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VCE Stuff => VCE Mathematics => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Mathematical Methods CAS => Topic started by: taiga on November 28, 2010, 05:54:35 pm
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Hey guys,
I wrote something up for a couple of my students/friends and thought I'd share it on here.
It's for anyone doing 3/4 methods, so give it a try and tell me what you think. I plan on writing more during the year and releasing some of them for everyone (including the "VCEnotes" trial papers). It's not made to be hard or challenging, it's just testing some of the components of the 1/2 course, which may be important to know for 3/4.
Let me know what you think, and any errors!
Solutions up! Please inform me if anything is wrong, they are a bit rushed. Pardon me for the quality :X
p.s. VN Ethics brigade, please leave me alone! I'm sharing it for free okay =.=
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Errors I am aware of:
The good luck animal is a cat, not a taiga
Taiga is not how you spell "tiger"
graph should have axis f(x), not y
3b should read the x-axis, y-axis, the line x=-2, and the curve
edit: reuploaded attachments
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Honestly, if I had done this at the start of the year, I would have been stuck for everything after question 1. >_<
Edit: Pretty good paper on the whole though. I'd do it. =)
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Great paper that is definitely do-able with Unit 1 and 2 knowledge.
Haha love the logo xD
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Nice work taiga!
:D
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Very good paper taiga.
Possibly needs a probability question or two, but other than that, a very good introduction. :)
Edit: Just saw the prob Q, my bad.
Also this is reflective of this years exam 1, which was mainly calculus based.
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Honestly, if I had done this at the start of the year, I would have been stuck for everything after question 1. >_<
Edit: Pretty good paper on the whole though. I'd do it. =)
Ow, I didn't intend for it to be too difficult, I think there are some things like the period, range, and factorization of a cubic which really are musts for knowing by the end of 1/2 though :X
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Honestly, if I had done this at the start of the year, I would have been stuck for everything after question 1. >_<
Edit: Pretty good paper on the whole though. I'd do it. =)
Ow, I didn't intend for it to be too difficult, I think there are some things like the period, range, and factorization of a cubic which really are musts for knowing by the end of 1/2 though :X
After doing 1+2, would say that it is tough, but do-able for sure. Good work taiga!
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Honestly, if I had done this at the start of the year, I would have been stuck for everything after question 1. >_<
Edit: Pretty good paper on the whole though. I'd do it. =)
Ow, I didn't intend for it to be too difficult, I think there are some things like the period, range, and factorization of a cubic which really are musts for knowing by the end of 1/2 though :X
After doing 1+2, would say that it is tough, but do-able for sure. Good work taiga!
Aah that's good to hear sorta, I did want to make it easy-ish though :X
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I don't know what everyone is saying, it wasn't too difficult but I'm glad I did it, found an area I may want to read over again!
Also, Q12, b)... If matt is so bad, why is he on the team?!?!
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I don't know what everyone is saying, it wasn't too difficult but I'm glad I did it, found an area I may want to read over again!
Also, Q12, b)... If matt is so bad, why is he on the team?!?!
good point, but thats maths I suppose... logic doesn't play much part in methods 1+2 questions
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I'll put the answers up soonish, there are 1 or 2 tricks in the paper :)
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this looks pretty good, might give it a shot tomorrow :P
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Nice paper, do you have the solutions for it ?
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Honestly, if I had done this at the start of the year, I would have been stuck for everything after question 1. >_<
Edit: Pretty good paper on the whole though. I'd do it. =)
Ow, I didn't intend for it to be too difficult, I think there are some things like the period, range, and factorization of a cubic which really are musts for knowing by the end of 1/2 though :X
After doing 1+2, would say that it is tough, but do-able for sure. Good work taiga!
Aah that's good to hear sorta, I did want to make it easy-ish though :X
Sorry, my comment was kinda stupid. I didn't do units 1/2 so at the start of this year much of the stuff on that paper would have been quite foreign to me. Once again, a really good paper. What's your intention with making these? A once off or...?
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Nice paper :)
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Honestly, if I had done this at the start of the year, I would have been stuck for everything after question 1. >_<
Edit: Pretty good paper on the whole though. I'd do it. =)
Ow, I didn't intend for it to be too difficult, I think there are some things like the period, range, and factorization of a cubic which really are musts for knowing by the end of 1/2 though :X
After doing 1+2, would say that it is tough, but do-able for sure. Good work taiga!
Aah that's good to hear sorta, I did want to make it easy-ish though :X
Sorry, my comment was kinda stupid. I didn't do units 1/2 so at the start of this year much of the stuff on that paper would have been quite foreign to me. Once again, a really good paper. What's your intention with making these? A once off or...?
Haha that's good :)
As for making these, I'm going to focus on writing another one of these for Chem, and also working in teams with other VN members to construct 3/4 trial papers.
I am only writing individual ones for chemistry, methods, and gma transitions from 1/2 to 3/4. I think it's something that hasn't really been done before, and hopefully they are of help to people. I also don't mind if tutors (individual private ones) use them to gain an idea of where their students are at, as this was the one of the main purposes of writing this.
I do have a couple more, but I don't intend to release them to the public at this stage, as I'd like to keep some exclusive, and also I don't think they are applicable to a wider audience as much :)
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Haha that's good :)
As for making these, I'm going to focus on writing another one of these for Chem, and also working in teams with other VN members to construct 3/4 trial papers.
