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dunjaaa · Aug 12, 2013

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so i was right hah

JJ345 · Aug 12, 2013

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Sy123 said:
$$Prove for some integers$ \ m, n$

$1+ \frac{m}{1!} + \frac{m(m+1)}{2!} + \dots + \frac{m(m+1) \dots ( m+n-1)}{n!} = \frac{(m+n)!}{m! n!}$

What I did here was use sum of the following geometric series: (1+x)^m-1 +(1+x)^m+.........+(1+x)^m+n-1 =[ (1+x)^m+n -(1+x)^m-1/x]

Then I equated coefficients of x^m-1 and rewrote them in the form (m+n)!/m!n!....Does it work??

Sy123 · Aug 12, 2013

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JJ345 said:
What I did here was use sum of the following geometric series: (1+x)^m-1 +(1+x)^m+.........+(1+x)^m+n-1 =[ (1+x)^m+n -(1+x)^m-1/x]

Then I equated coefficients of x^m-1 and rewrote them in the form (m+n)!/m!n!....Does it work??

Yep that worked for me

Well done

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$$Prove for integers$ \ n \ $and$ \ k \ \ n>2k$

$\binom{n}{k} 2^k = \binom{n}{n} \binom{n}{k} + \binom{n}{n-1} \binom{n-1}{k-1} + \binom{n}{n-2} \binom{n-2}{k-2} + \dots + \binom{n}{n-k} \binom{n-k}{0}$

JJ345 · Aug 17, 2013

Re: HSC 2013 3U Marathon Thread

This is a pretty neat question (I think it appeared in some ancient HSC paper)--> Nothing tricky, just slightly more conceptual =)

A woman travelling along a straight flat road passes three points at intervals of 200m. From these points she observes the angle of elevation of the top of the hill to the left of the road to be respectively 30°, 45°, and again 45°. Find the height of the hill.

asianese · Aug 17, 2013

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This was the last question of a 4U HSC paper in the 90s. (or 80s..)

JJ345 · Aug 18, 2013

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asianese said:
This was the last question of a 4U HSC paper in the 90s. (or 80s..)

Probably, can't remember...but looking at my method I think its alot simpler than a typical 4U Q8. from the 1980s, I found it more 3U style.

Sy123 · Aug 18, 2013

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Sy123 said:
Yep that worked for me

Well done

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$$Prove for integers$ \ n \ $and$ \ k \ \ n>2k$

$\binom{n}{k} 2^k = \binom{n}{n} \binom{n}{k} + \binom{n}{n-1} \binom{n-1}{k-1} + \binom{n}{n-2} \binom{n-2}{k-2} + \dots + \binom{n}{n-k} \binom{n-k}{0}$

Take the identity:

$(1+2x)^n = (x + (1+x))^n$

$\sum_{k=0}^n \binom{n}{k} 2^k x^k = \sum_{k=0}^n \binom{n}{k} x^{n-k} (1+x)^k$

Then equate the co-efficients of x^k on both sides.

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$$Prove by mathematical induction for integers$ \ n \geq 1$

$2! \cdot 4! \cdot 6! \cdot 8! \cdot \dots \cdot (2n)! \geq ((n+1)!)^n$

asianese · Aug 24, 2013

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$$Use calculus to sketch the curve $ y = \frac{\ln x}{x} $ and find the maximum function value. Use this to deduce that if $ e\le a<b $ then $ b^a<a^b $ so that in particular, $\\ \pi^e<e^\pi.$

dunjaaa · Aug 25, 2013

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Sketch the curve and develop and inequality, with x=pi and you should obtain that result

Sy123 · Aug 25, 2013

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$$i) Verify that$ \ \ a^n + b^n = (a+b)(a^{n-1} + b^{n-1}) - ab(a^{n-2}+ b^{n-2})$

$ii) A sequence$ \ u_1, u_2, u_3, \dots \ \ $is such that$

$u_n = u_{n-1} + u_{n-2} \ \ $and$ \ u_1 = 1 \ u_2 = 3$

$Using the result from part$ \ (i) \ $prove that$

$u_n = \left( \frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2} \right )^n + \left(\frac{1-\sqrt{5}}{2} \right )^n$

$$For integer$ \ n$

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$Using a similar method, find in terms of $ \ \ n \ \ S_n \ \ $Where$

