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MATHEMATICS SPECIALIST UNIT 3A

The following table shows in detail how the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) Mathematics: Specialist Unit 3A course content is covered within the Mathematics: Specialist Unit 3A set of resources that are published by WestOne Services. For each resource you will see, where within it, that the content is covered.

Vectors
WACE Mathematics 3A content points 1.1 distinguish between vector and scalar quantities 1.2 represent a directed line segment in the plane with magnitude and direction using vector displacement notation AB or a 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 develop the concept of equality of vectors, opposite vectors, unit vectors and the zero vector represent a vector as an ordered pair (a,b) represent vectors in the form ai + bj, where i and j are the standard unit vectors establish and use the formula ( a, b ) = Where content is covered within Vectors Activity 2; Exercise 2 Activity 1; Exercise 1; Problem Set Activity 1; Exercise 1; Problem Set Activity 1; Exercise 1; Problem Set Activity 3; Application 1; Problem Set Exercise 1; Problem Set Activity 3; Exercise 3; Application 1; Problem Set Exercise 4 Investigation Activity 4; Applications 1 & 2; Problem Set Other resource topics

a 2 + b 2 for the magnitude or

modulus of a vector as its length in the plane define the position vector OP , from the origin, of a point P in the Cartesian plane use the parallelogram law or triangle law of vector addition and the triangle inequality

a+b a + b

multiply a vector by a scalar and subdivide line segments internally represent relative displacement and relative velocity as vectors

Circle trigonometry
WACE Mathematics 3A content points 2.1 establish the relationship between radian measure and degree measure of angles and convert from one measure to the other 2.2 determine arc lengths in circles, exactly and approximately 2.4 2.7 determine areas of sectors and segments in circles using exact and approximate values as appropriate solve practical problems including angles of elevation and depression, surveying, bearings and navigation distances along circles of constant latitude or constant longitude on the surface of the Earth Where content is covered within Circle trigonometry Activity 1; Skills Development 3; Problem Set Activity 1; Exercise 1; Skills Development 1 & 2; Application 1 & 2; Problem Set Activity 2 & 3; Exercises 2 & 3; Application 1; Problem Set Application 3; Problem Set Other resource topics

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Triangle trigonometry
WACE Mathematics 3A content points establish and use the formula for the area of triangles 2.3 area ABC = Where content is covered within Triangle trigonometry Activity 1; Exercise 1; Skills Development 1; Application 3; Investigation; Problem Skills Activities 3 & 4; Exercises 3 & 4; Applications 1 3; Problem Skills Activity 2; Exercise 2 Other resource topics

1 ab sin C 2

2.5 2.6

establish and use the sine and cosine rules to find distances and angles in triangles in two- and three-dimensional situations, including obtuse triangles and those triangles with two solutions (the ambiguous case) use the triangle inequality for the lengths of the sides of a triangle

Indices
WACE Mathematics 3A content points 3.1 develop and use the index laws for positive bases and rational exponents 5.1 identify and generalise number patterns for powers, exponential, and inverse relationships Where content is covered within Indices Activities 1 4; Exercises 1 5; Skills Development 1 4; Applications 1 & 2; Problem Set Activity 1; Skills Development 1 & 2; Investigation Other resource topics

Exponential functions
WACE Mathematics 3A content points 3.2 3.6 5.1 establish and use the properties of exponential functions y = Ca x ( a > 0 ) and draw their graphs solve practical growth and decay problems using exponential and logarithmic functions identify and generalise number patterns for powers, exponential, and inverse relationships Where content is covered within Exponential functions Activities 1 4; Exercises 1 6; Skills Development 3 & 4; Applications 1 3; Problem Set Activities 1 4; Exercises 7 9; Skills Development 5; Application 1 3; Problem Set Activities 1 & 2; Exercise 1 3; Skills Development 2 & 3; Problem Set Other resource topics

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Logarithms and logarithmic functions

x = log a y and y = a x

investigate and use the properties of the logarithmic functions y = log a x for a > 0, and draw their graphs use the laws of logarithms solve practical growth and decay problems using exponential and logarithmic functions identify and generalise number patterns for powers, exponential, and inverse relationships establish the laws of logarithms

Functions
WACE Mathematics 3A content points 4.1 develop the concept of function composition and obtain expressions for the composites of simple functions 4.2 identify the domain and range of simple functions and their composites 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 investigate the inverse of a function as a reflection in y = x investigate relationships between domains and ranges of functions and their inverses solve, algebraically and geometrically, simple equations and inequalities involving absolute values of linear functions investigate the effects of varying a, b, c and d on the graph of Where content is covered within Functions Activity 4; Exercise 3; Skills Development 9; Application 1; Problem Set Activities 1 & 4; Exercise 1 & 3; Skills Development 4; Application 1; Problem Set Activity 2; Exercise 1; Skills Development 7; Problem Set Activity 2; Exercise 1; Skills Development 7; Problem Set Activity 3; Exercise 2; Skills Development 8; Application 2; Problem Set Activities 1 & 2; Skills Development 3; Investigation Other resource topics

y = af(b(x c)) + d where f ( x ) is an exponential, logarithmic, power,

5.3

reciprocal or absolute value function investigate properties of the absolute value function (real)analytically and graphically

Activity 3; Exercise 2; Skills Development 8

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Polar coordinates
WACE Mathematics 3A content points 7.1 develop the concept of polar coordinates (r, ) in the plane, where r 0 7.2 use the relationship between Cartesian and polar coordinates in the plane to convert from one system to the other find the distance between points whose position is expressed in polar form Where content is covered within Polar coordinates Activity 1; Skills Development 2; Application 1; Investigation; Problem Skills Activities 1 & 2; Skills Development 2 & 3; Application 2; Problem Set Skills Development 2; Problem Set Activity 1; Exercise 1; Application 2; Problem Set Other resource topics

3CMAS* 7.1 3CMAS* draw and interpret polar graphs (including inequalities) of r = constant, 7.2 = constant and r =k * These two content points are from the unit 3CMAS.

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