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EXAMINATION
ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 1
Instructions
4. All necessary working and answers of each question done must be shown clearly.
6. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
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1. Use your scientific calculator to
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cos−1 (0.451)− √0.537
a. Evaluate log 5 𝑦 𝑖𝑓 𝑦 = in six (6) decimal places.
sin(35°)+ sinh(4.25)
𝑃 5𝑃
b. Evaluate ‘d’ in decimal places if 𝑀𝑑 = ∑4𝑥=0 (𝑥+𝑒) 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑀 = = 100
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4. The amount of carbon dioxide produced by an industrial plants is 80 days as shown in the
table below
Carbon dioxide 5.0 – 8.9 9.0 – 12.9 13.0 – 16.9 17.0 – 20.9 21.0 – 24.9 25.0 – 28.9
Frequency 4 10 15 25 17 9
a) Find the interquartile range of the distribution
b) Use the coding method to determine
i. Mean using 𝐴 = 18.95
ii. Variance
iii. Standard deviation
5. a. Use laws algebra of sets to simplify (𝐴 ∪ (𝐵 ∩ 𝐶 ′ )) ∩ (𝐴 ∪ 𝐶)
b. In a group of 99 students who participate in school competition 54 are girls. The number
of students who eat rice and ugali are 60 and 42 respectively. The number of boys who
eat ugali and rice are 36 for each type of food. 27 boys eat both rice and ugali, 24 grils
eat neuther rice nor ugali.
How many in groups:
i. Are girls who eat both rice and ugali
ii. Are girls who eat either rice or ugali
iii. Eat rice only
c. If A, B and C are three non – empty sets, use a Venn diagram to show that
n(A ∪ B ∪ C) = n(A) + n(B) + n(C) − n(A ∩ B) − n(A ∩ C) − n(B ∩ C) + n(A ∩ B ∩ C)
6. a. Define the following terms
i. Oblique asymptote
ii. Even and odd functions
𝑥2
b. If 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥−2)(𝑥+2)
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7. a. Use Newton Raphson method to approximate the root of 𝑒 𝑥 (1 + 𝑥) = 2 correct to four
(4) decimal places starting with 𝑥0 = 0.4 (Number of iteration = 3)
b. The figure below has point A, B and C on the quadratic curve 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐.
Derive the Simpson’s rule to approximate the area ABCDE
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c. Evaluate ∫06 √1 − 𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥 by both, Simpson’s and Trapezium rules, using 8-intervals
correct to four (4) significant figures. Which method gives a more accurate solution?
8. a. Find the angle between lines whose joint equation is 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥𝑦 + 2𝑦 2 = 0
b. Find the area of a triangle enclosed between lines 𝑥 = 3𝑦, 𝑦 = 2𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 30
c. Find the equation of a circle passing through 𝑃(2, 6) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑄(0, 2) with its centre on
the line 4𝑥 + 5𝑦 − 30 = 0
d. Show that the line 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐 will be tangent to the circle 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 𝑟 2 if
𝑐 2 = 𝑟 2 (1 + 𝑚2 ). Hence, find the equations of the tangents to the circle 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 25 ,
which are parallel to the line √3𝑥 − 𝑦 + 4 = 0
𝑑𝑦 ln(1+𝑥)
9. a. If the gradient of a certain function is 𝑑𝑥 = 1+𝑥
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1− 𝑥2 𝑑𝑦 2
10. a. If 𝑦 = cos−1 (1+ 𝑥2 ), show that 𝑑𝑥 = 1+ 𝑥 2
𝑑𝑦 1
b. Find 𝑑𝑥 of 𝑦 = sin(2𝑥) + 𝑥+2 the first principle of differentiation.
c. Given that 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥𝑦 2 + 𝑥 sin(3𝑥𝑦 2 − 1). Find the partial derivative 𝑓𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑦
d. A cylinder has dimensions of radius 5 𝑐𝑚 and height of 10 𝑐𝑚. Find the approximation
increase in volume where radius increased by 0.2 𝑐𝑚 and height decreased by 0.1 𝑐𝑚.
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