[QA 016/2 2012/2013]

dy 1
1. Use the first principle to find given y  .
dx x3
[6 marks]

2
B 2 d y dy
2. Given y  Ax   2 ln x, show that x 2
 x  y  2 ln x.
x dx dx
[6 marks]

3. Evaluate each of the following limits, if exists.

x 1 1
(a) lim .
x2 x2
[4 marks]

x 2  4x  5
(b) lim .
x 1 x 1
[3 marks]

4. Given that ax  b is a remainder when polynomial 2 x 3  5 x 2  28 x  15 is divided by

x 2  1. By using the remainder theorem find the value of a and b.
[9 marks]

5. Differentiate the following with respect to x:

3x  1
(a) y .
x2
[6 marks]

y  2 x  3 ln 4 x  5.
3
(b)
[6 marks]

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6. (a) Given

2 x  4, x  k
f x   
kx  5k , x  k .

Find the value of k > 0 if lim f x  exist.

xk

[5 marks]

(b) The function f x  is defined as:

x,x 1

 x  1,1  x  3
f x   
8  2 x,3  x  6
 4, x  6.


Find,

(i) lim f x .
x1

(ii) lim f x .
x 

(iii) lim f x .
x3

[8 marks]

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7. Express
 
x  1 x 2  9
in the form of partial fractions.

[8 marks]

dy dy
8. (a) Find if x 2  3 y 2  2 xy  19  0. Hence, evaluate at (2,3).
dx dx
[7 marks]

Given y   Ax  B e x , find the constants A and B if y  3 and

dy
(b)  5 when
dx
x  0.
[6 marks]

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