0601/160.

103 CP
PN G
Extramural/Internal

MASSEY UNIVERSITY
PALMERSTON NORTH CAMPUS

EXAMINATION FOR
160.103 METHODS OF MATHEMATICS

Semester One – June 2006

Time allowed: THREE (3) hours.

Answer ALL questions.

This paper is marked out of 100.

Two sheets of graph paper will be distributed to each candidate.

Calculators are permitted—no restrictions.

Give numerical answers correct to 2 decimal places unless indicated otherwise.

Show relevant working—answers without working do not score highly

even if they are correct.

This examination is closed book.

A copy of “Summary for 160.103” is attached to this exam paper.

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1. (a) Solve the equation

1000 (1 ! e!0.01t )!=!900 .

(b) Solve the equation

!n 3 + !n(x ! 2) ! !n(x + 2)!=!0 .

(c) Convert 27.294 radians to degrees. Give your answer to at least 6 decimal places
and then round to the appropriate degree of accuracy given that 27.294 is accurate
to 3D.

3
(d) If sin ! = what does θ equal correct to 2D?
5

! x$
(e) Find the amplitude and period of the curve y = 2 sin # & . Sketch this curve in the
" 2%
region –4π ≤ x ≤ 4π.

[10 marks]

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2. (a) Let
"1 !1 %
" !1 2 3% " !2 !!4 %
A=$ , B = $3 !!0 ' , C=$ ,
# !!3 4 0 '& $ ' # !!3 !6 '&
#0 !!5 &
"6 !2 % "5 %
D=$ , E = $ ', F = [ !2 3],
#3 !!1 '& #6 &

Calculate (if not possible justify your answer):

(i) AB (ii) CB

(iii) 2D – 3C (iv) A + B

(v) det(B) (vi) D !1

(vii) C !1 (viii) EF

(b) Let
"x + 3 x ! 3%
M =$
#x + 2 x ! 7 '&

where x is a real number. Find the value(s) of x so that M !1 exists.

(c) Use elementary row operations (clearly indicating your pivot rows) to solve

(i) 8x ! 4y = 12 (ii) 8x ! 4y = 12
!2x + y = 3 !2x + y = !3

(iii) 2x ! 13y + z = !7
! x ! 4y ! z = !!2
3x ! 13y + z = !3

Check your answer in (iii).

(d) Use the inverse matrix method to solve

9x + 8y = ! 5
7x + 10y = 19

Check your answer. Note: No marks for other methods.

[20 marks]

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3. (a) Find the derivatives of each of the following functions. DO NOT simplify.

1 !1
(i) 3x 5 ! 5x !3 + 4x 2 ! 4x 2 .

(ii) 3x 3 sin x .

2
(iii) x2ex .

2x + 1
(iv) .
x2

(v) (
1000 3e!0.3t + 6 !n t . )

(b) Let y = f (x) = 4x 5 ! 5x 4 ! 40x 3 .

dy
(i) Find = f !(x) .
dx

d2 y
(ii) Find = f !!(x) .
dx 2

(iii) What is the slope of the tangent to y = f (x) at x = 2?

(iv) What is the rate of change of y with respect to x at x = –1?

(v) Find the equation of the tangent to y = f (x) at x = –1.

(vi) For what values of x does f !(x) = 0 ?

(vii) Determine the nature of the stationary points of y = f (x) .

[20 marks]

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4. (a) Let f (x) = 3x 4 ! 4x 3 ! 1 .

(i) Find the x-coordinates of all the critical points.

(ii) Draw a table of signs for f !(x) .

(iii) Find the intervals on which f (x) is increasing or decreasing.

(iv) Determine the nature of the critical points.

(v) Find the x-coordinates of the points of inflection (if any).

(vi) Find the open intervals on which f (x) is concave up or concave down.

(b) A manufacturing company produces x units of a product in a day. The daily

revenue in dollars from selling them is

R(x) = 200x ! 0.5x 2

while the cost of production is

C(x) = 75x + 12, 000 for 0 ≤ x ≤ 200.

(i) Show that the profit function is

P(x) = 125x ! 0.5x 2 ! 12, 000 .

(ii) For what level of production is the profit a maximum?

[20 marks]

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5. (a) Find the following integrals:

" 2 8 4 %
(i)
( $# 6x ! 3 + ! 7 '& dx .
x x

" ! 12 x 1 %
(ii)
( $# e + ' dx .
x&

(iii)
" (sin ( x ) ! 2 cos(5x)) dx .
1
3

3x ( 3x 2 + 2 ) dx .
!
4
(iv)

" 2
(v)
#0
( cos(x) ! sin(4x)) dx .

!
4
(vi) dx .
1 4x + 1

(b) Find a particular solution to the differential equation

dy
!=!2e x + 1
dx
that satisfies the condition that y = 2e when x = 1.

(c) Find the area bounded by the curves

f (x)!=!2x + 1 and g(x) = x 2 + 2x ! 3 .

[20 marks]

6. Let z!=! f (x,!y)!=!5xy ! 7x 2 ! y 2 + 3x ! 6y + 2 .

(a) Find all first and second partial derivatives of this function.

(b) Find the x and y-coordinates of all critical points (x, y, z) and determine their
nature.
[10 marks]

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