KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE

COLLEGE OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES

THE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
MATHEMATICS UNIT

2016/2017 HARMATTAN SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS

MAT 103: Elementary Differential & Integral Calculus

(3 Credit Units)

Monday, 19 December, 2016

Examination Time: 12:00 P.M - 1:15 P.M.
Time Allowed: 1 Hours 15 Minutes

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MAT 103: Elementary Differential & Integral Calculus

Instruction: Answer all questions

f (x + ∆x) − f (x)
1. Given that f (x) = 3x2 − 20, find lim∆x→0 .
∆x
(A) 3x (B) 6x (C) 6x − 20 (D) 3x − 20
2. Evaluate
1 − cos θ
lim
θ→0 θ
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) −1
3. At what point is the function (x + 2)−1 discontinuous?
(A) −1 (B) −2 (C) 2 (D) 1
4. Let f (x) = (x − 2)(8 − x) for 2 ≤ x ≤ 8. Find f (6)
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 2
5. Evaluate
2x4 − 3x2 + 1
lim
x→∞ 6x4 + x3 − 3x
1
(A) 6
(B) 6 (C) 3 (D) 31

6. Find the slope of the parabola y = 13 x2 at x = 1.

(A) 23 (B) − 13 (C) − 23 (D) 13
7. Let y = u(x)v(x), the derivative of y with respect to x is
(A) u0 (x)v 0 (x) + v(x)u(x) (B) u(x)u0 (x) + v(x)v 0 (x) (C) u(x)v 0 (x) − v(x)u0 (x)
(D) u(x)v 0 (x) + v(x)u0 (x)
3+x
8. Let f (x) = , x 6= 3. Evaluate f 0 (2).
3−x
(A) 6 (B) −3 (C) 3 (D) −6
d(sin−1 x)
9. Evaluate at x = 0.
dx
(A) 0 (B) − 2 (C) 1 (D) 21
1

10. The volume of solid generated when the line y = 2x + 1 is rotated about the x-axis
through 2π-radian in the interval 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 is
(A) 6 cubic units (B) 5 cubic units (C) 4 cubic units (D) 2 cubic unit
1
11. Find the value of f 0 (1) given that f (x) = x + .
x
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) −1

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MAT 103: Elementary Differential & Integral calculus

Instruction: Answer all questions

12. Evaluate
2x4 − 6x3 + x2 + 3
lim
x→1 x−1
(A) −8 (B) 11 (C) −4 (D) 5
dy
13. Determine of x2 − y 2 − x = 1 at the point (2, 1).
dx
2
(A) 3
(B) − 32 (C) − 23 (D) 32
14. Find the value t at the stationary point of the function f (t) = 7t2 − 3t + 5.
(A) 17 (B) 37 (C) 14
3
(D) 27
15. A train moves according to the rule s = 5t3 + 30t, where s and t are measured in miles
and hours respectively. What is the speed after 2 hours?
(A) 15miles/hr (B) 30miles/hr (C) 60miles/hr (D) 90miles/hr
16. Evaluate
lim (x2 − 6x + 4)
x→2

(A) 4 (B) −8 (C) −4 (D) 8

dy
17. Evaluate at x = 1 if y = (2 − x2 )2 .
dx
(A) −8 (B) −4 (C) −2 (D) −1
18. Differentiate y with respect to its argument
ex
y=
sin x
(A) ex (sin x − cos x)cosec2 x (B) ex (sin x − cos x) cot2 x
(C) ex (sin x + cos x) cot2 x (D) ex (sin x + cos x)cosec2 x
19. Evaluate Z 1
x3 dx
0
1 1 1
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 2
(D) 1
20. Given f (x) = −x2 + 6x − 11. Compute f (−10).
(A) −171 (B) 159 (C) 71 (D) −71
21. Differentiate y = cos 3x3 with respect to x.
(A) 3x cos 3x2 (B) 6x sin 3x (C) −9x2 sin 3x3 (D) 3 sin 3x2

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MAT 103: Elementary Differential & Integral calculus

