Matriculation Number: MA1521

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
SEMESTER 1 EXAMINATION 2019-2020
MA1521 CALCULUS FOR COMPUTING
November 2019 Time allowed: 2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write down your matriculation number neatly in the space
provided above. Do not write your name anywhere in this booklet.
This booklet (and only this booklet) will be collected at the end of
the examination. Do not insert any loose pages in the booklet.
2. This examination paper consists of FIVE (5) questions and comprises
ELEVEN (11) printed pages.
3. Answer ALL questions. For each question, write your answer in the
box and your working in the space provided inside the booklet follow-
ing that question. The marks for each question are indicated at the
beginning of the question. The maximum possible total score for this
examination paper is 50 marks.
4. This is a closed book (with authorized material) examination.
Students are only allowed to bring into the examination hall ONE
piece A4 size help-sheet which can be used on both sides.
5. Candidates may use any calculators that satisfy MOE A-Level exam-
ination guidelines. However, they should lay out systematically the
various steps in the calculations.
For official use only. Do not write below this line.

Question 1 2 3 4 5

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Question 1 [10 marks]

(a) A light shines from the top of a lamp post 15 metres high. At
time t = 0 a ball is projected vertically upwards from a point on
the ground 10 metres away from the foot of the lamp post. It is
known that the ball moves upwards a distance of s = 10t − 4.9t2
metres above the ground in t seconds for 0 ≤ t ≤ 1.01. If the
speed of the shadow of the ball on the ground at t = 1 second is
equal to u metre per second, find the value of u. Give your answer
correct to two decimal places.
(b) Let a denote a positive constant. It is known that the graph
of y 2 = x2a3 − 3x3a2 + 3x4a − x5 has a loop and that the area
bounded by this loop is equal to 2019
1521 . Find the value of a. Give
your answer correct to two decimal places.

Answer Answer
1(a) 1(b)

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Question 2 [10 marks]

∞
(3n )(n!)2
(x − 5)2n.
P
(a) Find the radius of convergence of the series (2n)!
n=1
Give your answer correct to two decimal places.
R x ln(1+t2)
(b) Let f (x) = 0 1+t dt. Find the exact value of f (7) (0).

Answer Answer
2(a) 2(b)

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Question 3 [10 marks]

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(a) Find the directional derivative of the function f (x, y, z) = xy 2 e 3 z at the
point (1, 2, 3) in the direction of the vector which joins (1, 2, 3) to (3, 2, 1).
Give your answer correct to two decimal places.
RR
(b) Find the exact value of the double integral R (1 + x) dA, where
R is the finite region in the third quadrant bounded above by the curve
x2 + y = 0 and bounded below by the curve x + y 2 = 0. Give your answer
in the form of a fraction m n where m and n are positive integers without
any common factors.

Answer Answer
3(a) 3(b)

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Question 4 [10 marks]

(a) Let k denote a positive constant. Let R denote the plane circular disc
region centred at the origin with radius k on the xy-plane.
 Let D denote
x2 +y 2
− k2
the solid region under the surface of the function z = e and over
the region R. If the volume of D equals 101, find the value of k. Give your
answer correct to two decimal places.
(b)You started an experiment with 100 mg of a radioactive substance X
which has a half life of 30 minutes. After 0.82 hour, you had m mg of X
left. Find the value of m. Give your answer correct to the nearest integer.

Answer Answer
4(a) 4(b)

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Question 5 [10 marks]

(a) Let r denote a positive constant. At time t = 0 a tank contains 100
grams of salt dissolved in 100 litres of water. Assume that water containing
3 grams of salt per litre is entering the tank at a rate of r litre per minute
and that the well stirred solution is draining from the tank at the same
rate. It is known that at time t = 45 minutes, there are 200 grams of salt
in the tank. Find the value of r. Give your answer correct to two decimal
places.
(b) Let y(x) be the solution of the differential equation
dy cos x
x + 2y = , with x > 0 and y(π) = 1.
dx x
Find the value of y( π6 ). Give your answer correct to two decimal places.

Answer Answer
5(a) 5(b)

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