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Math 111-Calculus I

The document outlines the examination instructions for the MATH 111 Calculus 1 course for the 2022-2023 academic year. It includes various questions covering topics such as continuity, differentiation, and the mean value theorem, with specific tasks and marks allocated for each question. Candidates are required to answer one compulsory question and any two additional questions within a time limit of two hours.

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Math 111-Calculus I

The document outlines the examination instructions for the MATH 111 Calculus 1 course for the 2022-2023 academic year. It includes various questions covering topics such as continuity, differentiation, and the mean value theorem, with specific tasks and marks allocated for each question. Candidates are required to answer one compulsory question and any two additional questions within a time limit of two hours.

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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

2022 -2023 ACADEMIC YEAR SEMESTER TWO,

JANUARY-APRIL 2023

COURSE CODE: MATH 111

COURSE TITLE: CALCULUS 1

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Answer question one (compulsory) and any other two questions

Time: 2 hours

QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)

(a) (i)State three conditions for a function to be continuous at the point (3mks)

(ii) Determine the continuity of the function at


(6mks)

(b) (i) Determine the equations of both the tangent line and normal line to the curve
y  3x 2  x  1 at the point where x  1 (4mks)

(ii) Differentiate y 3  sin y  0 with respect to x. (2mks)

(c) Evaluate the following:

(i) (2mks)

(ii) (3mks)

(d) If find (4mks)

1
(e) Determine the continuity of f ( x)  over the interval (0, ) (3mks)
x

(f) Find if (3mks)

QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)

(a) At what point does have an horizontal tangent (3mks)

(b) Differentiate the implicit function; (3mks)

(c) Use the appropriate method of differentiation to differentiate the following


(i) (4mks)

(ii) (3mks)
(iii) (3mks)

(d) Verify the mean value theorem for f ( x)  x 3  3x 2  10x  20 on the interval [1,5]

(4mks)

QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)

(a) Use Newton’s method to find 17 (3mks)

(b) Given , find . Hence find the equation of the tangent and equation of
the normal to the curve of at the point . (6mks)

(c) Differentiate the implicit function:

(4mks)

(d) Differentiate the following functions;

(i) (ii) sin (5mks)

(e) Differentiate y 3  sin y  0 with respect to x. (2mks)

QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)

(a) Find the equation of the tangent to at the point (5,4) (4mks)

(b) Differentiate the following using appropriate methods.

(i) (4mks)

(ii) (5mks)

(iii) (3mks)

(c) Find the dimensions of the rectangle that has maximum area if its perimeter is 20m .
Comment on the outcome. (4mks)
QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)

(a) Define a parametric function. Hence find given y = and =


(3mks)

(b) Given that (3mks)

(c) (i) At what point does the tangent to the function have a slope of zero.
(4mks)

(ii) Differentiate; (4mks)


(iii) Differentiate: (2mks)

(d) Let f ( x)  x 3  1 . Show that f satisfies the hypothesis of Mean value theorem on the
interval [1,2] and find all values of c in this interval whose existence is guaranteed by the
theorem. (4mks)

(e) Find from the first principles, the derivative of the function (4mks)

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