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Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions.

1 (a) Evaluate

 5 5
(i) lim  2  , [2]
x 0  x  x x

 x3  8 
(ii) lim  . [3]
x 2
 x 2

(b) The function f is defined by

 e x  2, x  1,
f  x  
 x  e  k , x  1.

Find lim f  x  and lim f  x  , and determine the value of k such that the
x 1 x 1

function is continuous at x  1. [4]

2 A curve with parametric equations x  1  3 tan  and y  5sec , where

π π
    , intersects the y-axis at A and has a minimum point at B is shown in the
2 2
diagram below.

dy 5 3
(a) Show that  sin  . [3]
dx 3

(b) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at A. [5]

(c) Find the coordinates of B. [3]

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x tan 1 x dx.
2
3 (a) Find [3]
e


ln x 1
(b) Using the substitution u  1  ln x, show that dx  ln 2  . [4]
x 1  ln x 
2 2
1

dy
4 Find the particular solution of the differential equation  x  y  0 which satisfies
dx
the condition y  4 when x  0. [7]

5 (a) State the Maclaurin series for cos  3x  up to four non-zero terms. [1]
(b) Explain why the approximation of cos(6) by using Maclaurin series in (a) fails.
[2]
cos 3x  2 x 2  1
(c) Find the limiting value of as x approaches 0. [3]
6 x3

1
 (e  x  1) dx correct to
x2
6 Using the trapezium rule with five ordinates, estimate the
0

four decimal places. [5]

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Section B [15 marks]

Answer one question only

You may answer all the questions but, only the first answer will be marked.

7 The rate of increase in the number of coronavirus in a colony is given by the

differential equation
dx
 (   ) x ,
dt
where x is the number of virus at time t (in weeks), α is the rate of reproduction, and β
is the mortality rate.

(a) Given that x  x0 at time t  0, and α and β are constants where α > β, solve
the differential equation. [6]

(b) At a certain instant, an outbreak of a disease occurs. The epidemic results in

no further reproduction and the virus die at a rate directly proportional
1
to . There were 3600 coronavirus in the colony before the outbreak of the
x
disease but only 1600 remain after 8 weeks. Determine the length of time
from the outbreak of the disease until all the coronavirus in the colony die. [9]

1
x
8 (a) Sketch on the same coordinates axes, the graphs y  e 2 and y  xπ . [2]

1
x
(b) Show that the equation e 2  x  π  0 has a real root in the interval (3, 5). [2]

(c) Using the Newton-Raphson method with the initial approximation x0  4 to

1
x
obtain the positive root of the equation e 2  x  π  0 correct to three decimal
places. [7]

(d) Calculate the volume of the solid generated when the region bounded by the
curve, the line and the y-axis in the first quadrant is revolved completely about
the x-axis. [4]

KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT

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