2017

c Coventry University 101MS/8

May 2017
Coventry University
Faculty of Engineering, Environment & Computing

101MS
Engineering Mathematics 1

Instructions to candidates
Time allowed: 3 hours
This is a closed book examination
Answer: all questions from Section A plus
two questions from Section B
Candidates attempting more than two questions from Section B will be
assessed only on their best two attempts.
The total number of questions in this paper is 8
All questions in Section A carry equal marks and all questions in Section
B carry equal marks
Start each question on a new page and carefully identify your answers
with the correct question number
For this examination you will be supplied with the following:
Answer Books
Selected Mathematical Formulae Booklet
You must hand this question paper in at the end of the ex-
amination.

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Section A
Answer all questions in this Section Each question is worth 12 marks

1. Two complex numbers are given by z1 = 7 − j24 and z2 = 2 + j2, where j 2 = −1.

a) Find the modulus and argument (in degrees and correct to 2 decimal places) of z1 .
(2 marks)
z1
b) Calculate in the Cartesian form: a + jb.
z2
(3 marks)

c) Find all the distinct solutions of the equation z 3 + 27 = 0 and plot them on an Argand
diagram.
(7 marks)

2. The matrices A and B are given below.

 
0 5 5
A= 1 6 5 
 

−2 8 9

a) Calculate det(A).
(2 marks)

b) Calculate the matrix of co-factors

(5 marks)

c) Hence find the inverse of A

(5 marks)

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Section A
Answer all questions in this Section Each question is worth 12 marks

3. a) Find the derivative of y = (x3 + 1)2 .

(2 marks)
dx cos t − 1
b) Find when x = .
dt sin2 t
(4 marks)
1
c) Find the coordinates of all the stationary points of y = x4 − x3 + x2 .
4
Determine the nature of these stationary points.
(6 marks)

Z
4. a) Use integration by parts to evaluate x2 e3x dx .
(4 marks)

b) The vectors a and b are given by a = 3i − 2j − 3k and b = i − 2j − k.

(i) Find a unit vector in the direction of AB.
(3 marks)
(ii) Determine a  b.
(2 marks)
(iii) Calculate a × b.
(3 marks)

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Section A
Answer all questions in this Section Each question is worth 12 marks

dy
5. a) Find at the point (π, 1/4) on the curve defined implicitly by cos(xy) = sin(xy).
dx
(4 marks)

b) Differentiate y = (sin x)x .

(4 marks)

c) A bag of 20 sweets contain 17 wine gums and 3 fruit gums.

(i) What is the probability of picking choosing and eating wine gums twice in a row?
(2 marks)
(ii) Is the probability of choosing a wine gum followed by choosing a fruit gum the same
as chosing in the opposite order? Explain.
(2 marks)

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Section B
Answer two questions in this Section Each question is worth 20 marks

6. a) (i) Solve, using Gaussian elimination, the linear simultaneous equations

2y + z = −8
x − 2y − 3z = 0
−x + y + 2z = 3

(7 marks)
(ii) By using elementary row operations, find the inverse of the following matrix:
 
0 2 1
 1 −2 −3 
 

−1 1 2

(5 marks)

b) An insurance company classes drivers as class X and Y. Experience indicates that the
probability a class X driver has at least one accident in any one year is 0.02, while the
corresponding probabilities for Y is 0.04. They have found that of the drivers who apply
to them for cover, 40% are class X and 60% are class Y. Assume that for each class
of driver, accidents in subsequent years occur independently. However, for a driver of
unknown class, accidents in subsequent years will not occur independently.
(i) What the the probability of a new client having an accident in their first year?
(2 marks)
(ii) What is the probability of a new client having no accidents in their first 2 years?
(2 marks)
(iii) If a new client has no accidents in their first two years, what is the probability that
they are a class X driver?
(4 marks)

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Section B
Answer two questions in this Section Each question is worth 20 marks

7. a) A curve is given parametrically by the equations:

x = 3(t − sin(t)) and y = 3(1 − cos(t)).

(i) Find all the points at which the curve has a horizontal tangent line.
(5 marks)
(ii) Find Z 2π
y dx.
0

(5 marks)
1
Hint: cos2 θ = (1 + cos(2θ)).
2
b) Sketch the graph of
x
y=
x2
−9
identifying the interesting features such as turning points, inflection points, zeros and
asymptotes.Take care to show your workings.
(10 marks)

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Section B
Answer two questions in this Section Each question is worth 20 marks

8. a) Calculate Z
dx
I= √ .
x2 + 4
using a the substitution x = 2 sinh(θ).
(4 marks)

b) Calculate Z
1
I=
x2 +4
using a trigonometric substitution.
(4 marks)
2−x
c) Express as a sum of partial fractions and use this to determine
x2 + 5x
Z 2
x + 10
dx .
x2 + 5x
(7 marks)

d) Find the dimensions of the rectangle with the largest area that can be inscribed in a
semi-circle of radius r. Show, in fact, that the area of that rectangle is r2 .

(5 marks)

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