MTE-01

Assignment Booklet

Bachelor’s Degree Programme (B. Sc.)

Calculus
(January, 2010 to November, 2010)

School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi
Dear Student,

Please read the section on assignment in the Programme Guide for elective Courses that we sent you after
your enrolment. A weightage of 30 per cent, as you are aware, has been earmarked for continuous
evaluation, which would consist of one tutor-marked assignment for this course. This assignment is in
this booklet.

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 ASSIGNMENT
(To be done after studying all the four blocks)

Course Code: MTE-01

Assignment Code: MTE-01/TMA/2010
Maximum Marks: 100

Q.1 Which of the following statements are true? Give reasons for your answer. (This means that if you
think a statement is false, give a short proof or an example that shows it is false. If it is true, give a
short proof for saying so. For instance, to show that ‘{1, Padma, blue} is a set’ is true, you need to
say that this is true because it is well defined collection of 3 objectives.)
(i) The domain of the function f given by
x+2
f (x) = is R \ {1}.
x2 − 1

(ii) Any curve with portions in the first and second quadrants is symmetric about y-axis.

lim lim 2
(iii) does not exist.
x → 1 x → −1 x − 1

(iv) An ever function cannot be monotonic.

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(v) The curve ( y 2 − 1) = 2 has no asymptote parallel to axes.
( x − 4)

(vi) The function f, defined by f (x ) = x sin x + cos x , is decreasing in [0, π / 2] .

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(vii) If ∫ −1
f ( x )dx = 0, then f must be an even function.

d 
sin t 2 dt  = cos x − cos x 2 .
x
(viii)
dx  ∫ x 

(ix) f : R→R, given by f (x) = 2 | x | − 1, is differentiable on R.

x
(x) The slope of the tangent of the curve y = 2
at the origin is 0. (20)
x +2

Q.2 (a) Find the point of which the function f, defined below, is continuous in ]−∞, ∞[ .
 x2
 − a; x ≤ a, a≠0
a
f (x) =  (3)
2
a − a ; x > a.
 x

(b) Evaluate
lim (5x ) − 5
(i)
x →5 (2x − 4) − 6

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 lim  1 1 
(ii)  −  (4)
x →1 1 − x 1 − x 2 

(c) Find the angle between the y-axis and the tangent to the hyperbola xy =1 at (1, 1). (3)

 1
 x sin , x ≠ 0
Q.3 (a) Show that f, given by f ( x ) =  x , is continuous at each point of R. (4)
0, x=0

(b) Check whether the function f : R→R given by f ( x ) = | x | −[x ], is a bijective. Give reasons for
your answers. (3)

lim 2
(c) Find . Also, show this graphically. (3)
x→∞ x

Q.4 (a) If f ( x ) = 1 ( x ) , find f ′′ (1).

x
(3)

x
(b) Find the n th derivative of . (3)
x + a2
2

(c) If cos  y  = log x

 b  n
n
( )
, then show that x 2 y n + 2 + (2n + 1) x y n +1 + 2n 2 y n = 0 (4)

Q.5 Trace the following curves. Give all the properties that are necessary for doing so.
(i) y 2 = ( x − 1) ( x − 2) ( x − 3)
(ii) y 2 ( x − a ) = x 2 ( x + a ); a > 0. (10)

Q.6 Evaluate the following integrals.

dx
(i) ∫
1 + cos x

dx
(ii) ∫ (3 + 4x 2
) 4 − 3x 2

dx
(iii) ∫ 4 + 8x − 5x 2

dx
(iv) ∫ ( x − a )( b − x )
,b > a

π x dx
(v) ∫ 0 a cos x + b 2 sin 2 x
2 2
. (10)

sin nx
Q.7 (a) If y n = ∫ sin x dx , then show that

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 2 sin ( n − 1) x
y= + y n − 2,
n −1
Hence, evaluate
π
2 sin 7 x
∫
0 sin x
dx. (5)

x2 x2
(b) Show that x − < ln (1 + x ) < x − ∀ x > 0. (5)
2 2(1 + x )

Q.8 (a) Find the length of the curve y = ln sec x between the points x = 0 and x = π / 3 . (3)

(b) The lemniscates r 2 = a 2 cos 2 θ, revolves about a tangent at the pole. Show that the volume
π2 a 3
generated is . (5)
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Q.9 (a) Estimate the are length of r(t) = (cos 2 t , sin 3t ), t ∈ [0, π] using trapezoidal rule with n = 6. (3)

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(b) Find the area of the region enclosed by the curves x 2 = y and y = ( x + x ). (3)
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(c) Find the maximum and minimum values of the function f (x ) = sin x + cos 2x in [0, 2π] . (4)