DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY, NIGERIA
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION, 2019/2020 ACADEMIC SESSION
COURSE TITLE: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS III (EMA381)
DATE: Tuesday 23rd March, 2021 TIME ALLOCATED: 3 Hours
INSTRUCTION: (i) ANSWER FIVE QUESTIONS (ii) QUESTION ONE IS COMPULSORY (iii) YOU MUST
ATTEMPT ONE QUESTION FROM EACH SECTION
SECTION A
1. Maximize p = 8x + 12y + 10z
Subject to 4x + 3y + 2z ≤ 64; 2x + y + 4z ≤ 48; and x + 2y + z ≤ 24
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2. If R = a + 𝑑2 , find the best value for a and b for the corresponding values given below.
d 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.5
R 5.78 2.26 1.60 1.27 1.53 1.10
SECTION B
3
3. (a) If F = (3t2 + 4t)i + (2t - 5)j +4t3k evaluate ∫1 𝐹𝑑𝑡
3
(b) Given that 𝑓(𝑥) = √2𝑥 2 +1
lies within the boundary 3 ≤ x ≤ 5. What is the mean value and
the root mean square value of the function?
4. (a) Determine the stationary values of the function and distinguish between them
f(x,y) = x4 + 4x2y2 – 2x2 + 2y2 – 10
(b) Find the value of a parallelopiped whose co-terminal edges are given as
A = 3i + 4j; B = 2i + 3j + 4k; C = 4j + 5k
(c) Given that f(x) = 3x(4x2 + 3)5 lies within the boundary 2 ≤ x ≤ 6. Find the mean value of the
function.
SECTION C
5. Given the following set of linear equations:
X1 + 2x2 + 5x3 + x4 = 4
3x1 – 4x2 + 3x3 – 2x4 = 7
4x1 + 3x2 + 2x3 – x4 = 1
X1 – 2x2 – 4x3 – x4 = 2
a. Write the above set of equations in matrix form.
b. Write down the augmented matrix Ab.
c. Determine the rank of A and Ab. Where A is the coefficient matrix of the above equations.
d. Determine the consistency of the above set of equations.
e. Solve the above set of equations using Gaussian elimination method.
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6. Given that A = ( 1 1 0); if AX = λX. Determine;
−1 0 1
a. The eigenvalues
b. The corresponding eigenvectors.
SECTION D
7. a. Many railroad viaducts are constructed in the shape of a semicircle. A stone-arched railroad
viaduct at Rockville, Pennsylvania, over the Susquehanna River is made of 48 semicircular
arches, each with a span of 70 feet. Use the figure below to write equations that model each of
the first two arch
10ft 70ft 10ft 70ft
b i. Earth’s orbit has a major axis of 299.196 Gm (gigameters) and
b ii. An eccentricity of 0.0167. Calculate and interpret b and c.
8. a. A comet following a hyperbolic path about the sun has a perihelion of 90gm. When the line
from the comet to the Sun is perpendicular to the focal axis of the orbit, the comet is 281.25Gm
from the Sun. calculate a, b, c and e. What are the coordinates of the center of the Sun if the
center of the hyperbolic orbit is (0, 0) and the Sun lies on the positive x-axis?
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b i. Express (6, 6 , 3 ) in both rectangular and cylindrical coordinates.
ii. Find the polar co-ordinates of the points whose Cartesian co-ordinates are (2,2), (-3, -4),
(0,5), (-12, 5), (3, 0), (6, -3).
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