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Section A[45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. Evaluate
[3 marks]
lim ¿ ¿ 2
a) x→ ∞
( √ x + 8 x−x )
lim ¿ ¿

(a) √ x 2 +5 [3 marks]
x→−∞ x−3

2. If e y cos−1 2 x =√ 1−4 x 2 , show that

( 1−4 x 2 ) dy +4 x−2 e y =0. [5 marks]
dx

x dz 32
z= =
3. Given 1 , show that dx 3 . [3 marks]
( x 2+ 32 ) 2
( x 2 +32 ) 2
Hence,find the exact value of the area of the region bounded by the curve
1
y= 3 , the x-axis and the lines x = 2, x = 7.
2
[4 marks]
( x +32 ) 2
4. Find the particular solution for the differential equation
dy
cos x + y sin x=2cos 3 x sin x−1
dx
3 π
y= x=
where √2 when 4 [7 marks]
dy
y y2
5. If tan–1 () 2
=¿
x, show that ( )
dx =2 1+ 4 [2 marks]

Obtain the Maclaurin series for tan x up to the term in x3 . [5 marks]

0.2

Hence , evaluate ∫ tanx dx . [3 marks]

0.1

3 2
6 (a) The curves of the functions y=x −45 and y=x +5 intersect at the point  x*, y * .
Find the integer m such that m  x*  m  1. [2 marks]

(b) The value x* satisfies both the two equations

3
x=√ x 2+50 , x= √ x 3−50.
Which, if any, of these two can be used as an iterative scheme of the form x n+1=F ( x n ), with
x0  m , to approximate the value of x? Explain clearly your decision about each scheme.
[5 marks]
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(c) Find x* correct to three decimal places. [3marks]

Section B[15 marks]

Answer one question only in this section.

7. Given that y = ln (1 + tan x).

3 2 2
dy y d y −y d y − y dy

(a) Show that dx

=e +2(e− y −1 )
and dx 3
=(e y
−2 e )
dx 2
+(e y
+2 e )
dx ( )
[5 marks]
(b) Hence, find the Maclaurin series of ln (1 + tan x) in ascending powers of x up to and
including the term in x3. [3 marks]
(c) Use the Maclaurin series in part(b) to estimate an approximate value for
1
∫0 ln(1+tan x )dx [2 marks]
(d) Use the trapezium rule with five ordinates to find another approximate value for
1
∫0 ln(1+tan x )dx , giving your answer correct to three decimal places. [3 marks]
(e) If x is sufficient small for x4 and higher powers of x to be neglected, show that
1+2 x 2
ln( ) ≈2 x−3 x 2 +4 x 3 .
1+tan x [2 marks]

8 (a) At time t minutes, the rate of change of temperature of a cooling body is proportional to the

temperature T °C of that body at that time. Initially, T = 100 °C . Show that T= 100e-kt
where
k is a positive constant.

Given also that T = 25 °C when t = 4 minutes , find how much longer it will take the body

to cool to 5 °C under these condition. [7

marks ]
(b) The curve y = ln (5x) is shown in the diagram below
y

y= ln (5x)

1
1 x
5
The tangent to the curve at the point P passes through the origin O.
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e
i) Show that the coordinates of the point P is ( , 1 ). [ 3 marks ]
5
ii) Find the area of the shaded region bounded by the curve, the tangent and the x-axis.
[ 5 marks ]