2016 VCE Further Maths Exam 1

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Number of marks: 40

Reading time: 15 minutes

Writing time: 1.5 hours

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SECTION A – Core

Data analysis

Use the following information to answer Questions 1 and 2.

The blood pressure (low, normal, high) and the age (under 50 years, 50 years or over) of 110 adults were recorded. The results are displayed in the two-way frequency table below.

	Age
Blood pressure	Under 50 years	50 years or over
low	15	5
normal	32	24
high	11	23
Total	58	52

Question 1 [2016 Exam 1 Q1]

The percentage of adults under 50 years of age who have high blood pressure is closest to

A. 11%
B. 19%
C. 26%
D. 44%
E. 58%

Question 2 [2016 Exam 1 Q2]

The variables blood pressure (low, normal, high) and age (under 50 years, 50 years or over) are

A. both nominal variables.
B. both ordinal variables.
C. a nominal variable and an ordinal variable respectively.
D. an ordinal variable and a nominal variable respectively.
E. a continuous variable and an ordinal variable respectively.

Question 3 [2016 Exam 1 Q3]

The stem plot below displays 30 temperatures recorded at a weather station.

The modal temperature is

A. 2.8 °C
B. 2.9 °C
C. 3.7 °C
D. 8.0 °C
E. 9.0 °C

Use the following information to answer Questions 4 and 5.

The weights of male players in a basketball competition are approximately normally distributed with a mean of 78.6 kg and a standard deviation of 9.3 kg.

Question 4 [2016 Exam 1 Q4]

There are 456 male players in the competition.
The expected number of male players in the competition with weights above 60 kg is closest to

A. 3
B. 11
C. 23
D. 433
E. 445

Question 5 [2016 Exam 1 Q5]

Brett and Sanjeeva both play in the basketball competition.
When the weights of all players in the competition are considered, Brett has a standardised weight of $z = -0.96$ and Sanjeeva has a standardised weight of $z = -0.26$
Which one of the following statements is not true?

A. Brett and Sanjeeva are both below the mean weight for players in the basketball competition.
B. Sanjeeva weighs more than Brett.
C. If Sanjeeva increases his weight by 2 kg, he would be above the mean weight for players in the basketball competition.
D. Brett weighs more than 68 kg.
E. More than 50% of the players in the basketball competition weigh more than Sanjeeva.

Question 6 [2016 Exam 1 Q6]

The histogram below shows the distribution of the number of billionaires per million people for 53 countries.

Histogram showing the distribution of the number of billionaires per million people.

Using this histogram, the percentage of these 53 countries with less than two billionaires per million people is closest to

A. 49%
B. 53%
C. 89%
D. 92%
E. 98%

Question 7 [2016 Exam 1 Q7]

The histogram below shows the distribution of the number of billionaires per million people for the same 53 countries as in Question 6, but this time plotted on a log₁₀ scale.

Histogram of the number of billionaires per million people on a log10 scale.

Based on this histogram, the number of countries with one or more billionaires per million people is

A. 1
B. 3
C. 8
D. 9
E. 10

Question 8 [2016 Exam 1 Q8]

Parallel boxplots would be an appropriate graphical tool to investigate the association between the monthly median rainfall, in millimetres, and the

A. monthly median wind speed, in kilometres per hour.
B. monthly median temperature, in degrees Celsius.
C. month of the year (January, February, March, etc.).
D. monthly sunshine time, in hours.
E. annual rainfall, in millimetres.

Use the following information to answer Questions 9 and 10.

The scatterplot below shows life expectancy in years (life expectancy) plotted against the Human Development Index (HDI) for a large number of countries in 2011.
A least squares line has been fitted to the data and the resulting residual plot is also shown.

Scatterplot of life expectancy vs HDI, and the corresponding residual plot.

The equation of this least squares line is
life expectancy = 43.0 + 0.422 × HDI
The coefficient of determination is $r^2 = 0.875$

Question 9 [2016 Exam 1 Q9]

Given the information above, which one of the following statements is not true?

A. The value of the correlation coefficient is close to 0.94
B. 12.5% of the variation in life expectancy is not explained by the variation in the Human Development Index.
C. On average, life expectancy increases by 43.0 years for each 10-point increase in the Human Development Index.
D. Ignoring any outliers, the association between life expectancy and the Human Development Index can be described as strong, positive and linear.
E. Using the least squares line to predict the life expectancy in a country with a Human Development Index of 75 is an example of interpolation.

