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2. Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.
3. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the
invigilator.
4. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of:
QUESTION 1
1 1
•x/4 + x 2
i) lim
x->0 x+1
(2 marks)
3 2
f3x -2x ^
ii) lim
X->oo
I X 2 +X ,
(3 marks)
Vx-1 x-1
iii) lim T +^
x->1
^ X-1 X -\)
(5 marks)
9x-2 , x<1
2
f(x) = - k x - 2 , 1<x<3.
x2 , X >3
ii) Using the value of k in (i), determine whether the function f(x) is continuous at
x = 1.
(4 marks)
2
c) Given that f(x) = x - 3x . Use the definition of derivative to find f'(l).
(6 marks)
QUESTION 2
c) A designer of a box making company wants to produce an open box from a piece of
card with the width of 16 cm and the length of 20 cm. The box is made by cutting out
squares of length x at each corners. The sides of the paper are folded up to form the
box as shown in Figure 1.
20
16
Figure 1
ii) Find the value of x so that the volume of the box is maximum.
(5 marks)
iii) Find the dimensions of the box so that the volume of the box is maximum.
(1 mark)
QUESTION 3
b) Use differential to estimate the value of V36.02 and give your answer correct to
four decimal places.
(5 marks)
QUESTION 4
2
a) Evaluate j(x - 2)(x3 + 5x) dx .
(3 marks)
3x
J
x +1
(3 marks)
4
ii) fsinx(cosx + l) dx
(3 marks)
c) The Mean Value Theorem for differentiation states that if f(x) is continuous on a
closed interval [a,b] and differentiable on the open interval (a,b), then there exist a
number c in (a,b) such that
r(c)=4t«
v
' b-a
If f(x) = 5x 2 + 3x + 2 , find the value of c in the interval (2,4) that satisfies the above
theorem.
(5 marks)
2x+1 2
d) Let F(x) = I dt. Use the Second Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to find
2
I 2 + 3t
i) F(x)
(3 marks)
ii) F(l).
(1 mark)
QUESTION 5
b) Consider the region W, enclosed by the curve y = x 2 , the line y = 2x + 8and y-axis
as shown in Figure 2.
y
y = 2x + 8
• x
Figure 2
ii) Use the Washer method to find the volume of the solid obtained by revolving the
region W about the x-axis.
(5 marks)
Find the volume of the solid obtained by revolving the region W about the y-axis by
using the Shell method.
(6 marks)