Homework 15 Total 9 questions

Deadline: 2019-11-18 Mon 02:30 PM

1. Given that pOH   log[OH  ]   log(hydroxyl ions concentration) , and pOH + pH = 14, what is
the pH of a 0.05 M/L solution of Potassium Hydroxide?

2. Prove that a strictly decreasing differentiable function must have an inverse function; and the inverse is
decreasing and differentiable.

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3. If f ( x)  x ( x  1)1/3  x1/2  ( x 2  1)2/3  2 x ,
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(a) Solve f ( x)  0 .
(b) Find f ( x) , and tell what can you conclude from part a). (Hint for f(x): why Baiting didn’t simplify the
expression?)
dy
(c) If (1)( y)  ( x)  x 2 , please give all the possible expressions of y. And show that the expressions
dx
dy
you’ve given satisfy the equation (1)( y)  ( x)  x2 .
dx

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4. f ( x)  e  x , and x  0 .(HP1, so no calculator)
(a) Find the area bounded by the curve f, the y-axis, and the x-axis.
(b) Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the graph of f through 2 radians about the
x-axis.

5. The region enclosed between the curves y  xe x and y  e x , is rotated through 2 about the
x-axis. Find the volume of the solid obtained. (HP1, so no calculator)

6. Given that a > 1,

1 1 1

a
dx  1
1
(a) Use the substitution u  to show that du .
x 1 1 x 2
a 1 u
2

(b) What trigonometry identity can you conclude from part (a)?

7. The planes 2 x  3 y  z  5 and x  y  2 z  k intersect in the line 5 x  1  9  5 y  5 z . Find

the value of k.

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8. The position vector at time t of a point P is given by OP  (1  t )i  (2  2t ) j  (3t  1)k , t  0 .
(a) Find the coordinates of P when t = 0.
y  2 z 1
(b) Show that P moves along the line L with Cartesian equations x  1   .
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(c) (i) Find the value of t when P lies on the plane with equation 2 x  y  z  6 .
(ii) State the coordinates of P at this time.
(iii) Hence find the total distance travelled by P before it meets the plane.

 t2 
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The position vector at time t of another point, Q, is given by OQ   1  t  , t  0 ,
1  t 2 
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(d) (i) Find the value of t for which the distance from Q to the origin is minimum.
(ii) Find the coordinates of Q at this time.

(e) Let a, b, and c be the position vectors of Q at times t = 0, 1, and 2 respectively.

(i) Show that the equation a  b  k (b  c) has no solution for k.
(ii) Hence show that the path of Q is not a straight line.

9. In Question 3(c), have you considered whether the domain contains x = 0? If not please revise your
answer by case discussion.

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