Question 10 [2016 Exam 1 Q10]

In 2011, life expectancy in Australia was 81.8 years and the Human Development Index was 92.9
When the least squares line is used to predict life expectancy in Australia, the residual is closest to

A. –0.6
B. –0.4
C. 0.4
D. 11.1
E. 42.6

Question 11 [2016 Exam 1 Q11]

The table below gives the Human Development Index (HDI) and the mean number of children per woman (children) for 14 countries in 2007.
A scatterplot of the data is also shown.

HDI	Children
27.3	7.6
31.3	6.1
39.5	4.9
41.6	3.9
44.0	3.8
50.8	4.3
52.3	2.7
62.5	3.0
69.1	2.4
74.6	2.1
78.9	1.9
85.6	1.8
92.0	1.9
83.4	1.6

The scatterplot is non-linear.
A log transformation applied to the variable children can be used to linearise the scatterplot.
With HDI as the explanatory variable, the equation of the least squares line fitted to the linearised data is closest to

A. log(children) = 1.1 – 0.0095 × HDI
B. children = 1.1 – 0.0095 × log(HDI)
C. log(children) = 8.0 – 0.77 × HDI
D. children = 8.0 – 0.77 × log(HDI)
E. log(children) = 21 – 10 × HDI

Question 12 [2016 Exam 1 Q12]

There is a strong positive association between a country’s Human Development Index and its carbon dioxide emissions.
From this information, it can be concluded that

A. increasing a country’s carbon dioxide emissions will increase the Human Development Index of the country.
B. decreasing a country’s carbon dioxide emissions will increase the Human Development Index of the country.
C. this association must be a chance occurrence and can be safely ignored.
D. countries that have higher human development indices tend to have higher levels of carbon dioxide emissions.
E. countries that have higher human development indices tend to have lower levels of carbon dioxide emissions.

Question 13 [2016 Exam 1 Q13]

Consider the time series plot below.

Time series plot of mean temperature vs month number.

The pattern in the time series plot shown above is best described as having

A. irregular fluctuations only.
B. an increasing trend with irregular fluctuations.
C. seasonality with irregular fluctuations.
D. seasonality with an increasing trend and irregular fluctuations.
E. seasonality with a decreasing trend and irregular fluctuations.

Use the following information to answer Questions 14–16.

The table below shows the long-term average of the number of meals served each day at a restaurant. Also shown is the daily seasonal index for Monday through to Friday.

	Day of the week
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Long-term average	89	93	110	132	145	190	160
Seasonal index	0.68	0.71	0.84	1.01	1.10

Question 14 [2016 Exam 1 Q14]

The seasonal index for Wednesday is 0.84
This tells us that, on average, the number of meals served on a Wednesday is

A. 16% less than the daily average.
B. 84% less than the daily average.
C. the same as the daily average.
D. 16% more than the daily average.
E. 84% more than the daily average.

Question 15 [2016 Exam 1 Q15]

Last Tuesday, 108 meals were served in the restaurant.
The deseasonalised number of meals served last Tuesday was closest to

A. 93
B. 100
C. 110
D. 131
E. 152

Question 16 [2016 Exam 1 Q16]

The seasonal index for Saturday is closest to

A. 1.22
B. 1.31
C. 1.38
D. 1.45
E. 1.49

Recursion and financial modelling

Question 17 [2016 Exam 1 Q17]

Consider the recurrence relation below.

$A_0 = 2, \quad A_{n+1} = 3A_n + 1$

The first four terms of this recurrence relation are

A. 0, 2, 7, 22 ...
B. 1, 2, 7, 22 ...
C. 2, 5, 16, 49 ...
D. 2, 7, 18, 54 ...
E. 2, 7, 22, 67 ...

Question 18 [2016 Exam 1 Q18]

The value of an annuity, $V_n$, after $n$ monthly payments of $555 have been made, can be determined using the recurrence relation

$V_0 = 100\,000, \quad V_{n+1} = 1.0025 V_n - 555$

The value of the annuity after five payments have been made is closest to

A. $97 225
B. $98 158
C. $98 467
D. $98 775
E. $110 224

Question 19 [2016 Exam 1 Q19]

