KNOX COMMUNITY COLLEGE

PROGRAMME: CAPE 2
COURSE NAME: Pure Mathematics
Module 1 TEST
DATE: February 3, 2011
Instruction: Please do ALL questions
QUESTION ONE
a)

log4 x +

4
=5
log 4 x

x >0

(log 4 x ) 2 +4 =5 log 4 x..........................................................................................1

(log 4 x ) 2 5 log 4 x +4 =0....................................................................................1
(log 4 x 1)(log 4 x 4) =0....................................................................................1
(log 4 x 1) =0
log 4 x =1
x =4

or

(log 4 x 4) =0.................................................................1

log 4 x =4...........................................................................................1
x =256.............................................................................................1

[6 marks]
b) 3e 3 x +1 = 15
e 3 x +1 =5.................................................................................................................1
ln e 3 x +1 =ln 5
3 x +1 =ln 5...........................................................................................................1
3 x =(ln 5) 1
(ln 5) 1
x =
.........................................................................................................1
3
x =0.203...............................................................................................................1

[4 marks]

QUESTION TWO
a) Find an equation for the line tangent to the parametric curve x = 6t 2 3 and
y = t 5 at the point defined by t = 1.
dx
dt
dy
dx
dy
dx
dy
dx

dy
=5t 4 ................................................................................2
dt

=12t

dy
dx

dt
dt
4
5t
=
...........................................................................................................1
12t
5(1) 3
(1) =
....................................................................................................1
12
5
m =
..............................................................................................................1
12
When
t =1
x =6(1) 2 3
x =3
=

y =15

y =1......................................................................1

y =mx +c
5
1=
( 3) +c.....................................................................................................1
12
1
c = ..............................................................................................................1
4
12 y =5 x 3

[8 marks]
b) Find the gradient of the curve x 2 + xy + y 2 3 y = 10 at the point (2, 3).
dy
dy
dy
+ y +2 y
3
=0.................................................................2
dx
dx
dx
dy
dy
dy
x
+2 y
3
=( 2 x + y ).....................................................................1
dx
dx
dx
dy
( x +2 y 3) =( 2 x + y ).............................................................................1
dx
dy
2x +y
dy
2( 2) +3
=
=
.........................................1
dx
x +2 y 3
dx
2 +2( 3) 3
dy
7
= =.....................................................................................................1
dx
5

2 x +x

[6 marks]

QUESTION THREE
a) Evaluate x

e dx

du
=2 x.....................................................................1
dx

u =x 2
dv
=e x
dx

v =e x ......................................................................1

e x dx = x 2 e x 2 xe x dx...........................................................1
du
=2........................................................................1
dx

u =2 x
dv
=e x
dx

v =e x

2 xe x dx =2 xe x 2e x dx.............................................................1
2 xe x dx =2 xe x 2e x +c.............................................................1

x
x

e x dx = x 2 e x ( 2 xe x 2e x ) +c................................................1

e x dx = x 2 e x 2 xe x +2e x +c,..................................................1

[8 marks]
b)

3 x 2 8 x + 13
( x + 3)( x 1) 2

3 x 2 8 x +13
A
B
C
=
+
+
............................................1
2
( x + 3)( x 1)
x + 3 x 1 ( x 1) 2
3 x 2 8 x +13 = A( x 1) 2 + B ( x + 3)( x 1) + C ( x + 3)..........................1

Substituting x = 1, x = 3, x = 0
When

x =1

4C =8
When

C =2.............................................................................1
x =
3

16 A =64

A =4..............................................................................1

When
x =0
A 3B +3C =13

B =
1................................................................1

x + 3 x 1 + ( x 1)

dx

= 4 ln x + 3 ln x 1

Was inadvertently omitted from the module test

2
+C .........................................................3
x 1

[8 marks]

QUESTION FOUR
Find the general solution of the differential equation y + 3 y 4 y = 5 4 x
u 2 +3u 4 = 0.........................................................................................1
( u +4)( u 1) =0......................................................................................1
u =4

or

u =1...................................................................................1

Complement ary function

y =Ae x +Be 4 x ........................................................................................1

Particular integral
y =Cx +D................................................................................................1

y =C ........................................................................................................1
y =0........................................................................................................1
0 +3C 4(Cx +D ) =5 4 x
3C 4 D =5
4Cx =4 x
4 D =5 3

C =1.............................................................................1
D =0.5........................................................................1

y = Ae x +Be 4 x + x 0.5............................................................................1

[10 marks]