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Re: 2012 HSC MX2 Marathon

Possibly a simpler way to do this would be to use the sum of roots to find the final root, and the product of roots to find d.
I used sum of roots to find the final root, then subbed in x=-1/2 to find d. But either way works.

 
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I suspect that it's sufficient to solve Z=Z^3 and discard -1 as a solution. My reasoning is that there clearly can't be an imaginary part present in Z. With this in mind, we can proceed noting that |Z| = Z, Z > 0 and |Z| = -Z, Z < 0. My method yields Z = 0 or/ 1. Could be wrong here though.
 
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Re: 2012 HSC MX2 Marathon

cause this is a proof question i started with LHS:
 

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Haven't seen many graphing questions, so here we go.

Graph the following parametric equation:
<a href="http://www.codecogs.com/eqnedit.php?latex=\\ x=16\sin^3(t)\\ y=13\cos(t)-5\cos(2t)-2\cos(3t)-\cos(4t)" target="_blank"><img src="http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\\ x=16\sin^3(t)\\ y=13\cos(t)-5\cos(2t)-2\cos(3t)-\cos(4t)" title="\\ x=16\sin^3(t)\\ y=13\cos(t)-5\cos(2t)-2\cos(3t)-\cos(4t)" /></a>



;)
 

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Re: 2012 HSC MX2 Marathon

lol :D



question:
graph

(perhaps a tad more accessible than that ^)
 

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Re: 2012 HSC MX2 Marathon

Rolpsy, what program was used to sketch that curve?
 

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Haven't seen many graphing questions, so here we go.

Graph the following parametric equation:
<a href="http://www.codecogs.com/eqnedit.php?latex=\\ x=16\sin^3(t)\\ y=13\cos(t)-5\cos(2t)-2\cos(3t)-\cos(4t)" target="_blank"><img src="http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\\ x=16\sin^3(t)\\ y=13\cos(t)-5\cos(2t)-2\cos(3t)-\cos(4t)" title="\\ x=16\sin^3(t)\\ y=13\cos(t)-5\cos(2t)-2\cos(3t)-\cos(4t)" /></a>



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nooblet what are you trying to imply here?
 

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I haven't seen many integration questions... This is from someone at school (you know who you are :))

<a href="http://www.codecogs.com/eqnedit.php?latex=\int sin(lnx)dx" target="_blank"><img src="http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\int sin(lnx)dx" title="\int sin(lnx)dx" /></a>
 

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