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Instructions to candidates:
Scientific calculators may be used. Programmable and graphic display calculators are
prohibited.
(45 marks)
1. Evaluate
(a) lim
x
x2 x [3 marks]
x 3 4x 2 x 6
(b) lim [3 marks]
x2 3x 2 5 x 2
dy
2. Given that 2 x 2 y 2 3xy 35 , find an expression of in terms of x and y. Find the
dx
equation of tangent to the curve at the point 2,3 . Hence, show that
2
dy dy
2 y 3x d y
2 3 4 0 . [7 marks]
dx 2
dx dx
x 3 4 , x 2
3. The function f is defined as f x mx 5 , x 2
k
, x 2
2 x 1
2
1 x2
(i) y cos 1 where x 0 .
2
[3 marks]
1 x
(ii)
y ln x 2 e 2 x where x 0 . [3 marks]
d
2
2 y dy
(b) Given that y sin 1 x , show that 1 x 2 2
x 2. [4 marks]
dx dx
2
1 1
5. The parametric equations of a curve are x = 31 , y = 3 t 2 . Find the equation of
t t
the normal to the curve at the point where t = 2. [8 marks]
6. Oil is poured into a hemispherical bowl of radius 5 cm at the rate of 4 cm 3 / s . The volume,
1
V cm3, of the oil in the bowl when its depth is h cm is given by V 5h 2 h 3 . At the
3
instant when the depth of the oil in the bowl is 2 cm, find
(b) the rate of change of the radius of the oil’s surface area. [3 marks]
SECTION B
(15 marks)
Function f is given by f x
9x
7. .
x 4
2
(a) Determine the intervals on which f is increasing and decreasing. Deduce the local
extrema. [6 marks]
(b) By using second derivative test, determine the intervals on which f is concave up and
concave down. Deduce the points of inflexion. [6 marks]
3
8. A right circular cylinder is inscribed in a hollow circular cone of radius 8 cm and height 12
cm. One end of the cylinder touches the base of the cone while its other end touches the
curves surface of the cone. If the cylinder has a radius of r cm,
4
(c) Hence, show that the maximum volume of the cylinder is times of the volume of
9
the cone. [5 marks]