STPM 2014 – MATHEMATICS T 954/2 (U2)

SECTION B (15 Marks) : Answer one question only in this section.

SECTION A (45 Marks) : Answer all questions in this section.

 x2  4 7. For the graph of y = 3x4 + 16x3 + 24x2 – 6,

 ,x  2
1. Function f is defined by f(x) =  x  2 . (a) determine the intervals on which the graph is concave upward and
 4 ,x  2 concave downward, [6]
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(b) find the points of inflexion, [3]
Determine whether f is continuous at x = 2. [5]
(c) determine the extremum point and its nature. [3]
–1 dy 4 3 2
2. If y sin 2
2x = 1 4 x , show that (1 – 4x )2
+ 4xy + 2y2 = 0. [5] Hence, sketch the graph of y = 3x + 16x + 24x – 6. [3]
dx
1
8. Sketch the graphs of y = – 1 and y = –x3 – 2 on the same coordinate axes.
3. Show that d (cosec x) = – cosec x cot x. [2] 2 x
dx
Hence, show that the equation x4 – 2x3 + x – 3 = 0 has two real roots.
x
dx [7]
Using the substitution x = 2 tan θ, find . [6]
2
4  x2 Using the Newton-Raphson method with the initial approximation xo = 2,
find the positive real root of the equation x4 – 2x3 + x – 3 = 0, correct to
four decimal places. [6]
4. Show that the substitution u = 1 transforms the non-linear differential equation
y State, with a reason, a situation in which the Newton-Raphson method fails. [2]
dy y
+ = y2 ln x into the linear differential equation du – u = – ln x. [4]
dx x dx x

Solve this linear differential equation, and hence, obtain y in terms of x,

given that y = 1 when x = 1. [8]
2

2
 dy 
5. If y = (cos –1 x)2 , show that (1 – x2 )   = 4 y. [3]
 dx 
Show that the Maclaurin's series for (cos –1 x)2 is  – x + x2 –  x3 + . . . .
2
[7]
4 6

6. The curve y = x x 2  5 and the straight y

line y = 3x in the first quadrant is shown
in the diagram.
Using the trapezium rule with four intervals, y = 3x
determine the area of the region bounded
by the curve and the straight line. y = x x2  5 [5]

0 x