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Date	November 2021	Marks available	1	Reference code	21N.1.SL.TZ0.5
Level	Standard Level	Paper	Paper 1	Time zone	Time zone 0
Command term	Interpret	Question number	5	Adapted from	N/A

Question

Let the function $h (x)$ represent the height in centimetres of a cylindrical tin can with diameter $x cm$ .

$h (x) = \frac{640}{x^{2}} + 0.5$ for $4 \leq x \leq 14$ .

The function $h^{- 1}$ is the inverse function of $h$ .

Find the range of $h$ .

[3]

Find $h^{- 1} (10)$ .

[2]

b.i.

In the context of the question, interpret your answer to part (b)(i).

[1]

b.ii.

Write down the range of $h^{- 1}$ .

[1]

b.iii.

Markscheme

$h (4) = \frac{640}{4^{2}} + 0.5$ OR $h (14) = \frac{640}{14^{2}} + 0.5$ (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for substituting $4$ or $14$ into $h$ . This can be implicit from seeing $3.77 (3.76530 \dots)$ or $40.5$ .

$3.77 \leq h (x) \leq 40.5 (3.76530 \dots \leq h (x) \leq 40.5)$ A1A1

Note: Award A1 for both correct endpoints seen, A1 for the endpoints in a correct interval.

[3 marks]

$h (x) = 10$ OR $h^{- 1} (x) = \sqrt{\frac{640}{x - 0.5}}$ OR $h^{- 1} (10) = \sqrt{\frac{640}{10 - 0.5}}$ (M1)

$(x =) 8.21 cm (8.20782 \dots)$ A1

[2 marks]

b.i.

a tin that is $10 cm$ high will have a diameter of $8.21 cm (8.20782 . . .)$ A1

Note: Condone a correct answer expressed as the converse.

[1 mark]

b.ii.

$4 \leq h^{- 1} \leq 14$ A1

Note: Accept $4 \leq y \leq 14$ . Do not FT in this part.

[1 mark]

b.iii.

Examiners report

Part (a) was reasonably well done. Many candidates were able to find the endpoints but there was some confusion about whether to use strict or weak inequalities. Some candidates wrote their answer as $40.5 \geq y \geq 3.77$ while some others wrote $40.5 \leq y \leq 3.77$ . A few candidates used integer $x$ values from $4$ to $14$ to find corresponding values for $h (x)$ and gave the full list as their final answer. In part (b), the most popular incorrect answer seen was $6.9$ with weaker candidates simply finding $h (10)$ . Several candidates equated $h (x)$ to $10$ but missed out $+ 0.5$ in their equation. Finding a value of the inverse of a function still proves to be difficult for candidates. There were many candidates who attempted to find an expression for the inverse before substituting $x$ by $10$ and this proved to be difficult for this function. Regardless of what answer candidates derived for part (b), very few of them could write an interpretation of their answer in context. There was significant confusion between the value for the height and value for the diameter. In part (d), there were very few candidates who realized the relationship between the domain of the function and the range of the inverse function. Many candidates simply reverted to their answer to part (a).

b.i.

b.ii.

b.iii.

Syllabus sections

Topic 2—Functions » SL 2.2—Functions, notation domain, range and inverse as reflection

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