2014 Examination for Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists 4 (F18XD2)

Attempt All Questions. There is a total of 100 marks for the paper.
SECTION A: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. Use the table of Laplace transforms to find:

a) the Laplace transform of
(
0
for t < 2,
f (t) =
2t 4 for t > 2.
b) the inverse Laplace transform of the function
F (s) =

2
.
(s 2)3

(10 marks)

2. Use Laplace transforms to solve the equation

dy
d2 y
+ 3 + 2y = 0
2
dt
dt
for t > 0, with y(0) = 0 and

dy
(0) = 1.
dt

(10 marks)

3. a) Find a parametric equation for the line passing through the points (1, 1, 2) and
(3, 3, 4).
b) Find a parametric equation for the line of intersection of the two planes
x + y + 3z = 1

and

x y + z = 3.
(10 marks)

4. Check that the point A at (2, 21 , 2) lies on the surface S given by the equation
xy + ln y + ln z = 1.
Find equations for the normal line and tangent plane to the surface S at the point A.
(10 marks)

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5. Use Gaussian elimination to find the ranks of the coefficient matrix and the augmented
matrix for the system of equations
x1 2x2 x3 = 2,
x1 + x2 + x3 = 1,
2x1 x2 + 2x3 = 3.
Does this system of equations have: a) a unique solution, b) an infinite number of solutions
or c) no solution?
(10 marks)
6. Calculate det(A) for the matrix

0
0
3
0
0
0
4 2

A=
2 3 2 5 .
4 6
5 3

Does the homogeneous system of equations Ax = 0 have non-zero solutions?

(10 marks)
7. Find the eigenvalues for the matrix

1 2 3
A = 4 3 2 .
0 0 3

Also find the eigenvectors corresponding to the eigenvalue = 1.

(10 marks)

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SECTION B: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

8. The rate of heat transfer from a small body to a surface depends on the distance between
the body and the surface. The surface passes through the points (6, 1, 1), (2, 2, 0) and
(2, 1, 1). Show that a non-parametric equation for this surface is
x + 2y 2z = 6.
Given that the body lies at the origin (0, 0, 0), find the shortest distance between the
body and the surface.
(10 marks)
9. Kirchhoffs laws for the circuit shown in Figure 1 give
i1 + i2 = i3 ,
R1 i1 + R3 i3 = V1 ,
R2 i2 + R3 i3 = V2 .

i1

R1

i3
R3

R2

i2

V2

V1
Figure 1

Given R1 = 15 , R2 = 20 , R3 = 25 , V1 = 105 V and V2 = 95 V, find i1 , i2 and i3 .

(10 marks)

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10. The two equal masses m, shown in Figure 2, move transversely while connected to each
other by a taught light wire, with tension T and length L, and to fixed points with wires
of tension T and length l.

Figure 2
Newtons equations of motion for the masses in this system are


d2 x
T
1 1
m 2 +T
x y = 0,
+
dt
L
l
L


T
1 1
d2 y
y x = 0,
+
m 2 +T
dt
L
l
L
where x and y are the displacements of the masses from equilibrium. Taking, in appropriate units, m = 1, L = 1, l = 4 and T = 4:
a) write the equations of motion for the two masses in matrix form;
b) find eigenvalues and eigenvectors for the matrix of co-efficients;
c) write down the general solution of the equations of motion.
(10 marks)

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