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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

EXAMINATION FOR MAY /AUGUST 2023/2024 FOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN


COMPUTER SCIENCE
RCS 103: CALCULUS
DATE 7TH AUGUST 2024 TIME: 2 HOURS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Students are NOT permitted to write on the examination paper during examination time.
This is a closed-book examination. Textbook/Reference books/notes are not permitted.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
This examination paper consists of Questions in Section A followed by Section B.
Answer Question 1 in section A and any Other Two questions in section B.
QUESTIONS in ALL Sections should be answered in answer booklet(s).

1. PLEASE start the answer to EACH question on a NEW PAGE.


2. Keep your phone(s) switched off at the front of the examination room.
3. Keep ALL bags and caps at the front of the examination room and DO NOT refer to
ANY unauthorized material before or during the course of the examination.
4. ALWAYS show your work.
5. Marks indicated in parenthesis, i.e. ( ) will be awarded for clear and logical answers.
6. Write your REGISTRATION No. clearly in the answer booklet(s).
7. For the Questions, write the number of the question on the answer booklet(s) in the order
you answered them.
8. DO NOT use your PHONE as a CALCULATOR.
9. YOU are ONLY ALLOWED to leave the exam room 30 minutes to the end of the Exam.
10. DO NOT write on the QUESTION PAPER. Use the back of your BOOKLET for any
calculations or rough work.

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SECTION A: THIS QUESTION IS COMPULSORY (30 MARKS)
Question One

a) You are given the function g(x) = 6 x – 8, differentiate f and g using first principles
(4marks)
ln x
2
b) Define the domain of the function x −4 x+ 3 (3 marks)

c) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y = x3 +4x2 + 2 at (1,7) (3 marks)
− x2
d) Differentiate w.r.t. x the function y = e (x + 5) (3 marks)

xe x −2 x 2
∫ x 3 dx
e) Find (4 marks)
3
5 x +3 x−5
lim
f) Evaluate the limit x →∞ x 3 −3 (3 marks)
3 2
x 7x
g) Given the function f(x) = - + 6x + 5, determine
3 2
i. The location and the value of the absolute maximum (5 Marks)
ii. The location and the value of the absolute minimum (5 Marks)

SECTION B: ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION


Question Two
a) Find the area bounded by the curve y = x2 – x – 2 and y=0 (5 marks)

b) Given that y = x(3x2 + 5).Obtain dy/dx (3marks)


c) You are given the function f(x) = 3x. obtain its differential function f /(x) using first principles.
(5
marks)
d) Let f(x) = x3 + x + 1.
i. Show that f is continuous for all values of x. (2 marks)
ii. Compute f(–1) and f(1) and use the results to deduce that there must be at least
one number x = c, where c lies in the interval (–1, 1) and f(c) = 0.
(3 marks)
e) Find the slope of the tangent line to the graph f(x) = 3x + 5 at any point (x, f(x)). (2 marks)

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Question Three
a) Sketch the curve of the function y = 6x – x2. Hence find the area enclosed by the curve, the x-axis
and lines x = 2 and x = 4 (8 marks)

b) Evaluate the following limits

x−4
lim
i) x →4 √ x 2 +9 x−5 (4 marks)

3 x 2−7
lim
ii) x →∞ 5 x 2 −2 x +3 (4 marks)

c) You are given the functions f(x) = 4x – 5 and g(x) = x2. Find

(2 marks)
i)f- 1

(2 marks
ii)f2g

Question Four
a) The total weekly production cost £C for a particular product is given by
C = 22x + 750
when x units are produced per week. The advertising cost £ Ca necessary to sell x units per
week, and the weekly revenue £R resulting from the sale of these x units, are given by:

CA = 18x + 0.1 x3 + 750


R = 340 x - 2.25x2

i) Find the optimum production level at which maximum profit occurs. (4 marks)

ii) Find the level of output at which the advertising cost per unit is a minimum. (4 marks)

b) Show that the inverse of the function y = ex is given by ln x. Hence or otherwise sketch the graphs
of ex and ln x. (6 marks)

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Cosx−1
c) Evaluate the limit
lim (2 marks)
x →0 x
d)
When a function f(x) is divided by x – 1 the remainder is 6 and when f(x) is divided by x + 2 the

remainder is 27. What is the remainder when f(x) is divided by (x – 1)(x +2)

(4 marks)

Question Five

a) Determine the stationary points of the curve y = 5 + 24x – 9x 2 – 2x3 and investigate the nature of the
turning point(s). Sketch the curve. (8 marks)

b) i) Sketch the function f(x) = √x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 9 (2 marks)

ii) Determine the area between f(x) and the x-axis for 1 ≤ x ≤ 9 (5 marks)

c) The curve f(x) = √x is now revolved about the y-axis for 0 ≤ y ≤ 3. Find the volume of the solid
generated. (5
marks)

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