Duration: 60 minutes
Permitted Materials: Graphics Calculator (or on laptop), 1 A4 Cheatsheet
Name: _____________________________
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Date: ______________________
= 61/2
a) Shape of the graph (1 mark)
c) Asymptotes (1 mark)
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Graph 2:
=
a) Shape of the graph (1 mark)
+2
2 + 3
c) Asymptotes (2 mark)
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Graph 3:
= 5 + 8 ln
a) Shape of the graph (1 mark)
c) Asymptotes (1 mark)
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15
22
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
10.02
9.51
6.70
4.72
3.33
2.23
1.35
0.82
0.50
0.30
0.18
0.11
1. Use Excel to model the given data sets above and decide on the best model. State your
reasons. (2 marks)
b. asymptotes (1 mark)
c. as x, y? (1 mark)
3. What is the amount of Insulin in the bloodstream after 10 minutes? How confident are you?
Why? (2 marks)
4. After 95 minutes, predict the amount of Insulin remaining in the bloodstream. How
confident are you? Why? (2 marks)
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Part B:
The table below shows the horizontal distance (in feet) travelled by a baseball hit at various
angles. The initial speed of the ball at the bat is constant.
Angle
(degrees)
Distance
(feet)
10
15
20
24
30
34
40
45
48
50
58
60
64
115.6
157.2
189.2
220.8
253.8
269.2
284.8
285
277.4
269.2
244.2
231.4
180.4
1. Use Excel to model the given data sets above and decide on the best model. State your
reasons. (2 marks)
b. asymptotes (1 mark)
c. as x, y? (1 mark)
3. What distance will correspond to an angle of 5? How confident are you? Why? (2 marks)
4. What angle(s) will correspond to a distance of 250 feet? How confident are you? Why? (3
marks)
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Part C:
The maximum speed of a Chinese dragonboat with increasing numbers of paddlers is
recorded in the table:
Number of paddlers
Maximum speed (km/h)
10
18
30
8.7
10.2
12.6
15.9
19.5
1. Use Excel to model the given data sets above and decide on the best model. State your
reasons. (2 marks)
b. asymptotes (1 mark)
c. as x, y? (1 mark)
3. Predict the maximum speed of a dragonboat if they are 15 paddlers. How confident are you
with your answer? Why? (2 marks)
4. Predict the maximum speed of a dragonboat if there are 40 paddlers. How confident are
you with your answer? Why? (2 marks)
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