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MST124/E

Module Examination 2019

Essential mathematics 1

Wednesday 12 June 2019 10.00 am – 1.00 pm

Time allowed: 3 hours

This paper has TWO sections. You should attempt ALL questions in each
section.

Section A carries 68% of the marks. It has 34 questions, each worth 2%.
Section B carries 32% of the marks. It has 8 questions, each worth 4%.

Each question is multiple-choice, with ONE correct answer from five options.
No marks will be deducted for incorrectly answered questions.

Mark your answers on the computer-marked examination (CME) form provided,

using an HB pencil. Instructions for filling in the CME form are given on the
next page. The assignment number for this examination is MST124 81.

Write your rough work in the spaces provided in this question paper. You may
also request an answer book for further rough work. Your rough work will not be
considered by the examiners.

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• Make sure that you have completed Part 1 of the CME form.
Failure to do so will mean that your work cannot be identified.

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of questions 1–42 in Part 2 of the CME form.

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Instructions for filling in the computer-marked
examination (CME) form

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• For each question (numbered 1 to 42), mark your answer by pencilling across
ONE of cells A, B, C, D or E.
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cell (U), as well as pencilling across an answer cell.
• Do not pencil across any other cell.

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Sample CME form

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Section A
You should attempt ALL questions in this section. Each question is worth 2%.

Question 1

Which of the following is equivalent to (x − 1)(4x + 1) + 3x(x − 5) ?

A 3x2 − 18x B 7x2 − 3x − 6 C 3x2 − 10x − 1

D 7x2 − 18x − 1 E 3x2 − 18x − 1

Question 2
5 1
Which of the following is equivalent to − ?
x + 3 3x + 1
4 6 4
A B C
4x + 4 4x + 4 (x + 3)(3x + 1)
2x + 14 2(7x + 1)
D E
(x + 3)(3x + 1) (x + 3)(3x + 1)

Question 3

3a − 3
If b = , where a > 1, which of the following is equal to a ?
a+4
4 − 3b2 4 − 3b2 4b2 + 3 3b2 − 4
A B C D
3 b2 + 3 3 − b2 b2 + 3
4b2 + 3
E
b2 − 3

Question 4
√
5 3
Which of the following is equivalent to √ ?
5 3+4
√ √ √ √
75 − 20 3 15 − 20 3 75 − 20 3 15 − 20 3
A B C D
91 13 59 59
√
20 3 − 15
E
91
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Question 5

Which of the following could be the graph of the equation y = −3x − 4 ?

A y B y C y

x x x

D y E y

x x

Question 6

What is the y-intercept of the line with the equation 3y + 4x + 5 = 0 ?

5 5
A B − C 4 D 5
4 3

E −5

Question 7

Consider the following simultaneous equations:

5x − 2y = 3
2x − 4y = 14
Which of the following values of x, together with an appropriate value of y, is a
solution of these equations?

5
A −4 B 1 C 4 D −1 E
3

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Question 8

When the quadratic expression 3x2 + 12x + 3 is written in the completed-square

form a(x + r)2 + s, what is the value of s ?

A −1 B −9 C 1 D 9 E 3

Question 9

What is the image set of the function

f (u) = (u − 2)2 + 4 −2≤u≤4 ?

A [8, 20] B [4, 20] C [4, ∞)

D [0, 4] E [0, 20]

Question 10

The graph of a function f is shown below.

You are given that one of the following statements is true, which one is it?

A The domain of f is [0, ∞)

B The image set of f is [0, ∞)
C f is decreasing throughout its domain.
D f is one-to-one.
E f is increasing throughout its domain.

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Question 11

What is the rule of the inverse function of f (x) = 3x − 5?

