FINAL EXAM

MATH 101, Winter 2012

Question 1[value16p]
(a) Find a series expression for the value of the denite integral

e
1
e
x
x
dx
(b) Find the Maclaurin series of the function f(x) = cos(2x) and then use
the Alternating Series Estimation Theorem or Taylors Inequality to estimate
the range of values of x for which the approximation
cos(2x) 1 2x
2
+
2
3
x
4
is accurate to within 0.1.
Question 2[value 9p]
Determine the radius of convergence and the interval of convergence for the
power series

n=1
(2x 3)
n
n7
n
.
Question 3[value16p]
(a) Show that the polar curve
r =
3
2 sin + 5 cos
is a straight line by nding its Cartesian equation.
(b) Find the area of the region that is inside the leminiscate r
2
= 2 sin2
and outside the circle r = 1, in the rst quadrant.
Question 4[value 9p]
A parametric curve is given by x =
1
3
t
3
t, y = t
2
, t R.
(a) Find the point(s) of self-intersection
(b) For which values of t is the curve concave up?
Question 5[value16p]
(a) Determine the length of the curve y =
x
2
8
lnx between x = 3 and
x = 5.
(b) Set up (but do not evaluate) an integral for the area of the surface
obtained by rotating the arc of the curve given by x
2
+ 6x 2y + 8 = 0 from
(0, 4) to (2, 12) about
(i) the y-axis (ii) the x-axis.
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Question 6[value 9p]
Reparametrize the space curve given by
r (t) =

t
2
,
4

2
3
t
3/2
+ 1, 2t

, t 0,
with respect to the arc length function measured from the point (0, 1, 0) in the
direction of increasing t.
Question 7[value16p]
(a) Find parametric equations for the tangent line to the curve of intersection
of the cylinders y = x
2
and z = x
2
at the point (1, 1, 1).
(b) Find an equation for the osculating plane of the curve
r (t) = cos 3t, 4t, sin3t
at the point (1, 4, 0).
Question 8[value 9p]
Show that the curve
r (t) =

2 +

2 cos t, 1 sint, 3 + sint

, t R
lies at the intersection of a sphere and a plane. Find the curvature at an arbitrary
point on the curve.
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