2004/2005

dy
1. If xy  2( x  y) 2 , find at the point (1, 2) [3 marks]
dx

 d 2 y dy 
2. If y  e x ln( 1  x), show that ( x  1) 2  2    xex . [8 marks]
 dx dx 

2005/2006
B
3. Given y  Ax  , where A and B are constants and x  0.
x2
2
dy d2y 2 d y dy
(a) Find and 2
. Hence, show that x 2
 2 x  2 y  0.
dx dx dx dx
[5 marks]
(b) Find the values of A and B if y  3 and y '  6 when x  1 . [2 marks]
(c) If y  f (x) , find lim f ( x), lim f ( x) and lim f ( x) where the values
x 0 x   x  

of A and B as found in (b). Hence, sketch the graph of f (x) . [5 marks]

2006/2007
4. If y  e  x ln x, show that

 d 2 y dy 
x 2  2    e  x (1  x)  0. [6 marks]
 dx dx 

2007/2008
dy
5. If y 3  ln( x 3 y 2 ) for x  0 , y  0 , then find when y  1 . [6 marks]
dx

6. Let y  x(ln x) 2 , x  0. Show that

d2y dy
x2 2
 x  y  2 x. [6 marks]
dx dx
dy
7. (a) Find when x  0 for each of the following :
dx

(i) y  ln( x  x 2  1), [3 marks]

 e 2 x (2 x 3  1)
(ii) y . [4 marks]
x 1
2008/2009
dy
8. Given ln y  e xy , find . [5 marks]
dx
dy
9. If y  2 x 2  5 x  3, determine the domain of and find the respective
dx
dy dy
intervals in which  0 and  0. [6 marks]
dx dx