1 x+5 5
A f −1 (x) = B f −1 (x) = C f −1 (x) =
3x − 5 3 x−3

3 x−3
D f −1 (x) = E f −1 (x) =
x+5 5

Question 12
1
Which of the following is equivalent to ln(9x2 ) + ln(3x), where x > 0 ?
2
 
9 2
A ln(6x) B ln x + 3x C ln(9x2 )
2
1
D ln(6x) E ln(9x2 + 3x)
2

Question 13
4
Which of the following is equivalent to the inequality ≤ 3x ?
2x + 3
6x2 + 9x − 4 6x2 + 9x + 4 6x2 + 9x + 4
A ≥0 B ≥0 C ≤0
2x + 3 2x + 3 2x + 3
6x2 + 9x − 4
D 6x2 + 9x − 4 ≥ 0 E ≤0
2x + 3

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Question 14

The right-angled triangle below (which is not drawn to scale) has an angle of size
75◦ and a hypotenuse of length 5.

What is the length, to one decimal place, of the side, labelled as a, adjacent to the
angle of size 75◦ in the diagram?

75◦
a

A 4.8 B 0.7 C 2.4 D 1.3 E 0.1

Question 15

The triangle below (which is not drawn to scale) has sides of lengths 6, 7 and 8.

6 8
θ

7
What is the size, to the nearest degree, of the angle θ opposite the side of length 7 ?

A 76◦ B 104◦ C 47◦ D 133◦ E 58◦

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Question 16

The triangle below (which is not drawn to scale) has angles of sizes 55◦ and 51◦.
The side opposite the angle of size 55◦ has length 9.

55◦ a

51◦
9

What is the length, to one decimal place, of the side, labelled as a, opposite the
angle of size 51◦ ?

A 8.2 B 8.5 C 8.3 D 9.5 E 9.9

Question 17
3π 3π
How many values of θ in radians between − and satisfy sin θ = 1/5?
2 2
A 3 B 2 C 1 D 0 E 4

Question 18

What is the distance between the points (1, 4) and (3, −4) ?
√ √ √
A 26 B 34 C 6 D 4 E 2 17

Question 19

What anti-clockwise angle does the vector −i + 2j make with the positive direction
of the x-axis, given to the nearest degree ?
A 305◦ B 333◦ C 117◦ D 153 E 126

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Question 20

What is the derivative of 15x4 − 4x3 + 2 ?

A 60x4 − 12x3 B 60x3 − 12x2 C 15x3 − 4x2

D 60x3 − 12x2 + 2 E 3x5 − x4 + 2x

Question 21

Which of the following is the x-coordinate of a stationary point of

3x3 − 27x2 + 72x − 13?

A 3 B −2 C 2 D −3 E 72

Question 22

What is the derivative of ex tan x ?

A ex sec2 x B ex tan x − ex sec2 x C −ex sec2 x

D ex sec2 x − ex tan x E ex tan x + ex sec2 x

Question 23

What is the second derivative of x4 sin x ?

A −x4 sin x − 6x3 cos x + 6x2 sin x B −x4 sin x − 8x3 cos x + 12x2 sin x
C −12x2 sin x D −x4 sin x + 6x3 cos x + 6x2 sin x
E −x4 sin x + 8x3 cos x + 12x2 sin x

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Question 24

Which of the following, where c is an arbitrary constant, is equal to


 
3 sin x + x5/3 dx ?

3
A 3 cos x + x8/3 + c B 3 cos x + x3/8 + c
8
5
C x8/3 − 3 cos x + c D 3 cos x + x2/3 + c
3
3 8/3
E x − 3 cos x + c
8

Question 25
 −4  −1
For a certain function f , it is known that f (x)dx = −0.1, f (x)dx = 1.2
 3  3 −5 −4

and f (x)dx = −6.6. What is f (x)dx?

−1 −5

A −5.3 B 7.9 C −5.5 D 5.5 E −7.9

Question 26

Which of the following is equal to

 π/3
2 cos(4x) dx ?
π/6

√ √
3 3
A − B C −0.4330
4 4
√ √
3 3
D E −
2 2

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Question 27
 2  4 
Which of the following is equal to 2x + 4x dx?
1

92 116 92 116
A − B C D − E 23.2
5 5 5 5

Question 28
   
−5 −2 3 −3
If P = and Q = what is 2P − 3Q?
6 −1 −8 −8

     
−19 1 −7 1 −8 1
A B C
14 7 14 7 14 7

   
−19 5 −7 −7
D E
36 22 4 10

Question 29
 
−5 −6
If T = what is T2 ?
2 −2

     
25 36 13 42 13 −14
A B C
4 4 −14 −8 42 −8

   
25 4 61 2
D E
36 4 2 8

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Question 30
 
−9 9
What is the determinant of the matrix ?
−1 8
A 63 B 81 C 28 D −63 E −81

Question 31

What is the sum of the arithmetic series 18 + 21 + 24 + 27 . . . + 900 ?

