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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

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


COMPUTER SCIENCE
RCS 103: CALCULUS

DATE; 11TH APRIL 2023 TIME: 2 HOURS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Students are NOT permitted to write on the examination paper during examination time.
This is a closed-book examination. Textbooks/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 the 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.

PAGE 1 OF 3
SECTION A
This question is compulsory (30 marks)
Question One (30 marks)

a) i) state the condition necessary for a function to be differentiable


(2 marks)

ii) You are given the function f(x) = cos x and g(x) = 6 x – 8,
differentiate f and g using first principles
(7marks)
ln x
2
b) Define the domain of the function x −4 x+ 3
(3

marks)
1
2
c) Given that f(x) = ( x −1 )
find
i)
f , (x) (3 marks)
ii)
f ( x)
‘’
(2
marks)
d) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y = x 3 +4x2 + 2 at (1,7)
(3 marks)
2
−x
e) Differentiate w.r.t. x the function y = e (x + 5)
(3 marks)
x
x2
∫ xe −2
x3
dx
f) Find (4
marks)
5 x 3 +3 x−5
lim
g) Evaluate the limit x →∞ x 3 −3 (3
marks)

SECTION B

Answer any two questions from this section


Question Two (20 marks)

a) Suppose the total cost in dollars incurred each week by Polaraire for
manufacturing x refrigerators is given by the total cost function
C(x) = 8000 + 200x – 0.2x2 (0  x  400)
i. What is the actual cost incurred for manufacturing the 251st
refrigerator? (2 marks)
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ii. Find the rate of change of the total cost function with respect to x
when x = 250. (2 marks)
iii. Compare the results obtained in parts (a) and (b).
(1 marks)

b) Find the area bounded by the curve y = x2 – x – 2 and the x-axis


(6 marks)
c) Given that y = x(3x + 5). Obtain dy/dx
2

(4 marks)
d) You are given the function f(x) = 3x. obtain its differential function f
/
(x) using first principles.
(5 marks)

Question Three (20 marks)


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) Find the second derivative of the function f(x) = (2x2 +3)3/2

(4 marks)

Question Four (20 marks)


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

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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)
Cosx−1
Evaluate the limit
lim
c) x →0 x

(2 marks)

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 (20 marks)


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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