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2014 Coventry University 101MS/8

May 2014
Coventry University
Faculty of Engineering & 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 may take this question paper at the end of the examination.
Please keep it in a safe place for future reference.

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

1. In this question, j satisfies j 2 = −1.

a) Calculate (3 − j4)(2 + j).

(2 marks)
3 − j4
b) Determine .
2+j
(3 marks)

c) Express 4∠120◦ in Cartesian form.

(1 mark)

d) What are the principal values of the arguments of the two square roots of 4∠120◦?
(3 marks)

e) Use de Moivre’s theorem to determine (−1 + j)12 in polar form.

(3 marks)

2. The matrices A and B are given below.

   
3 1 1 2 −1 −1
A= 0 4 2 , B= 5 −2.5 −3  .
   

5 −2 0 −10 5.5 6
a) Write down AT and calculate AT A.
(4 marks)

b) What is the cofactor of the element 2 in matrix A?

(2 marks)

c) Calculate AB.
(3 marks)

d) Use the result of 2.c) to solve the simultaneous equations:

3x + y + z = 7
4y + 2z = 12
5x − 2y = 3

(3 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 x = e−2t cos(πt).

(3 marks)

b) Find the derivative of y = ln(3x2 + 1).

(2 marks)

c) For the function defined implicitly by y 3 + y − x − 2x3 = 27, determine the gradient of
its graph at the point (1, 3).
(4 marks)
dy
d) For the function defined parametrically by x = t3 + t, y = sin(3t + 1), determine in
dx
terms of the parameter t.
(3 marks)

4. a) The vectors a and b are given by a = 3i + 2j − k and b = 4i − 3j + αk.

(i) Find a unit vector in the direction of a.
(1 mark)
(ii) For what value of α are the vectors a and b perpendicular?
(2 marks)
(iii) For α = 2, calculate a × b.
(3 marks)

b) An electrical device is made up of three components A, B and C. The probabilities of

each of the components A, B, C failing are respectively 0.05, 0.16, 0.15. The device
works only if all components work. Assuming components fail independently, calculate
the probability of
(i) all three components failing;
(1 mark)
(ii) at least two components failing;
(4 marks)
(iii) the device failing.
(1 mark)

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

Z 2
5. a) Evaluate (8x3 − 6x2 − 3) dx .
1
(3 marks)
Z
b) Using integration by parts, determine te−2t dt .
(4 marks)
√
(1 + t)5
Z
1/2
c) Use the substitution x = t to determine √ dt .
t
(5 marks)

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

6. a) Sketch the graph of a function y = f (x) that has all the following properties:
dy
(i) = 0 only at x = 2;
dx
dy
(ii) > 0 at all other values of x;
dx
dy
(iii) → 0 as x → ∞;
dx
(iv) y = 1 at x = 2.
(5 marks)

b) The function y = cos((x − 3)3 ) is such that

dy
= −3(x − 3)2 sin((x − 3)3 )
dx

and

d2 y
= −6(x − 3) sin((x − 3)3 ) − 9(x − 3)4 cos((x − 3)3 ).
dx 2

Explain why there is a stationary point at x = 3 and determine the nature of this
stationary point.
(4 marks)

c) Find and classify the stationary points of f (x) = x2 (18 − x2 ).

In addition, determine any points of inflexion.
(11 marks)

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

7. a) Find the area enclosed by the curve y = 1 + cos(x), the x-axis, and the ordinates x = 0
and x = π4 .
(4 marks)
2x + 3
b) Express as a sum of partial fractions and use this to determine
x2 + 4x + 3
2x + 3
Z
dx .
x + 4x + 3
2

(7 marks)

c) Calculate the mean value and the root mean square (rms) value of the function sin(t)
over the interval 0 ≤ t ≤ π.
(7 marks)
Hint: You may use the trigonometric identity cos(2A) = 1 − 2 sin2 (A).
 

d) Without doing any further integration, determine the rms value of sin(t) over the interval
0 ≤ t ≤ 2π.
(2 marks)

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

8. a) A component is produced at the rate of 1,000 per day. Ocassionally there is a problem
in the production process and a faulty component is produced. The numbers of faulty
components produced over 10 consecutive days were recorded as

29, 32, 26, 29, 31, 24, 37, 30, 33, 29

(i) Calculate the mean, median and mode number of faulty components produced in a
day over this period.
(3 marks)
(ii) Using this data, an estimate of the probability that an individual component is faulty
is 0.03. A sample of 10 components is taken.
Using the Binomial distribution,
(I) find the probability that such a sample contains precisely 2 faulty components
(give your answer to 3 decimal places);
(2 marks)
(II) find the probability that such a sample contains less than 3 faulty components
(give your answer to 3 decimal places);
(3 marks)
(III) determine the mean number of faulty components in such a sample.
(2 marks)

b) (i) Use Gaussian elimination to solve the simultaneous equations

x + 2y + 3z = 9
2x + y − 4z = 1
3x + 3y + 2z = 16

(7 marks)
(ii) What happens if the coefficient of z in the third equation is changed from 2 to -1?
(3 marks)

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