2019 Preliminary Assessment Task 1

Mathematics Extension 1

General  Reading time – 5 minutes

Instructions  Working time – 90 minutes
 Write using black pen
 NESA approved calculators may be used
 For Questions 11 – 14, show relevant mathematical reasoning
and/or calculations.

Total marks: Section I – 10 marks (pages 2 – 5)

58  Attempt Questions 1 – 10
 Allow about 15 minutes for this section

Section II – 48 marks (pages 6 – 10)

 Attempt Questions 11 – 14
 Allow about 1 hour and 15 minutes for this section
Section I

10 marks
Attempt Questions 1 – 10
Allow about 15 minutes for this section

Use the multiple-choice answer page in the writing booklet for Questions 1 – 10.

1 A student committee consists of 10 general members and a president. The general

members are selected from 15 students in Year 11. The president is selected from 4
students in Year 12. In how many ways could the committee be selected?

15
(A) C 10 + 4 C 1 (B) 15
P10 + 4 P 1 (C) 15
C 10 × 4 C 1 (D) 15
P10 × 4 P 1

2 Peter and Sam are among eight people who arrange themselves at random in a
straight line. What is the probability that Peter and Sam are next to each other?

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 7 8

3 There are K people in a room and each person picks a day of the year to get a free
dinner at a fancy restaurant. If the year is a leap year (366 days), what is the smallest
value of K such that it is guaranteed that there will be at least one group of six people
who select the same day?

(A) 1830 (B) 1831 (C) 2196 (D) 2197

4 How many numbers greater than 5000 can be formed with the digits 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
if no digit is used more than once in a number?

(A) 96 (B) 120 (C) 196 (D) 216

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5 At a dinner party, the host, hostess and their six guests sit around a circular table. In
how many ways can they be arranged if the host and hostess wish to be separated?

(A) 720 (B) 1440 (C) 3600 (D) 5040

6 Consider the following ray.

Which of the following pairs of parametric equations best describes the ray above?

t2
(A) x= , y= t 2 + 3 (B) x= 2t 2 , y= t 2 + 3
2

t
(C) x = , y= t + 3 (D) x = 2t , y = t + 3
2

7 Given that f ( x ) is an odd function and g ( x ) is an even function. Which of the

following statements is incorrect?

(A) f ( x ) g ( x ) is an odd function. (B) f ( x ) + g ( x ) is an odd function.

1
(C) is an odd function. (D) g ( x ) is an even function.
f ( x)

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8 In how many ways can a group of 2n people be split into two groups of n people?

2n 2n
2n Cn 2n Pn
(A) Cn (B) (C) Pn (D)
2 2

9 The curve below is the graph of y = f ( x ).

Which of the following graphs could not have been the graph of y = f ( x ) ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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10 Which graph best represents the curve y= x2 − x ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

End of Section I

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Section II

48 marks
Attempt Questions 11 – 14
Allow about 1 hour and 15 minutes for this section

Answer each question in the appropriate section of the writing booklet. Extra writing paper is
available.

In Questions 11 – 14, your responses should include relevant mathematical reasoning and/or
calculations.

Question 11 (12 marks) Use the Question 11 section of the writing booklet.

(a) Solve 1 − 3x < 7 and graph the solution on a number line. 3

4
(b) Solve < 5. 2
x +1

(c) A function is given by f ( x ) = x 2 + 6 x + 2 .

(i) Explain why the domain of the function f ( x ) must be restricted if f ( x ) is 1

to have an inverse function.

(ii) Give the equation for f −1 ( x ) if the domain of f ( x ) is restricted to x ≥ −3 . 2

(iii) State the domain and range of f −1 ( x ) , given the restriction in part (ii). 2

(iv) Sketch the curve y = f −1 ( x ) , showing the intercepts with the coordinate axes. 2

End of Question 11

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Question 12 (12 marks) Use the Question 12 section of the writing booklet.

(a) The diagram below shows the graphs of y = f ( x ) and y = g ( x ) .

of y f ( x ) + g ( x ) on the number plane given in your answer

Draw the graph = 2
booklet.

x2 − 4
(b) Solve ≤ 0. 3
x

(c) The eight letters of the word ADDITION are written on separate identical cards.

(i) How many different ways can the cards be arranged in a line if there are no 2
restrictions?

(ii) Five cards are chosen and placed in a line to form a 5-letter word, how many 3
different 5-letter words are possible?

(iii) A word is palindromic if it reads the same backward as forward. For example, 2
the words BOB, PEEP and KAYAK are all palindromic.

If one of the 5-letter words from part (ii) is chosen at random, what is the
probability that the chosen word is palindromic?

End of Question 12

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Question 13 (12 marks) Use the Question 13 section of the writing booklet.

(a) The diagram below shows the graph of y = f ( x ) . The graph has a horizontal asymptote
at y = 0 .

On separate number planes given in your answer booklet, draw:

1
(i) y = 2
f ( x)

(ii) y= f ( x) 2

(iii) y = f ( x) 2

Question 13 continues on page 9

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Question 13 (continued)

(b) Below is the graph of y = x 2 − 2 x − 4 .

(i) On the number plane given in your answer booklet, accurately sketch the 2
graph of y = x 2 − 2 x − 4 .

(ii) Hence, or otherwise, solve x 2 − 2 x − 4 ≤ 4 . 2

(c) In the movie “Cheaper by the Dozen”, there are 12 children in the family.

(i) Show that at least two of the children were born on the same day of the week. 1

(ii) Can we guarantee that two of the children will be born in the same month? 1
Justify your answer.

End of Question 13

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Question 14 (12 marks) Use the Question 14 section of the writing booklet.

(a) Four men and four women are to be seated around a circular table. In how many ways
can this be done if:

(i) there are no restrictions? 1

(ii) all of the women want to sit together? 2

(iii) the men (M) want to sit in separate pairs and the women (W) also want to sit in 2
separate pairs, as shown in the diagram below?

(b) Consider the 4 × 4 grid of dots below.

(i) How many ways can three dots be chosen such that they are collinear? 2

(ii) Hence, or otherwise, find the number of triangles that can be formed such 2
that each vertex of the triangle is a dot on the grid.

n +1
(c) Find all possible value(s) of n such that C 3 + 2 × n −1C 2 = 6 × nC 2 . 3

End of Paper

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