OCTOBER, 2019

MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY (SSET)

ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS (EGM 211)
APPLICATION OF DIFFERENTIATION SHEET 2
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1. Differentiate with respect to x.

𝑥
a. 𝑦 = (2𝑥 − 1)𝑥 b. 𝑦 = √𝑥 + 3 c. 𝑦 = 3𝑥 4𝑥+1
2. Differentiate with respect to 𝑥 .
a. 𝑦 = sin−1 5𝑥 b. cos−1 3𝑥 b. tan−1 2𝑥 c. sin−1 𝑥 2
3. Differentiate with respect to 𝑥 .

−1
𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 𝑥 x
a. 𝑦 = sin (3𝑥 + 2) b. y = c. y = x 2 tan−1
𝑥 2
2𝑥
4. Find the equation of the normal to the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 +1 at the point (3, 0.6) and the equation of

the tangent of the at the origin.

5. Find the equation of of the tangent at the normal and the curve 4𝑥 3 + 4𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 = 4 at
(0, 2), and find the coordinates of a further point of the intersection of the tangent and the
curve.
6. Determine the change in y if x changes from 2.50 to 2.51 when (a) 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2
b. 𝑦 = 5𝑥
7. Determine the approximate increase in (a) the volume, and (𝑏) the surface area of a cube of
side 𝑥 𝑐𝑚 if 𝑥 increases from 20.0𝑐𝑚 to 20.05𝑐𝑚.
8. The rate of flow of a liquid through a tube is given by Poiseuilles’s equation as:
𝑃𝜋𝑟 4
𝑄= where 𝑄 is the rate of flow, 𝑝 is the pressure difference between the ends of the
8𝜂𝐿

tube, 𝑟 is the radius of the tube, 𝐿 is the length of the tube and 𝜂 is the coefficient of viscosity

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 of the liquid. 𝜂 is obtained by measuring 𝑄, 𝑝, 𝑟 and 𝐿. If 𝑄 can be measured accurate to
±0.5%, 𝑝 accurate to ±3%, 𝑟 accurate to ±2% and 𝐿 accurate to ±1%, calculate the
maximum possible percentage error in the value of 𝜂.
9. When determining the surface tension of a liquid, the radius of curvature, ρ, of part of the
2 3
√[1+(𝑑𝑦) ]
𝑑𝑥
surface is given by 𝜌 = 𝑑2 𝑦
𝑑𝑥2

Find the radius of curvature of the part of the surface having the parametric equations
𝑥 = 3𝑡 2 , 𝑦 = 6𝑡 at the po𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑡 = 2.

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