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All care is taken with these answers, but no responsibility for errors ... and all that stuff. I'll try to get a scan or digital version done soon.

Hope everyone did well!

Section I
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. C
10. C
11. B
12. C
13. C
14. A
15. A
16. D
17. A
18. C
19. B
20. A
21. D
22. A

Section II
Question 23
(a) (i) 57 square metres
(ii) 2.85 cubic metres
(iii) 12 bags
(iv) 8 metres
(b) (i) x + 115
(ii) $150
(c) 6.75 metres

Question 24
(a) (i) 15 km/h
(ii) February
(iii) January, February, March
(iv) Inverse relationship between mean wind speed and number of rain days per month.
(b) (i) 135°
(ii) 185°
(iii) 73° (Use cosine rule)
(c) (i) Between 1 and 2
(ii) 13.5%

Question 25
(a) (i) $2600
(ii) $1404
(b) (i) 6 ways
(ii) 1/9
(iii) 1/6
(c) (i) People who lied: 40, 10
People who did not lie: 20, 130
(ii) 170
(iii) 85%
(iv) 2/15

Question 26
(a) (i) 14%
(ii) 714
(iii) Lovely exponential graph
(iv) Approx 8.5 hours
(b) (i) 11°
(ii) (1) 1222 km by using nautical miles
1229 km by using arc length of a great circle
(2) Time taken is 44 hours, so trip is possible

Question 27
(a) (i) $1162.50
(ii) $129000
(iii) $36270
(b) (i) $414.00
(ii) 9 additional hours
(c) Exceeds goal by $319.57

Question 28
(a) (i) 32
(ii) needs to lose 8 kg
(b) (i) C = kb^3
(ii) k = 0.05
(iii) Felicity is incorrect. Cost increases by a factor of 8.
(c) (i) (170,55)
(ii) Draw a line parallel to AB which is one-third of the way toward C.
(iii) (1) 187.5 cm
(2) Very short people (<75 cm) will have a predicted weight which is negative.
 
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Are those your answers, or did u just correct some them???

By the way, Question 9 was C
 

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Thanks for that! I got the right answer (172) but wrote the wrong letter.

These are my answers. I was doing the paper at the same time as my class. (I'm a teacher)

I'm really pissed off that there were so many places where people can make SILLY mistakes ... like the credit card question with a rate of 0.05%. I reckon a lot of people will forget to divide by 100.
 
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omg i damn hope that most... or all of ur answers are right...

i only got a few small differences

HELL YEAH!!
 

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I made 3 completely stupid mistakes in M/C, and lost 3 marks in the last section, dont know much about median regression lines. So i can expect about 94 if your answers are right.
 

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saweeeeeeet, thanks dude. i'm hoping ur answers are reliable, they sure do look like it. By your calculations i got 98%, YEAH BABY
 

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Just a suggestion, I may be wrong, but Q (26) b) (i) wouldn't the answer be nil as both locations have the same latitude?
 

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Terra_Niux said:
Just a suggestion, I may be wrong, but Q (26) b) (i) wouldn't the answer be nil as both locations have the same latitude?
nup, their latitude is 11 deg apart. as north and south are on horizontal lines, East and west are vertical
 

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No.
You've confused latitude and longitude.
 

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Maths is a piece of sh*t

:vcross: Well, according to those answers, i have failed Maths........ looks like around 44%

There goes my UAI, god maths is the shittest subject on earth :vcross:
 

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I can't see how you got 9 additional hours for question 27 (ii)? I don't get it! I love coming home and checking my answers on the net to see what mark I'll get. I did such a silly mistake, I'm totally kicking myself!! The variation question - I squared it not cubed it!!! ARGHH! I'm also annoyed that they didn't have any Simpsons Rule, I like that!
 

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It's not hard.
Saturday hours are time and a half.
Therefore to convert saturday hours to weekday hours you need to multiple them by time and a half, or 1.5.
6x1.5=9.
 

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But.. It says the "weekday rate"? and in order to make up for the missing saturday money ($252) he has to work 14 hours at $18.00, which equals $252?? :( I still don't get it....
 
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sez809 said:
I can't see how you got 9 additional hours for question 27 (ii)? I don't get it!
At first, I thought this was a really tedious question. But when I had a careful look it's not so bad. David works for 7 hours on Saturday. 1 hour is unpaid, so he gets 6 paid hours. Saturday is paid at time-and-a-half. So 6 hours on Saturday is worth 6 x 1.5 = 9 hours of normal time, so that's what he has to make up during the week.

Tricky!
 

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These are my answers.

1. B
2. A - correct answer is B though :(
3. D
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. C
10. C
11. B
12. C
13. C
14. A
15. A
16. D
17. A
18. A - PC put C, but isnt it 5/6 x 1/6 = 5/36?
19. B
20. A
21. D
22. B - PC put A, but 25AUD = 15.5euros, and 15.5 euros = 22.32 vistabella dollars = B

23. Section II
Question 23
(a) (i) 57 sq metres
(ii) 2.85 cu metres
(iii) 12 bags
(iv) 8 metres
(b) (i) let y be the cost of novirus, y = x + 115
(ii) $150
(c) 6.75 metres

Question 24
(a) (i) 15 km/h
(ii) February
(iii) January, February, March
(iv) In the months of heavy rain, there was low wind, and vice versa (it wasn't an inverse relationship as values weren't proprotional)
(b) (i) 135°
(ii) 185°
(iii) 73° (Use cosine rule)
(c) (i) 1-2
(ii) 13.5%

Question 25
(a) (i) $2600
(ii) $1404
(b) (i) 6 ways
(ii) 1/9 - probability tree
(iii) 1/9 - probability tree
(c) (i) People who lied: 40, 10
People who did not lie: 20, 130
(ii) 170
(iii) 85%
(iv) 2/15

Question 26
(a) (i) 14%
(ii) 714
(iii) exponential graph
(iv) Approx 8.5 hours
(b) (i) 11°
(ii) (1) 1228.71 km - arc length of a great circle
(2) Time taken is 44 hours 13m, so trip is possible

Question 27
(a) (i) $1162.50
(ii) $129000
(iii) $36270
(b) (i) $414.00
(ii) 9 additional hours
(c) Exceeds goal by $319.57

Question 28
(a) (i) 32
(ii) needs to lose 8 kg
(b) (i) C = kb^3
(ii) k = 0.05
(iii) Felicity is incorrect. Cost increases by a factor of 8.
(c) (i) (170,55)
(ii) Draw a line parallel to AB which is one-third of the way toward C.
(iii) (1) 166 1/3 cm
(2) Its only a sample of 9 people - not detirminant of male or female.


So all up i'm looking at getting 96 - 99 RAW if PC's answers were correct (they corresponded with mine!!)
 

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notnownotever said:
qtn 19 is a

how can 250 x 0.0005 x 30 = 3.78 interest
do it ur calculator it comes out as 3.75
so its A
Compound interest not simple.

250(1.0005)^30 = $3.78
 

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notnownotever said:
qtn 19 is a

how can 250 x 0.0005 x 30 = 3.78 interest
do it ur calculator it comes out as 3.75
so its A
i think its A.. show me ur working out...... or someone else....
there ur answers and 19 could be wrong...
i dont care if its right or wrong i got 21.. i want that extra mark
 

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