VCE Year 12 Specialist Mathematics practice questions
VCE Year 12 Specialist Mathematics practice questions
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36 practice skills
VCE Year 12 Specialist Mathematics includes 36 practice skills across Complex numbers and vectors, Proof, algebra and functions, Calculus and differential equations, and Mechanics and modelling.
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VCE Year 12Specialist MathematicsComplex numbershardcomplex plane
1. On the Argand diagram, point z is 3 + 4i. Which Cartesian equation describes the locus L of points w = x + yi such that |w - z| = |w|?
Choices
6x + 8y = 25
3x + 4y = 5
x2 + y2 = 25
8x - 6y = 25
Explanation:
Points on the locus are equally distant from z and the origin. Squaring distances gives (x - 3)2 + (y - 4)2 = x2 + y2, so 6x + 8y = 25.
VCE Year 12Specialist MathematicsVectorshardvector diagram
2. In the vector diagram, a = (3, 4), b = (7, 1), and p denotes the component of b perpendicular to a. What is |p|?
Choices
5
1
√10
25
Explanation:
Since b . a = 25 and a . a = 25, proj_a b = a = (3, 4). Hence p = b - a = (4, -3), with magnitude √(42 + (-3)2) = 5.
VCE Year 12Specialist MathematicsDifferential equationshardslope field
3. The slope field represents dy/dx = 2y(3 - y), and the drawn solution curve S starts from y(0) = 1. Which long-term behaviour is consistent with S?
Choices
y increases towards 3
y decreases towards 0
y becomes negative
y grows without bound
Explanation:
The equilibrium solutions are y = 0 and y = 3. For 0 < y < 3, 2y(3 - y) is positive, so the solution rises and approaches the stable equilibrium y = 3.
VCE Year 12Specialist MathematicsMechanicshardgraph
4. The velocity-time graph is linear from v = 8 m/s at t = 0 to v = -4 m/s at t = 6, crossing v = 0 at t = 4. What distance does the particle travel over 0 ≤ t ≤ 6?
Choices
20 m
12 m
16 m
24 m
Explanation:
The velocity is zero at t = 4. Distance is the area above the axis plus the magnitude of the area below it: 1/2 x 4 x 8 + 1/2 x 2 x 4 = 16 + 4 = 20 m.
VCE Year 12Specialist MathematicsComplex rootshardroot diagram
5. The diagram marks point P, the root of z6 = 64 with argument 2π/3. Which exact Cartesian form is P?
Choices
-1 + (√3)i
1 + (√3)i
-√3 + i
2 + (√3)i
Explanation:
The modulus of each root is 641/6 = 2. At argument 2π/3, point P is 2(cos 2π/3 + i sin 2π/3) = -1 + (√3)i.
VCE Year 12Specialist MathematicsParametric calculushardtangent graph
6. For x = t2 - 1 and y = t3 - t, the graph marks point P where t = 2 and shows the tangent T. What is dy/dx at P?
Choices
11/4
4/11
5/4
11/2
Explanation:
Use dy/dx = (dy/dt)/(dx/dt). Here dy/dt = 3t2 - 1 and dx/dt = 2t, so at point P where t = 2 the gradient is 11/4.
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Complex numbers and vectors
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Mechanics and modelling
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