Date: 05.11.

2020

AHSANULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Department: Arts and Sciences
Program: B.Sc. in Industrial and Production Engineering
Semester Final Examination, Fall-2019

Year: 1st Course No: MATH-1107

Semester: 1st Course Name: Mathematics I

Instructions: i) Answer script should be hand written and should be written in A4 white paper.
You must submit the hard copy of this answer script to the Department when the
university reopens.
ii) Write down Student ID, Course number, and put your signature on top of every
single page of the answer script
iii) Write down page number at the bottom of every page of the answer script.
iv) Upload the scan copy of your answer script in PDF format at the respective site of
the course at google classroom using institutional email within the allocated time.
Uploading clear and readable scan copy is your responsibility and must be covered
the full page of your answer script.
v) You must avoid plagiarism, maintain academic integrity, and ethics. You are not
allowed to take any help from another individual and if taken so can result in stern
disciplinary actions from the university authority
vi) Marks allotted are indicated in the right margin
vii) Necessary charts/tables are attached at the end of the question paper
viii) Assume any reasonable data if needed
ix) Symbols and characters have their usual meaning

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 Part A

Time: 2 (Two) hours Full marks: 40

Instructions: i) Before uploading rename the PDF file as CourseNo_StudentID_PartNo.A

e.g.Math1107_190207001_partApdf

ii) There are 5 (Five) Questions, Answer any 4 (Four)

Question 1. [Marks:10]

1
a) Discuss the continuity of the following function at x  . [3]
2
 1
 x 2 1
 when x 

f (x)   x - 1 2
 2
 1
 1 when x  .
2
3 2 [4]
b) Examine whether the function f ( x )  4 x  9 x  6 x  5 has maximum and minimum values.
Does the function have any point of inflection? Give reason.

Verify Rolle’s theorem to the function f ( x )   x  2  x  3  x  4  in the interval (2, 3).

[3]
c)

Question 2. [Marks: 10]

a) Evaluate any one (1) of the followings by using L’ Hospital’s rule [3]

tanx
 1  log 1  x 
i ) lim  2  ii ) lim
x 0   x 1 cot π x
 x 
2 2 2 w w
b) If w  x  y  z and x  r sin φ cos θ , y  r sin φ sin θ , z  r cos φ then find , [3]
 r θ
using appropriate form of chain rule.

c) Find three positive numbers whose sum of squares is 48 and whose product is as large as possible.
[4]

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Question 3. [Marks: 10]
2 2 [3]
x y
a) If f ( x, y )  , then find the iterated limit and simultaneous limit of the function
x  y 
2
 2x y
2 2

at (0,0). Does the limit exist?

[4]
b) Find the radius of curvature of 𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥𝑦 − 𝑦 4 = 0 at (0, 0).
x [3]
Expand f ( x, y )  e cosy in Taylor’s series about (0,0).
c)
Question 4. [Marks: 10]

a) Evaluate the following integrals: [6]

π
2 2 1
2 x 1 x sin x 2
dx
(i)   x 1 2  x 1 dx ii)  2
dx iii)  5  3cosx .
1 x 0
π π
2 2
 cos x dx ; hence calculate the value of  cos x dx
n 6
b) Find the reduction formula for [4]
0 0
Question 5. [Marks: 10]

a) If A (3,4,5), B (4,6,3), C (-1,2,4), D (1,0,5). Find the projection of CD on AB. [3]

b) Find the constant k , so that the planes x - 2y  k z  0 and 2x  5y  z  0 are at right [4]
angles, and find in that case the plane through the point (1, -1, -1) and perpendicular to both the given
planes.
x y-2 z 3 x - 2 y -6 z  3 [3]
c) Prove that the lines   and   intersect. Find the co-ordinates of the
1 2 3 2 3 4
theirpoint of intersection.

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 Part B (Open book exam)

Submission deadline: Next day 6.30 pm Full marks: 20

Instructions: i) Before uploading rename the PDF file as CourseNo_StudentID_Part No.B

e.g.Math1107_190207001_partB.pdf
ii) Answer all the Questions

Question 1. [Marks: 10]

a) A rectangular box with square base has the total area of its surface equal to 150 square cm [4]
and the sides of its base are each x cm long. Find the volume of the box hence find the
maximum volume.

b) Oil spilled from a ruptured tanker spreads in a circle whose area increases at of 6 𝑚𝑖 2 /h. [2]
How fast is the radius of the spill increasing when the area is 9 𝑚𝑖 2 ?

c) An open rectangular box with a volume of 16 𝑓𝑡 3 is made from two kinds of materials. [4]
The bottom is made of material costing £10 per square foot and the sides from the
material costing £ 5 per square foot. Find the dimensions of the box so that cost of material
is minimized.

Question 2. [Marks: 10]

a) Find the radius of curvature, centre of curvature and circle of curvature of [4]
2
 x 2  y 2   a y 2  x 2  at the point (0, a).
   

b) Evaluate the following integrals: [6]

sin   cos x dx
i)  5  4sin 2 d ii)  x 3 1

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