MATHEMATICS T 954/2 – STPM 2016 (P2)

Section A [45 marks] : Answer all questions in this section.

6. By using the trapezium rule with five ordinates, estimate the value of

1. The function f is defined by f(x) = dx. correct to three decimal places. [5]

where m and n are constants.

(a) If f(x) exists, find the value of n. [6]

Section B [15 marks] : Answer one question only in this section.
(b) If f is continuous at x = 1, determine the values of m. [2]
7. A function f is defined by f(x) = 3x7 – 7x3.

(a) Find the x-intercepts of the function. [2]

2. Find an equation of the normal line to the curve x3 – 6x2y + 2xy2 + y3 = 8
at the point where the curve crosses the y-axis. [7] (b) Determine the intervals where the function is increasing and decreasing. [5]
(c) Find the coordinates of the stationary points and determine their characteristics. [5]
(d) Sketch the graph of the function. [3]
3. By using the substitution u = sin–1 x, find the exact value of dx. [7]

8. Given curves y = ln (x + 3) and y = ln 2x.

(a) Sketch the two curves on the same coordinate axes. [2]
(b) Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the two curves. [1]
4. The variables x and y are related by the differential equation = .
(c) Find the point of intersection of the curve y = ln (x + 3) and the y-axis. [1]
Show that the substitution w = x + 2y transforms the differential equation to
(d) Calculate the area of the region bounded by the two curves, x-axis and y-axis. [5]
= . [3]
(e) Calculate the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region bounded
by the two curves, x-axis and y-axis about the y-axis completely. [6]
Hence, find the particular solution of the differential equation which satisfies
the condition that y = 1 when x = 2. [5]

5. If y = tan–1 x, show that (1 + x2) + 2x = 0.

Hence, find the Maclaurin expansion for tan–1 x up to the term in x5. [7]

By using the identity tan–1 + tan–1 = , express  as a sum of two

infinite series and hence, find the value of  correct to four decimal places. [3]