Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

Calculus of One Variable Functions

SOLUTIONS
MAT1EA1\MAT1A1E: 03/06/2021

Time: 12H30—15H00 Marks: 15

Assessors: Mr. Chikore, Mr. Matsebula and Ms. Sebogodi
Moderator: Dr Robinson

Question 1 [3 mark(s)]
Simplify completely the trigonometric expression.
cos3 x − sin3 x
.
sin x − cos x

Solution
 
3
cos x − sin x3 (cos x − sin x) cos2 x+ sin x cos x + sin2 x
=− = −( 1 + sin x cos x) = −1 − sin x cos x
sin x − cos x cos x − sin x

Question 2 [4 mark(s)]
Find the inverse function and domain of f .
f (x) = x2 − x, x < 0.5.

Solution
 2  2 √
2 1 1 swap x,y 1 1 1 ± 4x + 1
Let y = x − x = x − − =⇒ x = y − − =⇒ y =
2 4 2 4 2
√ ( )
1 − 4x + 1 1
∴ f −1 (x) = , Df −1 = x ∈ R x > − .
2 4

Question 3 [8 mark(s)]
Find the values of the trigonometric functions of θ from the information given.
sec θ = 7, sin θ < 0.
(a) sin θ (3)
(b) cos θ (1)
(c) tan θ (2)
(d) csc θ (1)
(e) cot θ (1)

Solution
  r √
3π 1 2 1 p
2
48 4 3
(a) θ ∈ , 2π , cos θ = =⇒ cos θ = =⇒ 1 − cos θ = =⇒ | sin θ| =
2 √ 7 49 49 7
4 3
∴ sin θ = − .
7
1
(b) cos θ =
7

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√ !
sin θ 4 3 7 √
(c) tan θ = = − × = −4 3
cos θ 7 1
7
(d) csc θ = − √
4 3
1
(e) cot θ = − √
4 3

: half a mark.
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