Instruction: Answer all questions

x−4
22. What is the point of discontinuity of the function ?
x−2
(A) x = 0 (B) x = −2 (C) x = 2 (D) x = 4
23. Evaluate
e2x − 1
lim
x→0 x
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
24. Integrate
Z
ln xdx
1 ln x 9
(A) x ln x − x + c (B) x
+ c (C) x ln x + x + c (D) x
+ c (A) 2
(B) −11 (C) −3 (D) 6
25. What is the extremum value of f (t) = −t2 − 3t + 2?
(A) 40
9
(B) 19 (C) 98 (D) 32
9

d R
26. If (sec x) = sec x tan x find sec x tan x.
dx
(A) sec x (B) sec2 x (C) 2 sec x (D) tan x
2
27. Given y = sin t, find ddt2y at t = π
2
(A) 1 (B) −1 (C) 21 (D) 0
3
28. Find the2 derivative3of e−x . 3 3
(A) e−x (B) 3xe−x (C) −3x2 e−x (D) −3xe−x
29. Evaluate Z π
x cos 3xdx
0
1
(A) 3
(B) − 13 (C) 2
9
(D) − 29
30. Find the gradient of the curve y = 2t4 − 3t3 + t + 4 at the point (1,4).
(A) 2 (B) 19 (C) 0 (D) 1
dy
31. If y = cot x, find
dx
(A) sec2 x (B) −cosec2 x (C) tan x (D) cosec2 x
32. Suppose f 0 (x) = 0 and f 00 (x0 ) < 0 then f has:
(A) relative maximum (B) relative minimum (C) no extreme value (D) none of the
above

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MAT 103: Elementary Differential & Integral calculus

Instruction: Answer all questions

33. Evaluate
Z π
5 sin 2tdt
0

(A) 5 (B) 0 (C) −5 (D) − 25

34. Evaluate
x2 − 9
 
lim
x→3 x−3
(A) 6 (B) ∞ (C) −6 (D) 0
35. Find the derivative of the function t cos t.
(A) t sin t (B) t cos 2t (C) t (sin t − cos t) (D) cos t − t sin t
36. Write the equation of a curve whose slope is 2x − 7 if it passes through the point (1, 2).
(A) y = x2 − 7x + 8 (B) y = x2 − 7x + 1 (C) y = x2 + 7x − 8 (D) y = x2 − 7x + 2
√
3
37. Differentiate
√ 3x − 5 with respect to x.
3
(A) 3 3x − 5 (B) √ 3
1
(C) √
9 3
9
3x−5
(D) √
3
1
3x−5
2 (3x−5)

38. Find the derivative of 4x at x = 0.

(A) ln 4 (B) 0 (C) ∞ (D) 4
39. Evaluate Z 3
(2y 2 + 5)dy
0
(A) 18 (B) 33 (C) 15 (D) 8
40. Calculate the gradient of the curve y = sin 2θ when θ = π.
(A) 1 (B) −2 (C) 2 (D) 0
41. The area under the curve f (x) = 6x2 − 2x + 1 bounded by the ordinates x = 1, x = 2
and x-axis is
(A) 19 sq units (B) 24 sq units (C) 22 sq units (D) 12 sq units
42. Evaluate
 
sin x
lim
x→0 x
(A) 1 (B) ∞ (C) 0 (D) −1

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MAT 103: Elementary Differential & Integral calculus

Instruction: Answer all questions

43. Evaluate Z 1
1
dx
0 x+1
(A) ln 1 (B) ln 3 (C) − ln 2 (D) ln 2
44. The profit function of a mini mart per week is given by p = 120q(24 − q) where q is
the quantity of items sold. Determine the quantity of items that maximizes its profit.
(A) 12 (B) 6 (C) 24 (D) 36
R 0 (x)
45. The integration of ff (x) dx is
2
(A) f (x)/2 + C (B) ln f (x) + C (C) − ln f (x) + C (D) ln(−f (x)) + C

46. Evaluate the limit

x2 − x − 2
lim
x→2 x2 − 4
3 1
(A) 1 (B) −2 (C) 4
(D) 2
R4 x
47. By using trapezium rule or otherwise, evaluate the integral 0 x+1
dx whose tabular
x 0 1 2 3 4
value is given as follow: x
0 0.5 0.67 0.75 0.8
x+1
(A) 0.5 (B) 4.64 (C) 3.84 (D) 2.32
48. Evaluate the integral
Z
3x2 sin x3 dx

−1 −1 −1
(A) cos 4x3
(B) sin 4x3
(C) − cos x3 (D) 6 cos 4x3

49. Evaluate √
x
lim
x→1 x + 1
1
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 2 (D) − 21

50. The function V = 24r(3 − r2 ) describes the size of a ballon when inflated, where r is
its radius. Calculate the radius of the balloon at the point of the busting.
(A) 1 unit (B) 5 units (C) 3 units (D) 8 units
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