UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

LEVEL-1 EXTERNAL DEGREE EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE -

SEMESTER 1 – 2019

EA 1009 – CALCULUS
(Two Hours)
Answer Four (04) out of Six (06) questions only
Electronic calculators are allowed.
(This question paper consists of 06 questions in 04 pages.)

1. (i) Find the limit

cos x − 1
lim .
x→0 x2

(ii) Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve y = ex cos x at the point where
x = 0.
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(iii) Let f (x) = x 3 . Show that there is no value c in the interval [−8, 8] such that

f (8) − f (−8)
= f 0 (c).
8 − (−8)

Why does this not contradict the mean value theorem?

(iv) Let f (x) = x4 − 4x3 + 10.

(a) Find the intervals on which f is increasing or decreasing.

(b) Find the intervals on which f is concave up or concave down.

(c) Find the relative extrema and inflection points of f and sketch the graph of f .

2. (i) Find the vertex, focus, axis of symmetry and directrix of the parabola x−1 = (y+5)2
and sketch its graph.
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 (ii) Find the equation of the ellipse with foci (2, −1), (4, −1) and vertices (1, −1), (5, −1).

(iii) Sketch the conic 4x2 −y 2 −24x−4y+28 = 0 and find its foci, vertices and asymptotes.

3. (i) A water tank has the shape of an inverted right circular cone with its axis vertical,
vertex lowermost, base radius 3m and height 5m. If water is being pumped into the
tank at a rate of 2m3 /min, find the rate at which the water level is rising when the
water is 4m deep.
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(ii) Consider the region bounded by the curve y = x, the x-axis and the lines x = 0
and x = 1.

(a) Find the area of the region.

(b) Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the above region about the
x-axis using disks.

(c) Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the above region about the
x-axis using cylindrical shells.

4. (i) Evaluate the following integral by first making a substitution and then using the
integration by parts.
Z
sin (ln x) dx

(ii) Evaluate the integral

Z π  
2
2 θ
sin dθ.
0 2

(iii) Find the area of the region under the curve

x2 + 1
y=
3x − x2

from x = 1 to x = 2.

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 (iv) If m and n are positive integers, show that


Z π 0 if m 6= n

sin mx sin nx dx = .
−π 
π
 if m = n

 
π
5. (i) Find all polar coordinates of the point given by the Cartesian coordinates 1, 5 .
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(ii) Find the polar equation for the curve represented by the Cartesian equation x2 +y 2 =
2.

(iii) Sketch the region in the plane consisting of points whose polar coordinates satisfy
the following conditions.

π π
1 ≤ r ≤ 2, and ≤θ≤ .
6 3

(iv) Find the Cartesian equation of the curve given by the parametric equations x =
1
cos θ, y = 2 sin θ, 0 ≤ θ ≤ π. Sketch the curve and indicate with an arrow the
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direction in which the curve is traced as the parameter increases.

(v) Let a and b be fixed positive numbers with a > b. In the following diagram the line
segment AB is tangent to the larger circle. Find parametric equations of the curve
traced by the point P in the figure when the angle θ increases from 0 to 2π, with θ
as the parameter.

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6. (i) Write down the following complex numbers in the form a + ib.
1 + 4i
(a)
3 + 2i
(b) i2019

(ii) Write down the complex number (1 − i)8 in the form a + ib using De Moivre’s
Theorem.

(iii) Find all fifth roots of −32 and sketch them in the complex plane.

(iv) Determine whether each series given below, converges or diverges. If it converges,
find its sum.
∞  n
X π
(a) 2 cos
n=1
3
∞
X n
(b)
n=1
3n + 5
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(v) Find the first four terms of the Taylor series expansion of f (x) = centered at
x
x = 1?

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