VCE Methods Questions Thread

crumblycupcakes

Billzene
I think that would only be the case in Specialist maths with VCAA so 'no solutions' is usually accepted in methods because complex numbers aren't taught in it. BUT we can't say for sure so it's always good to say 'no real solutions'. 😅

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istg VCAA is so weird. They changed the study design for spesh and they included proofs but didn't specify if it was matrix proofs, number proofs or circle proofs or all of them. Apparently my teacher emailed them a couple of times but they never replied.

lovelyherring

https://imgur.com/AfUXDYr

can anyone give some hints on how to do these questions (a and b in particular)

:)

Hi, could someone please help me with this question. I am pretty sure the answer is 150-t but i'm not too sure how I got there and what the working out should look like.

Towns A and B are 150 km apart along a straight road. A car leaves town A and heads towards town B at 60 km/h. The distance, in kilometres, of the car from town B after t minutes is...

Thanks

TnGn74

:) It sounds like you might have caught on to the right idea. We know the car travels at 60 km/h which equals 1 km/minute. Each minute, the car travels 1 km, therefore in t minutes the car travels t km. Therefore the distance from town B is 150-t km.
I feel that the following working should be sufficient, but it might depend on mark allocation.
distance = 150 - (60 / 60) * t = 150 - t

chimichurri

hey guys! I was just wondering if any of you know if the methods checkpoints books are designed to be done using a calculator or without one? thank you!!

BriMT

chimichurri

This depends on the question. Anything from exam 1 is non-CAS whereas exam 2 is CAS. Iirc there was normally a symbol next to the question showing a calculator if applicable but idk if that's still the case.

PizzaMaster

Are events in tree diagrams always dependent and
independent in a two-way table?
What does that mean?

Queen_Of_Flora

Hi,
I always struggle to recognise which differentiating rule to use, the product/chain/quotient rule?
How would I figure this out?

Manny

You use product rule when you want to differentiating values that are being multiplied (hence it is named product).
For example: To find the derivative of 2xe^3x you use product rule.
= (2)(e^3x) + (2x)(3e^3x) = 2e^3x + 6xe^3x

You use quotient rule when you want to differentiating values that are being divided (hence it is named quotient).
For example: To find the derivative of 2x/e^3x you use quotient rule.
= (2)(e^3x) - (2x)(3e^3x)/(e^3x)²

girlmeetsvce

Hi! Could someone please help me understand what this question means, what it is asking for? I tend to strruggle with approaching extended-response.
AB and CD are crossroads. A jogger runs along road AB at a speed of 8 km/h and
passes O at 1 p.m. Another runner is moving along road CD. The second runner is
moving at 10 km/h and passes O at 1:30 p.m.
a Let y km be their distance apart t hours
after 1 p.m.
i Find an expression for y in terms of t.

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