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Name of the examination - FALL (2023-2024) Freshers- CAT-I
Course Code: MAT-1001 ‘Course Title: Calculus for Engineers
Set number: 01 Date or exam: 18{(0/2023 (Px’) COs)
Duration: 90 min, Total Marks: 50
Instructions: Answer all questions and assume data wherever necessary.
1, A.window is in the shape of a rectangle surrounded by a semi-circle. If the total perimeter
of the window is 20 feet, find its dimensions so that the greatest amount of light may be
admitted. (om)
2, Find the critical points of function f(x) = sin?x — sinx ~ 1 in [0,27]. Identify the open
intervals on which f is increasing and decreasing. Also, find the function's local and
absolute extreme values. (om)
3. The region bounded by the parabola curve y = x* and the line y = x is revolved about the
x-axis to generate a solid, Find the volume of a solid. (om)
4, Consider a potential function of the form f(x,y) = sinxsiny and find a quadratic
approximation of potential function near the origin. Estimate the error in the approximation
if |x| $0.1 and|y| < 0.1. (dom)
5. (j) Suppose that at a given moment, the radius of a right circular cylinder is 2 em and
increasing at a rate of 0.4 cmv/min, and height is 5 em and decreasing ata rate of 0.3 emv/min.
Find the rate at which the volume can be changed. (Volume of right circular cylinder V =
rh),
Consider the functions u and v = tan~4x + tan™4y are they functionally
dependent. If it so, find the relationship between them. (Using the Jacobian method).
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‘Name of the Examination: CAT-1 (FALL 2023-2024)
Course Code: MAT1001 Course Title : Calculus for Engineers
Duration : 90 minutes ‘Total Marks : 50
Set No.: 2 Date:
2d)tolr023 (A) LB)
Instructions: 1: Assume data wherever necessary.
2: Any assumptions made should be clearly stated.
(1) A open-top bax is to be made by cutting small congruent squares from the corners
of a 12 cm by 12 cm sheet of tin and bending up the sides. How large should the
squares cut from the corners be to make the box hold as much as possible?
(10M)
(2) Find the volume of the solid formed by rotating the triangular region with vertices
at (1,1), (2,1) and (2,3) about the y— axis.
(10M)
(3) Find the values of a, 8, c for which the function
f(z) =3;2 50
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satisfies the condition of Lagrange’s mean-value theorem.
(10M)
(4) (a) At any given instant the sides of a rectangle are 4 feet and 3 feet respectively.If
the sides are increasing at a rate of 1.5 feet/sec and 0.5 feet/sec respectively.
Find the rate at which area is increasing at that instant?
(b) A cylindrical tank is 1m high and 0.3 m radius. If height is increased by 5 cm
and radius by 1 em what is the effect on volume?
(5M+5M)
(5) f(z,y) = sin x sin y represents a temperature field of certain medium. Find the
quadratic approximation of the function f(x,y) near the origin. How accurate is the
approximation if |x| < 0.3 and |y| < 0.3
(10M)
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Name of the Examination: FALL (2023-2024)-CAT-1
Course Code: MAT1001 Course Title: Calculus for Engineers
Set number: S Dato of exam: 2[10/2023 (Ars) Con)
Duration: 90 minutes Total Marks: 50
Instructions
4. This question paper contains five questions.
2. Allquestions are compulsory.
3. This exam is a closed book examination,
Q1. You are to construct an open rectangular box with a square base and a volume of 48 ft?.
If material for the bottom costs $6/ft? and material for the sides costs $4/ft?, what
dimensions will result in the least expensive box? What is the minimum cost? (10M)
2, Find the area of the tangent cut off from the parabola x* = 8y by the line x— 2y + 8 = 0.
(10m)
3. (a) The equations for free fall at the surface of Mars and Jupiter (s in meters, ¢ in seconds)
are s = 1.86¢? on Mars and s = 11.44t? on Jupiter. How long does it take a rock falling
rest to reach a velocity of 27.8m/sec (about 100 km/h) on each planet? (amy
{(b) Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region in the first quadrant
bounded above by the parabola y = x?, below by the z-axis, and on the right by the line
x= Zabout xaxis, (6M)
Q4. (a) A bug crawis on the surface z = x? — y? directly above a path in the xy-plane given
by x = f( and y = g(t). If FQ) =4, f'2) =—1, g(@) = -2, and g'(@ then at
‘what rate is the bug's elevation z changing when t = 2? (6M)
ZF I) * 0D has no tmitas («:»)
{b) Show that the function (x,y) = {
0 Gy) = 0,0)
approaches (0,0). (em)
Q85. The steady state temperature of the medium is given by f(x,y) = e* cos(y). Find the
linearization of the temperature field at (0,0). (10M)
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a 7 = = 10
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a (2 2 = > 10
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Name of the Examination: FALL SEM 2023-2024 — CAT-1
Course Code: MAT1001 Course Title: Calculus for Engineers
Set
number: G Date of Exam: t7{102923 (6°) CO)
Duration: 90 Min. Total Marks: 50
Instructions: Answer all the questions.
