UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE MTI04

BSc Engineering Honours Part I Examinations

MATHEMATICS FORENGINEERS: PAPER I

June 2001
Time 3 hours

Candidates may attempt at most SIX questions. Full marks can he obtained for complete
solutions to FIVE questions. Candidates are advised that it is in their own interest to
concentrate on obtaining complete solutions to questions rather than producing fragmentary
answers to a larger number of questions.

Q 1. (a) (1) Define what is meant by saying the limit of a function f as a: approaches X~
is I (i.e., in terms of e and 8).
x~0
(ii) Let f(x)=.{ x3sin1 x=0

Using the definition of a limit or otherwise show that urn f(x)

x—*O
= 0.

(h) Defining what is meant by saying a function f is continuous at a point x = ro.

determine whether or not the function

f(x)=x±jthj

is continuous at x = 0.
(c) (i) Define what is meant by saying a function f is diflerentiable all a point Lu.
(ii) Determine whether or not the function

I x3sin1
f(x)=to x#0
x=O
is differentiable at x 0 and find its value if it is differentiable.
(iii) Prove that if a function ~fis differentiable at x
at x~. 0. then it must he continuous

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Q2. (a) Find the stationary points of the function

f(x) = x3e~2~

and determine their nature.

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(b) F’ind and classify the critical points of the function

•f(a:. y) = 3x — :3.ry2
(c) Find the maximum and minimum values of f(x. y) = 4;x:2 + 9:q2 subject to the
condition x2 + y2 = 1.
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Q3. (a) (1) 1)efine what is meant by saying the infinite series E u.~,converges.
4= 1
(ii) Using your definition, in (i) above or otherwise. determine whether or not the
following series converges and find its MUll if it converges

~1
(5r~—3)(5r +2)~

(h) Test for the convergence or divergence of the following series.

2n+7
(i) (ii) ~ y~33~2_2n

(c) Investigate for absolute convergence or for conditional convergence for each of the
following series

(i) ~4~3_3 (ii)

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Q 4. (a.) Define the hyperbolic cosine function (cosh a) in terms of exponentials arid sketch
its graph.
(14 State arid move the identity involving hyperbolic functions winch is an analogue
of the trigonometncal identity

cos 2x = I — sin2 a.

(c) Prove that cosh1 a: = ln(x + V~—I). x>1.

(d) Show that ~ (cosh’x) = _______

f (3x+2)
(e) l~ind i (Ix.
1 Vx2+2x+17
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(a.) Use the method of induction or otherwise to show that

1:3 + 2~+ + ~ = ~n2(n + 1)2.

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(h) Use the definition of a definite integral to evaluate the integral

x~dx.

(c) Evaluate m~ + 12 +
(~~2 ~2 + 22 + + ni+ 1.?2)

(d) By interchanging the order of integration or otherwise. evaluate the integral

11
I f e~2dxdy.
U t=y

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xy
(x.y)~(0.0)
(a) Let (x,y) =

0 (x.y)=.(0.0)

Pind ~L(O. 0). ~(0. 0) and ~(x. y). ~(a.. y) when~(x. y) ~ (0.0). siniplying
Ox ‘ Oy Ox dy
your answers.
(b) (I) If f(x,y) is clifkrentiable at (x. y) and .~f= f(x + .ie. y + ~y) — f(x, q).
Of of
write ~/ in termns of tsx and .2sy.
Ox dy
(ii) Use (liflerentials to find an approximate value of ~/(2. 02)~+ (2.97)2.
On Vt.’
(c) If a2 v = ½:+ y and ‘a — = x — 2y. find and
Ox Og
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Q 7. (a) l)efine what is meant by saying a. sequence {a1, }~has limit 1.

(h) Using your definition or otherwise. show that if Icri < 1. then

urn a” = 0.
ri-+ ~c.

(e) E~’aluateeach of the following limits

v’3n2+7n+5 .. . (3r,—4\”
(i) 1111] (ii) !in~
‘~—‘~~ 2n —3 ~-4°c \3ri + I

fan
Inn I T’ + bit)I, 0<a<b
(iii)
\a
(ci) A sequence {u~}~ is defined by

= Vu~ 1. a
1 = I.

(1) By using the method of induction or otherwise, show that the sequence is
rnonotonjc increasing. -

(ii) Assuming thai. [Link] sequence is hounded above by 2. state why the sequence
converges.
(iii) Find its limit.
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Q8. (a) (i) State the mean value theorem.

(ii) Use tire mean. value theorem or otherwise to prove that if f”(x) (I for all
x E (a, b), then J’ is monotomc increasing on [a, b].
Show thar if 0< a ‘C b then (1 a/b) < ln(b/a) ‘C (b/a—I)
(iii) —

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(b) F’ind the limit lirn x
(c) (i ) Use Taylor’s theorem to show thai

(a-— a)2 (a’ — a)’3

cos x = cosa — sin a(x — a) — cosa + sine
where e lies between £ and a.
(ii) t ~se (i) to conipute an approximte value of cos 660 and estimate tire error
made.
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