MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING ENGINEERING

HMTE101 - ENGINEERING MATHETATICS I

WORKSHEET 1

5x  3
Q1 (a) If y  , determine
4x  5

(i) the inverse function f 1 ( x) of f ( x ).

(ii) the maximum possible domains and the corresponding ranges of both
f ( x) and f 1 ( x).

Q2 (a) Let f ( x)  ( x  2)(8  x) for 2  x  8. Find

(i) f (6) and f (1).

(ii) What is the domain of 𝑓(𝑥)?

(iii) Find f (1  2t ) and give the domain of definition.

(iv) Find f [ f (3)] and f [ f (5)].

(v) Graph f ( x ).

(b) (i) Prove that g ( x)  5  9  x is strictly decreasing in 0  x  9.

(ii) Is it monotonic decreasing in this interval?

(iii) Does g ( x ) have a single-valued inverse?

Q3 (a) Functions g ( x) and f ( x) are defined so that

 1
 x, if x  0.

g ( x)  3  5 x and f ( x)   2, if 0  x  2.
 x 2  1, if x  2.



(i) Find the largest possible domain of the function g ( x).

(ii) Evaluate ( f g )(2) and f 2 (1).

 (iii) Sketch the graph of f ( x ). Hence or otherwise state the range of 𝑓(𝑥).

(iv) Is the relation f 1 ( x) a function? Justify your answer.

(b) Prove that the function  ( x)  1  e2 x is a bijective to function.

Q4 Use the definition of a limit of a function to prove that

(a) lim  x3  x   2.
x 1

lim x  0.
(b) x 0

Q5 Evaluate the following

2 x 2  3x  1
(i) lim ,
x  x 2  2 x  3

ln x
(ii) lim ,
x  x

sin x
(iii) lim
x 0
.
x

1 x 2n  1
Q6 Let I n   dx. Show that I n 1   I n , where n  1.
1  x   
n n
2
2n 1  x 2 2n

1 n 1
Q7 Show that  cosn xdx  cosn1 x sin x   cos n  2 xdx. Hence or otherwise evaluate
n n

 cos
4
xdx.

Q8 Evaluate

(a)  sin 1 x  1dx.

 tan
3
x sec 2 xdx.
(b)

(c) Assuming   1, use partial fractions to evaluate the integral below

1
I ( )   dx.
( x   )( x  1) 2

Find I (1).
Q9 (a) Find and classify all the critical points of f ( x)  x3  x.

(b) Find and classify all the stationary points of f ( x)  x1  3x3.

Q10 (a) If y  tan 1 x. Show that 1  x 2  y2  2 xy1  0. Hence show that

1  x  y
2
n2  2 x(n  1) yn 1  n(n  1) yn  0.

sin 1 x
(b) Show that if y  , x  1, then (1  x 2 ) y  3xy  y  0.
1 x 2

x y u u 2
Q11 (a) If u  , show that   .
x y x y x  y

u u
(b) If u  x3  y3  3xy, and x  r 2  s, y  r  s 2 . Find and .
r s

(c) (i) Determine the total differential of the function g  x3 y  x 2 y 2  3xy3 .

(ii) The radius of a right circular cone is measured as 5𝑐𝑚 with a possible error
of 0.02𝑐𝑚, and the altitude as 8𝑐𝑚 with a possible error of 0.025𝑐𝑚. Find
the maximum possible percentage error in the volume as computed from

these measurements. (Hint: V  r 2 h ).
3
 
sin y
Q12 (a) Evaluate 
0 x
y
dydx. by reversing the order of integration.

 x2  y 2
, (x, y)  (0, 0)
(b) Test the function f ( x, y)   x 2  y 2 , for continuity at the
0, ( x, y)  (0, 0)


point (0,0).

(c) Investigate the continuity of the function

3  x if x  1
h( x )  
3  x if 1  x

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