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MATRICES, FUR1-NHT 2019 VCAA 4 MC

In a game between two teams, Hillside and Rovers, each team can score points in two ways.

The team may hit a Full or the team may hit a Bit.

More points are scored for hitting a Full than for hitting a Bit.

A team’s total point score is the sum of the points scored from hitting Fulls and Bits.

The table below shows the scores at the end of the game.
 


 

Let    be the number of points scored by hitting one Full.

Let    be the number of points scored by hitting one Bit.

Which one of the following matrix products can be evaluated to find the matrix  ?

A. B. C.
D. E.    
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MATRICES, FUR1 2018 VCAA 5 MC

Liam cycles, runs, swims and walks for exercise several times a month.

Each time he cycles, Liam covers a distance of kilometres.

Each time he runs, Liam covers a distance of kilometres.

Each time he swims, Liam covers a distance of kilometres.

Each time he walks, Liam covers a distance of kilometres.

The number of times that Liam cycled, ran, swam and walked each month over a four-month period, and the total distance that Liam travelled in each of those months, are shown in the table below.
 

 
The matrix that contains the distance each time Liam cycled, ran, swam and walked, , is

A. B. C.
           
D. E.    
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MATRICES, FUR2 2017 VCAA 1

A school canteen sells pies (), rolls () and sandwiches ().

The number of each item sold over three school weeks is shown in matrix .

 

  1. In total, how many sandwiches were sold in these three weeks?   (1 mark)

  2. The element in row and column of matrix is .
  3. What does the element indicate?  (1 mark)

  4. Consider the matrix equation



    where = cost of one pie, = cost of one roll and = cost of one sandwich.
  5.  i. What is the cost of one sandwich?   (1 mark)

The matrix equation below shows that the total value of all rolls and sandwiches sold in these three weeks is $915.60

Matrix in this equation is of order .

  1. ii. Write down matrix .   (1 mark)

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MATRICES, FUR2 2006 VCAA 3

Market researchers claim that the ideal number of bookshops (), sports shoe shops () and music stores () for a shopping centre can be determined by solving the equations

  1. Write the equations in matrix form using the following template.   (1 mark)

     

     

     

     

  2. Do the equations have a unique solution? Provide an explanation to justify your response.   (1 mark)

  3. Write down an inverse matrix that can be used to solve these equations.   (1 mark)

  4. Solve the equations and hence write down the estimated ideal number of bookshops, sports shoe shops and music stores for a shopping centre.   (1 mark)

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MATRICES, FUR2 2007 VCAA 1

The table below displays the energy content and amounts of fat, carbohydrate and protein contained in a serve of four foods: bread, margarine, peanut butter and honey.
 

MATRICES, FUR2 2007 VCAA 1
 

  1. Write down a 2 x 3 matrix that displays the fat, carbohydrate and protein content (in columns) of bread and margarine.   (1 mark)

  2. and are two matrices defined as follows.
     
             

    1. Evaluate the matrix product  .   (1 mark)

    2. Determine the order of matrix product  .   (1 mark)

Matrix displays the number of servings of the four foods: bread, margarine, peanut butter and honey, needed to make a peanut butter and honey sandwich.

Matrix displays the energy content per serving of the four foods: bread, margarine, peanut butter and honey.

    1. Explain the information that the matrix product provides.   (1 mark)

  1. The number of serves of bread (), margarine (), peanut butter () and honey () that contain, in total, 53 grams of fat, 101.5 grams of carbohydrate, 28.5 grams of protein and 3568 kilojoules of energy can be determined by solving the matrix equation
      
         
      
    Solve the matrix equation to find the values , , and .   (2 marks)

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MATRICES, FUR2 2009 VCAA 2

Tickets for the function are sold at the school office, the function hall and online.

Different prices are charged for students, teachers and parents.

Table 1 shows the number of tickets sold at each place and the total value of sales.

MATRICES, FUR2 2009 VCAA 21

For this function

    • student tickets cost 
    • teacher tickets cost 
    • parent tickets cost  .
  1. Use the information in Table 1 to complete the following matrix equation by inserting the missing values in the shaded boxes.   (1 mark)

     
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  2. Use the matrix equation to find the cost of a teacher ticket to the school function.   (2 marks)

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MARKER’S COMMENT: Simply writing the column matrix in part (b) did not earn full marks. Students must extract the required data.
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MATRICES, FUR2 2010 VCAA 3

The basketball coach has written three linear equations which can be used to predict the number of points, , rebounds, , and assists, , that Oscar will have in his next game.

The equations are   
  1. These equations can be written equivalently in matrix form.
  2. Complete the missing information below.   (1 mark)

 

 

This matrix equation can be solved in the following way.

 

 

  1. Determine the value of shown in the matrix equation above.   (1 mark)

  2. How many rebounds is Oscar predicted to have in his next game?   (1 mark)

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MATRICES, FUR1 2015 VCAA 6 MC

A carpenter can make four coffee tables and seven stools in a total of 33 hours.

The carpenter can make two coffee tables and three pencil boxes in a total of 12 hours.

The carpenter can make five stools and one pencil box in a total of 10 hours.

The time, in hours, that it takes to make one coffee table is closest to

A.   2

B.   3

C.   4

D.   5

E.   6

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