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Here, post questions that you have made/found for Extension 2 Maths, so we can all benefit from new experience to different questions


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The 2013 Question Compilation


Note the compilation is not in its final form, it is currently in the form of 5 PDFs, each of them containing questions, each PDF has a Difficulty level, from 1-5. This is NOT the FINAL version.

The difficulty is scaled so that Q15-Q16 is around Difficulty 2.7 or so. You may feel that some questions belong in a higher or lower difficulty category, keep in mind the difficulty recommendations are only subjective

I do plan on compiling it properly into a professional document, also sorted by topic. Currently some questions have been omitted.

HSC 4U 2013 Marathon Questions


The 2014 Advanced Questions have been moved to this thread
http://community.boredofstudies.org...2/hsc-2014-mx2-marathon-advanced-archive.html
 
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Stick to Complex Numbers/Polynomials at first since not many people have done other topics yet.

I will start off:



EDIT: I made the question a little easier.
EDIT 2: Made a correction in the restriction of n.
 
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good stuff sy, I challenge you to keep this running for the whole year.
 

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good stuff sy, I challenge you to keep this running for the whole year.
Heh, Ill try man hopefully it will be more active than the 2012 3U one.
 

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Stick to Complex Numbers/Polynomials at first since not many people have done other topics yet.

I will start off:



EDIT: I made the question a little easier.
z^n -1= (z-1)[1+z^2+z^3+......+z^(n-1)]

The number of values can take is n>3?

EDIT: BOLD STUFF
 
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From Patel - Exercise 4O Q6

P is a variable point on the line x=4 and OPQR is a rectangle in which the length of OP is twice the length of OR. Find the locus of S in Cartesian form, where S is the point of intersection of the diagonals.
 

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Call the complex number P: z

Hence, since OP is perpendicular to OR (and half its size)



To find the midpoint S, we add and divide by 2:



Define



Finding in cartesian form:




 

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Hello guys and girls I'm new. May I ask how I enable LaTeX on this forum?
 

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Edit: Found a user called 'Jet' who made a wonderful guide on how to implement LaTeX onto the forum.







































 
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Alright I figured it out, some of them I arrived at constructively (not any of the deduce ones)
And I will not get into the working out in depth, some of it is quite tedious

Now:
















For b, I could not think of a good way of doing it, I just showed that expanding (x-w) and right hand side is indeed P(x)



















Make a common denominator, the denominator then happens to be P(x) itself, it then cancels out with the P(x) at the front, then we expand everything on the numerator, we should get (after various manipulations)



My original method was showing that


So I constructed each co-efficient by using sum sort of sum of roots rule, but I thought it was too constructive.
















Not sure if I am allowed to assume pattern for n=4 however. However that is my attempt at the question. Will post one soon enough
 

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No product rule is required for II. You can use logarithmic differentiation by proving P'(x)/P(x)=Blah blah and shifting it to one side.

For the next one, use P(x)-P(w)=0
 

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An easier one:





(remember to post a question after you answer)
 

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Good question Sy this may separate people that just do mindless algebra.
 

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Stick to Complex Numbers/Polynomials at first since not many people have done other topics yet.

I will start off:



EDIT: I made the question a little easier.
EDIT 2: Made a correction in the restriction of n.
Factorise:



By null factor law:

1+z+z^2+...+z^(n-1)=0

But in order for z^n-1=0, z=1 as well. Hence the other solution is 1+1+1^2+...+1^(n-1)=n

Hence two values that it can take, 0 and n
 

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Factorise:



By null factor law:

1+z+z^2+...+z^(n-1)=0

But in order for z^n-1=0, z=1 as well. Hence the other solution is 1+1+1^2+...+1^(n-1)=n

Hence two values that it can take, 0 and n
Perhaps an explanation regarding the complex values of Z would make your solution a bit more complete. Z=1 is the trivial real solution, but it may be worth considering the non-trivial roots too.
 

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Perhaps an explanation regarding the complex values of Z would make your solution a bit more complete. Z=1 is the trivial real solution, but it may be worth considering the non-trivial roots too.
Ah yes this is true. Is this explanation good enough?

All roots of z can be represented with:



Now when any of these values undertake z (EXCEPT the trivial root when k=0, which is covered above (the original solution))




This is for ANY integer k, (excluding zero). Hence for any integer k excluding zero, the geometric series in z is always 0
In the trivial case where k=0, hence z=1m then the series initiates a value of n.

Hence for any complex z, there always is 2 solutions , 0 and n (although there are (n-1) different values of z that will make the series in z equal 0)


(keep in mind guys there is still a question unanswered)
 

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Ah yes this is true. Is this explanation good enough?

All roots of z can be represented with:



Now when any of these values undertake z (EXCEPT the trivial root when k=0, which is covered above (the original solution))




This is for ANY integer k, (excluding zero). Hence for any integer k excluding zero, the geometric series in z is always 0
In the trivial case where k=0, hence z=1m then the series initiates a value of n.

Hence for any complex z, there always is 2 solutions , 0 and n (although there are (n-1) different values of z that will make the series in z equal 0)


(keep in mind guys there is still a question unanswered)
That is more complete =) Nice.
 

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It is true for all real a and b (assuming a =/= b since there is a strict inequality there), since (a-b)^2 > 0 for all real a and b where a=/=b.
 
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