Section A [45 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. (a) The function f is defined by

1 + < 1
() = { 3 =1

2+ >1
Find lim f ( x) and lim f ( x) . Hence, determine whether f is continuous at x = 1.
x 1 x 1

Sketch the graph of function

[5 marks]
(b) Evaluate
x2 1
(i) lim
x 1 x 1
x 3
(ii) lim
x 3 x( x 3)

2. Find the equations of the tangent and the normal to the curve x 2 y xy2 12 at the
point when x-coordinate is 1 and y < 0.
[7 marks]

3.
(a) Evaluate 04 2

[3 marks]
1 1
(b) Using an appropriate substitution, evaluate 0 2 (1 ) .
3

[4 marks]

4.
(a) Find the particular solution of + = , given that y = e when x = 1.

[3 marks]

(b) Using the substitution = 2 , show that the differential equation
2 2
+ 2 = may be reduced to = .
2

Hence, find the general solution of the original differential equation and obtain y in
terms of x.
[5 marks]

5. Using standard Maclaurin series to

x cos x
(a) expand e as a series of ascending powers of x up to and including the term in
3
x .

1
(b) evaluate cos
0
x dx , correct to four decimal places.

[4marks]
2
6. Apply the Newton-Raphson method on the equation x 3 180 0 to find the value of
3
180 correct to three decimal places.
[8 marks]

Section B [15 marks]

Answer one question only in this section.

7.
y

x
y
1 x2
4y = x
R
P

x
0
x
The diagram above shows a portion of the curve y and the straight line 4y = x.
1 x2
The two graphs intersect at point P.
(a) Find the coordinates of the point P . [2 marks]
x
(b) Show that P is a point of inflexion of the curve y . [3 marks]
1 x2
(c) Calculate the area of the region R, giving your answer correct to three decimal
places. [4 marks]
2
3 x
(d) By using the substitution x tan , show that dx 3 sin 2 d .
0 (1 x 2 ) 2 0

Hence, find the volume of the revolution generated when region R is rotated
completely about the x-axis. Give your answer correct to three significant figures.
[6 marks]

8. (a) It is given that = 1 . Show that (1 + 2) = 22.

1+2
2
By further differentiation of this result, show that = 0, = 8.
2
Find the first 4 terms in Maclaurins series for y. .
[8 marks]
(b) Show, by means of the substitution = , show that
0.25 0.5
1 2
= 2
0 0
0.5 2
Use the trapezium rule, with 5 ordinates to estimate the value of 0 2 ,
giving three decimal places in your answer.
Explain briefly why the trapezium rule cannot be used directly to estimate the value
0.25 1
of 0 .

[7 marks]
3
 MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE

Differentiation
d 1
(sin 1 x)
dx 1 x2
d 1
(cos 1 x)
dx 1 x2
d 1
(tan 1 x)
dx 1 x2
d
[f(x) g(x)] f '(x) g(x) f(x) g '(x)
dx
d f(x) f '(x) g(x) f(x) g '(x)

dx g(x) [g(x)]2

Integration
f '(x)
f(x) dx ln f(x) c
dv du
u dx dx uv v dx dx
Maclaurin series
x2 xr
ex 1 x
... ...
2! r!
2 3
x x xr
ln(1 x) x ... (1)r 1 ..., 1 x 1
2 3 r
x x3 5
x 2 r 1
sin x x ... (1)r ...
3! 5! (2r 1)!
x2 x4 r x
2r
cos x 1 ... (1) ...
2! 4! (2r )!

Numerical methods
Newton-Raphson method
f(xn )
xn 1 xn , n 0, 1, 2, 3,...
f '(xn )
Trapezium rule
b 1 ba
a
y dx
2
h[ y0 2( y1 y2 ... yn 1 ) yn ], h
n