMMENT:

Studentselfassessmentofoutcomedescriptions
Simplifyalgebraicfractionsthatinvolvesumsanddifferences,
productsandquotients,withconstants,linearexpressionsand
quadratictermsineitherthenumeratororthedenominator.
Solveequationsandinequationsthatinvolvealgebraicfractions
withconstant,linearorquadratictermsinthenumeratorand/or
denominator.
Solvetwovariablelinearprogrammingproblems,with
sensitivityanalysis.
Solvesystemsofequationsinthreevariablesbyasystematic
eliminationmethod.
Make,test,provealgebraicallyand/ordisprovebycounter
exampleconjecturesbasedonnumberpatterns,divisibilityand
similarintegersituations.
Distinguishgeneralgeometricargumentsfromspecificcases;
followandascertainthevalidityofgeometricarguments.
Solveproblemsinvolvingtriangles(isosceles,right,similarand
congruent),anglesincirclesandtangentstocircles.
Constructdeductiveproofsinvolvingtriangles(isosceles,right,
similarandcongruent),anglesincirclesandtangentstocircles.

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Demonstrate
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SECTIONONERESOURCEFREE(20marks).Recommendedtimeallocationis20minutes.
1. [10marks]
2x
3

(a) Convert x 4 x 1 toaformthathasacommondenominator

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2x
3

0
(b) Hence,orotherwise,solve x 4 x 1

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3
1

(c) Identifyallthevaluesofxforwhich x 5 x 3

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2. [5marks]
Determinethevaluesofx,yandzwhichsatisfythissetofsimultaneousequations:
2x y z 3

x y 2 z 12

x 2 y 3z 9

Spareworkingspace:

3. [5marks]
IfPisanoddprime,thenatleastoneof P 2 or P 2 willalsobeprime.
(a)Isthisconjecturetruefor P 11? Explainhow.

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(b) Isittruefor P 2 ?Why?

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(c) Isitgenerallytrue?Provideeitheranexplanationoracounterexample.

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Spareworkingspace:

NAME:
SECTIONTWOCALCULATORS(CASandscientific),1A4pageofNOTESandmathematical
templatesALLOWED(35marks).Suggestedtime35minutes.

4.

[8marks]
(a) Giventhat AB / / DE ,asshown,provethatABC : EDC.

[2]

(b) Useapropertyofsimilartrianglestodeterminexandy

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(c) Oisthecentreofthecircle,withPandRonthecircumference.ShowthatPORisisosceles.
[1]

o
(d) OPR 21 .Evaluate,withabriefreasonorexplanation:
POR
(i)
[1]

PQR
(ii)
[1]
PSR
(iii)
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5. [15marks]
Thisgraphrepresentstheinitialfeasibleregionforthenumbersofsmall(x)andlarge(y)
containersthatarestoredinthewarehouseofSentinelStorageLimited.

Each
smallcontainerrequires8m2offloorspaceandeachlargecontainer12m2.

(a) Fromthegraph,identify:

(i)

themaximumnumberofcontainersthatcanbestored

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(ii)

theequationoftheothergraphedinequality

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(b) Addtheserestrictionstothegraph:

(i)

themaximumavailablefloorspaceis960m2.

(ii)

thenumberoflargecontainerscannotexceedthenumberofsmallcontainersby
morethan30
[2]

(c) Clearlymarkalltheverticesoftherevisedfeasibleregion.

[2]

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(d) Sentinelsmanagementcharges$20perweektostoreasmallcontainer.Whatrangeof

chargesforalargecontainerwillensurethattheirpreferencetostore60smalland40large
containersismaintained,whilstmaximisingrevenue?
Whatisthismaximumrevenue?
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6.

[12marks]
(a) Forthecircle,centreOandtangentdrawnatX,asshown,evaluate ,givingreasonsforeach
step:
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Twocircles,centresPandQ,intersectatpointsXandY,asshown.
(b) Provethat PXQ PYQ

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(b) IfXY=8cm,andthecircleshaveradii8.5cmand5cmrespectively,determinethedistance
PQ.
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