SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

FACULTY OF GEOMATICS

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE HONOURS IN SURVEYING SCIENCES

YEAR I SEMESTER I EXAMINATION – JANUARY 2022

CALCULUS - FC 11221

Time allowed: Two Hours

Answer four (4) questions only. Each Question Carries Equal Marks.

1 a. Let the function f : (5, ) → ℝ be defined by f ( x)  ln( x  5) .

i. Show that the function f is one-to-one and onto.
ii. Find the inverse of f.

b. n `2
Let a n  , nℕ.
n2 1
i. Use the precise definition to prove that, lim a n   1 .
n 

ii. Does the sequence a  nn 

n 1
converge? Justify your answer.

2n  3
c. Let bn  3n  4 , nℕ.

i. Determine whether the sequence  bn nn1 is increasing, decreasing or not monotonic.

ii. Is the given sequence bounded? Explain your answer.

d. Determine whether the given series converge or diverge. State the test used and
show that all conditions of the test are satisfied:
  3n ! 
  n !
n 1 
.
3 


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2. a. lim lim
Let f be function such that f ( x)  L . Prove that cf ( x)  cL , where c is a
xa xa
constant.

b. The function f is defined by,

 x2
  a if 0  x  a
a
f ( x)   .
a 
3
a
if ax
 x2
i. Evaluate the left and right limits (if they exist) of f when x approaches to a.
ii. Is the function f continuous at the point x = a? Explain your answer.

c. State whether the following statements are true or false. Justify your answers (That is, if
true prove, else, give a counter example):
i. If the function 𝑓: 𝐴 → 𝐵 is bijection then 𝑓 𝑓 −1 = 𝐼𝐵 , where 𝐼𝐵 denotes the identity
function on B.
ii. If f ( x)  g ( x) is continuous at c and f(x) is continuous at c then g(x) is
continuous at c.
iii. The inequality, sin x  sin y  x  y holds for all 𝑥, 𝑦 ∈ ℝ.
iv. If f is defined as f ( x)  x   for all 𝑥 ∈ ℝ, then the derivative f ( ) does not exist.

3 a. i. State the Rolle's theorem (Clearly indicate the hypothesis and the conclusion).
ii. Verify Rolle’s theorem for the function f ( x)  ( x  a) 3 ( x  b) 4 defined in the interval

a, b .

b. Let the function f be f ( x)  1  x  , where 𝑚 ∈ ℝ.

m

i. Construct the infinite Maclaurin’s series for the functions f.

ii. 1
Use your result in part (i) to find the expansion of up to the term in x 6 .
1 x 2

c. Evaluate the following limits, if they exist, where e is the Euler’s number:

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 i. lim sin ln x  .
x 0

 x a  ax  a  1 
ii. lim   , here a is a positive constant.
x 1    2 
 x 1 
 t 2  e 4t 
iii. t   2t  e t
lim  .
 

 x4  y2 
lim  4 .
 x , y 0, 0  x  y 2 
iv.
 

4. a. Let f x, y   9 x 2  y 2  1 . Sketch the level curves f x, y   5 and f x, y   10 in the

domain of f on the coordinate axes (clearly label the contour lines and the axes).

b. A transformation T: ℝ2 → ℝ2 is defined by,

x  e  cos ,
y  e  sin  .
Find the Jacobian matrix and the Jacobian of the transformation.

x2
c. i. If f ( x, y )  , then find the total differential of f .
y
v2
ii. The centripetal acceleration of a particle moving in a circle is given by a  , where v
r
is the velocity and r is the radius of the circle. Use the total differential of a to
approximate the percentage error in measuring the acceleration due to errors of 3% in
the velocity and 2% in the radius.

5. a. Let f x, y   2 x 3  3 y 3  6 xy 2  150x .

i. f f
Compute the partial derivatives and and hence find the critical points of f .
x y
ii. 2 f 2 f
x 2 yx
Let D( x, y )  2 . Evaluate D( x, y) at each critical point of f.
 f 2 f
xy y 2

iii. Use part (ii) to determine whether the critical points are maxima, minima or saddle
points.

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b. The closed interval [-2, 3] is divided into subintervals by the partition P and the set of
partition point is {-2, -1, 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.25, 3}.
i. Let f(x) = 5x+2 and x i* = left end point of the ith subinterval. Compute the Riemann
sum of f in the interval [-2, 3].
3

ii.
Evaluate the definite integral  5x  2dx
2
and compare with the Riemann sum in

part(i).

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