Xiamen University Malaysia

FIS 1021 Mathematics

Additional Class 1 (10/7/2017)
Answer all the question.
1. Sketch the graph of 𝑦 = −2𝑥+3 + 4. Determine the domain, range, and asymptote of
the function.

2. Sketch the graph of 𝑦 = 2 − ln(𝑥 + 4). Determine the domain, range, and asymptote
of the function.

3. The sum of the first 8 terms of an arithmetic sequences is 60 and the sum of the next 6
terms is 108. Find the 25th term of this arithmetic sequence.

4. The sum of the 𝑛 terms of a series is 3𝑛2 .

a) Find the first 3 terms of the series.
b) Deduce that this series is an arithmetic series.

5. The 7th terms of a geometric sequence is 32, and the sum of the first six terms is equal
to nine times the sum of the first three terms. Find the
a) Common ratio
b) First term

6. 15, 𝑝, 𝑞, 405 are four consecutive terms of a geometric sequence. Find the value of 𝑝
and 𝑞.

7. Determine the simplest fraction form of the following decimal numbers.

a) 3.232323..
b) 0.72̅

8. A ping pong ball is released from the ceiling of height 3 m from the floor. Each time the
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ball hits the floor it bounces vertically to a height that is 3 of its previous height. Find
a) The height of the ball reaches at its eight bounces.
b) The total distance travelled by the ball before its tenth bounce.
9. Find the inverse of the following matrices using the adjoint matrix.

1 2 −3 2 3 4
a) ( 2 −1 −4) b) (4 3 1)
−2 5 1 1 2 4
10. Solve the system

(1,1,0)

11. Using first principles, find the slope function of 𝑔(𝑥) = 2𝑥 + 4√𝑥.

12. Differentiate the following equations

a.
y
x b.
y
2x  2 c. y  x  13
x 1 3x  1
d.
 1 2
1 e. 
y  2x 2  x 
4 f.
y
1
y  x   x2  4
 x

13. An industrial shed is to have a total floor space of 600 m2 and is to be divided into 3
rectangular rooms of equal size. The walls, internal and external, will cost RM 60 per
meter to build. What the minimum dimension of the wall and its cost.
𝑥

14. A window consists of a rectangle of width 2𝑥 and a height 𝑎, surmounted by a semicircle

of diameter 2𝑥. If the perimeter of the window 𝑃, show that the rea of the window is
1
given by the formula𝐴 = 𝑃𝑥 − 2𝑥 2 − 2 𝜋𝑥2. If 𝑥 varies 𝑃 is constant, find, in terms of 𝑃,
the largest possible area of the window.

2𝑥