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SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS: 2017/2018
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
MATH 122: CALCULUS I EXAM SAMPLE (3 credits)
INSTRUCTION:
ANSWER ANY 5 (FIVE) OUT OF THE FOLLOWING 7 (SEVEN) QUESTIONS
TIME ALLOWED:
 
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TWO HOURS AND THIRTY MINUTES 2 hours
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1. (a) Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show that there is a root of the equation

x5 − 2x4 − x − 3 = 0 in the interval (2,3).

(b) For what value(s) of k is the function

(
x2 + 5, x ≤ 3
g(x) =
2x − k, x > 3

continuous at x = 3?
(c) Solve the following differential equation

dy 2x
= .
dx (x − 1)2 (x + 2)

2. (a) Determine the values of a and b such that the function

x2 + ax + b
y=
x2 − x + 1
has a stationary value at the point (1,3), i.e. x = 1, y = 3.
(b) A function is defined by
2x2
f (x) = , x 6= ±1
x2 − 1
Find:
(i) the domain of f
(ii) the intercepts
(iii) the symmetry
(iv) the asymptotes .
(c) Using implicit differentiation, find the tangent line to the curve xe−x y −ln(1+x) = cos(πx)
at the point (1, 2).

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 3. (a) Evaluate
R 2
(i) x2x+1 dx
R
(ii) cos 3x cos xdx
[ You may use cos A cos B = 1/2(cos(A + B) + cos(A − B))].
(b) A farmer wants to fence his farm with a fencing material of total length 300 m such that
fenced area is minimum. He fences it such that he obtains a square and a rectangle sharing
a common border. Find the corresponding dimensions of the fenced area.
(c) Given that y = e2x sin x, show that

d2 y dy
−4 + 5y = 0.
dx2 dx

4. (a) Functions x and y are given in parametric form as

x = sin θ + cos θ and y = sin θ − cos θ.

dy
(i) Find dx as a function of θ.
(ii) Show that
d2 y 2
=
dx2 (cos θ − sin θ)3

(b) Show that  

d 1 1
= 2 sec2 x − 2
dx sin x cos x sin x cos2 x
. Hence find Z
dx
2
sin x cos2 x
5. (a) Find the first and second derivatives of

g(x) = x2 + sin 3x.

Deduce the first and second taylor polynomials about x = 0.

(b) For the function
x3 − 1
f (x) =
x2 − 1
Find:
(i) the domain
(ii) the intercepts with the x-axis and y-axis, any asymptotes, any turning points and use
the change of sign to decide whether they are maximum or minumum.
√
(iii) What
√ is the sign of f (x) in each of the following intervals (− 3, −1), (−1, 1) and
( 3, ∞).
√
6. (a) Let f (x) = x4 − ax2 + b. Find the values of a and b so that ( 3, 0) is a stationary point
of f .
(b) Let f (x) = (x2 − 3)2 .
(i) Find all the stationary points of f and give their nature (local maximum, local mini-
mum, inflexion point).

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 (ii) Find all the inflexion points of f and study the concavity of f .
(iii) Using the information obtained above, sketch the graph of f making sure that all the
critical point are visible.
(iv) Find the area
√ of the region
√ bounded by the graph of f , the x-axis, and the vertical
lines x = − 3 and x = 3.

7. (a) By using substitution x = 3 + sin θ, show that,

π
Z 4p Z
2
(−x2 + 6x − 8)dx = cos2 θdθ.
−π
2 2

Hence evaluate the integral.

(b) Let f (x) = −x2 + 2 and g(x) = x(x + 3). Construct in the same xy-plane the graphs of f
and g. Solve the equation f (x) = g(x) and then find the area of the finite region between
the two graphs.
(c) Solve the following initial value problem:
π
x2 y 0 + 2xy = cos2 x, y( ) = 0.
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