The purchase price of a car was $26 000.
Using the reducing balance method, the value of the car is depreciated by 8% each year.
A recurrence relation that can be used to determine the value of the car after $n$ years, $C_n$, is

A. $C_0 = 26\,000, \quad C_{n+1} = 0.92 C_n$
B. $C_0 = 26\,000, \quad C_{n+1} = 1.08 C_n$
C. $C_0 = 26\,000, \quad C_{n+1} = C_n + 8$
D. $C_0 = 26\,000, \quad C_{n+1} = C_n - 8$
E. $C_0 = 26\,000, \quad C_{n+1} = 0.92 C_n - 8$

Question 20 [2016 Exam 1 Q20]

Consider the recurrence relation below.

$V_0 = 10\,000, \quad V_{n+1} = 1.04 V_n + 500$

This recurrence relation could be used to model

A. a reducing balance depreciation of an asset initially valued at $10 000.
B. a reducing balance loan with periodic repayments of $500.
C. a perpetuity with periodic payments of $500 from the annuity.
D. an annuity investment with periodic additions of $500 made to the investment.
E. an interest-only loan of $10 000.

Question 21 [2016 Exam 1 Q21]

Juanita invests $80 000 in a perpetuity that will provide $4000 per year to fund a scholarship at a university.
The graph that shows the value of this perpetuity over a period of five years is

Five graphs showing the value of an investment over five years.

Question 22 [2016 Exam 1 Q22]

The first three lines of an amortisation table for a reducing balance home loan are shown below.
The interest rate for this home loan is 4.8% per annum compounding monthly.
The loan is to be repaid with monthly payments of $1500.

Payment number	Payment	Interest	Principal reduction	Balance of loan
0	0	0.00	0.00	250 000.00
1	1500	1000.00	500.00	249 500.00
2	1500

The amount of payment number 2 that goes towards reducing the principal of the loan is

A. $486
B. $502
C. $504
D. $996
E. $998

Question 23 [2016 Exam 1 Q23]

Sarah invests $5000 in a savings account that pays interest at the rate of 3.9% per annum compounding quarterly. At the end of each quarter, immediately after the interest has been paid, she adds $200 to her investment.
After two years, the value of her investment will be closest to

A. $5805
B. $6600
C. $7004
D. $7059
E. $9285

Question 24 [2016 Exam 1 Q24]

Mai invests in an annuity that earns interest at the rate of 5.2% per annum compounding monthly.
Monthly payments are received from the annuity.
The balance of the annuity will be $130 784.93 after five years.
The balance of the annuity will be $66 992.27 after 10 years.
The monthly payment that Mai receives from the annuity is closest to

A. $1270
B. $1400
C. $1500
D. $2480
E. $3460

SECTION B – Modules

Module 1 – Matrices

Question 1 [2016 Exam 1 M1 Q1]

The transpose of $\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 7 & 10 \\ 13 & 19 & 8 \end{bmatrix}$ is

A. $\begin{bmatrix} 13 & 19 & 8 \\ 2 & 7 & 10 \end{bmatrix}$
B. $\begin{bmatrix} 10 & 7 & 2 \\ 8 & 19 & 13 \end{bmatrix}$
C. $\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 13 \\ 7 & 19 \\ 10 & 8 \end{bmatrix}$
D. $\begin{bmatrix} 13 & 2 \\ 19 & 7 \\ 8 & 10 \end{bmatrix}$
E. $\begin{bmatrix} 8 & 10 \\ 19 & 7 \\ 13 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$

Question 2 [2016 Exam 1 M1 Q2]

The matrix product $\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \times \begin{bmatrix} L \\ E \\ A \\ P \\ S \end{bmatrix}$ is equal to

A. $\begin{bmatrix} L \\ A \\ P \\ S \\ E \end{bmatrix}$
B. $\begin{bmatrix} L \\ E \\ A \\ P \\ S \end{bmatrix}$
C. $\begin{bmatrix} P \\ L \\ E \\ A \\ S \end{bmatrix}$
D. $\begin{bmatrix} P \\ A \\ L \\ E \\ S \end{bmatrix}$
E. $\begin{bmatrix} P \\ E \\ A \\ L \\ S \end{bmatrix}$

Question 3 [2016 Exam 1 M1 Q3]
The matrix equation below represents a pair of simultaneous linear equations.