Qi.
Q2.
Qs.
Q4.
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(@) Calvin Butterball runs a 100 yard dash in 20 seconds. Assume that the
function s(t) which gives his position relative to the starting line is
continuous and differentiable. Show that Calvin must have been
running at 5 yards per second at some point during his run.
(b) The region under y = sin x from x = 0 to x = 7 is revolved about the
x-axis, Find the volume of the solid generated by revolution.
‘The temperature at a point (x,y) is T(x,y), measured in degrees Celsius. A
bug crawls so that its position after t seconds is given by
x=Vi¢t y=2 +}, where x and y are measured in centimeters, The
temperature function satisfies 7, (2,3) = 4 and T(2,3) = 3. How fast is
the temperature rising on the bug’s path after 3 seconds? (10M)
A rectangular sheet of cardboard is 15 wide and 24 inches high. Squares
with sides of length x are cut out of each comer. The four resulting tabs
are folded up to make a rectangular box (with no top). Find the value of x
which gives the box of largest volume. (10M)
If the birth rate of a population is b(t) = 2200e°** people per year and
the death rate is d(t) = 1460e%°'" people per year. Find the area between
these curves for 0 < t < 10. What does this area represent? (10M)
. The temperature of a metal plate is given by T(x,y) = e” cos find linear
and quadratic approximations of the temperature about (0,7/2). (10M)
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Name of the Examination: CAT 1 (FALL 2023-2024)
‘Course Code: MAT1001_ ‘Course Title: Calculus for Engineers
Setoumber: oateofeam: 2iltolr23 CA)G)
buraton: SO minutes Tota Marts: 50
Instructions
1. Assume data wherever necessary.
2. Any assumptions made should be clearly stated.
QL. Find the dimensions of right angled triangle whose area is maximum supposing that the
hypotenuse ish? (20m)
(Q2. Suppose in a chamber the temperature is defined by the function T = ¢3 + 3¢ +1. Then show
that temperature becomes zero exactly once for the value of tin entire set of real numbers. (10M)
(Q3. The cross section of a certain solid made by planes perpendicular to the horizontal axis are circles
with diameter extending from the curve y = 3x? to the curve y + x? = 16. Find the volume of the
solid which lies between the points of the intersection of these curves. (10m)
(Q4. Find the cubic approximation of f(x, ) = sinxy near (1,2) in the increasing order of degree?
Discuss the accuracy of the approximation. (20m)
QS. Suppose that a cylindrical can Is designed to have a radius of 1 inch and a height of 5 inches, but
that the radius and height are off by the amounts dr = +0.03 and dh Estimate the resulting
absolute change in the volume of the can. (20m)
QP MAPPING
Module Po PEO
No. | Number |COM*PPE4 | Mapped Mapped | P50 Mapped | Marks
a 1 1 1235 : * 10
a 1 t 1,235 = - 10
a tf 1235 - = 10
Qa 2 2 1235 = ~ 10
as 2 2 1235 = - 10
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Name of the Examination: Fall Freshers 2023-24 - CAT-1
Course Code: MAT1001, Course Title: Calculus for Engineers
Set Number: Date of Exam: [6ftol002'3 Cf) 81)
Duration: 90 min ry
1, Awindow in the VIT-AP central block has the form of a rectangle surmounted by a semicircle.
Ifthe perimeter is 10 ft; find its dimensions so that the greatest amount of air may be admitted.
