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    STA 2104/SMA 2101

    W1-2-60-1-6

    JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY


    OF
    AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

    University Examinations 2013/2014

    FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER/STAGE II SEMESTER I


    EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
    ACTUARIAL SCIENCE/ BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION
    TECHNOLOGY

    STA 2104/SMA 2101 : CALCULUS FOR STATISTICS/


    CALCULUS I

    DATE: APRIL 2014 TIME: 2 HOURS

    INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY) AND


    ANY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS.
    ______________________________________________________________________

    QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)

    1
    3
    (a) Find the derivative of f(x) = 3 x - 2 x 2 + 0.7x – 0.9 from first
    principles. [5 marks]

    x
    1
    x2 −6
    (b) Find the equation of the normal to the curve y = 2 at the
    point where x = 4. [6
    marks]

    1
    STA 2104/SMA 2101

    11
    3
    (c) Find the stationary points of the curve y = 2 x + 2 x 2 + 4x – 9
    and distinguish between them. [6
    marks]

    (d) If f(x) = x 4 tan −1


    2x, find f ' (x). [5
    marks]

    1 5
    2
    (e) Find the area between the curve y = 8 x + 4 x – 3 and the x-
    axis.
    [5 marks]

    2 dy
    (f) Given that y = (−x 2 +1 ) ( 3 x 3−1 ) , find dx when x = 2. [4
    marks]

    QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)

    (a) Find the derivatives of the following functions:


    3
    x
    1
    2
    y = ( 3 x +1 )
    3
    (i) [5 marks]
    1
    2
    (ii)
    3
    y = ( 2−4 x +1 )
    2
    ( 6 x 2+1 ) [5
    marks]

    2
    −2 x +1 3
    (iii) f(x) = e ln ( 2 x −4 x+1 ) [4 marks]

    dy
    3 2 2 2
    (b) Find dxgiven that 4 x y - 2xy + x y - yx + 2 = 0
    at the point where x = 1 [6 marks]

    QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)

    dy d2 y
    (a) If y = √ 2 x 2+1 , find dx and dx 2 . Hence find the value of

    2
    STA 2104/SMA 2101

    2
    d2 y dy
    2
    y dx +
    ( ) dx [7 marks]

    3t 2 t3 dy
    (b) Given that y = √1−2t and x = √1−2t find dx in terms of
    t.
    [7 marks]

    (c) Find the derivatives of [6 marks]

    1 1
    (i) x + y = ey

    (ii) Y=
    log3 x

    QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)

    x √ x+5
    (a) If y - ln
    ( ( x−1 )3 ) find
    dy
    dx [4
    marks]

    x √ x+5
    (b) Find
    lim
    x →3
    ( ( x−1 )3 ) [4
    marks]

    1
    x √ x+5
    (c) Show that
    ( )
    ( x−1 )3 ln ( x +√ x 2
    1

    +1 ) = ( x2 + 1 ) 2 [5
    marks]

    dy
    2 2
    (d) If x + y = 2y, find dx in terms of x and y. Hence prove that

    3
    STA 2104/SMA 2101

    d2 y 1
    dx 2 = ( 1− y )3 [7 marks]

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