CAPE PURE MATHEMATICS UNIT 2 MODULE 3 TEST

CAPE PURE MATHEMATICS UNIT 2

MODULE 3
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
DURATION: 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. This paper consists of five (4) questions. You must answer ALL
questions.

2. Show ALL working.

3. A list of formulae is provided for you in this module test.

4. Ensure your papers are clean and tidy.

5. Unless otherwise stated in the question, any numerical answer that is

not exact MUST be written correct to three (3) significant figures.

6. You MUST write the question number clearly.

7. Your solutions MUST be written on either folder leaves or blank

paper.

Required Test Materials

Electronic Calculator (non – programmable)
Geometry Set
Mathematical tables (provided) – Revised 2010
 CAPE PURE MATHEMATICS UNIT 2 MODULE 3 TEST

, P  A B   and P  B A   .
3 3 1
1. (a) A and B are two events such that P  A  
5 4 2
Find the following probabilities.

(i) P  A  B  [3 marks]

(ii) P  B  [3 marks]

(iii) P  A  B  [3 marks]

(b) If P  A  0 , P  B   0 and P  A  P  A B  , prove that P  B   P  B A . [4 marks]

(c) There are 17 lecturers in the Mathematics Division and 9 lecturers in the Statistics Division at
the University of Technology, Jamaica. A committee is to be selected to develop a Mathematical
Statistics course. The committee should consist of 11 lecturers from the Mathematics Division
and 6 lecturers from the Statistics Division. In how many ways can the committee be selected?
[4 marks]

2. (a) An electrician applied Kirchhoff’s law to a circuit and obtained the following equations.
I1  I 2  I 3  0
6 I1  3I 3  0
6 I1  6 I 2  36

Use a matrix equation to find I1 , I 2 and I 3 . [9 marks]

1 1 1
(b) Find the value of a given that a 2a 3a  4 . [8 marks]
a2 a 1 a
2 2

(c) State the order and degree of each ordinary differential equation below.
3
 dy  d y
4
(i)    4  y  2sin  x   cos3  x  [2 marks]
 dx  dx
4
 d 2 y  dy 2 
2
 d3y 
(ii)  2      25  3  [2 marks]
 dx  dx    dx 
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dI
3. The current flow in a particular circuit is defined by the differential equation L  RI  V
dt
where I is the current at time t , and V , R and L are constants representing the voltage,
resistance and self-inductance respectively. The switch in the circuit is closed at time t  0 and
I  0  0 .

(i) By solving the differential equation using an appropriate integrating factor, verify that
V  t
R
I  1  e L  . [8 marks]
R 

(ii) The steady-state current in the circuit is lim  I  . Use the result above to evaluate lim  I  .
t  t 

[3 marks]

d 2I dI
4. (a) A circuit has an equation for current I given by 0.5 2
 400  80000 I  0 . Solve the
dt dt
dI
equation for the current, given that when t  0 , I  0 and  50 . [6 marks]
dt

dy
  2 x  3 y  1 using the substitution u  2 x  3 y  1 .
2
(b) Solve the differential equation
dx
[5 marks]

END OF MODULE TEST

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SOLUTIONS TO MODULE 3 TEST

1. (a)(i) Solution

Using the General Multiplication Rule

P  A  B   P  A P  B A   
3 1 3
5 2 10

1. (a)(ii) Solution

By rearranging the Conditional Probability Formula

P  A  B 3 2
P  B   10

P  A B 3
4 5

1. (a)(iii) Solution

Using the General Addition Rule

3 2 3 7
P  A  B   P  A  P  B   P  A  B     
5 5 10 10

1. (b) Solution

P  A  P  A B 

P  A  B
P  A 
P  B

P  A P  B   P  A  B 

P  A  B
P  B 
P  A

P  B   P  B A

QED
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1. (c) Solution
n!
Recall: nCr 
r ! n  r !

17!
17
C11   12376
11!17  11!

9!
9
C6   84
6! 9  6 !

