
SL Paper 1
The function is defined for all . The line with equation is the tangent to the graph of at .
The function is defined for all where and .
Write down the value of .
Find .
Find .
Hence find the equation of the tangent to the graph of at .
Let , for . The point lies on the graph of .
Let . The point lies on the graph of and is the reflection of point in the line .
The line is tangent to the graph of at .
Write down the coordinates of .
Given that , find the equation of in terms of , and .
The line is tangent to the graph of at and has equation .
The line passes through the point .
The gradient of the normal to at is .
Find the equation of in terms of .
Consider the functions , for , and for .
The following diagram shows the graphs of and .
The graphs of and intersect at points and . The coordinates of are .
In the following diagram, the shaded region is enclosed by the graph of , the graph of , the -axis, and the line , where .
The area of the shaded region can be written as , where .
Find the coordinates of .
Find the value of and the value of .
The following table shows the probability distribution of a discrete random variable , in terms of an angle .
Show that .
Given that , find .
Let , for . The graph of between and is rotated 360° about the -axis. Find the volume of the solid formed.
Let be an obtuse angle such that .
Let .
Find the value of .
Line passes through the origin and has a gradient of . Find the equation of .
The following diagram shows the graph of for 0 ≤ ≤ 3. Line is a tangent to the graph of at point P.
Given that is parallel to , find the -coordinate of P.
A school café sells three flavours of smoothies: mango (), kiwi fruit () and banana ().
85 students were surveyed about which of these three flavours they like.
35 students liked mango, 37 liked banana, and 26 liked kiwi fruit
2 liked all three flavours
20 liked both mango and banana
14 liked mango and kiwi fruit
3 liked banana and kiwi fruit
Using the given information, complete the following Venn diagram.
Find the number of surveyed students who did not like any of the three flavours.
A student is chosen at random from the surveyed students.
Find the probability that this student likes kiwi fruit smoothies given that they like mango smoothies.
The diagram shows a circular horizontal board divided into six equal sectors. The sectors are labelled white (W), yellow (Y) and blue (B).
A pointer is pinned to the centre of the board. The pointer is to be spun and when it stops the colour of the sector on which the pointer stops is recorded. The pointer is equally likely to stop on any of the six sectors.
Eva will spin the pointer twice. The following tree diagram shows all the possible outcomes.
Find the probability that both spins are yellow.
Find the probability that at least one of the spins is yellow.
Write down the probability that the second spin is yellow, given that the first spin is blue.
A particle moves along the -axis. The velocity of is at time seconds, where for . When is at the origin .
Find the value of when reaches its maximum velocity.
Show that the distance of from at this time is metres.
Sketch a graph of against , clearly showing any points of intersection with the axes.
Find the total distance travelled by .
Rosewood College has 120 students. The students can join the sports club () and the music club ().
For a student chosen at random from these 120, the probability that they joined both clubs is and the probability that they joined the music club is.
There are 20 students that did not join either club.
Complete the Venn diagram for these students.
One of the students who joined the sports club is chosen at random. Find the probability that this student joined both clubs.
Determine whether the events and are independent.
Consider .
Expand and simplify in ascending powers of .
By using a suitable substitution for , show that .
Show that , where is a positive real constant.
It is given that , where . Find the value of .
In an international competition, participants can answer questions in only one of the three following languages: Portuguese, Mandarin or Hindi. 80 participants took part in the competition. The number of participants answering in Portuguese, Mandarin or Hindi is shown in the table.
A boy is chosen at random.
State the number of boys who answered questions in Portuguese.
Find the probability that the boy answered questions in Hindi.
Two girls are selected at random.
Calculate the probability that one girl answered questions in Mandarin and the other answered questions in Hindi.
A small cuboid box has a rectangular base of length cm and width cm, where . The height is cm, where .
The sum of the length, width and height is cm.
The volume of the box is cm3.
Write down an expression for in terms of .
Find an expression for in terms of .
