VCE General MathematicsPractice Examination 6

This paper covers

• Data analysis: five-number summary and boxplot outlier test, 68-95-99.7 rule and z-scores, least-squares regression from summary statistics, slope interpretation, residuals, coefficient of determination, and seasonal indices with trend forecasting - set in a community nutrition study
• Recursion and financial modelling: compound-interest recurrence and explicit rule, flat-rate vs reducing-balance vs unit-cost depreciation, reducing-balance loan amortisation with Finance Solver, and a retirement annuity including perpetuity - set around a health-food cafe
• Matrices: order and product of matrices for revenue, determinant and inverse of a 2x2 to solve simultaneous equations, a three-state transition matrix with steady state and the S(n+1) = T.S(n) + B growth model, and dominance ranking - set in a wellness centre
• Networks and decision mathematics: Euler trail/circuit conditions, minimum spanning tree, shortest path, maximum flow and minimum cut, and project scheduling with earliest start times, float and crashing - set in a community health precinct

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