I am only writing individual ones for chemistry, methods, and gma transitions from 1/2 to 3/4. I think it's something that hasn't really been done before, and hopefully they are of help to people. I also don't mind if tutors (individual private ones) use them to gain an idea of where their students are at, as this was the one of the main purposes of writing this.
I do have a couple more, but I don't intend to release them to the public at this stage, as I'd like to keep some exclusive, and also I don't think they are applicable to a wider audience as much :)
Sweet. I'll definitely look forward to seeing the chemistry one.
(I would +karma but I'm kinda newb :P)
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Haha that's good :)
As for making these, I'm going to focus on writing another one of these for Chem, and also working in teams with other VN members to construct 3/4 trial papers.
I am only writing individual ones for chemistry, methods, and gma transitions from 1/2 to 3/4. I think it's something that hasn't really been done before, and hopefully they are of help to people. I also don't mind if tutors (individual private ones) use them to gain an idea of where their students are at, as this was the one of the main purposes of writing this.
I do have a couple more, but I don't intend to release them to the public at this stage, as I'd like to keep some exclusive, and also I don't think they are applicable to a wider audience as much :)
Sweet. I'll definitely look forward to seeing the chemistry one.
(I would +karma but I'm kinda newb :P)
I don't think I'll get chem done till about January 12 though :(
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excellent paper.
not overly difficult, but not easy either.
get the answers up asap!
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excellent paper.
not overly difficult, but not easy either.
get the answers up asap!
Will be up sunday night :)
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lol at a black cat telling me 'good luck'!
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Great work! :)
Most of it's relatively simple after having done 1/2.
One or two questions did seem a little tricky though.
I'll wait for answers to check (:
Hope we get to see more of these soon :D
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Solutions are up
Apologies for horrendous quality
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Thanks Taiga, good paper!
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5b should read the x-axis, y-axis, the line x=-2, and the curve
I think you meant 3b taiga...
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5b should read the x-axis, y-axis, the line x=-2, and the curve
I think you meant 3b taiga...
Thank you :)
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Hey taiga,
great exam, really helpful!
The only question i got stuck on was 3b...
I hope this isn't a stupid question but...when you get a chance; could you just type out the method on here? I looked at the solutions but i'm a bit confused at how to work that one out.
thanks heaps!
:)
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Basically the question is asking what the area bound between the curve, the x-axis, and the y-axis is.
We can do this by finding when the graph hits x=-2 and the y axis (-2 and 0 respectively)
Then we integrate the function in question with respect to x, from -2 to 0. This is the most common method of finding area under the curve in methods :)
The solution there has it in its expanded form however.
If that doesen't clear it up just ask :)
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Ohhh okay, that makes sense...
Thanks for your help! :)
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Will we ever be given a domain of 0<x<7?
Also, does getting the log question right, but then moving the y to the top get marks?
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I've been meaning to do this the day you uploaded it.
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Will we ever be given a domain of 0<x<7?
Also, does getting the log question right, but then moving the y to the top get marks?
How would you go about moving the y to the top? :S
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It's nice..
GET BETTER HAND WRITING?
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It's nice..
GET BETTER HAND WRITING?
Haha sorry, if you have any questions about solutions, I'm happy to explain :)
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If anyone has done it, could you please tell me how you went
thanks!
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Its pretty good, doing this paper gave me a more confident approach towards methods since I thought I was behind because of last year. Thanks Taiga.
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I think if you can do any of the questions there you're at a stage to just start on the theory from 3/4 without any major need to revise 1/2.
Though I'm somewhat halfway through a second tech-active paper which will go into more depth
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I'm giving this a casual bump just so people can try it out before the holiday's end, and then I shall let it die a peaceful death :)
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Good paper here.
if you can't do some (or most) of these questions don't be discouraged...this is probably more difficult than the 2010 VCAA exam.
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yes definitely don't be discouraged, it can all be done with 1/2 knowledge nonetheless
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Are you serious that this is more difficult?
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probably not :P
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My confidence went down like a negative parabola just there..... :(
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Hey guys,
I wrote something up for a couple of my students/friends and thought I'd share it on here.
It's for anyone doing 3/4 methods, so give it a try and tell me what you think. I plan on writing more during the year and releasing some of them for everyone (including the "VCEnotes" trial papers). It's not made to be hard or challenging, it's just testing some of the components of the 1/2 course, which may be important to know for 3/4.
Let me know what you think, and any errors!
Solutions up! Please inform me if anything is wrong, they are a bit rushed. Pardon me for the quality :X
p.s. VN Ethics brigade, please leave me alone! I'm sharing it for free okay =.=
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Errors I am aware of:
The good luck animal is a cat, not a taiga
Taiga is not how you spell "tiger"
graph should have axis f(x), not y
3b should read the x-axis, y-axis, the line x=-2, and the curve
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If you are looking for the exam, it can be found in the 'Notes' section of the website :)
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If you are looking for the exam, it can be found in the 'Notes' section of the website :)
sorry are you able to post the link??? i can't find it for some reason
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http://www.atarnotes.com/?p=notes&a=feedback&id=539
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Where can I find solutions?
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Where can I find solutions?
I don't know where the original files on the site are but I've got them on my computer so I'll reupload them onto the main post. Check back in a couple of minutes, should have it up by then.
edit: they're up