Find .
Find the value of for which is a maximum.
Justify your answer.
Find the maximum volume.
Let .
The graph of has horizontal tangents at the points where = and = , < .
Find .
Find the value of and the value of .
Sketch the graph of .
Hence explain why the graph of has a local maximum point at .
Find .
Hence, use your answer to part (d)(i) to show that the graph of has a local minimum point at .
The normal to the graph of at and the tangent to the graph of at intersect at the point (, ) .
Find the value of and the value of .
The following diagram shows part of the graph of a quadratic function .
The graph of has its vertex at , and it passes through point as shown.
The function can be written in the form .
The line is tangent to the graph of at .
Now consider another function . The derivative of is given by , where .
Write down the equation of the axis of symmetry.
Write down the values of and .
Point has coordinates . Find the value of .
Find the equation of .
Find the values of for which is an increasing function.
Find the values of for which the graph of is concave-up.
A function, , has its derivative given by , where . The following diagram shows part of the graph of .
The graph of has an axis of symmetry .
The vertex of the graph of lies on the -axis.
The graph of has a point of inflexion at .
Find the value of .
Write down the value of the discriminant of .
Hence or otherwise, find the value of .
Find the value of the gradient of the graph of at .
Sketch the graph of , the second derivative of . Indicate clearly the -intercept and the -intercept.
Write down the value of .
Find the values of for which the graph of is concave-down. Justify your answer.
Consider , for , where .
The equation has exactly one solution. Find the value of .
A factory produces shirts. The cost, C, in Fijian dollars (FJD), of producing x shirts can be modelled by
C(x) = (x − 75)2 + 100.
The cost of production should not exceed 500 FJD. To do this the factory needs to produce at least 55 shirts and at most s shirts.
Find the cost of producing 70 shirts.
Find the value of s.
Find the number of shirts produced when the cost of production is lowest.
The equation of a curve is .
The gradient of the tangent to the curve at a point P is .
Find .
Find the coordinates of P.
Consider a function with domain . The following diagram shows the graph of , the derivative of .
The graph of , the derivative of , has -intercepts at and . There are local maximum points at and and a local minimum point at .
Find all the values of where the graph of is increasing. Justify your answer.
Find the value of where the graph of has a local maximum.
Find the value of where the graph of has a local minimum. Justify your answer.
Find the values of where the graph of has points of inflexion. Justify your answer.
The total area of the region enclosed by the graph of , the derivative of , and the -axis is .
Given that , find the value of .
Let , for . The following diagram shows part of the graph of .
The graph of crosses the -axis at the origin and at the point .
The line intersects the graph of at another point Q, as shown in the following diagram.
Find the area of the region enclosed by the graph of and the line .
Let , for .
Find .
Part of the graph of f is shown in the following diagram.
The shaded region R is enclosed by the graph of f, the x-axis, and the lines x = 1 and x = 9 . Find the volume of the solid formed when R is revolved 360° about the x-axis.
Let .
Consider the functions and , for ≥ 0.
The graphs of and are shown in the following diagram.
The shaded region is enclosed by the graphs of , , the -axis and .
Hence find .
Write down an expression for the area of .
Hence find the exact area of .
Let . Part of the graph of is shown in the following diagram.
The graph of crosses the -axis at the point P. The line L is tangent to the graph of at P.
Find .
Hence, find the equation of L in terms of .
The graph of has a local minimum at the point Q. The line L passes through Q.
Find the value of .
A closed cylindrical can with radius r centimetres and height h centimetres has a volume of 20 cm3.
The material for the base and top of the can costs 10 cents per cm2 and the material for the curved side costs 8 cents per cm2. The total cost of the material, in cents, is C.
Express h in terms of r.
Show that .
Given that there is a minimum value for C, find this minimum value in terms of .
Let .
Let , where .
Let and .
(i) Find the first four derivatives of .
(ii) Find .
(i) Find the first three derivatives of .
