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carrot said none of the answers to Q2 were right? so is everyone getting a mark or what? i wouldnt mind a free mark.
 

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Wait what>>????? He tested you guys on the paper? Do the 2014 HSC get this priviledge?
 

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Wait what>>????? He tested you guys on the paper? Do the 2014 HSC get this priviledge?
Yes carrot sticks will be holding another BOS trials next year :)

With different sets of question obviously
 

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Wait what>>????? He tested you guys on the paper? Do the 2014 HSC get this priviledge?
dont do it if you dont want to get hospitalised.

but jks, actually do it next yr man, great experience, and it's free due to carrot's generosity :) plus i see you have high aims which is great! carrot's test will put you to the test.
 

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Just realised there was a typo in Q14. there are two different Q14(b)s. not that it really matters
 

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I can write up my solution to question 15 if anyone wants?
thatd be cool :)

how are B, C and D incorrect?
first remember that the domain of y=arctanx is -pi/2 < x < pi/2
That rules out B and C, as anything in the second quadrant has an argument between pi/2 and pi, while anything in the third quadrant has an argument between -pi/2 and -pi.

In the actual paper we got, the option for D was different to what carrot put in the pdf which is linked in this thread. D is correct for the pdf version. In the hardcopy version, option D was arctan(-b/a), while in the pdf version it is arctan(b/a).
 
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15)a)i)





ii) If



If we re-arrange the equation in part (i) to make the subject:



Let and and substitute this into our summation:





This makes a telescoping sum and so we are left with:



 
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thatd be cool :)



first remember that the domain of y=arctanx is -pi/2 <x < pi/2
That rules out B and C, as anything in the second quadrant has an argument between pi/2 and pi, while anything in the third quadrant has an argument between -pi/2 and -pi.

In the actual paper we got, the option for D was different to what carrot put in the pdf which is linked in this thread. D is correct for the pdf version. In the hardcopy version, option D was arctan(-b/a), while in the pdf version it is arctan(b/a).

yep got it, thanks man
 

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15)a)i)





ii) If



If we re-arrange the equation in part (i) to make the subject:



Let and and substitute this into our summation:





This makes a telescoping sum and so we are left with:



finally know what a telescoping sum is lolz. thought it was some complicated stuff that you guise learnt yourselves.
 

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finally know what a telescoping sum is lolz. thought it was some complicated stuff that you guise learnt yourselves.
Well it's not explicitly taught, though it's still used without naming it.
 

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b)

Let so and and



Now the first part is 0 and so we get:

from



c)i) Let

From part a)ii) we get:





Substituting in the limits for the first part gives the required result of:



c)ii) Simply let



If you expand this, you will notice that all the even reciprocal squares cancel out, as which leaves you with:



Divide everything by and take out the minus sign from the summation yields the result:

 
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Well it's not explicitly taught, though it's still used without naming it.
exactly! ive come across it heaps of times without knowing it's name. probably same thing with this squeeze theorem or whatever
 

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ahhh so it was a typo at the bottom of page 15? the top of the sigma sign should be 2n-1 not n, right?
 

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Is there any demand for Q14 solutions?, I can type it up quickly if someone would like it
 

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