STA 2104/SMA 2101

W1-2-60-1-6

JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

OF
AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

University Examinations 2013/2014

FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER/STAGE II SEMESTER I

EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
ACTUARIAL SCIENCE/ BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY

STA 2104/SMA 2101 : CALCULUS FOR STATISTICS/

CALCULUS I

DATE: APRIL 2014 TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY) AND

ANY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS.
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QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)

1
3
(a) Find the derivative of f(x) = 3 x - 2 x 2 + 0.7x – 0.9 from first
principles. [5 marks]

x
1
x2 −6
(b) Find the equation of the normal to the curve y = 2 at the
point where x = 4. [6
marks]

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3
(c) Find the stationary points of the curve y = 2 x + 2 x 2 + 4x – 9
and distinguish between them. [6
marks]

(d) If f(x) = x 4 tan −1

2x, find f ' (x). [5
marks]

1 5
2
(e) Find the area between the curve y = 8 x + 4 x – 3 and the x-
axis.
[5 marks]

2 dy
(f) Given that y = (−x 2 +1 ) ( 3 x 3−1 ) , find dx when x = 2. [4
marks]

QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)

(a) Find the derivatives of the following functions:

3
x
1
2
y = ( 3 x +1 )
3
(i) [5 marks]
1
2
(ii)
3
y = ( 2−4 x +1 )
2
( 6 x 2+1 ) [5
marks]

2
−2 x +1 3
(iii) f(x) = e ln ( 2 x −4 x+1 ) [4 marks]

dy
3 2 2 2
(b) Find dxgiven that 4 x y - 2xy + x y - yx + 2 = 0
at the point where x = 1 [6 marks]

QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)

dy d2 y
(a) If y = √ 2 x 2+1 , find dx and dx 2 . Hence find the value of

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2
d2 y dy
2
y dx +
( ) dx [7 marks]

3t 2 t3 dy
(b) Given that y = √1−2t and x = √1−2t find dx in terms of
t.
[7 marks]

(c) Find the derivatives of [6 marks]

1 1
(i) x + y = ey

(ii) Y=
log3 x

QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)

x √ x+5
(a) If y - ln
( ( x−1 )3 ) find
dy
dx [4
marks]

x √ x+5
(b) Find
lim
x →3
( ( x−1 )3 ) [4
marks]

1
x √ x+5
(c) Show that
( )
( x−1 )3 ln ( x +√ x 2
1

+1 ) = ( x2 + 1 ) 2 [5
marks]

dy
2 2
(d) If x + y = 2y, find dx in terms of x and y. Hence prove that

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d2 y 1
dx 2 = ( 1− y )3 [7 marks]