B3.2-R3: BASIC MATHEMATICS
: JANUARY 2006
NOTE:
1. Answer question 1 and any FOUR questions from 2 to 7.
2. Parts of the same question should be answered together and in the same sequence
Time: 3 Hours Total Marks: 100
1.a) If
and
, then find a vector of magnitude 4 perpendicular to both
and
.
b) Find 
c) Find the value of the determinant

d) Evaluate 
e) Find the area of region bounded by the parabola y 2=4x and its latus rectum.
f) Find the equation of tangent to the curve x=cos q and y=sin q at q =
.
g) Test the convergence/divergence of the series: 
(7x4)
2.a) Find the value of the constant p so that the vectors
,
and
are coplanar.
b) Using DeMoivre’s theorem, find the value of
.
c) Reduce the matrix
to echelon form and hence find its rank.
(6+6+6)
3.a) Examine the continuity of the following function at x = 0

b) If y=log(1+cosx), and
determine the value of c.
c) Solve the following system of equations by Cramer’s rule:

(6+6+6)
4.a) If
and
, find
.
b) Examine the convergence and absolute convergence of the series:
.
c) Find the points of local maxima or local minima, if any, of the function
.
d) Evaluate
.
(3+6+6+3)
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5.a) Obtain the asymptotes of the curve: (x+y) 2=xy 2.
b) Find the vertex and focus of the parabola
y 2-4y-2x-8=0
c) Obtain the Taylor ’s series for the function
at
.
d) Draw the graph of the function
f(x) = 
Is f(x) continuous at x =
?
(6+4+4+4)
6.a) i) Examine the validity of the Rolle’s theorem for the function
f(x) = cosx in
.
ii) Verfiy Lagrange’s mean value theorem for the function
in [2, 4].
b) Exaluate
.
c) Find the equation of the circle which touches y-axis and whose center at (1, 2).
d) If
and
, then find 
(6+4+4+4)
7.a) Classify the following Conics in terms of parabola, ellipse or hyperbola:
i) x 2-3xy-y 2+10x-10y+21=0
ii) 22x 2-12xy+17y 2-112x+92y+178=0
b) Find the values of x and y if A =
, B =
and (A+B) 2=A 2+B 2.
c) Find
when 
d) Show that the following system of equations has infinite number of solutions:
x-2y+3z=0, 2x+4y+z=0, 3x+2y+4z=0
(6+4+4+4)
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