$\begin{bmatrix} 12 & 9 \\ m & 3 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} x \\ y \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 6 \\ 6 \end{bmatrix}$

These simultaneous linear equations have no unique solution when $m$ is equal to

A. –4

B. –3

C. 0

D. 3

E. 4

Question 4 [2016 Exam 1 M1 Q4]

The table below shows the number of each type of coin saved in a moneybox.

Coin	5 cent	10 cent	20 cent	50 cent
Number	15	32	48	24

The matrix product that displays the total number of coins and the total value of these coins is

A. $[5 \quad 10 \quad 20 \quad 50] \begin{bmatrix} 15 \\ 32 \\ 48 \\ 24 \end{bmatrix}$
B. $[15 \quad 32 \quad 48 \quad 24] \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 5 \\ 1 & 10 \\ 1 & 20 \\ 1 & 50 \end{bmatrix}$
C. $[5 \quad 10 \quad 20 \quad 50] \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 15 \\ 1 & 32 \\ 1 & 48 \\ 1 & 24 \end{bmatrix}$
D. $[15 \quad 32 \quad 48 \quad 24] \begin{bmatrix} 5 \\ 10 \\ 20 \\ 50 \end{bmatrix}$
E. $\begin{bmatrix} 5 & 10 & 20 & 50 \\ 15 & 32 & 48 & 24 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 1 \\ 1 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}$

Question 5 [2016 Exam 1 M1 Q5]

Let $M = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 \end{bmatrix}$
The element in row $i$ and column $j$ of $M$ is $m_{ij}$.
The elements of $M$ are determined by the rule

A. $m_{ij} = i + j - 1$
B. $m_{ij} = 2i - j + 1$
C. $m_{ij} = 2i + j - 2$
D. $m_{ij} = i + 2j - 2$
E. $m_{ij} = i + j + 1$

Question 6 [2016 Exam 1 M1 Q6]

Families in a country town were asked about their annual holidays.
Every year, these families choose between staying at home ($H$), travelling ($T$) and camping ($C$).
The transition diagram below shows the way families in the town change their holiday preferences from year to year.

Transition diagram for holiday preferences.

A transition matrix that provides the same information as the transition diagram is

Five transition matrices labelled A to E.

Question 7 [2016 Exam 1 M1 Q7]

Each week, the 300 students at a primary school choose art ($A$), music ($M$) or sport ($S$) as an afternoon activity.
The transition matrix below shows how the students’ choices change from week to week.

Transition matrix T for student activities.

Based on the information above, it can be concluded that, in the long term

A. no student will choose sport.
B. all students will choose to stay in the same activity each week.
C. all students will have chosen to change their activity at least once.
D. more students will choose to do music than sport.
E. the number of students choosing to do art and music will be the same.

Question 8 [2016 Exam 1 M1 Q8]

The matrix below shows the result of each match between four teams, $A, B, C$ and $D$, in a bowling tournament. Each team played each other team once and there were no draws.

Dominance matrix for a bowling tournament.

In this tournament, each team was given a ranking that was determined by calculating the sum of its one-step and two-step dominances. The team with the highest sum was ranked number one (1). The team with the second-highest sum was ranked number two (2), and so on.
Using this method, team $C$ was ranked number one (1).
Team $A$ would have been ranked number one (1) if the winner of one match had lost instead.
That match was between teams

A. $A$ and $B$.
B. $A$ and $D$.
C. $B$ and $C$.
D. $B$ and $D$.
E. $C$ and $D$.

Module 2 – Networks and decision mathematics

Question 1 [2016 Exam 1 M2 Q1]

Lee, Mandy, Nola, Oscar and Pieter are each to be allocated one particular task at work.
The bipartite graph below shows which task(s), 1–5, each person is able to complete.

Bipartite graph showing workers and the tasks they can complete.

Each person completes a different task.
Task 4 must be completed by

A. Lee.
B. Mandy.
C. Nola.
D. Oscar.
E. Pieter.

Question 2 [2016 Exam 1 M2 Q2]

The following directed graph shows the flow of water, in litres per minute, in a system of pipes connecting the source to the sink.

Directed graph showing flow from a source to a sink.

The maximum flow, in litres per minute, from the source to the sink is

A. 10
B. 14
C. 18
D. 20
E. 22

Question 3 [2016 Exam 1 M2 Q3]

The following graph with five vertices is a complete graph.

