Engineering Mathematics Semester End Examination 2015
Engineering Mathematics Semester End Examination 2015
2. You may not use your books, notes, or any calculator on this exam.
3. If you use “Mean Value Theorem” you must indicate this and explain why the theorem
may be applied.
4. Organize your work, in a reasonably neat and coherent way, in the space provided. Work
scattered all over the page without a clear ordering will receive very little credit.
5. Mysterious or unsupported answers will not receive full credit. A correct answer, un-
supported by calculations, explanation, or algebraic work will receive no credit; an incorrect
answer supported by substantially correct calculations and explanations might still receive
partial credit.
(b) A girl flies a kite at a height of 300ft, the wind carrying the kite horizontally away from
her at a rate of 25ft/sec. How fast must she let out the string when the kite is 500 ft away
from her? [3 marks]
(c) State and prove Lagrange’s Mean Value theorem. [7 marks]
(d) (i) Show that for any numbers a and b, the sine inequality | sin a − sin b| ≤ |a − b|, is
true. [3 marks]
1/x
(ii) Find lim (ln x) . [2 marks]
x→∞
OR
1
2. Single Variable Differential Calculus
(a) Find a δ > 0, such that for ε = 1, the inequality in the definition for limit, holds for
120
f (x) = , L = 5 and x0 = 24. [5 marks]
x
(b) (i) For what values of b, is
x x < −2
g(x) =
bx2 x ≥ −2
continuous at every x? [3 marks]
π
(ii) Find the linearization of cos x at x = . [2 marks]
2
√
(c) Find the second derivative of 2 y = x − y. [4 marks]
(d) State and Prove Cauchy’s Mean Value Theroem. [6 marks]
∂f ∂f
(b) Find and , if f (x, y) = logy x. [4 marks]
∂x ∂y
(c) Find the linearization of f (x, y, z) = x2 − xy + 3 sin z at (2, 1, 0). [5 marks]
∂w ∂w
(d) Express and in terms of r and s if
∂r ∂s
r
w = x + 2y + z 2 , x = , y = r2 + ln s, z = 2r
s
[5 marks]
2
5. Integral Calculus
(a) State and prove the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Part 1. [7 marks]
(b) State and prove the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Part 2. [5 marks]
(c) Find the average value of f (x, y) = sin(x + y) over the rectangle R : 0 ≤ x ≤ π, 0 ≤
y ≤ π. [4 marks]
Z Z
(d) Evaluate the iterated integral: f (x, y)dA for f (x, y) = x − y and R : 0 ≤ x ≤
R
2, −1 ≤ y ≤ 1. [4 marks]
OR
6. Integral Calculus
x2 dx
Z Z
2 2
(a) Evaluate sin x cos x dx and √ . [10 marks]
2
Z ∞ 9−x
dx
(b) Investigate the convergence of . [2 marks]
1 x3 + 1
(c) Find the average height of the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 over the square 0 ≤ x ≤ 2, 0 ≤
y ≤ 2. [4 marks]
Z πZ π
sin y
(d) Evaluate dy dx. [4 marks]
0 x y
7. Infinite Sequences and Series
(a) Test for the convergence or the divergence of the sequences, an , (find the limit if it con-
verges):
n
n
(i) an = [3 marks]
n+1
(ii) an = tan−1 n [2 marks]
(b) Find the interval of convergence of x for which the series converge. Also, find the sum of
∞
X X∞
the series for those values of x: n
(cos x) and (−1)n x−2n . [5 marks]
n=0 n=1
∞
X ∞
X
(c) Prove that if an is a convergent series with an ≥ 0, then a2n converges.
n=1 n=1
[5 marks]
∞
X
(d) Find the radius and interval of convergence of the series: (ln n xn ) [5 marks]
n=1
OR
3
8. Infinite Sequences and Series
(a) Test for the convergence or the divergence of the sequences, an , (find the limit if it con-
verges):
√
n
(i) an = 32n+1 . [2 marks]
(ln n)
(ii) an = 1/2 . [3 marks]
n
∞ ∞
X ln n X (n!)n
(b) Test for the convergence or the divergence of the series 3/2
and n )2
. Justify.
n=1
n n=1
(n
[5 marks]
X∞ ∞
X an
(c) If an is a convergent series with an ≥ 0, then explain the nature of ? Justify
n=1 n=1
n
your answer. [5 marks]
X ∞ X∞ ∞
X
(d) Show by example that an bn can diverge, even though an converges and bn
n=1 n=1 n=1
converges. [5 marks]
9. Differential Equations
(a) Find the complete solution of the following differential equations:
00 0
(i) y − y − 6y = e−x − 7 cos x [6 marks]
00 0 0
(ii) x2 y + 7xy + 9y = 0, y(1) = 1, y (1) = 0. [6 marks]
00
(iii) y + y = sec x, −π/2 < x < π/2. [8 marks]
OR
00
(c) Solve by the method of variation of parameters: y − y = cot x, 0 < x < π. [8 marks]