1

SEMESTER FINAL EXAMINATION

DIPLOMA IN ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

MODULE : MATHEMATICS III

EXAM DATE : 09 / 07 / 2012

EXAM TIME : 1:30 4:30p.m.

__________________________________________________________________

- Read the instructions carefully before answering any questions.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES


Answer any FIVE questions. (Total 60 marks)


This paper consists of EIGHT printed pages only.

__________________________________________________________________

Cheating is a serious offence. Any candidates found cheating will be given an
automatic F for all subjects enrolled for the semester.


Reg. No : _______________________


Name : _______________________




(WLJ/S1/2012)
2
Answer any FIVE questions.


1. (a) Find the Maclaurins series for ( ) ( ) x x f = 1 ln up to 4 non-zero terms.
(5 marks)

(b) Find the Maclaurins series for ( ) x x f cos = up to 4 non-zero terms.
(5 marks)

(c) From (a) and (b), determine the series for ( ) ( ) x x x f cos 1 ln = up to and
including the term in
4
x . (2 marks)


2. (a) Evaluate the following derivatives:

(i) ( ) ( ) x y cos ln sin = (2 marks)

(ii)
3
2
2
1 3
1 3

|
|
.
|

\
|
+

=
x
x
y (4 marks)

(b) If
3
cos cos 3 = x ,
3
sin sin 3 = y , express
dx
dy
and
2
2
dx
y d
in terms of
. (6 marks)


3. (a) Find
}
e
x x
1
2
ln dx by using integration by parts. (5 marks)

(b) Integrate the following:

(i) x x
}
tan sec
5
dx (2 marks)

(ii)
}
x
4
cos dx (5 marks)


4. (a) Find the position of the centroid of the plane figure bounded by the curve
2
4 x y = , the x-axis, the y-axis and the ordinates at 2 = x . (8 marks)

(b) Test the series + + + + +
9
2
8
2
7
2
6
2
5
1
4 3 2
is convergent or divergent. (4 marks)




3
5. (a) Solve ( ) ( ) 0 1 1
2 2
= + +
dx
dy
x y y x by separating the variables. (5 marks)

(b) Solve x x y
dx
dy
x cos
3
= by the use of an integrating factor. (7 marks)


6. (a) Fifteen percent of carbon resistors drawn from stock are, on average, are
defective. If 4 resistors are picked independently,

(i) find the probability of getting a defective resistor, p in a single pick
(1 mark)

(ii) find the probability of getting a good resistor, q in a single pick
(1 mark)

(iii) complete the table of binomial distribution below (5 marks)


S = Number of
defective resistors
|
|
.
|

\
|
S
4

Number of ways S can occur

( ) S P
4
3
2
1
0

Table 1

(iv) find the probability of getting good resistor all 4 times (1 mark)

(v) find the probability of getting defective resistor at least 2 times
(1 mark)

(b) The life of a drill bit has a mean of 16 hours and a standard deviation of 2.6
hours. Assuming a normal distribution, find the probability of a sample bit
lasting for more than 20 hours. Sketch a normal curve representing this
distribution. (3 marks)


7. Find the solution of t y
dt
dy
dt
y d
4 2 3
2
2
= + + , ( ) 0 0 = y , ( ) 0 0 =
dt
dy
. (12 marks)






4
FORMULAE

Series:
Maclaurins Series : ... ) 0 ( ' ' '
! 3
) 0 ( ' '
! 2
) 0 ( ' ) 0 ( ) (
3 2
+ + + + = f
x
f
x
f x f x f

Differentiation:
Product Rule : if y = uv, then
dx
du
v
dx
dv
u
dx
dy
+ =
Quotient Rule : if y =
v
u
, then
2
v
dx
dv
u
dx
du
v
dx
dy

=
Logarithmic Differentiation : if y =
w
uv
, then
)
`

+ =
dx
dw
w dx
dv
v dx
du
u w
uv
dx
dy 1 1 1


Integration:
}
+
=
+
1
)] ( [
) ( ' ) (
1
n
x f
x f x f
n
n

}
+ = c x f
x f
x f
) ( ln
) (
) ( '

Integration by Parts :
} }
= vdu uv udv
Centroid of A Plane Figure :
}
}
=
b
a
b
a
ydx
xydx
x ,
}
}
=
b
a
b
a
ydx
dx y
y
2
2
1


Laplace Transform:
Characteristics of Laplace Transform:
( )
( ) ( ) 0 f s sF
dt
t df
L =
)
`

( )
( ) ( )
( )
dt
df
sf s F s
dt
t f d
L
0
0
2
2
2
=
)
`

Statistics:
Binomial Distribution: ( )
S n S
q p
S
n
s P

|
|
.
|

\
|
=
Normal Distribution: z-score =

X


5
Trigonometry:
1 cos sin
2 2
= + x x
( ) x x 2 cos 1
2
1
cos
2
+ =
( ) x x 2 cos 1
2
1
sin
2
=

6
Table of Differentiation

) (x f y =
dx
dy

n
x
1 n
nx
x
e
x
e
kx
e
kx
ke
x ln
x
1

x sin x cos
x cos x sin
x tan x
2
sec
x sec x x tan sec
x sinh x cosh
x cosh x sinh
x cot x
2
csc
x
1
tan

1
1
2
+ x


7
Table of Laplace Transform

( ) t f ( ) s F
1
s
1

t
2
1
s

n
t
1
!
+ n
s
n

at
e

a s +
1

at sin
2 2
a s
a
+

at cos
2 2
a s
s
+

at sinh
2 2
a s
a

at cosh
2 2
a s
s

at e
kt
sin

( )
2 2
a k s
a
+ +

at e
kt
cos

( )
2 2
a k s
k s
+ +
+

( ) ( ) t bf t af
2 1
+ ( ) ( ) s bF s aF
2 1
+
( )
dt
t df

( ) ( ) 0 f s sF
( )
2
2
dt
t f d

( ) ( ) ( ) 0 ' 0
2
f sf s F s

8
Extract from Normal Curve Table