Edges are removed so that the graph will have the minimum number of edges to remain connected.
The number of edges that are removed is

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 9
E. 10

Question 4 [2016 Exam 1 M2 Q4]

The minimum spanning tree for the network below includes the edge with weight labelled $k$.

The total weight of all edges for the minimum spanning tree is 33.
The value of $k$ is

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Question 5 [2016 Exam 1 M2 Q5]

Consider the planar graph below.

Which one of the following graphs can be redrawn as the planar graph above?

Use the following information to answer Questions 6 and 7.

The directed graph below shows the sequence of activities required to complete a project.
All times are in hours.

Directed graph showing project activities and durations.

Question 6 [2016 Exam 1 M2 Q6]

The number of activities that have exactly two immediate predecessors is

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4

Question 7 [2016 Exam 1 M2 Q7]

There is one critical path for this project.
Three critical paths would exist if the duration of activity

A. $I$ were reduced by two hours.
B. $E$ were reduced by one hour.
C. $G$ were increased by six hours.
D. $K$ were increased by two hours.
E. $F$ were increased by two hours.

Question 8 [2016 Exam 1 M2 Q8]

Five children, Alan, Brianna, Chamath, Deidre and Ewen, are each to be assigned a different job by their teacher. The table below shows the time, in minutes, that each child would take to complete each of the five jobs.

	Alan	Brianna	Chamath	Deidre	Ewen
Job 1	5	8	5	8	7
Job 2	5	7	6	7	4
Job 3	9	5	7	5	9
Job 4	7	7	9	8	5
Job 5	4	4	4	4	3

The teacher wants to allocate the jobs so as to minimise the total time taken to complete the five jobs.
In doing so, she finds that two allocations are possible.
If each child starts their allocated job at the same time, then the first child to finish could be either

A. Alan or Brianna.
B. Brianna or Deidre.
C. Chamath or Deidre.
D. Chamath or Ewen.
E. Deidre or Ewen.

Module 3 – Geometry and measurement
Question 1 [2016 Exam 1 M3 Q1]
Consider the diagram below.

The shaded area, in square centimetres, is

A. 35

B. 45

C. 60

D. 85

E. 95

Correct Answer: A
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Question 2 [2016 Exam 1 M3 Q2]
Triangle $ABC$ is similar to triangle $DEF$.

The length of $DF$, in centimetres, is

A. 0.9

B. 1.2

C. 1.8

D. 2.7

E. 3.6

Correct Answer: D
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Question 3 [2016 Exam 1 M3 Q3]
The diagram above shows the position of three cities, $A, B$ and $C$.

According to the diagram

A. $A$ is located on a longitude of 60° N

B. $B$ is located on a longitude of 20° E

C. $C$ is located on a longitude of 40° S

D. $A$ and $B$ are located on the same line of longitude

E. $A$ and $C$ are located on the same line of longitude

Correct Answer: E
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Question 4 [2016 Exam 1 M3 Q4]
All towns in the state of Victoria are in the same time zone.
Mallacoota (38° S, 150° E) and Portland (38° S, 142° E) are two coastal towns in the state of Victoria.
On one day in January, the sun rose in Mallacoota at 6.03 am.
Assuming that 15° of longitude equates to a one-hour time difference, the time that the sun was expected to rise in Portland is

A. 5.31 am.

B. 5.55 am.

C. 6.03 am.

D. 6.11 am.

E. 6.35 am.

Correct Answer: E
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Question 5 [2016 Exam 1 M3 Q5]
A water tank in the shape of a cylinder with a hemispherical top is shown below.

The volume of water that this tank can hold, in cubic metres, is closest to

A. 80

B. 88

C. 96

D. 105

E. 121

Correct Answer: A
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Question 6 [2016 Exam 1 M3 Q6]
Marcus is on the opposite side of a large lake from a horse and its stable. The stable is 150 m directly east of the horse. Marcus is on a bearing of 170° from the horse and on a bearing of 205° from the stable.

The straight-line distance, in metres, between Marcus and the horse is closest to

A. 45

B. 61

C. 95

D. 192

E. 237

Correct Answer: E
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Question 7 [2016 Exam 1 M3 Q7]
The diagram below shows a rectangular-based right pyramid, $ABCDE$.
In this pyramid, $AB = DC = 24$ cm, $AD = BC = 10$ cm and $AE = BE = CE = DE = 28$ cm.

