THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
Semester Semester II 0 Supplemental/Summer Schobl
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Examinations of December /April/May 0 /July 0 2017-18
Originating Campus: Cave Hill 0 Mona St. Augustine 0
Mode: On Campus •By Distance 0
Course Code and Title: MATH010 0 PRE-CALCULUS
Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Time: 9:00-12:00 p.m.
Duration: 3 hours Paper No:
Materials required:
Answer booklet: Normal Special 0 Not required 0
Calculator: Programmable 0 Non Programmable
(where applicable)
•
Multiple Choice answer sheets: numerical 0 alphabetical 0 1-20 0 1-100 0
Auxiliary/Other material(s)— Please specify:
Candidates are permitted to bring the following items to their desks: Pen, Pencil, Ruler, ID card
Instructions to Candidates: This paper has 4 pacies lit 5 questions.
Candidates are reminded that the examiners shall take into account the proper use of the English
Language in determining the mark for each response.
1. Answer all questions. Read instructions carefully.
2. Show all necessary working to obtain full marks..
3. Marks allocation is shown in brackets El .
4. The weight of this paper is 70%.
5. Begin your answer to each question on a separa .e sheet.
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Question #1 [19 marks]
a) (i) Solve the simultaneous equations
{x+y =9
[4]
x2 +y 2 -6x+5y=21
(ii) Solve the inequality 19-5-d<7
and sketch the solution on the real line. [4]
b) Let f (x) = x3 -1
(i) Explain why (x-1) is a factor of f(x) [1]
(ii Find all the zeroes (real and complex) of f(x) . [5]
1
c) (i), Without the use of a calculator, find 1og2 — [1]
256
(ii) Solve the equation
log3(x+1)=1ogo.+0 3 [4]
Question #2 [13 marks]
a) (i) Express -‘5+i in the form a+bi , EC [33
2-i
b) -1EC.
If 7,,=(3+0+(4+30+(5+50+(6+70+...nthterms, where i=47
(i) Show that 7,, is an arithmetic progression (AP)
and find the nth term. [2]
n (n + 5) + n2 i
(ii) Show that and evaluate S. [4]
2
c) Insert three geometric means between 3 and 243. [4]
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Question #3 [18 marks]
a) Show that
sin2x=2sinxcosx [3]
13 and cotw=-
5
b) Let 0 and w be acute angles and sec° = 12
—
12
.
Without the use of a calculator find
tan(0+M. [4]
c) Find all the values of 0, where r<60 <360° ,
satisfying
2 cos' 0-sin 0-1=0 ,
giving your answers correct to tie nearest ar. [5]
d) (i) Express cosx-sinx in the form Rcos(x+a),
where RO and 0 a <it,
giving the value of R and a . [4]
Hence,
(ii) Find the maximum and minimum
values of cosx-sin x [2]
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Question #4 [10 marks]
For all of the following please avail yourself of the graph
paper provided in the examination booklet.
a) Let f(x)=x2 . Sketch the graph of each of these on the
same coordinate axes.
1. y= f (x) = x2 . [1]
. y=f(x+3)-4 [2]
b) Let g(x)=x. On a new graph page, sketch the graph
of the following on the same set of axes.
1. y= g(x) =Ix1 [1]
. y = g(x-2)+3 [3]
c) i. On the same set of axes as in part (b), sketch
the graph of y = -2 . [1]
ii. Hence use the graph to solve the equation
—2 =g(x-2)+3 . [2]
Question #5 [10 marks]
a) Find the maximum possible domain and range of the
following function
f(x) = 1. 7 x +1 [2]
+1
b) If f (x) = 4x, g(x) = 3 x2 + 2 and h(x) =
x-7
find gfh(2) . [4]
c) Justify whether the function is odd or even
ex ±e
i. f (x) = [2]
2
. .f(x) = cos ecx + tanx [2]
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