Sydney Girls High School

November 2015

MATHEMATICS EXTENSION 2

YEAR 12
ASSESSMENT TASK 1 for HSC 2016

Time Allowed: 60 minutes + 5 minutes reading time

Total: 48 marks

Topics: Circular Motion, Curve Sketching

There are FOUR (4) Questions which are of equal value

Attempt all questions
Show all necessary working. Marks may be deducted for badly arranged work or incomplete working
Start each question on a new page.
Write on one side of the paper only.
Diagrams are NOT to scale.
Board-approved calculators may be used
Use g =10 ms -2

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Question 1 (12 marks) Marks

(a) Sketch the following without using calculus and showing all important
features on separate number planes.

i) y= 1 − x 3 2

ii) 4 x2 − y 2 =
8 2

iii) =y x 2 (16 − x 2 ) 2

(b) A string of length 120cm is attached to a fixed point on a smooth table. An object of 2
mass 3 kg is attached at the end of the string. Find the tension in the string if the
object is rotated with uniform circular motion at a speed of 5 metres per second.

(c) A 2 metre piece of string ABC has a mass of 2 kg at point B and 3 kg at point C.

The masses are placed on a smooth table with the string attached to the table at A.
The system is rotated about A and the string breaks when it reaches a speed of rotation
of 5 radians per second.

i) Find the breaking strain of the string. 2

ii) If the masses at B and C are now swapped, find the new maximum angular 2
speed of rotation.

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Question 2 (Start a new page) (12 marks) Marks

( x -1) 2 y 2 2
(a) Graph the curve + =
1.
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(b) Copy the graph of y = f ( x) and on the same diagram, clearly sketch the inverse 2
function y = f −1 ( x) .

(c) By considering the graphs of y = sin x (for −2π ≤ x ≤ 2π ) and y = 3x , 2

sketch the graph of=y sin x + 3x .

(d) A heavy mass at the end of a light rod is rotated in a circle, with the motion
resembling a conical pendulum, making an angle of 300 with the vertical.
The length of the light rod is 4 metres.

i) Find the time to complete one revolution, correct to 1 decimal place. 3

ii) Find the velocity of the mass. 1
iii) If the angular speed is trebled, find the new angle with the vertical, to the 2
nearest degree.

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Question 3 (Start a new page) (12 marks) Marks

(a) The graph of the odd function y = f ( x) is shown below.

Sketch the following, showing all important features on separate number planes.

i) y= f (x) 1

y =  f ( x ) 
2 1
ii)

1 2
iii) y=
f ( x)

iv) y = 2 f ( x) 2

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Question 3 (continued) Marks

(b) A particle P, of mass 4 kg is connected by light rods attached to the fixed points A and
B as shown in the diagram below. The point B is vertically below A at a distance of 4
60° and ∠PBA =
metres and ∠PAB = 30° .

The forces acting on the particle at P are T 1 (the tension in the rod AP),
T 2 (the tension in the rod BP) and mg (gravity).

i) Show that the radius OP = 3 metres. 2

ii) If the particle rotates at 30 rev/min about O, show that the tension in rods AP 4
and BP are respectively:
=T1 2( g + 3π 2 )

and T2 2 3(π 2 − g )
=

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Question 4 (Start a new page) (12 marks) Marks

x2 + 2x + 4
(a) For the function f ( x) =
x2 − x − 6

i) Find the equations of all asymptotes of y = f ( x) . 2

ii) Sketch y = f ( x) clearly showing the asymptotes and any intercepts. 2

(b) Sketch=y x 4 − x2 2

(c) A circular cone of semi-vertical angle θ is fixed with its vertex upwards. A particle P
of mass 2m kg is attached to the vertex V by a light inextensible string of length
2a metres.
The particle P rotates with uniform angular velocity ω in a horizontal circle on the
outside surface of the cone and in contact with it.

i) =
Show that the tension in the string is given by: T 2m( g cos θ + 2aω 2 sin 2 θ ) . 4

ii) Derive an expression for the normal force N acting on P. 1

iii) Show that for the particle to remain in steady motion on the surface of the 1
cone, then:
1
 g 2
ω < 
 2a cos θ 

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