HSC 2017-2018 Maths Marathon (3 Viewers)

boredofstudiesuser1 · Feb 8, 2017

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davidgoes4wce said:
I was also looking to compare (b) v (f)....................earlier I mentioned (b) v (d)

Yeah, I just assumed so

since d had no angle marked or hypotenuse

davidgoes4wce · Feb 8, 2017

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boredofstudiesuser1 said:
Yeah, I just assumed so since d had no angle marked or hypotenuse

I learnt something new I guess, I always had the assumption that with congruency tests, that if there was a right angle in there, it was always RHS.

Not sure if the majority of HSC and prelim students knew that in the back of their mind. (And I'm not afraid to say this was from a Year 9 Maths textbook

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19KANguy · Feb 11, 2017

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Show that x^3 - 8 has only one linear factor over the real number field,

What is the real number field?

Mahan1 · Feb 17, 2017

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19KANguy said:
Show that x^3 - 8 has only one linear factor over the real number field,

What is the real number field?

To solve it in a different way, we can look at the roots, since $x^{3}-8$ is a cubic polynomial then there are three roots, $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$ .Obviously one of the roots is 2,so let $\alpha = 2$
then sum and product of the roots imply
$\beta+ \gamma = -2, \beta \gamma = 4$
then
$( \beta+ \gamma)^{2} = \beta \gamma = 4$
which implies
$\beta^{2}+\gamma^{2} = -4$
and no real number satisfies above equality, hence there is only one linear factor

dragon658 · Feb 19, 2017

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Hey guys,
I've got little to no idea about how to solve the logarithmic equation questions I've come across in the past hsc papers.

Can someone help me solve: 2lnx=ln(5+4x) AND 2log(base5)^3=log(base5)^x-log(base5)^6

1729 · Feb 19, 2017

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dragon658 said:
Hey guys,
I've got little to no idea about how to solve the logarithmic equation questions I've come across in the past hsc papers.

Can someone help me solve: 2lnx=ln(5+4x) AND 2log(base5)^3=log(base5)^x-log(base5)^6

$$\noindent \textbf{QUESTION 1} \\ $ \begin{align*} 2\ln{x} &= \ln{(5+4x)} \\ \ln{x^2} &= \ln{(5+4x)} \\ x^2 &= 5 + 4x \\ x^2 - 4x - 5 &= 0 \\ (x-5)(x+1) &= 0 \\ x &= -1, 5 \\ x \neq -1 \textrm{ } (x > 0), \textrm{ } x &= 5 \end{align*} \\\\\\ $\textbf{QUESTION 2} \\ $ \begin{align*} 2\log_5{3} &= \log_5{x} - \log_5{6} \\ \log_5{9} &= \log_5{\frac{x}{6}} \\ 9 &= \frac{x}{6} \\ x &= 54 \end{align*}$

Mathew587 · Feb 19, 2017

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Herooo, Pls help with this

1729 · Feb 19, 2017

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Mathew587 said:
Herooo, Pls help with this
View attachment 33803

$$\noindent $T_n = S_n - S_{n-1}.$ Your answer is $T_{16} = 249 - 233 = 16$

envlam · Feb 19, 2017

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$\begin{align*}T_{50}&=S_{50}-S_{49}\\&= 249-233\\&= 16\end{align*}$

edit: My bad, didn't see there was an answer already

Mathew587 · Feb 20, 2017

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Oh you can do that? My teachers a bit weird and would want us to actually write the whole solution out. How could you prove Tn = Sn - Sn-1?? ^^D

1729 · Feb 20, 2017

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Mathew587 said:
Oh you can do that? My teachers a bit weird and would want us to actually write the whole solution out. How could you prove Tn = Sn - Sn-1?? ^^D

$$\noindent $\begin{align*} S_n &= T_1 + T_2 +T_3 + ... + T_{n-1} + T_n \\ S_{n-1} &= T_1 + T_2 + T_3 + ... + T_{n-1} \end{align*} \\ $As can be seen, $S_n - S_{n-1} = T_n$

dan964 · Mar 20, 2017

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Just a reminder this is a marathon thread, not for posting textbook errata. I have removed those posts and put into a separate thread
http://community.boredofstudies.org...l-maths-questions-textbook-errata-2017-a.html

davidgoes4wce · Apr 1, 2017

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$$ Given x= $ \frac{6}{5} $ and $ y=1+\frac{1}{x}$

$Express y as a simple fraction$

Mahan1 · Apr 5, 2017

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davidgoes4wce said:
$$ Given x= $ \frac{6}{5} $ and $ y=1+\frac{1}{x}$

$Express y as a simple fraction$

$x=\frac{6}{5} \Rightarrow y = 1+\frac{1}{x} = 1 + \frac{1}{\frac{6}{5}} = 1 + \frac{5}{6} = \frac{11}{6}$

davidgoes4wce · Apr 7, 2017

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davidgoes4wce · Apr 7, 2017

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OK I got nothing else to do on a Friday night I am going to have an honest go at this question.

davidgoes4wce · Apr 8, 2017

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