2014-2-KEL-CHUNG HUA MATHEMATICS T 954/2 6.

Use the trapezium rule with 5 ordinates to find in surd form, an

Section A [45 marks] approximate value for the integral
2
x
Answer all questions in this section. ∫ 3 dx.
0
1. The function g is defined by and deduce that ln 3 ≈ 4(2 − 3). [6marks]
  3 ,  3
g(x) =
  Section B [15 marks]
1 ,  3 Answer any onequestions in this section.

(a) Given that g(x) is continuous at x = 3, find the value of a. [3 marks] 7. State the equations of the asymptotes of the curve
(b) Sketch the graph of y = g(x). [3 marks] 1
y = 2− . [2 marks]
2. The equation of a curve is ( x − 1) 2
1
x2y +xy2= 2. Hence sketch the graph of y = 2 − . By drawing an appropriate line, find
( x − 1) 2
Find the equation of both the tangents to the curve at the point x = 1. 1
[9 marks] the number of real roots of the equation 2 – = 3x. [7marks]
( x − 1) 2
3. Using an appropriate substitution, evaluate Taking x = 0.2 as the first approximation, use the Newton-Raphson
1 1 1
2 method to find the approximate root of the equation 2 – = 3x correct to 2
∫ x (1 − x) 3 dx. [7marks] ( x − 1) 2
0
decimal places. [6marks]
4 Show that the differential equation
dy 8. In a chemical reaction, substance A is converted to substance B. Throughout
x + xy 2 − y = 0 the reacton, the total mass of substance A and the substance B is a constant and
dx equal to m. The mass of substance B at the time t minutes after the start of the
may be reduced by the substitution y = vx to the equation
chemical reaction is x.
dv
+ v 2 x = 0. At any instant, the rate of increase of the mass B is directly proportional to the
dx mass of A. Write a differential equation that connects x with t. [2marks]
Hence, find y in terms of x, given that y = 1 when x = 1. [7 marks] Solve this differential equation given that x = 0 when t = 0. [3marks]
5. If y2= 1 + sin x, show that 3  − t
1

Given that x = m when t = 8 ln 2, show that x = m 1 − e 4  . [3marks]
2 4  
2
d y  dy 
2 y 2 + 2  + y 2 − 1 = 0.
dx  dx  Hence
d3 y (a) find the value of x, in terms of m when t = 8 ln 3. [2marks]
Deduce an equation which has the term in .Hence, obtain the (b) find the least value of tfor which xexceeds 99% of m, [2marks]
dx 3
(c) sketch the graph of x against t. [3marks]
expansion of 1+ sin x in ascending powers of x up to the term in x3.
[10marks]