Engineering Mathematics II Worksheet Practice Questions

Instructions:
 When the degree of accuracy is not specified, give your answer to 3 significant figures
or 4 decimal places
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Question 1
(a) Express in partial fractions the following expressions

(i)

2𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 – 35
(𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 3)

(ii)
7𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 13
(𝑥 2 + 2)(𝑥 + 1)
(iii)

7𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 13
(𝑥 2 + 2)(𝑥 + 1)

(b)

(i) Determine the two square roots of the complex number (5+ j12) in polar and Cartesian
forms and show the roots on an Argand diagram
2
(ii) Express the roots of (−14 + 𝑗3)−5 in polar form.
2
(iii) Express the roots of (4 − 𝑗3)−3 in polar form

(c)

(i) Use matrices to solve the simultaneous equations:

 3𝑥 + 5𝑦 – 7 = 0 ,
4𝑥 − 3𝑦 − 19 = 0
(ii) Solve for 𝑥, 𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧 given the simultaneous equations [use Gaussian Elimination
Method]
𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 − 4 = 0
2𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 4𝑧 − 33 = 0
3𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 2𝑧 − 2 = 0

(iii) A d.c. circuit comprises three closed loops. Applying Kirchhoff’s laws to the closed
loops gives the following equations for current flow in mill amperes:
2𝐼1 + 3𝐼2 − 4𝐼3 = 26
𝐼1 − 5𝐼2 − 3𝐼3 = −87
−7𝐼1 + 2𝐼2 + 6𝐼3 = 12

Use the Determinant method to solve for I1, I2 and I3.

(iv) Use determinants to solve the following simultaneous equations:

4𝑥 + 9𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 21

−8𝑥 + 6𝑦 − 3𝑧 = 41
3𝑥 + 𝑦 − 5𝑧 = −73

(v) Find the inverse of

1 5 −2
( 3 −1 4 )
−3 6 −7

(vi) Find the inverse of

 1
3 6 2
2
5 −3 7
3
−1 0
( 5)

Question 2

(a) Obtain a Fourier series for the periodic function f (x) defined as:

The function is periodic outside of this range with period 2π.

(b) Determine the Fourier series for the periodic function:

which is periodic outside this range of period 2π.

(c) Show that the Fourier series for the periodic function of period 2π defined by
(d) In a geometric progression the 6th term is 8 times the 3rd term and the sum of the 7th
and 8th terms is 192.
Determine
(i) the common ratio
(ii) the 1st term
(ii) the sum of the 5th to 11th term, inclusive
(e)
(i) Determine (a) the ninth, and (b) the sixteenth term of the series 2, 7, 12, 17, . . .
(ii) The sum of 7 terms of an AP is 35 and the common difference is 1.2. Determine
the first term of the series.
(iii) A drilling machine is to have 6 speeds ranging from 50 rev/min to 750 rev/ min. If
the speeds form a geometric progression determine their values, each correct to
the nearest whole number.
(iv) Determine the value of cosh 1.86, correct to 3 decimal places.
(v) Find the differential coefficient of 𝑦 = sech−1 (2𝑥 − 1).

(vi) Sketch the graphs of 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛ℎ 𝑥 and from the graph, determine whether is it odd
or an even function.
(vii) Determine the co-ordinates of the point on the graph 𝑦 = 3𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 2 where
the gradient is −1
(viii) Find the differential coefficients, from the first principles of
(𝑎) 𝑦 = 12𝑥 3 (𝑏) 𝑦 = 12𝑥 3 .

(ix) Determine the rate of change of voltage, given 𝑣 = 5𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2𝑡 volts

when 𝑡 = 0.2 𝑠.
(x) Given 𝑥 = 5𝜃 − 1 and 𝑦 = 2𝜃 (𝜃 − 1),
𝑑𝑦
Determine in terms of θ
𝑑𝑥

(f) Differentiate, with respect to x,

 1 1
𝑦 = 5𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 − 2
+ − 3.
2𝑥 √𝑥
Question 3

(a)
𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑦
(i) Given 𝑦 = 4 sin 3𝑥 cos 2𝑡, find 𝜕𝑥 and 𝜕𝑡

