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QUESTION 1 [11]
 x  3
2

dy e sinh 1 5 x
1.1 Use logarithmic differentiation to determine if y  . (6)
dx x ln  tanh x 

 x  3
2

e sinh 1 5 x
ln y  ln
x ln  tanh x 

ln y   x 2  3  ln sinh 1 5 x  12 ln x  ln  ln tanh x  

    
1 dy  1 5 1 1 sech 2 x 
y  y  2x       (mark negative)
y dx  sinh 1 5x 1  25x 2 2 x ln tanh x tanh x 

dy
1.2 Determine if y tan 1 x  e x y . Simplify the answer. (5)
dx

  
y
y ' tan 1 x   e xy  y  xy ' or f  y tan 1 x  e xy 
1 x 2

 
y ' tan 1 x  xe xy  ye xy 
y
1  x2
 fx 
y
1  x2
 ye xy 

y
ye xy 
y'  1  x2  f y  tan 1 x  xe xy 
tan 1 x  xe xy

y
y' 

ye xy 1  x 2  y  dy  f x 1  x 2
 
 ye xy


 y  ye xy 1  x 2  
 tan 1
x  xe xy 1  x 
2
dx fy tan 1 x  xe xy  
tan 1 x  xe xy 1  x 2 
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QUESTION 2 [17]
2.1 The length of a closed rectangular box is twice  2 the width and the volume is 250 cm3 .
Let the length of the box be equal to 2x and the height h .

2.1.1 Write down an equation for the surface area and another equation
for the volume of the box in terms of x and h . (2) h


A  2  2 xh   2  xh   2 2 x 2 
 6 xh  4 x 2  2x

V  2 x2h 

2.1.2 Determine the dimensions of the box accurately to two decimal places when the surface area
is a minimum. (7)

A  6 xh  4 x 2 250  2x 2 h

 250  250
A  6x  2   4x2  h 
 2x  2 x2
750
  4x 2
x

dA 750
 2  8x   0 
dx x

750 250
Breadth x  3  4.54  Length 2x  9.08  h  6.06 
2  4.54 
2
8
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1
2.2 Determine the first three (3) terms of the Maclaurin series expansion of f  x   .
4 x
Simplify your answer. (5)
1
f  x  4  x 2 f  0  1
2 

3 3
f ' x  1
2 4  x 2 f '  0  1
2  4 2 1
 16 

5 5
f ''  x    
1
2
3
2 4  x 2 f ''  0    
1
2
3
2   4 2  128
3


1
1 1 3 x2
4  x 2   x  ...
2 16 128 2

1 x 3x 2
    ... 
2 16 256

12
 1 
2.3 Determine the 12th term in the Binomial expansion of  2x  2  (3)
 x 


12   1  1 24
11

T12     2 x   2   12  2 x  22  21 
 11  x  x x

QUESTION 3 [8]
Consider the parametric equations x  2t 3 and y  1  4t  t 2 .

dy d2y
3.1 Determine and . Simplify the answers. (5)
dx dx 2

dx dy dy 4  2t 2  t
 6t 2  4  2t   2 
dt dt dx 6t 2 3t

d  2t 
d 2 y dt  3t 2  1 3t 2    2  t  6t 1 3t 2  12t t 2  4t
       
dx 2 6t 2 9t 4 6t 2 54t 6 18t 6
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3.2 Determine the value(s) of t on the parametric curve where the tangent line has a gradient of one.
(3)

2t
m 1 
3t 2

0  3t 2  t  2

  3t  2 t  1

2
t or t  1 
3

QUESTION 4 [9]
Consider the function f  x; y   xy  2x  ln x2  ln y .

4.1 Determine all the first and second order derivatives of f .

(4)
2 1
fx  y  2   fy  x  
x y

2 1
f xx  f yy   f xy  f yx  1 
x2 y2

4.2 Determine the coordinates and nature of the critical points (Maximum, minimum or saddle point).
Show all your calculations and motivate your answers.
(5)

2 1 1
0  y2 x   y  2 and x   
x y 2
2
D 1 
x y22

  12 ; 2 minimum
2 2
D  12 ; 2   2 2
 1  1  0  and f xx  2  8  0
x y x
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QUESTION 5 [5]
Gas escapes from a spherical balloon at 2 m3 / min . How fast is the surface area shrinking when the radius
equals 12 m? Hint: The surface area of a sphere is A  4 r 2 .

