Question Bank

Applied Mathematics-I

MEAN VALUE THEOREM

Q1. A function of f (x) is defined by f ( x)  1  x 2 ,  1  x  0 and f ( x)  1  x ,

0  x  1 . Is Rolle’s theorem applicable?
Q2. With the help of suitable theorem prove that
a a
a 0 x n  a 1 x n 1  ....  a n  0  1  .....  a n has a root between  0,1 .
n 1 n
Q3. Verify the validity of the conditions and the conclusion of Rolle’s theorem for the
Function f defined on the interval as given below:
x2  6
a) log on  2,3 b) 1  3  x  1
2
on  0,2 c) x 2 1  x  2 on  0,1
5x
ba ba
Q4. Show that  tan 1 b  tan 1 a  hence show that
1 b 2
1 a2
 3 1 4  1
  tan  
4 25 3 4 6
1
Q5. Considering the functions f ( x)  x and g ( x )  , prove that ' c ' of Cauchy’s
x
Mean Value theorem is the geometric mean between a and b .

SUCCESSIVE DIFFERENTIATION

Q1. If y  sin 2 x cos 3 x then find y n

.
th
Q2. Find the n derivative of

x 1 1 2x x 3  3x  4
a) x log b) tan c)
x 1 1 x2 x 2  5x  6
  
Q3. If y  cos log x 2  2 x  1 , prove that
 x  1 2
 
y n  2   2n  1 x  1 y n 1  n 2  4 y n  0

sinh x x 2 x4 x6
Q4. Prove that log     .......
x 6 180 2835
x 2 x 3 11 x 4
Q5. prove that e x cos x  1  x     .......
2 3 24
x3
Q6. Prove that the value of n th differential coefficient of
 x  1 for x  0 is 0 if n
2

is even and  n! if n is odd and greater than 1.

x 1  xn xn 
, prove that y n    1  n  2 ! 
n
Q7. If y  x log 
x 1   x  1
n
 x  1 n 
 y1 y 2 y
Q8. If y  ( x  1) n , prove that y    ....  n  x n
1! 2! n!
x2
Q9. Prove that 5 x  1  x log 5   log 5 2  ........
2!

INFINITE SERIES,EXPANSION OF FUNCTIONS & INDETERMINATE

FORMS

Q1. Expand in power of x

1
1  e x  2 x
a) e x sin x
b)  x 
c) e e
 2e 
Q2. By using Taylor’s theorem arrange in power of x
7  ( x  2)  3( x  2) 3  ( x  2) 4  ( x  2) 5
Q3. Calculate the value of 10 to four places of decimals by using Taylor’s theorem.

Q4 Expand the following functions by Maclaurin’s theorem.

a) e a sin x b) x in power of  x  a 
1

1 x
xx  x e x  log
Q5. Evaluate a) Lt b) e c)
x 1 1  x  log x Lt
x 0 tan x  x
1  sin x  cos x  log1  x 
Lt
x 0 x tan 2 x
 sin 1 x  x   xe x  log(1  x) 
Q6. Evaluate a) xLt   b) Lt
x 0   c) xLt
0
 x3   x 2

0

 log sin x cos x 

 
 log sin x / 2 cos x / 2 
ax x
Q7. Evaluate a) Lt sin 1 . cos ec a 2  x 2 b) xLt log(2  ). cot( x  a )
x a ax a a

   
1
x  1  x . log x d) Lt 1  sin x 
cot x
c) xLt
 x 0
e) Lt 1  x n log(1 x )
x 1
Q8 Test the convergence by either D’ Alembert’s ratio or Cauchy’s nth root test
n
nn xn   n  1 n 1  n  1   n2

d)  1  
1
a)  b)  ( x >0) c)   n 1
 
n! n!  n n   n

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIATION
3 2z 2z
Q1. If z  tan( y  ax )  ( y  ax) 2 , show that  a2
x 2 y 2
2
 z z   z z 
Q2. If z ( x  y )  x 2  y 2 , prove that     41   
 x y   x y  
 u u
 
