Answer All Questions in This Section.: STPM 2016 T2 Ulangan (Maths. T/954/2U) Section A (45 Marks)
Answer All Questions in This Section.: STPM 2016 T2 Ulangan (Maths. T/954/2U) Section A (45 Marks)
Answer All Questions in This Section.: STPM 2016 T2 Ulangan (Maths. T/954/2U) Section A (45 Marks)
T/954/2U)
1. Evaluate
𝑒 2ℎ −1
(a). lim [2 marks]
ℎ→0 𝑒 ℎ −1
𝑥−5
(b) lim [3 marks]
𝑥→−∞ √4𝑥 2 +3
2. Find the gradients of the curve 𝑥𝑦 2 + 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 2 𝑦 = 4 at the points when the x-coordinate
is 1. [5 marks]
√3 4𝑥 2 +3𝑥+2 𝜋
3. Show that ∫1 𝑑𝑥 = ln 6 + . [8
𝑥 3 +𝑥 4
marks]
Hence,
ln(1+𝑥)
(a). find the Maclaurin series for and its interval of convergence, [5 marks]
(1−2𝑥)2
0.1 ln(1+𝑥)
(b). deduce the approximate value of ∫0 𝑑𝑥 correct to three significant
(1−2𝑥)2
figures. [3 marks]
6. Sketch the line 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 1 and the curve 𝑦 = sin 𝑥 for −𝜋 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 𝜋 on the same
coordinate axes. Deduce that the equation 2𝑥 − 1 = sin 𝑥 has only one real root. [3 marks]
Using the Newton-Raphson method, with initial approximation 𝑥0 = 1, find the root of the
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Section B (15 marks)
(b). Determine the intervals where the function is concave upward and concave downward.
8. An object which is released from a hot-air balloon at a height experiences a force of air
resistance which is directly proportional to the velocity of the object The velocity, v, after t
𝑑𝑣
seconds satisfies the differential equation + 0.25𝑣 = 10 , where v is in metre per second and
𝑑𝑡
t is in seconds.
(a). Assuming that the initial velocity of the object is zero, find v in terms of t. [6 marks]
(b). Determine the limiting velocity, and sketch the graph of velocity against time. [3 marks]
(c). Find the acceleration in terms of t. How does the acceleration vary with time? [2 marks]
(d). Determine the initial height of the object if it reaches the ground in 16 seconds. [4 marks]
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