EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION DIVISION DEPARTMENT OF POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION (MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION) MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND COMPUTER DEPARTMENT

FINAL EXAMINATION DECEMBER 2010 SESSION

BA 101 : ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 1

DATE : 18 APRIL 2011 DURATION: 2 HOURS

This is a paper consisting of NINE (9) pages including the front page. Answers any FOUR (4) questions only. CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL 18 APRIL 2011 DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL INSTRUCTED BY THE CHIEF INVIGILATOR

QUESTION 1
a) Find the value of p:

i.

5p p = 34 3 4 p+6 = 2 ( p 3) 5

( 4 marks )

ii.

( 4 marks )

b) Solve the following quadratic equations:

3x ( x + 4 ) = 0
i.

( 2 marks )

y2 + 5 y + 6 = 0
ii.

( 3 marks )

( x 1) ( x 5) = 0
iii.

( 6 marks )

c) Solve the simultaneous equations below:

3m + 5n = 9 2m + 7 n = 17

( 6 marks )

QUESTION 2 42000 4 10 2

a) Simplify

and express the answer in standard form.

(2 marks)

b) Simplify the following:

a.

3n + 2 9n 27 n
1

(2 marks)

( 4m 2 n 6 ) 2
4 m 4 n8
b.

(3 marks)

c) Express the following equations as a single logarithm:

4 log 8 2 + log8 32 log 8 128

i.

(3 marks) 1 8log a x 6log a y 2

ii.

(3 marks)

log 2 3 = 1.59
d) Given

log 2 7 = 2.81 and , evaluate the following:

log 2 24
i.

(3 marks)
log 2 8 1 6

ii.

(4 marks)

e) Solve the equation below:

3 + log 2 ( x 3) = log 2 4 x
i.

(5 marks)

QUESTION 3
a) For each of the following trigonometric functions, determine the reference angle. Hence,

find the value of the trigonometric functions:

i.

sin1300
cos ( 35 )
0

( 2 marks )

ii.

( 2 marks )

iii.

tan 3000

( 2 marks )

b) Solve each of the following trigonometric equations for

0 360

cos ec =
i.

2 3
( 3 marks )

ii.

8sin cos = sin

( 5 marks )

iii.

cos 2 sin 2 = 0

( 5 marks)

c) From the figure below, QRS is a straight line. Given that: PS=16cm, QR=10cm,

RS=16cm,
i. ii.

PRS=43 and

RPS=77. Calculate: ( 2 marks ) ( 4 marks )

PSR

The length of PQ right to two decimal places

QUESTION 4
a) Find the value of x and y from the figure below:

(4 marks)

b) In figure below, O is a centre of the circle and

AOD

is

740

. Find: (2 marks) (2 marks)

i.

AED
OAB

ii.

c)

In figure below, find the value of x:

(4 marks)

d)

Figure below show a kite. Given that the length AC=16cm, DE=15cm and

EB=6cm. Find the perimeter of the kites.

(6 marks)

e)

Figure below show that OKL and ONM are 2 concentric sectors with a common KOL =0.75 radian. The area of KLMN

centre O. Given that OK=2xcm, OM=3xcm and is

30cm 2
i. ii.

: Calculate the value of x Proof that the perimeter of the shaded region is 23cm (4 marks) (3 marks)

QUESTION 5 a)

From the figure above, AB=5cm, BC=14cm, CR=20cm, PS=8cm and PG=4cm. Calculate:

i. ii.

The volume of the solid The surface area of the solid

(3 marks) (5 marks)

7200 cm 2
b) Figure below shows a cone with the surface area of

. Find the value of x:

(5 marks)

c) Figure below shows a solid by combining a pyramid with a half cylinder on the base

pyramid PQRS. Given that PQ=7cm, QR-=12cm and the height of the pyramid=10cm, calculate the volume of the solid (answer in term of

).

(5marks)
d) Figure below shows 2 similar cones OAB and OCD. The height of cone OCD is

20 cm
double the height of cone OAB. Given that the volume of cone OAB is Calculate:
i. ii.

The volume of cone OCD in term of

and:

(4 mark) (3 mark)

The radius of cone OCD right to two decimal places.

QUESTION 6
1. Figure shows a straight line that passes through point P: i. ii. iii.

State the coordinates of y-intercept for the straight line. Determine the gradient of the straight line. Find the midpoint between y-intercept and point P.

(1 mark) (2 marks) (3 marks)

2. .

y = x2 + 7
i.

Copy and complete the table below for X y -2 -1 0

. 1 2 3

(3marks)
ii.

By using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2cm to 2 unit on y-axis, draw

y = x2 + 7
the graph
iii.

with the range

2 x 3

(7 marks) (2 marks)

From the graph, find the values of y when x=1.5

3. Sketch the following graph:

y=
i.

4 x

(2 marks)

y = x3 + 27
ii.

(show the y-intercept and x-intercept on the sketch graph) -END OF QUESTIONS-

(5 marks)