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JOMO KENYATTAUNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

University Examinations 2014/2015
YEAR I/II SEMESTER I/II EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SMA 2101: CALCULUS I
DATE: APRIL, 2015
INSTRUCTIONS:

TIME: 2 HOURS

Answer Question ONE (Compulsory) and any other TWO questions.

Question One 30 Marks

a)

Define the following terms: [2 marks each]

i.
ii.

b)

Rational function
Domain

Evaluate:

lim
x3

x3
x2 9
[2 marks]
ex
y 2
ltx

c)

Differentiate:

[4 marks]

d)

A market find that if it prices a certain product so as to sell x units each week, then the
revenue received will be approximately 2x-0.001x2 dollars. Find the marginal revenue
ab<sales level of 600 units. [3 marks]

e)

A factorys weekly production costs y and its weekly production quantity x are related by
y 2 5x 3 4
the equation
where y is in thousands of dollars and x is in thousands of units

of output. Use implicit differentiation to find a formula for

production.

dy
dx

the marginal cost of

[3 marks]
f ( x)

x3
x 4 2x 2

f)

Identify whether the following function is odd, even or neither:

[3 marks]

g)

Find an equation for the tangent line to the curve, y=2x4-3x2+5x 96 the point (1,4).
[2 marks]

x 2 4x 2
dx

x2

h)

Evaluate:

[2 marks]

i)

Let R(x) be the revenue in dollars from producing and selling x camping trailers per year
and note that R(0) =0. If the marginal revenue is 3000-0.9x, find the revenue in a year in
which 1500 trailers were produced and sold. [4 marks]

j)

if f(x)=x2(nx, find f(x)

[3 marks]

Question Two (20 Marks)

a)

A farmer has 2400 m of fencing and wants to fence off a rectangular field that borders a
straight river. He needs no fence along the river. What are the dimensions of the field that
has the largest area? [5 marks]

b)

A town library estimates that when the population is x thousand persons, approximately y
thousand books will be checked out of the library during one year where x and y are
related by the equation.
Y3-8000x2=0
i.

Find a formula for

population size.

ii.

Find the value of

per year.

dy
dx

, the rate of change of library circulation with respect to

[3 marks]
dy
dx when x=27 thousand persons and y=180 thousand books

[2 marks]

iii.

c)

Assume that x and y are both differentiable functions of time and use the method
dy
of related rates to find a formula for dx .
dy
dx

Evaluate

i.

y x

y
ii.

in the following:

4 2
x 4
x

3x 5 x 1
3 x2

[3 marks]

[4 marks]

Question Three (20 Marks)

a)

Determine which of the following limits exists compute the limits that exist.

lim
2x 2 4x

x2
x2
i.

[3 marks]

x 6x
x 6 x 5x 6
lim

ii.
b)

[3 marks]

Determine whether each of the following functions is continuous at the given point.

i.

x 1 for 0 x 1

f ( x)
1 for x 1
2 x 2 for x 1

1 3x if x 4
2
x 2 x 3 if x 4

, x=1

[4 marks]

, x=4

[4 marks]

f ( x)
ii.

c)

Use the first principles method to find f(x) if

Question Four (20 Marks)

x2 x 1
f ( x)
3

[3 marks]

a)

Find the intervals of increase and decrease and the relative extrema of the following
function and sketch the graph.
Y=x5-5x4+100
[7 marks]

b)

Find constants a,b and c so that the graph of the function y=ax2+bx+c have a relative
maximum ab(5,12) and crosses the y-axis ab(0,3) [5 marks]

c)

A manufacturer of mens shirts determines that her costs will be 500 dollars for over head
plus 9 dollars for each shirt made. Her accountant has estimated that her selling price p
P 30 0.2 x
should be determined by
where x is the number of shirts sold.
i.
ii.
iii.

Give the formula for the profit function.

[4 marks]
How many shirts should be produced to maximize profit? [3 marks]
At what price will the shirt be sold?
[1 marks]

Question Five (20 Marks)

a)

Evaluate the following:

ln x 4 dx
x

i.

ii.
b)

e 2
dx
x
8x

4e

[3 marks]

[4 marks]

A manufacturers marginal cost (in dollars per unit) to make x units of a certain product is
given by c(x)=30-0.012x. if there fixed costs of 2000, find:
i.
ii.

The total cost of making 150 units

The average cost per unit of making 150 units.

[4 marks]
y

c)

Calculate the area of the region bounded by y=x2-4 and

1
x 1
2

[6 marks]