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JULY 2015 / MAT238

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

TEST 1

COURSE

FOUNDATION OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

COURSE CODE

MAT238

SEMESTER

JUNE OCT 2015

SUGGESTED ANSWER
SCHEME
by Ini Imaina Abdullah

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ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1
Use triangle method to simplify the following expression in terms of x.

sin cot 1 x 2
3

(5 marks)
Solution
Step 1:

Step 2:
1

Let A cot (x )
2

cot A x 2

x4 1

1
x2
tan A
1
tan A 2
x

x2

Step 3:

sin cot 1 x 2 sin A

3

sin cos A cos sin A

3
3

3 x2 1
1

2 4

x 1 2 x 1

3x 2 1
2 x4 1

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QUESTION 2
Find

dy
for the following equation.
dx
3y3 5e x tan1

2x cos 4x

(5 marks)
Solution
d
d x
3y3
5e tan1

dx
dx
Let u 5e x
du
5e x
dx

2x cos 4x

2x tan1 (2x) 2

1
1

dv
1
2

(2x)

dx 1 2x 2 2

v tan1

9y 2

9y 2

1
2x 1 2x

dy
1
5e x
tan1( 2x ) 5e x sin 4x 4
dx
2x 1 2x

dy
1
5e x
tan1( 2x ) 4sin 4x
2x 1 2x

dx

1
5e x
tan1( 2x ) 4sin 4x
2x 1 2x

dy

2
dx
9y

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QUESTION 3
Using completing the square, solve the following integral.

1
dx .
4x 9

(5 marks)
Solution
By using completing the square:
x 2 4x 9
2

4 4
x 4x

9
2 2
2

x 2 4x 2 2 9
2

x 2 2

x 2 5
2

1
dx
4x 9
u2 (x 2)2

x 2

dx

a2 5

u x2
du
1
dx
du dx

x 2

a 5

dx

1
du
a2

1
u
tan1 c
a
a
x 2
tan1
c
5
5

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QUESTION 4
ln2

Evaluate the integral

sinh(x 5 ) cosh (x 5 ) dx

(5 marks)
Solution

Mtd 1:

Mtd 2:

Let u sinh(x 5 )
du
cosh(x 5 ) 5x 4
dx
du
x 4cosh(x 5 ) dx
5

Let u cosh(x 5 )
du
sinh(x 5 ) 5x 4
dx
du
x 4 sinh(x 5 ) dx
5

ln2

ln2

cosh (x

sinh (x 5 ) x 4cosh (x 5 ) dx
u
ln2

du
5

du
5

ln2

u du

ln2

du
5

ln2

u du

ln2

1 u2

5 2 0

1 u2

5 2 0
ln2

2
5

1 sinh (x )

5
2

ln2

5
5
2

sinh2 0
1 sinh ln2

5
2
2

1 0.0258 0

5
2

0.0026

) x 4 sinh (x 5 ) dx

du
5

ln2

2
5

1 cosh (x )

5
2

5
5
2

cosh2 0
1 cosh ln2

5
2
2

1 1.0258 1

5
2

0.0026

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QUESTION 5
Solve the following hyperbolic equation using suitable hyperbolic identity:
2cosh2 x 10sinh x 10 0

(5 marks)
Solution
2 cosh2 x 10 sinh x 10 0
Use identity: cosh2 x sinh2 x 1

2 1 sinh2 x 10sinh x 10 0
2 2sinh x 10sinh x 10 0
2

2sinh2 x 10sinh x 12 0
Let w sinh x

2w 2 10w 12 0
w 2 5w 6 0

w 3 w 2 0
w 2 or w 3
sinh x 2
x sinh

or
1

x 1.4436

sinh x 3
x sinh1 3
x 1.8184

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QUESTION 6
Use the definition of hyperbolic function to prove

1
csch2 (x) 1.
2
tanh (x)
(5 marks)

Solution
LHS

1
csch2 (x)
tanh2 (x)

coth2 (x) csch2 (x)

2

2
ex e x
2

x
x
x
x
e e e e

x
x

e x
e x

e
2

e2x 2 e 2x 4

e x

e2x 2 e 2x

e x

e2x 2 e 2x
e2x 2 e 2x
1
RHS

4
e x