(ii) Given that , find .
(i) Find .
(ii) Hence, show that .
The expression can be written as . Write down the value of .
Hence, find the value of .
In this question, all lengths are in metres and time is in seconds.
Consider two particles, and , which start to move at the same time.
Particle moves in a straight line such that its displacement from a fixed-point is given by , for .
Find an expression for the velocity of at time .
Particle also moves in a straight line. The position of is given by .
The speed of is greater than the speed of when .
Find the value of .
The following diagram shows part of the graph of , for .
Let be any point on the graph of . Line is the tangent to the graph of at .
Line intersects the -axis at point and the -axis at point B.
Find in terms of and .
Show that the equation of is .
Find the area of triangle in terms of .
The graph of is translated by to give the graph of .
In the following diagram:
- point lies on the graph of
- points , and lie on the vertical asymptote of
- points and lie on the horizontal asymptote of
- point lies on the -axis such that is parallel to .
Line is the tangent to the graph of at , and passes through and .
Given that triangle and rectangle have equal areas, find the gradient of in terms of .
The following diagram shows the graph of , and rectangle . The rectangle has a vertex at the origin , a vertex on the -axis at the point , a vertex on the -axis at the point and a vertex at point on the graph.
Let represent the perimeter of rectangle .
Let represent the area of rectangle .
Show that .
Find the dimensions of rectangle that has maximum perimeter and determine the value of the maximum perimeter.
Find an expression for in terms of .
Find the dimensions of rectangle that has maximum area.
Determine the maximum area of rectangle .
Let . The following diagram shows part of the graph of .
The shaded region is enclosed by the graph of , the -axis and the -axis.
The graph of intersects the -axis at the point .
Find the value of .
Find the volume of the solid formed when the shaded region is revolved about the -axis.
The graph of a function passes through the point .
Given that , find .
Consider the functions and where .
The graphs of and have a common tangent at .
Find .
Show that .
Hence, show that .
Let for .
Consider the function defined by for and its graph .
Show that .
The graph of has a horizontal tangent at point . Find the coordinates of .
Given that , show that is a local maximum point.
Solve for .
Sketch the graph of , showing clearly the value of the -intercept and the approximate position of point .
Let . Given that , find .
A particle P starts from point O and moves along a straight line. The graph of its velocity, ms−1 after seconds, for 0 ≤ ≤ 6 , is shown in the following diagram.
The graph of has -intercepts when = 0, 2 and 4.
The function represents the displacement of P from O after seconds.
It is known that P travels a distance of 15 metres in the first 2 seconds. It is also known that and .
Find the value of .
Find the total distance travelled in the first 5 seconds.
Let . Find , given that .
A quadratic function is given by . The points and lie on the graph of .
The -coordinate of the minimum of the graph is 3.
Find the equation of the axis of symmetry of the graph of .
Write down the value of .
Find the value of and of .
Let . The following diagram shows part of the graph of .
The region R is enclosed by the graph of , the -axis, and the -axis. Find the area of R.
Consider the graph of the function .
The equation of the tangent to the graph of at is .
Write down .
Write down the gradient of this tangent.
Find the value of .
Consider the curve with equation , where and .
The tangent to the curve at the point where is parallel to the line .
Find the value of .
Let where , .
The graph of has exactly one maximum point P.
The second derivative of is given by . The graph of has exactly one point of inflexion Q.
Show that .
Find the x-coordinate of P.
Show that the x-coordinate of Q is .
The region R is enclosed by the graph of , the x-axis, and the vertical lines through the maximum point P and the point of inflexion Q.
Given that the area of R is 3, find the value of .
Find .
Find , given that and .
A cylinder with radius and height is shown in the following diagram.
The sum of and for this cylinder is 12 cm.
Write down an equation for the area, , of the curved surface in terms of .
Find .
Find the value of when the area of the curved surface is maximized.
A quadratic function can be written in the form . The graph of has axis of symmetry and -intercept at
Find the value of .
