Appendix A1

A First Year Engineering Mathematics

Examination Paper
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS FIRST YEAR
Duration one hour 30 minutes
Answer ALL of Section A and 3 questions from Section B
Both Sections carry equal marks
Instructions to candidates
1. Normal university regulations apply
2. The use of calculators is NOT permitted
3. Show all working and explain your reasoning at all times
Materials provided
1. Script answer book
Section A
1. Factorise the polynomial x
3
6x
2
+ 11x 6.
2. Express
x + 1
(x 1)(x + 2)
in partial fractions.
3. Expand (2 + 3x)
5
by the Binomial Theorem.
4. Simplify
xe
2 ln x
lnx
3
+ 2 lnx
5. An arc of a circle of radius

3 subtends an angle of 30

at the centre. A tangent is drawn to the

circle at the midpoint of the arc. Find the areas between the tangent, the arc and the extended radii
bounding the arc. What is the length of the arc?
6. Express in the simplest form:
189
190
(a) sin2xcos x + sinxcos 2x
(b)
1 sin
2
x + cos
2
x
sin2x
.
7. Differentiate sin(3x 2).
8. Differentiate x
2
ln(x
2
+ 1).
9. Integrate

dx
x
2
+ 3x + 2
10. Integrate

1
0
xe
x
dx
Section B
11. Factorise 1 x + x
2
x
3
and hence simplify the function
f(x) =
1 x
4
1 x + x
2
x
3
Expand [f(x)]
6
Differentiate [f(x)]
6
Integrate

1
0
[f(x)]
6
dx
12. Write out the Binomial Theorem for a negative integer power.
Expand the function
1
1 3x
by the Binomial Theorem, up to the term in x
3
, simplifying the coefcients. Use the result to obtain
an approximation to 2/0.97.
13. (a) Using the compound angle formulae for sine and cosine prove the following:
i. cos 2x = 2 cos 2x 1
and give two alternative expressions for the right hand side.
ii. tan(AB) =
tanAtanB
1 + tanAtanB
.
iii. sinA + sinB = 2 sin

A + B
2

cos

AB
2

.
(b) A surveyor stands at the same horizontal level as the bottom of a vertical cliff, at a distance d
from the cliff. The angle of elevation at a point P on the cliff is and the angle of elevation
of the top of the cliff is (in the same plane though the surveyor, perpendicular to the cliff).
Show that the distance from the point P to the top of the cliff is
d sin( )
cos cos
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14. Using integration by parts twice, show that

e
ax
cos bxdx =
e
ax
a
2
+ b
2
[a cos bx + b sinbx]
where a and b are constants.
The root-mean-square value (RMS) of f(x) over the range a < x < b is

1
b a

b
a
|f(x)|
2
dx
Evaluate the RMS value of the function e
x
cos x over the range 0 < x < .
15. Integrate the following integrals:
I
1
=

x 2
x
2
4x + 7
dx
I
2
=

x
x
2
4x + 3
dx
I
3
=

e
2x
e
2x
4e
x
+ 3
dx
END OF EXAMINATION PAPER
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