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Year 11 ACT Maths - Specialist Methods sample questions

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ACT BSSS Year 11 Specialist Methods Composite functions hard tangent graph

1. For y = (2x² - 1)⁵, what is dy / dx at x = 1?

Tangent to a composite-function curve P x = 1 T
Choices
  • 20
  • 10
  • 40
  • 5
Explanation:

By the chain rule, dy / dx = 5(2x² - 1)⁴ x 4x. At x = 1, this is 5 x 1⁴ x 4 = 20.

ACT BSSS Year 11 Specialist Methods Product rule hard tangent graph

2. For f(x) = x^2e^x, what is f'(1)?

Product-rule tangent P x = 1 T
Choices
  • 3e
  • 2e
  • e
  • 4e
Explanation:

Using the product rule, f'(x) = 2xe^x + x^2e^x. At x = 1, f'(1) = 2e + e = 3e.

ACT BSSS Year 11 Specialist Methods Trigonometric equations hard unit circle

3. For 0 <= x < 2π, how many solutions does 2sin² x - sin x - 1 = 0 have?

Unit-circle solutions for sine 1 -1/2 θ
Choices
  • 3
  • 2
  • 4
  • 1
Explanation:

Factor as (2sin x + 1)(sin x - 1) = 0. Thus sin x = 1 or sin x = -1 / 2. On 0 <= x < 2π, this gives π / 2, 7π / 6, and 11π / 6, so there are 3 solutions.

ACT BSSS Year 11 Specialist Methods Counting methods hard weighted score chart

4. From 6 senior students and 5 junior students, a committee of 4 must contain exactly 2 senior students. How many committees are possible?

Counting by grouped choices S J 150
Choices
  • 150
  • 300
  • 50
  • 30
Explanation:

Choose 2 of the 6 seniors and 2 of the 5 juniors: C(6, 2) x C(5, 2) = 15 x 10 = 150.

ACT BSSS Year 11 Specialist Methods Exponential modelling hard model graph

5. A quantity is modelled by N = 80e^(0.18t). How long does it take to quadruple, to the nearest 0.1 years?

Exponential growth threshold N 4N T
Choices
  • 7.7 years
  • 4.0 years
  • 9.9 years
  • 22.2 years
Explanation:

Set 320 = 80e^(0.18t), so 4 = e^(0.18t). Hence t = ln 4 / 0.18 = 7.70..., so 7.7 years.

ACT BSSS Year 11 Specialist Methods Normal distribution hard normal curve

6. For X ~ N(52, 7²), and Φ(1) = 0.8413, what is P(X < 59)?

Normal curve with z = 1 A B μ
Choices
  • 0.8413
  • 0.1587
  • 0.5000
  • 0.6826
Explanation:

The z-score is (59 - 52) / 7 = 1. Therefore P(X < 59) = Φ(1) = 0.8413.

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