1
, prove that x x  y y  y u .
 2 3
Q3. If u  1  2 xy  y 2 2

Q4. If x  e r cos cos(r sin  ), y  e r cos sin(r sin  ) , prove that

x 1 y y 1 x  2 x 1 x 1  2 x
 ,  , Hence deduce that 2   0
r r  r r  r r r r 2  2
xy u u u u
Q5. If u  e xyz f ( ) , prove that x z  2 xyzu, y z  2 xyzu hence show
z x z y z
 2u  2u
that x  y .
zx zy
e x y z
Q6. If u  , prove that u x  u y  u z  2u
ex  ey  ez
u  2u
Q7. If u  Ae  gx sin( nt  gx) satisfies the equation   2 , prove that
t x
n
g .
2
dz
Q8. If u  x 2  y 2  z 2 , x  e t , y  e t sin t , z  e t sin t , find .
dt
z z z z
Q9. If z  f ( x, y ), x  e u  e  v , y  e u  e v , prove that u  v  x x  y y
     
Q10. If x vw , y  prove that x x  y y  z z  u u  v v  w w
wu , z  uv

where  is a function of x, y, z. (2005)

 2u  2u  2u
Q11. If x  y  2e cos  , x  y  2ie  sin  , show that   4 xy
 2  2 xy
1 u 1 u 1 u
Q12. If  
u  f x 2  y 2 , y 2  z 2 , z 2  x 2 , prove that
x x
 
y y z z
0

 f dy f 
Q13. If f ( x, y )  0,  ( x, y )  0 show that    
x y dz x z
Q14. If f ( x, y, z )  0 where f ( x, y , z ) is a homogeneous function of degree n then
2z 2z 2  z
2

show that x
2
  xy  y 0
x 2 xy y 2
x y z u u u
Q15. If u  f  , ,  , prove that x x  y y  z z  0
 y z x
y
 xx u u
Q16. If u
 y
, prove that x x  y y  0
 
Q17. Verify Euler’s theorem for
x  x3  y 3  x y z
a) u   
3  b) u  ax  2hxy  by
2 2
c) u  y  z  x
x y 
3

y y  2u  2u 2  u
2

Q18. If u  x sin 1  tan 1 , find the value of x 2  2 xy  y

x x x 2 xy y 2
 1 1
x y 2 2
Q19. If u  cos ec 1 1 1
, prove that
x y 3 3

 u 2
 u 2  u
22
tan u 13 1 
x2  2 xy  y   tan 2 u 
x 2 xy y 2 12 12 12 
Q20. If u  f ( x, y ) is a homogeneous function of degree n then prove that
u u
x y  nu
x y
 2u  2u 2  u
2
x2  2 xy  y  n(n  1)u
x 2 xy y 2
APPLICATION OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIATION

Q1. Find the stationary value of x 3  y 3  3axy, a  0.

Q2. Find the extreme values of the following functions:
a) x 3  3 y 2  3xy 2  3x 2  7. b) x 3 y 2 (1  x  y ) c) x 3  xy 2  21x  12 x 2  2 y 2
Q3. A rectangular box open at the top is to have volume of 108 cm. units. Find the
dimensions of the box requiring least material.
Q4. If measurements of radius of base and height of a right circular cone was incorrect
by  1% and  2% then prove that there will be no volume.
1
Q5. The period of a simple pendulum is given by T  2 . If T is computed using
g
l  8 ft , g  32 ft / sec 2 .Find approximate error in t if the value are
l  8.05 ft , g  32.01 ft / sec 2 .
Q6. Find the stationary points of the following functions:
a) f ( x, y )  x 3 y 2 1  x  y  b) f ( x, y )  xye  ( 2 x  3 y )
Q7. If y  x  x 2  a 2 , prove that  x 2  a 2  y n  2   2n  1 xy n 1   n 2  m 2  y n  0
 
m

Q8. Expand 1  sin x upto x 4 .

