DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND

STATISTICS
The Malawi Polytechnic
Calculus II (Code: MTS-CAL-212)
BCEW2, BCES2,BCET2, BEEE2, BECE2,BETE2, BBME2, BME2,
BIE2, BAE 2, BEE2 BMEN2, BGEN2 & BMMP2.

Due: Friday(February 26, 2021), 12 noon. Assignment 1

Question: 1 2 Total
Points: 25 25 50

Question 1
(a) Use the Trapezoidal Rule to approximate the given integral with the specified value of n.
(Round your answers to six decimal places).
Z 4√
i. ln xdx, n = 6. [4]
1
Z 5
cos x
ii. dx, n = 8. [5]
1 x
(b) Use Simpson’s Rule to approximate the given integral with the specified value of n. (Round
your answers to six decimal places).
Z 4
√
i. cos xdx, n = 10. [6]
0
Z 1
x
ii. ee dx, n = 10. [6]
−1
Z 1
cos x2 dx


(c) How large should n be to guarantee that the Trapezoidal Rule approximation to
0
is accurate to within 0.000001? [4]

Question 2
(a) Determine whether the following integrals are convergent or divergent:
Z ∞
x
i. e− 4 dx. [4]
Z8 6
dx
ii. 2
. [6]
0 x − 6x + 5
Z 33
1
iii. (x − 1)− 5 dx. [7]
0
2
2x − 1
Z
(b) Evaluate √
3
dx. [8]
0 x2 − x
.