Neglect the thickness of the frame. (om)
2, Anant is allowed to travel along the region bounded by y = 2 — 2, the curve y = y and
positive z-axis, Determine the area of the region. (0M)
3. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region bounded by y = «, y = Oand
& = 3 about the y-axis. (10M)
4, Suppose that the function f(x,y) = —y’ + 3z%y represents velocity potential of certain fluid
flow. Find the quadratic approximations of the function using Taylor’s theorem near the point
(2,1). Also estimate the error in the linearization of f(x, y)- (8M)
5, (i) Let T = g(,y) be the temperature at the point (x,y) on the ellipse 2 = 2V2cost, y =
Vasint, 0 < t < 2m and suppose that 22 = y, 2" = «x. Locate the maximum and minimum
by
temperature on the ellipse by examining dT'/dt and d*T/dt, (6M)
(Gi) Discuss the applicability of Rolle’s theorem for the function f(x) = 1 - «8, on the interval
(41). (4M)
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‘@.No. | Module Number | CO Mapped | PO Mapped | PEO Mapped | PSO Mapped | Marks
T 1 r 1 12,3,5 10
2 T I 12,35 10
3 T 1 12,35 10
4 2 2 | 1235 = 8
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Name of the Examination: Fall 2023-24 Semester (Freshers) — CAT-1
Course Code: MATIOO1 Course Title: Caleulus for Engineers
Date of Exam: 18fl0]023 (0) LO)
‘Total Marks: 50
Instructions:
qu.
Q3.
a.
Qs.
|. It is closed book exam.
. The question paper contains 5 questions. Answer all questions.
Any assumptions made should be clearly stated.
42) A company put a hiring restriction on its employees that their 1Q should lie in the interval
[106, 115]. Let a smooth function f(x) represents the productivity measure for an employee
with 1Q x. The company found that the rate of change in the productivity measure is never
exceeding 10 units. If the productivity measure of an employee with minimal IQ is given
‘as ~2, what can be the maximal productivity level achieved by an employee with maximal 1Q.
'b) Examine the polynomial 4x*-+x3+ 7x ~2 for exactly one real root.
[6+ 6=12 Marks]
‘The position of an object moving along a line at time + is given by s(t) = (¢—- 2)(¢— 3).
Determine where in the time interval [1, 4] the object is moving to the right and moving to the
left.
[8 Marks}
The density of a certain uid at (x, ») is given as 5(x,y) = x3 - 3xy? + x, Find a quadratic
surface closest to this density distribution about (1, 2) and obtain a formula for the error in this
approximation.
[10 Marks}
Consider the surface z = x?+ y?—xy, a paraboloid, on which a particle moves with x and y
coordinates given by x = cos ¢ and y= sin t. Find the rate of change in z with respect to t when
= 0, using chain rule, Also find where the particle reaches its maximum and minimum z value
‘when 1 lies in [0, 217].
{10 Marks]
A.D printer prints a coolant container which can be obtained by revolving the region bounded
byy=10—6r +x2,y=—10 + 6x—x?,x=1 and x=5, about the line y=8, If | unit of coolant
ccoasts Rs. 300, how much would it cost to fill the container?
[10 Marks]
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Name of the Examination: CAT-I (FALL FRESHERS 2023-2024)
Course Code: MAT1001 Course Title: Calculus for Engineers
Slot: \2 Date oftxam: 20 / [0/2023 (FA) CF)
Duration: 90 min ‘Total Marks: 50
QL. Awindow is in the form of a rectangle surmounted by a semicircle. The rectangle is of
clear glass, whereas the semicircle is of tinted glass that transmits only half as much light
per unit area as clear glass does. The total perimeter is fixed. Find the proportions of the
‘window that will admit the most light. Neglect the thickness ofthe frame, (10 Marks)
2. @) Examine that x* +x + @ has exactly one real root forany real number a, (6 Marks)
() Consider two police officers. One officer is parked with a radar gun next to kilometer
marker 8, while the other is parked with a radar gun at kilometer marker 17. A car
passes the first officer at 1:00 pm. The radar gun says the vehicle travels at 65 kmph.
Nine kilometers down, the car passes the second officer at 1:06 pm at 67 kmph. The
itis 70 kmph. Should the officers issue the vehicle a speeding ticket? Give
Marly
Q3. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the regions bounded between the
line y = x-+3 and curve y = x? +1. (10 Marks)
Q4 GIs the function
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continuous at (0,0) ? Does f (x,y) possess partial derivatives at (0,0) ? Give reasons to
both. (6 Marks)
(b) The altitude of a right circular cone is 15 cm and is increasing at the rate 0.2 cm/sec.
‘The radius of the base is 10 cm and is decreasing at the rate 0.3 cm/sec. How fast the
volume of the cone is changing. (Mark)
Q5. Use Taylor's formula for f(x,y) = sin x cos y at the origin to find quadratic and cubic
approximations of f near the origin. (10 Marks)
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