Find the value of .
The line is a tangent to the curve of . Find the values of .
Consider the function defined by for .
The following diagram shows part of the graph of which crosses the -axis at point , with coordinates . The line is the tangent to the graph of at the point .
Find the exact value of .
Given that the gradient of is , find the -coordinate of .
Consider f(x), g(x) and h(x), for x∈ where h(x) = (x).
Given that g(3) = 7 , g′ (3) = 4 and f ′ (7) = −5 , find the gradient of the normal to the curve of h at x = 3.
Particle A travels in a straight line such that its displacement, metres, from a fixed origin after seconds is given by , for , as shown in the following diagram.
Particle A starts at the origin and passes through the origin again when .
Particle A changes direction when .
The total distance travelled by particle A is given by .
Find the value of .
Find the value of .
Find the displacement of particle A from the origin when .
Find the distance of particle A from the origin when .
Find the value of .
A second particle, particle B, travels along the same straight line such that its velocity is given by , for .
When , the distance travelled by particle B is equal to .
Find the value of .
Maria owns a cheese factory. The amount of cheese, in kilograms, Maria sells in one week, , is given by
,
where is the price of a kilogram of cheese in euros (EUR).
Maria earns for each kilogram of cheese sold.
To calculate her weekly profit , in EUR, Maria multiplies the amount of cheese she sells by the amount she earns per kilogram.
Write down how many kilograms of cheese Maria sells in one week if the price of a kilogram of cheese is 8 EUR.
Find how much Maria earns in one week, from selling cheese, if the price of a kilogram of cheese is 8 EUR.
Write down an expression for in terms of .
Find the price, , that will give Maria the highest weekly profit.
The point A has coordinates (4 , −8) and the point B has coordinates (−2 , 4).
The point D has coordinates (−3 , 1).
Write down the coordinates of C, the midpoint of line segment AB.
Find the gradient of the line DC.
Find the equation of the line DC. Write your answer in the form ax + by + d = 0 where a , b and d are integers.
A potter sells vases per month.
His monthly profit in Australian dollars (AUD) can be modelled by
Find the value of if no vases are sold.
Differentiate .
Hence, find the number of vases that will maximize the profit.
Let , for . The following diagram shows part of the graph of and the rectangle OABC, where A is on the negative -axis, B is on the graph of , and C is on the -axis.
Find the -coordinate of A that gives the maximum area of OABC.
The derivative of a function is given by . The graph of passes through .
Find .
The diagram shows part of the graph of a function . The graph passes through point .
The tangent to the graph of at A has equation . Let be the normal to the graph of at A.
Write down the value of .
Find the equation of . Give your answer in the form where , , .
Draw the line on the diagram above.
Consider the function defined by , for .
The following diagram shows the graph of .
The graph of touches the -axis at points and , as shown. The shaded region is enclosed by the graph of and the -axis, between the points and .
The right cone in the following diagram has a total surface area of , equal to the shaded area in the previous diagram.
The cone has a base radius of , height , and slant height .
Find the -coordinates of and .
Show that the area of the shaded region is .
Find the value of .
Hence, find the volume of the cone.
The following diagram shows a ball attached to the end of a spring, which is suspended from a ceiling.
The height, metres, of the ball above the ground at time seconds after being released can be modelled by the function where .
Find the height of the ball above the ground when it is released.
Find the minimum height of the ball above the ground.
Show that the ball takes seconds to return to its initial height above the ground for the first time.
For the first 2 seconds of its motion, determine the amount of time that the ball is less than metres above the ground.
Find the rate of change of the ball’s height above the ground when . Give your answer in the form where and .
Given that and when , find in terms of .
The derivative of a function is given by .
Given that , find the value of .
Let . Given that , find .
Consider the curve y = 5x3 − 3x.
The curve has a tangent at the point P(−1, −2).
Find the equation of this tangent. Give your answer in the form y = mx + c.