ASSIGNMENT 8

Student Name : Subject : Mathematics

Grade/Class : 11 SCI / Topic : EST Preparation
Date : 25 May 2022 Teacher(s) : Mr. Frans
Semester : 2 Parent’s Signature :
RESULT

Read and answer the following questions. Write your answers on a blank piece of paper,
and show all the working needed. Then, take pictures and insert them in the provided
Google form (link in your Google Classroom). When you have finalized all your answers,
don’t forget to click the submit button.

1. For each of the following curves, find the gradient at the point where the curve crosses the
𝑦-axis:
1+𝑥 2
a. 𝑦 = [4]
1+𝑒 2𝑥
b. 2𝑥 3 + 5𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 3 = 8 [4]
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2. The diagram shows the curve 𝑦 = 10 𝑒 −2𝑥 sin 4𝑥 for 𝑥 ≥ 0. The stationary points are
labelled 𝑇1 , 𝑇2 , 𝑇3 , … as shown
a. Find the 𝑥 − coordinate of 𝑇1 and 𝑇2 , giving each 𝑥 − coordinate correct to 3 decimal
places. [6]
b. It is given that the 𝑥 − coordinate of 𝑇𝑛 is greater than 25. Find the least possible
value of 𝑛. [4]

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