Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

SMA 2102 CALCULUS II

Attempt Question ONE and any other two Questions

Time 2 Hours

QUESTION ONE (30 Marks)

dy
(a) Differentiate the following with respect to x and find
dx

(i) x = 3 + x2 + y2
(3 Marks)

x − y3
(ii) = x+2
y + x2
(4 Marks)

y x
(iii) 3
+ 3 = x2 y4
x y
(4 Marks)

(b) Determine the equation of the lines normal and tangent drawn to an asteroid x = 2 cos3 θ
π
y = 2sin 3 θ at the point θ = (7 Marks)
4

(c) Evaluate ∫ (4 − x 2 )dx (6 Marks)

dθ
(d) Determine the particular solution of the differential equation = 2e3t −2θ
dt
given that t =0 when θ =0
(6 Marks)

QUESTION TWO (20 Marks)

π
2
1
(a) Use the trapezoidal rule to evaluate
∫ 1 + sin xdx using six intervals. Give your answer
0

correct to four significant figures (7 Marks)

 (b) The variation of resistance, R Ohms, of an aluminium conductor with temperature θ o c is
dR
given by = α R , where α is the temperature coefficient of resistance of aluminium.
dθ

(i) If R = Ro when, θ = 0o c solve the equation for R (6

Marks)

(ii) If α = 38 × 10−4 / o c ,determine the resistance of an aluminium conductor at

50o c correct to 3 significant figures, when its resistance at o o c is 24.0Ω (3
Marks)

dθ
(c) Evaluate ∫ 5 + 4 cosθ
(4 Marks)

QUESTION THREE (20 Marks)

(a) when determining the surface tension of a liquid, the radius of curvature, ρ , of part of

3
  dy  2 
1 +   
the surface is given by: ρ =   dx   Find the radius of part of the surface having
 d2y 
 2
 dx 
the parametric equations x = 2sec θ y = 4 tan θ at the point θ = 1 radian (7 Marks)

1
(b) The area A of a triangle is given by A = ac sin B , where B is the angle between sides a
2
and c. If a is increasing at 0.4units / s , c is decreasing at 0.8units / s and B is increasing at
0.2units / s , find the rate of change of the area of the triangle, correct to three significant
π
figures, when a is 3 units , c, is 4 units and B is radians (8 Marks)
6

(c) Differentiate the following with respect to the variable

(i) y = 4sin 3t cosh 4t

(2 Marks)

(ii) y = ln(sinh 3θ ) − 4 cosh 2 3θ (3

Marks)

QUESTION FOUR (20 Marks)

 l
(a) The time of oscillation t of a pendulum is given by t = 2π . Determine the
g
approximate percentage error in t when l has an error of 0.2% too large and g 0.1% too
small. (8 Marks)

(b) Evaluate the following integrals

∫ 3x(4 x + 3)5 dx
2
(i)
(3 Marks)
2
3x
(ii) ∫
0 2 x2 + 1
dx

(5 Marks)

5 x 2 − 2 x − 19
(iii) ∫ ( x + 3)( x − 1)2 dx Using partial fractions (4

Marks)