AMBO UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Assignment for Natural Science Remedial Students

1. Let kvk = 3, kuk = 5 then determine the values of x for which the vectors v + xu and v − xu are
orthogonal.(1 point)

2. Find the equation of the circle passing through the vertices of a triangle whose sides are represented
by the equations x + y = 2, 3x − 4y = 6 and x − y = 0.(2 points)

3. The cable of a uniformly loaded suspension bridge hangs in the form of a parabola. The roadway which
is horizontal and 100m long is supported by vertical wires attached to the cable, the longest wire being
30m and the shortest being 6m. Find the length of a supporting wire attached to the roadway 18m
from the middle.(2 points)

4. The diagram shows a solid which consists of a pyramid with a square base attached to a cuboid. The
vertex V of the pyramid is vertically above M and N , the centres of the squares P QRS and ABCD
respectively. AB = 30 cm, AP = 40 cm and V N = 20 cm. (3 points)

a. Find V A and ∠V AC.

b. Calculate the volume and the total surface area of the solid.
√
1−cos 2(x−2)
5. Evaluate lim x−2
(if it exist).(2 points)
x→2

6. Find the(constant
√
k that makes the function f (x) continuous at x = π. (2 points)
2+cos x−1
(π−x)2
, x 6= π
f (x) =
k, x=π

7. Let f be a differentiable function such that 8f (x) + 6f ( x1 ) − x = 5 (x 6= 0) and y = x2 f (x), then

dy
evaluate dx at x = −1.(2 points)

8. Evaluate
R −1 the following definite and indefinite integrals.(3 points)
a. −4 (x2 + 1) e−x dx
R x2 +4
b. x(x−1) 2

9. Compute the area A of the region b/n the graph of f and the x-axis on the given integral. (3 points)
a. f (x) = x12 ; [−2, 2]
1
b. f (x) = x 2 ; [1, 4]