4 dV V dr
V   r 3 and   
3 dt r dt

dr dr 2
2  4 12    
2

dt dt 4 12 2

dA A dr
A  4 r 2 and   
dt r dt
dA  2  4
 8 12    0.33 
dt  4 12 2  12
 
The surface area is shrinking at 0.33m2 / min 

QUESTION 6 [12]
dx xdx xdx
6.1 Evaluate  x2  9

x2  9

x2  9

(3)

x 1
 cosh 1  x2  9  n x2  9  c
3 2

  

6.2 Determine the following integrals. Give the answers to three decimal places if required and show all
the steps.
e 1
6.2.1  0 xe
dx

(2)

 [ n x  e ]e0  n(2e)  ne  n2  0.693

 
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6.2.2  sinh(1  4 x)dx

(2)

1
 cosh(1  4 x)
4


1
1 e tan y
6.2.3 1 1  y 2 dy
(2)
1 1 1
( 1)
 [etan y]11  etan 1
 etan  1.737

 

6.2.4  x cos 3xdx

(3)

S D I
 Table OR for the formula used correctly.
+ x cos3x
- 1 1
sin 3 x
3
+ 0 1
 cos 3 x
9

x 1
 x cos 3xdx  3 sin 3x  9 cos 3x  c 
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QUESTION 7 [13]
1 A B Cx  D
7.1 The function can be expressed as  2  2 . Solve A, B, C and D and hence evaluate
x x
4 2
x x x 1
1
x 4
 x2
dx .

(7)

1 1 A B Cx  D
 2 2   2 2
x x
4 2
x ( x  1) x x x 1

1  Ax( x 2  1)  B( x 2  1)  (Cx  D)( x 2 )  Ax 3  Ax  Bx 2  B  Cx 3  Dx 2

x3 : 0  A  C
x2 : 0  B  D 
x:0  A C  0
x 0 :1  B  D  1
1 1 1
x 4
x 2
dx   ( 2  2 )dx
x x 1


1
  tan 1 x  c 
x


7.2 Determine the root mean square (RMS) of the function f (t )  2 cos 3t for t  [0; ] . Give the answer
2
accurate to three decimal places.
(6)
 
2 8
RMS2 
 
0
2
(2cos3t ) 2 dt 
  0
2
cos 2 3tdt 


4

  0
2
(1  cos 6t )dt 


4 1
 [t  sin 6t ]02 
 6
4 
 [ ]2 
 2

RMS  2  1.414 
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QUESTION 8 [9]
2 nx
Consider the integral 1 x
dx

8.1 Use the Trapezium Rule with five intervals to determine the value of the integral to four decimal
places.
(5)

x 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0

f 0 0.15193 0.24034 0.29375 0.32655 0.34657


h  0.2 
h
I=  y0  y5  2( y1  y2  y3  y4 ) 
2


0.2
2
0  0.34657  2  0.15193  0.24034  0.29375+0.32655
= 0.2372 

2 nx
8.2 Evaluate the exact value of the integral 
1 x
dx accurate to four decimal places. Show all steps.

(2)

 nx  ]2   n2   0.2402 
2 2
2 nx
1 x
dx  [
2
1
2

8.3 Determine the discrepancy percentage (% error) between the exact value and the Trapezium rule
used in question 8.1.
(2)

Exact-approximated 0.2402  0.2372

% ERROR = 100  100  1.249% 
Exact 0.2402
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QUESTION 9 [10]
Solve the following differential equations by using appropriate methods.

dy
9.1  e3 y  2 x ; y (0)  0
dx

(5)

dy
3y
 e 2 x dx 
e

1 1
 e3 y   e 2 x  c 
3 2

1 1 1
y (0)  0 :  e0   e0  c  c 
3 2 6

1 1 1
 e 3 y   e 2 x  
3 2 6

dy
9.2 x  2 y  3x sin( x3 ) (5)
dx

dy 2
 y  3sin( x3 ) 
dx x
2
 xdx
R( x)  e  x2 
x y   3x sin( x )dx
2 2 3

x 2 y   cos( x3 )  c 
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QUESTION 10 [6]
A metal ball, previously heated to 75 0 C , is cooled in a large bath of water maintained at a constant
temperature of 20 0 C . The ball cools down to 60 0 C after 3 minutes. How much longer will it take to cool
down to 50 0 C ?

dT
Hint:  (T  Tm )
dt

dT
 k (T  20), T (0)  75, T (3)  60
dt

dT
 T  20  k  dt 

ln(T  20)  kt  c

T (0)  75 : ln 55  c 

1 8
T (3)  60 : ln 40  3k  ln 55,  k  ln  0.10615... 
3 11

1 8 
 ln(T  20)   ln  t  ln 55
 3 11 

1 8 
T  50 : ln 30   ln  t  ln 55 
 3 11 

6
ln
t 11  5.7101 min minutes 
1 8
ln
3 11

After 2.71 minutes longer it will cool down to 60 0 C 

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