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Re: HSC 2016 2U Marathon

I'm a perfectionist, I want to make sure that every step I do in maths is mistake-free as possible.
You can make a list of mistakes in another thread then. :p
This is the marathon. It never was a textbook correction site...
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NEXT QUESTION (since nobody wants to be a dear):


HINT for b) (highlight): Firstly, if you picked a graphical approach to b), well done you took the easy path. Here is the alternate solution:
If you did part a) right, you would know that it is a local minimum. But the minimum turning point is at (0,1), so e^x-x≥1! The trick to notice then is that e^x-x>0 because 1>0, so e^x>x, and thus without a graph you can tell straight away that e^x>x anyway and thus must be the upper curve for the integral.
Be careful, this is a volume between two curves question. NOT AREA!
 
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You can make a list of mistakes in another thread then. :p
This is the marathon. It never was a textbook correction site...
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NEXT QUESTION (since nobody wants to be a dear):


HINT for b) (highlight): Firstly, if you picked a graphical approach to b), well done you took the easy path. Here is the alternate solution:
If you did part a) right, you would know that it is a local minimum. But the minimum turning point is at (0,1), so e^x-x≥1! The trick to notice then is that e^x-x>0 because 1>0, so e^x>x, and thus without a graph you can tell straight away that e^x>x anyway and thus must be the upper curve for the integral.
Be careful, this is a volume between two curves question. NOT AREA!
Part a)

 

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Great
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NEXT QUESTION:
(May not have turned out as I planned it to be. Advise if there's a problem)
 
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Am I right in saying the coordinate (4,6) , distance from the tangent to the circle, are the same where it is touching the circle (2 instances)?

 

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Am I right in saying the coordinate (4,6) , distance from the tangent to the circle, are the same where it is touching the circle (2 instances)?

Yes, this is a circle geometry theorem from HSC 3U ("tangents from a common external point are equal").
 

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Try avoiding it if this is a 2U question. If it's 3U, naturally yes like InteGrand said.

(When the students' get seriously stuck in the exam thinking of a 2U approach and know a 3U one really well they jump to it anyway though.)
 

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Try avoiding it if this is a 2U question. If it's 3U, naturally yes like InteGrand said.

(When the students' get seriously stuck in the exam thinking of a 2U approach and know a 3U one really well they jump to it anyway though.)
If you use a 3u method in 2u, it's still full marks right assuming the working out and answer are right

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If you use a 3u method in 2u, it's still full marks right assuming the working out and answer are right

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I know. But if it's at a 2U difficulty then there must be a 2U level solution.
 

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I made that question too far back. So long as you correctly:
1) Squared and expanded
2) Arranged into any appropriate form Ax^2+By^2+Cx+Dy+E=0
You were good

The completing the square part was actually not required until part b but if you did that correctly then np.
 

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Pretty sad how this hasn't been answered yet but it could just be cause of the lateness this topic is typically taught so just this time I'm gonna steal a 16er question.







 

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The second integral can be re-interpreted as the integral of the sideways parabola from x=5 to it's vertex.

The first integral can be reinterpreted in a similar fashion.

Both integrals are like filling up a two-dimensional parabolic cup from the vertex with 4 units of two-dimensional water.
 

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Okay I gave it a shot, but I'm pretty sure my logic is a bit faulty
I tried to solve it geometrically as well, I think. Is that what you meant by geometrically?
http://imgur.com/Mn29MRz
 
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