Yep, in the Maths in Focus textbook. Exercise 4.2, Question 2.
It's not some sort of factorisation exercise, it's just part of the Exponentials and Logarithms chapter where you have to find the second derivative of http://puu.sh/2klat
The back of the book says it becomes:
http://puu.sh/2kkPs
They also had the 168e term before the 28e term before it was factorised, if that helps with anything.
~50 people per year get it (48 got it in 2012).
It's obviously very difficult to achieve, and I'm honestly not sure how some do it. If you're pretty good at English then it's very possible provided you work hard in all the other subjects.
There are many people who find English hard and it's...
Discriminant ≥ 0, then real roots.
Discriminant > 0, then real, distinct roots.
Discriminant = 0, then 2 real equal roots, or 1 real root.
Discriminant < 0, then no real roots.
≤ 0 isn't really used.
What if the person ranked 1st for assessments bombs out in the exam and gets like 30%, while everyone else gets higher?
Does it mean everyone's moderated assessment marks become 30 and below?
What about a case of multiple discovery/invention, where two or more people independently come up with the same idea?
I'm sure it happens plenty of times in the HSC where definitions come close to being word for word, or exactly word for word.
I've made two quick graphs using https://www.desmos.com/calculator/ and the Raw Mark Database: http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=269611
Effectively you can click and run your cursor along the (very rough) line of best fit to see what raw marks in certain subjects are when...