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Function Transformations

Question 1

[Maximum mark: 6]



James is a batter about to hit the ball. The trajectory of the ball can be modelled by the following equation:


\[ h(x) = -\frac{1}{6} x^{2} + 5x + \frac{3}{2} \]


a) How far did the ball travel horizontally when it hit the ground?


b) What is the maximum height reached by the ball?


James wants to hit harder than before with a less steep angle to reach twice the distance and a third of the height.


c) What function models the height of the ball?

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Question 2

[Maximum mark: 6]



Let \( f(x) = 3 + 2 \cdot \cos(x) \) for \( x \in \mathbb{R} \), be translated by \( \binom{\alpha}{t} \). The graph of the translated function passes through \( A(0,2) \) and \( B\left(\frac{\pi}{2}, 1 + \sqrt{3}\right) \).


Find the values of \( \alpha \) and \( t \), where \( 0 < \alpha \leq 2\pi \).

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Question 3

[Maximum mark: 6]



Let \( f(x) = 3x^2 - 24x + 51 \).


a) Write \( f \) in the form \( f(x) = a(x - h)^2 + k \)


b) The graph of \( f \) is translated to the graph of \( g \) through a translation of 3 units in the positive x direction, 2 units in the negative y direction, and is stretched by a factor of 2 in the vertical direction. Find the function of \( g \).

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Question 4

[Maximum mark: 8]



Let \( f(x) = \frac{1}{2}x^3 - 2x^2 - 3x \).


There is a maximum point at A, and a minimum point at B.


a) Write down the coordinates of A.


b) Write down the coordinates of:


i. the image of B after reflection on the X-axis


ii. the image of B after translation by \(\begin{bmatrix} -5 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}\)


iii. the image of B after reflection on the Y-axis, and a horizontal stretch with scale factor \(\frac{1}{2}\).

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Question 5

[Maximum mark: 6]



Let \( f(x) = x^3 \) and \( g(x) = 5(x - 1)^3 \).


a) \( g(x) \) can be obtained from \( f(x) \) through 2 geometric transformations. Describe these two transformations.


\( g(x) \) is translated by \( \begin{bmatrix} 2 \\ -1 \end{bmatrix} \) to get the graph of \( h(x) \). Point (0, 5) on the graph of \( f(x) \) is translated to point Z on the graph of \( h(x) \).


b) Find the coordinates of Z.

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Question 6Register

[Maximum mark: 10]



Let \( f(x) = 2x^2 + 2 \) and \( g(x) = x + 2 \).


a) Find \( (f \circ g)(x) \)


The graph of \( h \) can be obtained by translating \( (f \circ g)(x) \) by the vector \( \begin{bmatrix} 2 \\ -1 \end{bmatrix} \)


b) Find the coordinates of the vertex of \( h \).


c) Show that \( h(x) = 2x^2 + 1 \).


d) The line \( y = 6x - 3.5 \) is tangent to \( h \) at point \( P \). Find \( P \).

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Question 7Register

[Maximum mark: 8]



Let \( f(x) = \frac{a x + b}{c x + d} \), with \( a, b, c \), and \( d \in \mathbb{Z} \). The graph of \( f(x) \) is translated by \( \binom{2 / 3}{13 / 6} \) to get the graph of the function \( g(x) = \frac{231 x - 409}{90 x - 186} \).


a) Find \( a, b, c \), and \( d \).


The graph of \( f(x) \) is stretched vertically and compressed horizontally by a factor of 5 and \( \frac{3}{7} \), respectively.


b) If the expression for the resulting graph is \( h(x) = n + \frac{m}{p x + q} \) with \( n, m, p, q \in \mathbb{Z} \), find the values of \( n \) and \( m \).

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Question 8Premium

[Maximum mark: 10]



Let \( f(x) \) be a real-valued function and \( \alpha \) be a map that takes a point \( (x, y) \) in the \( xy \)-plane to \( \left(\frac{x}{5} - 2, 3y + 4\right) \).


a) What is the function \( g(x) \) of the graph resulting from applying the map \( \alpha \) to the function \( f \)? Give your answer in terms of \( f \).


b) To get from \( f \) to \( g \), a series of transformations are performed. First, \( f \) is vertically translated by \( b \) and then vertically stretched by \( q \). Then it is horizontally translated by \( a \) and horizontally stretched by \( p \). Find \( a \), \( b \), \( p \), and \( q \).


c) Let \( g(x) \) be the function from part (a). If \( g(x) = x e^{x} \), what is \( f(x) \)?

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Question 9Premium

[Maximum mark: 15]



A company is developing a battery that charges according to the following function:


\[ C(t) = 4900 - 4900(0.98)^t \]


where \( C(t) \) is measured in mAh and \( t \) is measured in minutes.


a) Write down the initial charge of the battery and its maximum capacity.


b) Sketch a graph of \( C(t) \) for \( 0 \leq t \leq 180 \).


c) At what time does the charge of the battery reach \( 60\% \)? Give your answer to the nearest minute.


After modifying the distribution of the cells in the battery, the company has managed to increase its capacity by \( 10\% \) and reduce the time to reach half its capacity by \( 22\% \).


d) Find the model \( C_{2}(t) \) of the new battery. Round any constants to the nearest hundredth.


e) At what time does the charge of the battery reach 4000 mAh? Round your answer to the nearest minute.

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