 17C11  9C6  12376  84  1039584 ways

2. (a) Solution

1 1 1  I1   0 
6 0 3   I    0 
  2  
6 6 0   I 3  36 

1 1 1 0 
 
6 0 3 0 
6 6 0 36 

1 1 1 0 
 
R2  R2  R3  R3  6 R1  R3 0 6 3 36 
0 12 6 36 

1 1 1 0 
 
R3  12 R2  6 R3 0 6 3 36 
0 0 72 216 

From R3 : 72 I 3  216

216
 I3    3
72

From R2 : 6 I 2  3I 3  36

6I 2  3  3  36

6 I 2  9  36

6 I 2  9  36

6 I 2  27

27 9
 I2  
6 2

From R1 : I1  I 2  I 3  0

9
I1    3  0
2
3 3
I1   0  I1 
2 2
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2.(b) Solution

1 1 1
a 2a 3a  4
a 2
a 1 a2
2

2a 3a a 3a a 2a
1 1 1  4
a 1 a
2 2
a 2
a 2
a 2
a2 1

2a  a 2   3a  a 2  1  1  a 2  a   3a  a 2    a  a 2  1  2a  a 2   4

2a3  3a3  3a  a3  3a3   a3  a  2a3  4

2a 3  3a 3  3a  a 3  3a 3  a 3  a  2a 3  4
2a  4
 a  2

2. (c)(i) Solution
Order: 4
Degree: 1

2. (c)(ii) Solution
Order: 3
Degree: 2

3. (i) Solution
dI
L  RI  V
dt
dI R V
 I
dt L L
R V
In this linear differential equation, p  t   and q  t   .
L L
R R R
  t   e  e L  e L   e L
p  t  dt dt dt t

The general solution to the linear differential equation is I   t    q  t    t  dt .

R
t V RL t
Ie L   e dt
L
R
t V RL t
L
Ie L  e dt

R
R t
t V eL
Ie L
  c
L RL
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R
t V L RL t
Ie L
  e c
L R
R
t V RL t
Ie L  e c
R
R
V  t
 I   ce L
R

Substitute t  0 and I  0 into the general solution

V
0  ce0
R
V
0 c
R
V
c
R
R
V V  t
I  e L
R R

V 
R
t 
 I  1  e L

R 

3.(ii) Solution

V  
R

lim  I  
t
lim 1  e L

t  R t   

V   R

1  lim  e
t
 lim L

R  t  t 
  

V
 1  0
R
V
 lim  I  
t  R
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4. (a) Solution

d 2I dI
0.5 2
 400  80000 I  0
dt dt

The auxiliary equation is 0.5m 2  400m  80000  0  m 2  800m  160000  0 .

800  800   4 1160000 

2

m
2 1

800  0
m
2
800
m
2
m  400

 I  c1e400t  c2te400t

Substitute t  0 and I  0 into the general solution.

0  c1e0  c2  0  e0

 c1  0

Differentiate I with respect to t .

I  c2te 400t

dI
 c2 e 400t  c2te 400t
dt

dI
Substitute  50 and t  0 .
dt

50  c2e0  c2  0  e0

 c2  50

 I  50te 400t
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4. (b) Solution
dy
  2 x  3 y  1
2

dx
u  2x  3y 1

du dy
 23
dx dx
du
2
dy dx
 
dx 3

du
2
dx  u2
3
du
 2  3u 2
dx
du
 3u 2  2
dx

du   3u 2  2  dx

1
du  dx
3u  2
2

1
 3u 2
2
du   dx

1 1 b 
Recall: a 2
b u
2 2
du 
ab
arctan  u   c
a 

1  3 
arctan  u   x  c
6  2 

1  3 
arctan   2 x  3 y  1  x  c
6  2 

 3 
arctan   2 x  3 y  1  6  x  c 
 2 

3
 2 x  3 y  1  tan  6  x  c 
2

tan  6  x  c  
2x  3 y 1 
3
2

1 2 1
y  tan  6  x  c     2 x  1
3 3 3