The height, $OE$, of the pyramid, in centimetres, is closest to

A. 10.4

B. 13.0

C. 24.8

D. 25.3

E. 30.9

Correct Answer: C
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Question 8 [2016 Exam 1 M3 Q8]
A string of seven flags consisting of equilateral triangles in two sizes is hanging at the end of a racetrack, as shown in the diagram below.

The edge length of each black flag is twice the edge length of each white flag.
For this string of seven flags, the total area of the black flags would be

A. two times the total area of the white flags.

B. four times the total area of the white flags.

C. $\frac{4}{3}$ times the total area of the white flags.

D. $\frac{16}{3}$ times the total area of the white flags.

E. $\frac{16}{9}$ times the total area of the white flags.

Correct Answer: D
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Module 4 – Graphs and relations
Question 1 [2016 Exam 1 M4 Q1]
The graph below shows the temperature, in degrees Celsius, between 6 am and 6 pm on a given day.

From 2 pm to 6 pm, the temperature decreased by

A. 4 °C

B. 11 °C

C. 12 °C

D. 15 °C

E. 23 °C

Correct Answer: B
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Question 2 [2016 Exam 1 M4 Q2]
A phone company charges a fixed, monthly line rental fee of $28 and $0.25 per call.
Let $n$ be the number of calls that are made in a month.
Let $C$ be the monthly phone bill, in dollars.
The equation for the relationship between the monthly phone bill, in dollars, and the number of calls is

A. $C = 28 + 0.25n$

B. $C = 28n + 0.25$

C. $C = n + 28.25$

D. $C = 28(n + 0.25)$

E. $C = 0.25(n + 28)$

Correct Answer: A
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Question 3 [2016 Exam 1 M4 Q3]
The graph below shows a straight line that passes through the points (6, 6) and (8, 9).

The coordinates of the point where the line crosses the x-axis are

A. (–3, 0)

B. (1, 0)

C. (1.5, 0)

D. (2, 0)

E. (4, 0)

Correct Answer: D
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Question 4 [2016 Exam 1 M4 Q4]
The point (3, –2) satisfies the inequality

A. $y \ge 0$

B. $y \ge \frac{2}{3}x$

C. $-2 < x < 3$

D. $y < 5 - x$

E. $y > x - 5$

Correct Answer: D
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Question 5 [2016 Exam 1 M4 Q5]
The feasible region for a linear programming problem is shaded in the diagram below.

The equation of the objective function for this problem is of the form

$P = ax + by$, where $a > 0$ and $b > 0$

The dotted line in the diagram has the same slope as the objective function for this problem.
The maximum value of the objective function can be determined by calculating its value at

A. point $A$.

B. point $B$.

C. point $C$.

D. point $D$.

E. any point along line segment $BC$.

Correct Answer: E
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Question 6 [2016 Exam 1 M4 Q6]
The point (2, 12) lies on the graph of $y = kx^n$, as shown below.

Another graph that represents this relationship between $y$ and $x$ could be

Correct Answer: B
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Question 7 [2016 Exam 1 M4 Q7]
Simon grows cucumbers and zucchinis.
Let $x$ be the number of cucumbers that are grown.
Let $y$ be the number of zucchinis that are grown.
For every two cucumbers that are grown, Simon grows at least three zucchinis.
An inequality that represents this situation is

A. $y \ge \frac{x}{2} + 3$

B. $y \ge \frac{x}{3} + 2$

C. $y \le \frac{x}{3} + 2$

D. $y \ge \frac{2x}{3}$

E. $y \ge \frac{3x}{2}$

Correct Answer: E
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Question 8 [2016 Exam 1 M4 Q8]
Megan walks from her house to a shop that is 800 m away.
The equation for the relationship between the distance, in metres, that Megan is from her house $t$ minutes after leaving is

$\textit{distance} = \begin{cases} 100t & 0 \le t \le 6 \\ 600 & 6 < t \le a \\ kt & a < t \le 10 \end{cases}$

If Megan reaches the shop 10 minutes after leaving her house, the value of $a$ is

A. 7.0

B. 7.5

C. 8.0

D. 8.5

E. 9.0

End of Multiple-Choice Question Book

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