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This document provides a practice set of engineering mathematics problems covering topics in differential and integral calculus, such as limits, continuity, derivatives, mean value theorem, functions of several variables, and vector algebra. There are 41 problems in total across these topics for students to work through. The problems include evaluating limits, examining continuity and differentiability, finding successive derivatives, verifying theorems like Rolle's theorem and Lagrange's mean value theorem, checking homogeneous functions, determining gradients of functions, and operations on vectors.

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Question Set Engineering Mathematics

This document provides a practice set of engineering mathematics problems covering topics in differential and integral calculus, such as limits, continuity, derivatives, mean value theorem, functions of several variables, and vector algebra. There are 41 problems in total across these topics for students to work through. The problems include evaluating limits, examining continuity and differentiability, finding successive derivatives, verifying theorems like Rolle's theorem and Lagrange's mean value theorem, checking homogeneous functions, determining gradients of functions, and operations on vectors.

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Engineering Mathematics-I

Practice Set
Part 1: Differential Calculus

• Limit, Continuity, and Differentiability


1. Evaluate lim |𝑥|.
𝑥→0

2. Show that lim[𝑥] does not exist, where [𝑥] represents the greatest integer not exceeding 𝑥.
𝑥→2
|𝑥|
3. Show that lim does not exist.
𝑥→0 𝑥

4. Evaluate the limits:


1−cos 𝑥 𝑒 −𝑥 − 𝑒 𝑥
(i) lim (ii) lim 𝑥 2 𝑒 −𝑥 (iii) lim
𝑥→0 𝑥2 𝑥→∞ 𝑥→0 1 − 𝑒 𝑥

5. Examine the continuity of the of the function 𝑓(𝑥) = |𝑥|, 𝑥 ∈ ℝ at the point 𝑥 = 0.
6. Examine the continuity of the function 𝑓(𝑥) = [𝑥], 𝑥 ∈ ℝ at the point 𝑥 = 3.
7. Examine the continuity of the following function at 𝑥 = 0:
1 − cos 𝑥
𝑓(𝑥) = { x 2 , 𝑥≠0
2 , 𝑥=0
8. Examine whether the following function is continuous at 𝑥 = 0 and at 𝑥 = 1:
2𝑥 + 3 , 𝑥 ≤ 0
𝑓(𝑥) = {
3(𝑥 + 1) , 𝑥 > 0
9. Examine whether the following function is continuous at 𝑥 = 0 and at 𝑥 = 1:
−𝑥 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 ≤ 0
𝑓(𝑥) = { 𝑥 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 0 < 𝑥 < 1
2−𝑥 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 ≥ 1

10. Show that the function 𝑓(𝑥) = |𝑥| is continuous but not derivable at 𝑥 = 0.
1 + 𝑥 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 ≤ 2
11. A function 𝑓(𝑥) = {
5 − 𝑥 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 > 2
Show that 𝑓(𝑥) is continuous at 𝑥 = 2 but 𝑓′(2) does not exist.
12. Find the maximum and minimum values of the function 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 + 12.
13. Find the maximum and minimum value of the function 𝑦 = 4𝑥 3 − 18𝑥 2 + 24𝑥 − 7.

• Successive Derivatives
14. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 cos 2𝑥, find 𝑦𝑛 . [Hint: Consider 𝑢 = cos 2𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣 = 𝑥 2 .
15. Find 𝑛𝑡ℎ order derivative of 𝑒 𝑥 log 𝑥.
16. If 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 cos 2𝑥, find 𝑦𝑛 .
17. Differentiate n times the following equation:
(1 + 𝑥 2 )𝑦2 + (2𝑥 − 1)𝑦1 = 0
18. If 𝑦 = sin−1 𝑥, then show that
(i) (1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦2 − 𝑥𝑦1 = 0
(ii) (1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 − (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 − 𝑛2 𝑦𝑛 = 0
19. If 𝑦 = tan−1 𝑥, then show that
(1 + 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+1 + 2𝑛𝑥𝑦𝑛 + 𝑛(𝑛 − 1)𝑦𝑛−1 = 0
−1 𝑥
20. If 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑚 sin , show that,
(1 − 𝑥 2 )𝑦𝑛+2 − (2𝑛 + 1)𝑥𝑦𝑛+1 − (𝑛2 + 𝑚2 )𝑦𝑛 = 0

• Mean Value Theorem


21. Verify the Rolle’s theorem for the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 − 2 on the interval
−√2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ √2.
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22. Examine whether Rolle’s theorem is applicable to the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 2 + (𝑥 − 1)3 on the
interval 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2.
23. Show that the Rolle’s theorem is not applicable to the function 𝑓(𝑥) = tan 𝑥 𝑖𝑛 [0, 𝜋],
although 𝑓(0) = 𝑓(𝜋).
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24. Verify Lagrange’s mean value theorem for the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥(𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 − 2), 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2
25. Expand log (1 + 𝑥) in ascending powers of 𝑥 with remainder after 𝑛 terms in the Lagrange’s
form.
Or, Find the Taylor’s series expansion of log (1 + 𝑥) in ascending powers of 𝑥 with
remainder after 𝑛 terms in Lagrange’s form.
26. Find the Taylor’s formula for the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥 is ascending powers of 𝑥 with
Lagrange’s form of remainder after 𝑛 terms.
Or, Write Taylor’s formula for the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥 about the point 𝑥 = 0 with
Lagrange’s form of remainder after 𝑛 terms.