COMPLEX NUMBERS

 2
Q1. Find the complex number z 6
and arg( z  1) 
if arg( z  1)  . (2002)
3
  
Q2. If sin  i tan  , prove that cos  i sin   tan  
4 2
Q3. If 1 and 2 are two complex numbers such that z1  z 2  z1  z 2 , prove that
z z

arg z1  arg z 2  (2001)
2
Q4. If  a1  ib1  a 2  ib2 .... a1  ib1   A  iB prove that
a 1
2 2

2 2
 2 2

b1 a 2 b2 ....... a n bn  A 2  B 2 and
b1 b b B
tan 1  tan 1 2  ....  tan 1 n  tan 1 (2002)
a1 a2 an A1
 
Q5. If z1 and z 2 are two complex numbers such that then arg z1 z 2  arg z1  arg z 2 
2
 z1 
and arg   arg z1  arg z 2
 z2 
 zi 
Q6. If z i  z and arg  then find z.
 z  4
Q7. If z1 and z 2 are two non zero complex numbers of equal modulus and z1  z2
z1  z 2
then prove that is purely imaginary.
z1  z 2
1 1 1
Q8. If z1  z 2  z 3  0 and z1  z 2  z 3  k then show that   0
z1 z 2 z 3
Q9. If z 1  z 1 , prove that Re Z  0 .
n
 1  sin   i cos  
Q10. Evaluate   (2005)
 1  sin   i cos  
Q11. If cos   cos   cos   0 and sin   sin   sin   0 Prove that
3
sin 2   sin 2   sin 2   cos   cos   cos  
2 2 2

2
Q12. If   1  i,   1  i and cot   x  1 prove that
 x    n   x    n      sin n cos ec n .
Q13. If n is a +ve integer and 1  x   p 0  p1 x  p 2 x 2  ....  p n x n then prove that
n

n
n
p 0  p 2  p 4 ....  p n  2 2 cos
4
1  i  8 1  i  6
3 i
Q14. Prove that 
1  i  6 1  i 3
9
4
 
Q15. If x r  cos r
 i sin r prove that x1 x 2 .....x   i
3 3
1 1 1
Q16. If x  x  2 cos , y  y  2 cos  , z  z  2 cos prove that
1 xm yn
xyz   2 cos      and n  m  2 cos m  n  (2005)
xyz y x
n
Q17. If  ,  are roots of equation x 2  2 x  4 prove that  n   n  2 n 1 cos
3
sin 5
Q18. Show that  16 cos 4   12 cos 2   1
sin 
Q19. Show that sin 5 = 5 sin   20 sin 3   16 sin 5 
Q20. If sin 4  cos 3  a1 cos   a 3 cos 3  a5 cos 5  a7 cos 7 prove that
a 1 9a 3 25a 5  49a 7  0
1
Q21.Using De-Moivre’s Theorem prove that cos 6   sin 6    3 cos 4  5
8
Q22.If  is a cube root of unity prove that 1     27 6
(2000)
Q23. Find the roots common to x 4  1  0 and x 6  i  0
Q24. Solve i) x 4  x 3  x 2  x  1  0
ii) x 12  1  0
Q25. Separate into real and imaginary parts  i i

n
 1  sin   i cos   
Q26. Prove that   = e in ( 2  )
 1  sin   i cos  
Q27. If sinh x  cosh x  5 find tanh x.
n
 1  tanh x 
Q28. Prove that    cosh 2n  sinh 2nxx
 1  tanh x 

Q29. If log tan x  y Prove that sinh ny 

1
2

tan n  cot n x  (2005)

Q30. If cosh x  sec  prove that    2 tan 1  e  x 
2
Q31. Prove that
Q32.If sin   i   cos   i sin  prove that cos 4   sin 2   sin 4  (2000)
tan x sin 2
Q33. If tan(  i )  sin( x  iy ) prove that 
tanh y sinh 2 
Q34. If x  iy  cos(  i ) express x and y in terms of  and  .Hence show that
cos 2  and cosh  are roots of equation    x  y  1  x  0
2 2 2 2 2

i 

Q35. If x  iy  2 cosh    prove that x 2  y 2  2
4

Q36. Prove that tanh 1  sin    cosh 1  sec 
1  3i 
Q37. Separate into real and imaginary parts i) cos  
4
ii) sin e 1 i
 
Q38. Prove that the general value of 1  i tan    i is
e 2 m   cos(log cos  )  i sin(log cos  )

Q39. Find the value of log sin( x  iy )

 a  bi  2ab
Q40. Show that tan i log 
 a  bi  a 2  b 2

Q41.If i  i    i or i i  i ....... 