(ii) Pressure p of a mass of gas is given by pV =mRT, where m and R are constants, V is
𝜕𝑝 𝜕𝑝
the volume and T the temperature. Find expressions for and
𝜕𝑇 𝜕𝑉

(b)

(i) ∫(Cos𝑥 Sin 𝑥) 𝑑𝑥

2𝑥 3 − 3𝑥
(ii) ∫ d𝑥
4𝑥

(iii) ∫(1 − 𝑡)2 d𝑡

(c) (i) State the order of the following differential equation
2
𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
( 𝑑𝑥 2 ) + 𝑑𝑥 = 2𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥

(ii) Solve the differential equation:

𝑑𝑦
𝑦 − 𝑥 = 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 , given 𝑥 = 1 when 𝑦 = 2.
𝑑𝑦 𝑥2 + 𝑦2
(iii) Find the particular solution of the equation: 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = , given the boundary
𝑦

conditions that 𝑦 = 4 when 𝑥 = 1.

(iv) Solve the equation: 7𝑥(𝑥 − 𝑦)𝑑𝑦 = 2(𝑥 2 + 6𝑥𝑦 − 5𝑦 2 )𝑑𝑥 given that x =1 when
𝑦 = 0.

𝑑𝑦
(v) Show that the solution of the differential equation: 𝑥 2 − 3𝑦2 + 2𝑥𝑦 𝑑𝑥 = 0 is:

𝑦 = 𝑥 √(8𝑥 + 1), given that 𝑦 = 3 when 𝑥 = 1.

Question 4

(a)
(i) Prove that
𝑎
(a) 𝐿{𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑡} =
(𝑠2 + 𝑎2 )
𝑠
(b) 𝐿{𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑎𝑡} =
(𝑠2 + 𝑎2 )

(ii) Find the Laplace transforms of: 6 𝑠𝑖𝑛 3𝑡 − 4 𝑐𝑜𝑠 5𝑡

(iii) Recall the Laplace transforms of the following derivatives

𝑑𝑦

𝑑𝑥
𝑑2 𝑦
 𝑑𝑥 2

(iv) Find the following inverse Laplace transforms:

(b) Use Laplace transforms to solve the differential equation:

𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
+ 6 𝑑𝑥 + 13𝑦 = 0, given that when
𝑑𝑥 2
𝑑𝑦
𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 3 and 𝑑𝑥 = 7.

(c) Use Laplace transforms to solve the differential equation:

 𝑑2 𝑦 3𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑦
− = 9, given that when 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 0 and 𝑑𝑥 = 0.
𝑑𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥
5
(d) Find the Laplace transform of 𝑠𝑖𝑛 9𝑡 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 7 𝑡

(e) Use Laplace transforms to solve the differential equation:

𝑑2𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑦
− 7 𝑑𝑥 + 10𝑦 = 𝑒 2𝑥 + 20, given that when 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 0 and 𝑑𝑥 = −13
𝑑𝑥 2

(f) Determine the

(i) mean, median and mode for the set:
{2, 3, 7, 5, 5, 13, 1, 7, 4, 8, 3, 4, 3}
(ii) Determine the standard deviation from the mean of the set of numbers:
{5, 6, 8, 4, 10, 3}, correct to 4 significant figures.

(g) Use normal probability paper to determine whether the data given below is normally
distributed. Use the graph and assume a normal distribution whether this is so or not, to
find approximate values of the mean and standard deviation of the distribution.

(h) Some engineering components have a mean length of 20mm and a standard deviation of
0.25 mm. Assume that the data on the lengths of the components is normally distributed.
In a batch of 500 components, determine the number of components likely to: (a) have a
length of less than 19.95mm (b) be between 19.95mm and 20.15mm (c) be longer than
20.54mm
(i) If 3% of the gearwheels produced by a company are defective, determine the probabilities
that in a sample of 80 gearwheels
 two
 more than two will be defective.

(j) The probability of a person having an accident in a certain period of time is 0.0003. For a
population of 7500 people, draw a histogram showing the probabilities of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and 6 people having an accident in this period
(k) A production department has 35 similar milling machines. The number of breakdowns on
each machine averages 0.06 per week. Determine the probabilities of having (a) one, and
(b) less than three machines breaking down in any week.