• Functions of Several Variables


27. Verify Euler’s theorem for the function 𝑢(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 + 3𝑥 2 𝑦 + 3𝑥𝑦 2 .
𝑦 𝑥
28. Check whether the function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = tan−1 (𝑥 ) + sin−1 (𝑦) is homogeneous. Then find the
𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓
value of 𝑥 𝜕𝑥 + 𝑦 𝜕𝑦 .

29. If 𝑢(𝑥, 𝑦) is a homogeneous function of degree 𝑛, show that


𝜕 2𝑢 𝜕 2𝑢 𝜕 2𝑢
𝑥2 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2
= 𝑛(𝑛 − 1)𝑢
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑥𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑦 2
𝑦 𝑧 𝑥 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
30. If 𝑢 = 𝑧 + 𝑥 + 𝑦, then show that 𝑥 𝜕𝑥 + 𝑦 𝜕𝑦 + 𝑧 𝜕𝑧 = 0.
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
31. If 𝑢 = 𝑥 2 𝑦 + 𝑦 2 𝑧 + 𝑧 2 𝑥, then show that 𝜕𝑥 + 𝜕𝑦 + 𝜕𝑧 = (𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧)2 .
𝑥2𝑦2 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
32. If 𝑢 = , using Euler’s theorem find the value of 𝑥 𝜕𝑥 + 𝑦 𝜕𝑦 and hence show that
𝑥+𝑦
𝜕2𝑢 𝜕2𝑢 𝜕2𝑢
𝑥 2 𝜕𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 + 𝑦 2 𝜕𝑦 2 = 6𝑢
𝑥 3 +𝑦 3 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
33. If 𝑢 = tan−1 ( ), show that 𝑥 𝜕𝑥 + 𝑦 𝜕𝑦 = sin 2𝑢. Then show that
𝑥−𝑦
𝜕 2𝑢
2
𝜕 2𝑢 2
𝜕 2𝑢
𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 = (1 − 4 sin2 𝑢) sin 2𝑢
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑦 2
• Vector Algebra:
1 𝑟⃗
̂ + 𝑦𝑗̂ + 𝑧𝑘̂ and 𝑟 = |𝑟⃗| then show that 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑 (𝑟 ) = − 𝑟 3
34. If 𝑟⃗ = 𝑥𝑖

35. If 𝐴⃗ = 2𝑥 2 𝑖̂ − 2𝑦𝑧𝑗̂ + 𝑥𝑧 2 𝑘̂ and 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 2𝑧 − 𝑥 3 𝑦 then find 𝐴⃗. 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑(𝑓) and


𝐴⃗ × 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑(𝑓).
𝑑𝑟⃗ 𝑑2 𝑟⃗ 𝑑3 𝑟⃗
36. If 𝑟⃗ = (𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡)𝑖̂ + (𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡)𝑗̂ + (𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼)𝑘̂, then show that [ 𝑑𝑡 ] = 𝑎3 tan 𝛼.
𝑑𝑡 2 𝑑𝑡 3
𝑑
37. If 𝐴⃗ = 3𝑡 2 𝑖̂ + 𝑡𝑗̂ − 𝑡 3 𝑘̂ and 𝐵
⃗⃗ = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑖̂ − 2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑗̂ then find (𝐴⃗ × 𝐵
⃗⃗ )
𝑑𝑡

38. Determine the value of the constant 𝑑 such that the vectors 2𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ , 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 𝑑𝑘̂ and
3𝑖̂ − 4𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂ are coplanar.

39. If four points with the position vectors 𝑎⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑐⃗, 𝑑⃗ are coplanar, show that
[𝑎⃗ 𝑏⃗⃗ 𝑐⃗ ] = [𝑏⃗⃗ 𝑐⃗ 𝑑⃗ ] + [𝑐⃗ 𝑎⃗ 𝑑⃗ ] + [𝑎⃗ 𝑏⃗⃗ 𝑑⃗ ] .
𝑑 𝑑𝑟⃗ 𝑑2 𝑟⃗ 𝑑𝑟⃗ 𝑑3 𝑟⃗
40. Show that 𝑑𝑡 [𝑟⃗, 𝑑𝑡 , 𝑑𝑡 2 ] = [𝑟⃗, 𝑑𝑡 , 𝑑𝑡 3 ].

41. If 𝜑1 (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) and 𝜑2 (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) are two scalar functions, then show that
𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑(𝜑1 + 𝜑2 ) = 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑(𝜑1 ) + 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑(𝜑2 ).

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