$S_{n} = 11S_{n-1} - 31S_{n-2} + 30S_{n-3} \ \ \ $and$ \ S_1 = 11 \ S_2 = 38 \ S_3 = 160$

Sy123 · Sep 1, 2013

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$A plane curve is shown below$

$The curve has parametric equations$

$x=\cos^3 \theta$

$y= \sin^3 \theta$

$$for$ \ 0 \leq \theta \leq 2\pi$

$i) Show that the tangent to the curve at$ \ P(\cos^3 \theta, \sin^3 \theta) \ \ $is given by$

$y \cos \theta + x \sin \theta = \sin \theta \cos \theta$

$$ii) The tangent cuts the$ \ y$-axis$ \ $at$ \ R \ $and the$ \ x$-axis at$ \ S$

$Prove that$ \ RS \ $is constant$

Sy123 · Sep 3, 2013

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$Find$

$\sum_{k=2}^n \frac{1}{\log_k u}$

RealiseNothing · Sep 3, 2013

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Sy123 said:
$Find$

$\sum_{k=2}^n \frac{1}{\log_k u}$

$\log_u (n!)$ ?

RealiseNothing · Sep 3, 2013

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RealiseNothing said:
$\log_u (n!)$ ?

Using the identity:

$\log_a(b) = \frac{\ln(b)}{\ln(a)}$

$\sum_{k=2}^{n} \frac{1}{\log_k u} = \sum_{k=2}^{n} \frac{\ln(k)}{\ln(u)}$

$\frac{\ln(2) + \ln(3) + ... + \ln(n)}{\ln(u)}$

Using:

$\ln(A) + \ln(B) = \ln(AB)$

$\frac{\ln(n!)}{\ln(u)}$

$\log_u(n!)$

Sy123 · Sep 3, 2013

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Yep that's pretty much it

$$Prove by mathematical induction for integer$ \ n\geq 2$

$\left( \frac{n+1}{2} \right)^n > n!$

Difficulty: Q14

Sy123 · Sep 5, 2013

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I had a go at making a parabola question, its not as brute force as it looks.

$$The point$ \ P(2ap, ap^2) \ $lies on the parabola$ \ x^2=4ay$

$$The tangent to$ \ P \ $is drawn and intersects with the parabola$ \ x^2=-4ay \ $at the points$ \ \ R \ $and$ \ S$

$$Where the$ \ x$-co ordinate of$ \ S \ $is lower than$ \ R$

$$The point$ \ S \ $is then reflected about the origin to make point$ \ S'$

$$Show that the gradient of the line$ \ RS' \ $is$ \ \ \frac{3p}{2}$

Difficulty: Q13

Sy123 · Sep 8, 2013

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$$i) For the polynomial$ \ \ P(x) = (x-a)^2 Q(x)$

$$Show that$ \ \ x=a \ \ $is a root of$ \ P'(a)$

$$ii) The polynomial$ \ \ S(y) = ay^3 + by + c \ \ $has a double zero at$ \ y= 1$

$$and has a remainder of$ \ 4 \ $when divided by$ \ \ y+1$

$$Find$ \ a,b,c$

Difficulty: Q13

obliviousninja · Sep 8, 2013

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Sy, next to the questions you post, can you write its difficulty, ie question number it belongs to (section of the paper).

Sy123 · Sep 8, 2013

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obliviousninja said:
Sy, next to the questions you post, can you write its difficulty, ie question number it belongs to (section of the paper).

I'll try

Most if not all questions I post will be at the higher end of difficulty in terms of HSC, for both the 2U and 4U marathons

Sy123 · Sep 9, 2013

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$$A projectile is fired from the origin with initial velocity$ \ \ U$

$$to pass through the point$ \ (a,b)$

$Prove that there are 2 possible trajectories if$

$(U^2-gb)^2 > g^2(a^2+b^2) \ \ \ \ \fbox{5}$

Difficulty: Q14

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