A 136 308 B 135 405 C 134 505

D 136 290 E 132 750

Question 32

Which of the following is true for the sequence (an ) given by

 n
7
an = −3 − (n = 0, 1, 2, . . .) ?
4

A (an ) is increasing B (an ) → ∞ as n → ∞

C (an ) → −∞ as n → ∞ D (an ) converges to a limit
E none of the above

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Question 33

Which of the following is a solution of the equation z 2 − 2z + 10 = 0?

A −3 + i B −3 − i C 3−i D −1 + 3i
E 1 + 3i

Question 34
         
5π 5π 2π 2π
If z = 6 cos + i sin and w = 4 cos + i sin ,
9 9 9 9

which of the following is equal to z/w?

    
3 5 5 2  π  π
A cos + i sin B cos − + i sin −
2 2 2 3 3 3
3  π π 3  π  π
C cos + i sin D cos − + i sin −
2 3 3 2 3 3
2  π π
E cos + i sin
3 3 3

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Section B
You should attempt ALL questions in this section. Each question is worth 4%.

Question 35

A snail crawls from point A to point B and then to point C. The displacement of
B from A is −3i − 2j and the displacement of C from B is i + j, where i and j are
unit vectors pointing east and north respectively.

What is the bearing of the final position of the snail from its initial position, given
to the nearest degree?

A 243◦ B 207◦ C 53◦

D 45◦ E 236◦

Question 36

The displacement s (in metres) of an object in terms of time t (in seconds) is given
by the expression
   
πt πt
5 cos − 4 sin .
4 4
What is the velocity (in metres per second) of the object at time t = 2?
5π 5π
A −8 B − C 4 D E −4
4 4

Question 37
9 + cos x
What is the derivative of ?
ex + 4

ex (9 + cos x) + (ex + 4) sin x ex (9 + cos x) − (ex + 4) sin x

A − B
(ex + 4)2 (9 + cos x)2

ex (9 + cos x) − (ex + 4) sin x −ex (9 + cos x) + (ex + 4) sin x

C D
(ex + 4) (ex + 4)2

ex (9 + cos x) + (4 + ex ) sin x
E
(9 + cos x)2

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Question 38
 
What is the derivative of cos (3 + 4x)2 ?

8  
A −8 cos (3 + 4x) sin (3 + 4x) B − (3 + 4x) sin (3 + 4x)2
5

  8
C −8 (3 + 4x) sin (3 + 4x)2 D − cos (3 + 4x) sin (3 + 4x)
5

 
E 8 (3 + 4x) cos (3 + 4x)2

Question 39

Which of the following, where c is an arbitrary constant, is equal to


4xex/2 dx ?

1
A −16ex/2 + 8xex/2 + c B 2x2 ex/2 − x3 ex/2 + c
3
C 4x2 ex/2 + c D 2x2 ex/2 + c
E 8ex/2 + c

Question 40

Which of the following, is equal to

 π/4
cos(2x)
4 dx ?
π/8 (sin(2x))
√ √
2 2−1 2−1 25/2 − 1
A B C
6√ 6 √ 6
1− 2 1−2 2
D E
6 6

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Question 41
10
What is is the coefficient of t20 in the expansion of (6 − 3t4 ) ?

A 198 404 640 B 476 171 136 C 793 618 560 D −793 618 560
E −476 171 136

Question 42
 √ 4
What is the Cartesian form of the complex number −1 − 3 i ?
√ √ √ √
A −8 3 + 8i B 8 − 8 3i C 8 + 8 3i D −8 − 8 3 i
√
E −8 3 − 8i

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