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Archived Discussion => Mathematics => 2011 => End-of-year exams => Exam Discussion => Victoria => Mathematical Methods CAS => Topic started by: adamclarke on November 08, 2011, 11:08:18 am

Title: How did everyone go?!
Post by: adamclarke on November 08, 2011, 11:08:18 am
How did you all find Methods Exam 1?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: Sharpie on November 08, 2011, 11:15:21 am
shit
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: del on November 08, 2011, 11:16:25 am
destroyed it!

Answers i can remember:

P=3/4

Pr(X<3.5)= 5/8

Pr(X<2|X<3.5)= 3/5

4^x-15*2^x=16 solve for x, x=4

solve for m and a; m=4 and a=8

f(g(x))= square root of (x+8)(x+2)

domain (-infinity, -8] U [-2, infinity]

same anyone?

Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: ARMYMAN0010 on November 08, 2011, 11:19:21 am
http://www.itute.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2447&sid=259dce1ff982b4d0016137a210b2bd07
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: trinitron on November 08, 2011, 11:21:06 am
Yeah got the same, pretty sure i got everything right except
Last question man ....
got the right method but did 2a/a = a instead of 2.... so stupid of me, if my memory is correct the shorter side is meant to be 1 and the longer side is 2.
I got 1 and some root number because i stuffed up 2a/a...... No methods marks either -___-
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: del on November 08, 2011, 11:24:27 am
yeah last question i got that wrong as well, so silly

Hopefully the only mark we lost :)
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: Random_Guy on November 08, 2011, 11:26:12 am
Got all of them (unless I did silly mistakes) except the last question which threw me off because it was only worth 1 mark.
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: ProtonStar on November 08, 2011, 11:36:19 am
I am so so glad I decided to not do maths in Year 12 and pick it back up from the beginning at uni  :P
My mates called me stupid... but I bet they're not laughing now!

On a more positive note, remember this exam was only worth 22%, so don't agonise too much about how you went. Instead utilise these last hours so you can redeem yourself in the truly important methods exam :)
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: bawse on November 08, 2011, 11:37:21 am
Awful.
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: trinh on November 08, 2011, 11:42:57 am
Is {x: x E (-infinity, -8] U [-2, infinity]} the same as {x: x E R\(-8.-2)}?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: BlueSky_3 on November 08, 2011, 11:45:28 am
Yeah that is the same !  ;D
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: kenny_ on November 08, 2011, 11:57:03 am
10d. max L = 9 +3root5 or 19 + 3root5 ?

and underneath a sqroot > 0 or >= 0. I put > does that mean 1 mark lost?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: duquesne9995 on November 08, 2011, 12:04:33 pm
how do you do the last Q10d?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: mickeymouse on November 08, 2011, 12:13:44 pm
destroyed it!

Answers i can remember:

P=3/4

Pr(X<3.5)= 5/8

Pr(X<2|X<3.5)= 3/5

4^x-15*2^x=16 solve for x, x=4

solve for m and a; m=4 and a=8

f(g(x))= square root of (x+8)(x+2)

domain (-infinity, -8] U [-2, infinity]

same anyone?



yes i got that too, lets hope its right
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: trinitron on November 08, 2011, 12:38:05 pm
I am so so glad I decided to not do maths in Year 12 and pick it back up from the beginning at uni  :P
My mates called me stupid... but I bet they're not laughing now!

On a more positive note, remember this exam was only worth 22%, so don't agonise too much about how you went. Instead utilise these last hours so you can redeem yourself in the truly important methods exam :)
Well all up it's worth more because it affects your sac marks.
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: acinod on November 08, 2011, 12:39:47 pm
Didn't use my time efficiently. Spent too long on each question and didn't have enough time to check over and now realised that I made heaps of silly mistakes.
Hopefully scrape an A+ considering everyone else found it hard as well.
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: mickeymouse on November 08, 2011, 12:44:14 pm
Didn't use my time efficiently. Spent too long on each question and didn't have enough time to check over and now realised that I made heaps of silly mistakes.
Hopefully scrape an A+ considering everyone else found it hard as well.

dont worry I will help boost your score
from my performance today
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: maimu on November 08, 2011, 01:22:24 pm
Hi everyone, for the question about domain f(g(x)), I got  (- infinity, -8] and [3, + infinity)
My reason: I also got (- inf, -8] and [-2, inf). But the problem is Dom f(g(x)) = intersection of f(x) and g(x). Domain of f(x) is (-inf, -3] and [3, + inf). Therefore, dom f(g(x) should also be in that range.. Therefore, I got my above result.

Is that wrong?? I'm quite worried :<

ANd for question 2: find an antiderivative. I have "+c" after my antiderivative. Is it acceptable?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: tullfrog on November 08, 2011, 01:24:13 pm
destroyed it!

Answers i can remember:

P=3/4



P ALSO EQUALS 0!!!
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: nos488 on November 08, 2011, 01:56:41 pm
i rejected p=0 as a solution can't remember exactly why, does anyone have a copy of the exam i can't remember much so its difficult to say what i got, i think around 25-30 :(
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: kenny_ on November 08, 2011, 02:05:08 pm
destroyed it!

Answers i can remember:

P=3/4



P ALSO EQUALS 0!!!

Are you sure? that would mean that Pr(Head) = 0 and Pr(Tail) = 1
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: homosapiens on November 08, 2011, 02:08:06 pm
I said p=0 too, it did say it was a biased coin!
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: Andiio on November 08, 2011, 02:08:39 pm
destroyed it!

Answers i can remember:

P=3/4



P ALSO EQUALS 0!!!

Are you sure? that would mean that Pr(Head) = 0 and Pr(Tail) = 1

It was a biased coin
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: kenny_ on November 08, 2011, 02:10:10 pm
destroyed it!

Answers i can remember:

P=3/4



P ALSO EQUALS 0!!!

Are you sure? that would mean that Pr(Head) = 0 and Pr(Tail) = 1

It was a biased coin

GG theres another mark

EDIT: How are we supposed to get 2 Heads and 1 Tail then?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: hary24 on November 08, 2011, 02:17:14 pm
for 4^x- 15x2^x= 16 i wrote the answer as log2(16) which does = 4
do you reckon they would still mark that right?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: Bozo on November 08, 2011, 02:19:58 pm
Yes, but logically, how can their be a coin with inifintite chance?
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: Heartless_Hero on November 08, 2011, 02:22:36 pm
destroyed it!

Answers i can remember:

P=3/4



P ALSO EQUALS 0!!!

p can't equal 0 ..... dickhead
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: mattshen on November 08, 2011, 02:23:17 pm
for 4^x- 15x2^x= 16 i wrote the answer as log2(16) which does = 4
do you reckon they would still mark that right?

yes you will get that mark :)
Title: Re: How did everyone go?!
Post by: Bozo on November 08, 2011, 02:26:53 pm
If p=0, then it is not probability any more as it's outcome would be determined before you tried?