2014-2-PER-METHODIST (ACS) IPOH MATHEMATICS T 954/2 Section B [ 15 marks]

Answer only One question in this section.

Section A [ 45 marks] x−3
Answer all questions in this section. 7. The equation of a curve is given by f ( x) = .
( x − 2)( x + 1)
1. The function f is defined by
 x
(a) Find lim f ( x) and state all the asymptotes. [3 marks]
 3e + p ,
x→∞
x≤0


f : x → x2 − 4x + 5 , 0 < x ≤1 (b) Find the coordinates of the stationary points on the curve and determine their nature.
 x −1 , x >1
 Sketch the curve. [9 marks]
 x −1
(a) Find the value of p such that f is continuous for x < 1 . [3 marks] (c) Determine the set of values of k such that the equation x − 3 = k ( x − 2)( x + 1) does not
(b) Determine whether f is continuous at x = 1. [4 marks] have any real roots. [3 marks]
d2y dy
2. If y = (ax + b)e −2 x , show that + 4 + 4y = 0. [6 marks]
dx 2 dx
8. Under certain conditions, the rate of the cooling, dθ of an object varies with the difference
dt
3. Sketch on the same axes, the curves y 2 = 2 x and y = 4x 2 . Find the points of intersection of the
between the temperature θ of the object and the room temperature θ Ο . Write a differential equation
two curves. The region bounded by the curves is revolved completely about the y-axis, find the
volume of the solid formed in terms of π . [9 marks] that describes the rate of the cooling of this object. [2 marks]
dy ln x Given that the room temperature is 20 Ο
4. Determine the general solution of the differential equation x + 2 y = 2 . Hence, find the
dx x
a) Find the general solution of the differential equation. [4marks]
particular solution of the differential equation if the solution curve has a stationary point at x = 1.
b) It takes twelve minutes for the object to cool down from 100 to 50 , find the time it takes
Ο Ο
[8 marks]
2 to cool down from 50 to 25 .
Ο Ο
[7marks]
d2y  dy 
5. If y = tan −1 x , show that + 2 x  = 0 . Using Maclaurin’s theorem, obtain a power
dx 2  dx  c) Sketch the temperature-time graph of the object. [2 marks]
series for tan −1 x up to and including the term in x 3 . Hence, find the value of the definite integral
1
∫ tan
−1
x dx. [8 marks]
0
6. Show that the equation e x +x − 3 = 0 has a real root between x = 0 and x = 1. Given that
xo = 0.8 as an initial approximation, use an appropriate iterative formula, find the root correct to
three decimal places. [7 marks]