2016 VCAA Specialist Mathematics Exam 2 Solutions – PDF 136KB

Thanks to Ray Rozen of RMIT for pointing out that in Section A Q18, the oranges and lemons are all randomly selected so the masses of the fruits are independent. Hence Var(O1+O2+O3+L1+L2)=Var(O1)+Var(O2) …etc
The answer is A.

Thanks to Gavin Rogers for pointing out a mistake in SECTION B Q2f answer. It should not have pi in each number.

2016 NSW BOS Mathematics Extension 1 Solutions – PDF 87KB

Thanks to Lyn Harris for reading the solutions and correcting the mistakes.

2016 VCAA Specialist Mathematics Exam 1 Solutions – PDF 48KB

2016 VCAA Mathematical Methods Exam 2 Solutions – PDF 85KB

2016 VCAA Mathematical Methods Exam 1 Solutions – PDF 56KB

2016 NSW BOS Mathematics Extension 2 Solutions – PDF 151KB

Thanks to Lyn Harris for reading the solutions and correcting the mistakes.

2016 VCAA Further Mathematics Exam 2 Solutions – PDF 702KB

Thanks to Duncan Berg of Haileybury College for pointing out the errors in the Core section.
Q3 b) (i) apparent temp = -1.7 + 0.94 x actual temp
Q3 b) (ii) “(On average) When the temperature is 0 degrees Celsius, the apparent temperature is -1.7 degrees Celsius.”
Q6 b) The answer is missing the initial value C0 = 38000 which must be part of a recurrence relation.

2016 NSW BOS Mathematics General 2 Solutions – PDF 61KB

Thanks to Lyn Harris for reading and correcting the solutions.

2016 NSW BOS Mathematics Solutions – PDF 119KB

Thanks to Lyn Harris for reading the solutions and correcting the mistakes.

2016 VCAA Further Mathematics Exam 1 Solutions – PDF 62KB

Thanks to Ben Hines of Christian College Geelong for pointing out 2 mistakes in the solutions. Question 8 in the stats section should be C, parallel boxplots need to have multiple categories. Question 24 in the Financial modelling section should be C, you have got the sign wrong on the FV.