The course

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  The external examination: 130 minutes, 100 marks, in two question booklets of 50 marks (about 65 minutes each), with a formula sheet, two sheets of handwritten notes and a graphics calculator allowed throughout. It has no multiple-choice questions; the timed checks are the course's own four-option format.

  Free: A tour of the SACE Methods course
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  Topic 1: Further differentiation and applications

  6 of the 36 questions on the two timed checks

  Free: Derivatives: the rules, exponential and trigonometric functionsThe second derivative, curve sketching and optimisation46 questions
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  Topic 2: Discrete random variables

  6 of the 36 questions on the two timed checks

  Discrete random variables: expected value and standard deviationFree: Bernoulli and binomial distributions49 questions
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  Topic 3: Integral calculus

  6 of the 36 questions on the two timed checks

  Anti-derivatives and initial conditionsAreas, the fundamental theorem and accumulated change45 questions
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  Topic 4: Logarithmic functions

  6 of the 36 questions on the two timed checks

  Natural logarithms, their laws and graphsCalculus of the natural logarithm45 questions
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  Topic 5: Continuous random variables and the normal distribution

  6 of the 36 questions on the two timed checks

  Continuous random variables and density functionsThe normal distribution and sampling distributions41 questions
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  Topic 6: Sampling and confidence intervals

  6 of the 36 questions on the two timed checks

  Confidence intervals for a population meanSample proportions and confidence intervals for a proportion41 questions