    i prove that  2   2  e   4 n 1  where n is
positive integer. (2000)

Q42. If log x  iy   e p iq prove that y  x tan  where 2  tan q log( x 2  y 2 ) (2003)

 
 1

Q43. Prove that i i  cos   i sin  where    2n 

i 1   2 m  2 
e
 2

Q44. Separate into real and imaginary part of log sin x  iy 

SOLUTIONS:
1.
2.
3.Let z1  x1  iy1 and z 2  x 2  iy 2 so z1  x1  iy1  z 2  x  iy 2
VECTOR ALGEBRA & VECTOR CALCULUS
Q1. Calculate the modulus and unit vector in the direction of the sum of the vectors
i  4 j  2k ,3i  3 j  2k and  2k  2 j  6k .
Q2. The coordinates of two points are  3,1,2  and  2,2,4  .Find the cosine of the angle
between the vectors joining these points to origin.
    
  

Q3. If a  i  2 j  3k , b  2i  j  k , c  i  3 j  k find  a b    b c  .
Q4. Find the directional derivative of   x 2 y 2  z 2 y 2  x 2 z 2 at (1,1,-2) in the direction of
the tangent to the curve. x  e t , y  2 sin t  1, z  t  cos t at t=0
Q5. Prove that i   a  i   j   a  j   k   a  k   2a
Q6.Find the angle between the surfaces x2  y2  z2  9 and z  x2  y2  3 at P ( 2,1,2) .
 r
Q7.Find the value of    r  where r  xi  y j  z k
 
Q8.If   xyz, u  xi  y j  z k and v  x2 i  y2 j  z2 k compute the expression at 1,1,1

u    v 
Q9.Find the directional derivative of   x 3  y 3  z 3  xyz at P (1,1,1) in the direction of
the normal to the surface x log z  y 2  4 at Q1,2,1 .
Q10. Find the angle between the surfaces x log y  z 2  1 and x2 z  2  y at P (1,1,1) .
 1
Q11. Find the value of   r  3  where r  xi  y j  z k
 r 
Q12.Find the directional derivative of   x 2 y  y 2 z  z 2 x at P ( 2,2,2) in the direction
of the normal to the surface 4 x 2 y  2 z 2  2 at Q 2,1,3 .

Q13.Find the constant a and b such that the surface

ax  by 2  4 will be orthogonal to the surface x 2  y 2  z 2  12 at P ( 2,2,2) .

Q14. Prove that  a  b   c  d   b  c    a  d    c  a   b  d   0

Q15. If r  a sinh t  b cosh t where a, b are constants, prove that
d2r dr d 2r
a) 2  r b)   cons tan t
dt dt dt 2
Q16. Prove that the necessary and sufficient condition that a vector a is of constant
da
direction is a  0
dt
 3 1  dr
Q17. If r  t i   2t  2  j , show that r 
3
k
 5t  dt

Q18.Show that the vector field given by F  2 xyz 3 i  x 2 z 3 j  3 x 2 yz 2 k is irrotational.

Q19.Prove that  2  r n   n n  1 r n 2
Q20.Prove that F  r 3 r is irrotational.
ar 
Q21. Evaluate    3


 r 
Q22. Determine the constant a , so that the vector field given by
F   ax  3 y  4 z  i   x  2 y  3 z  j   3x  2 y  z  k is solenoidal.
xi  y j
Q23. Show that the vector field given by F  is solenoidal.
x2  y2
Q24.Evaluate  2  log r 
r
Q25.Show that F  is irrotational as well as solenoidal.
r3
ar 
Q26.    r 
 
Q27.Find a , b , c if F   axy  bz 3 i   3 x 2  cz  j   3xz 2  y  k is irrotational.
Q28. Determine the constant a , so that the vector field given by
F   x  3 y 2 i   2 y  2 z 2  j   x 2  az  k is solenoidal.
Q29. Show that div  r n r    n  3 r n
2  b
Q30. Evaluate   a   , where a, b are constants.
 r
Q31.Prove that F  r n r is irrotational vector for any value of n but is solenoidal only
when n  3 .
 ar 
Q32.Evaluate    r 
 