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    This document contains 12 exam questions related to probability, calculus, differential equations, and vector calculus. Question 1 asks to find the expected value of a shifted normal random variable. Question 2 asks to find the mode of a continuous random variable with a given probability density function. Question 3 asks to find the variance of a uniformly distributed random variable over a given interval.

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    MAS248 Exam questions 2020-21

    2
    1. A random variable X has mean 5 and variance 16. If Y = (X − 3) ,
    find E[Y ] (6 marks)

    2
    2. A random variable X has probability density function f (x) = cx(6−x)
    for 0 ≤ x ≤ 6, where c is a constant. f (x) = 0 for values of x outside
    this range. The mode of X is defined to be the value of X for which
    the probability density function is a maximum. Find the mode of X.
    (8 marks)

    3. The probability density function of a continuous uniform distribution


    is given by f (x) = 1/(b − a) for a ≤ x ≤ b, where a and b are
    constants, and f (x) = 0 outside this interval. Let X be a uniformly
    distributed random variable over the interval [a, b] = [−10, 2]. What
    is the variance of X? (6 marks)

    3 2
    4. The function f (x) = x + 2x − x − 10 = 0 has a root in the inter-val [1, 2].
    How many iterations of the bisection method are required to achieve an
    3
    approximation to the root to an accuracy of 10− ? (8 marks)

    3
    5. The function f (x) = x − x − 1 has a root near x = 1. Use the
    Newton-Raphson method to calculate the root correct to 4 decimal
    places, using an initial guess of x0 = 1.0. (7 marks)

    6. The Fourier series of the function f (x) = x sin x for 0 < x ≤ 2π,
    a
    where f (x + 2π) = f (x) for all x, can be expressed in the form 20 +
    P∞ (an cos nx + bn sin nx). What is the value of the Fourier coeffi-
    n=1

    cient a0? (9 marks)

    7. The Fourier series of the function f (x), where f (x) = 0 for −2 < x ≤ 0,
    f (x) = x for 0 < x ≤ 2 and f (x + 4) = f (x) for all x, can be expressed
    in the form a 20 + P
    n =1 an cos

    ∞
    nπx + bn sin
    L
    nπx
    L
    , where L is half the pe-

    riod of f (x). Find, correct to two decimal places, the value of the

    1
    Fourier coefficient b3. (12 marks)

    8. Consider the partial differential equation


    2 2
    ∂ u =∂ u
    2 2
    ∂t ∂x
    that satisfies the initial conditions
    2
    u(x, 0) = sin x
    and
    ∂u
    ∂t(x, 0) = cos x.
    Which of the following expressions for u(x, t) satisfy this wave equation
    together with the initial conditions? Select all that apply. (10 marks)

    1 2 2
    − t) + sin(x + t) − sin(x− t)
    (A) u(x, t) = sin (x + t) + sin (x
    2
    (B) u(x, t) = 1 sin2(x + t) + sin2 (x − t) + sin 2x
    2
    (C) u(x, t) = 1 sin2(x + t) + sin2(x − t) + 2 sin t cos x
    2
    (D ) 2 2
    u(x, t) = (sin x cos t) + (sin t cos x) + sin t cos x
    9. Let f (r) be a scalar field given by f (r) = 1 where n is an integer and
    rN
    √
    2 2 2 2
    r = x + y + z . Which one of the following terms denotes ∇ f (r)?
    (9 marks)

    n(n + 5)
    ( A)
    rn+2

    (B ) n
    rn+2
    1
    (C ) −
    rn+2
    n(n − 1)
    ( D)
    rn+2

    2
    10. Which one of the following expressions denotes the Laplacian of
    3
    the vector field F(x, y, z), where F = x yi + ln zj + ln(xy)k (9 marks)

    2 1
    (A) 3x yi + z j + 0k
    1 (x2 + y2)
    (B) 6xyi − j− k
    z2 x2y2

    (C) 6xyi + 0j + 0k

    2 1
    (D) 3x i − z 2 j + 0k

    11. The function f (x, y) is given by

    3 2 2
    f (x, y) = x + x − xy + y + 4.
    Calculate, correct to two decimal places, the value of f (x, y) at its
    sad-dle point. (9 marks)

    2
    12. Find the directional derivative of the scalar field f (x, y, z) = x yz at
    the point with co-ordinates (1, −1, 1) in the direction of the vector
    (4, 0, −3). (7 marks)

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