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Practice Assessment Task

SET 2
1. The population of a city over t years is 11. Find the volume, to 1 decimal place, of
given by the formula P = 100 000e0.71t. the solid formed by rotating y = ex about
After how many years, to 1 decimal the x-axis from x = 1 to x = 3.
place, will the population become
12. Find the derivative of loge (4x + 3) 3.
1 million?
2x + 1
2. Evaluate #1
3 dx 13. Find # dx.
x correct to 3 decimal places. 3x 2 + 3x − 2
14. The volume in litres of a rectangular
3. The acceleration of a particle is given by
container that is leaking over time t
a = 6t ms− 2 and the particle is initially at
minutes is given by V = − t2 + 4t + 100.
rest at the origin. Find where it will be
Find
after 3 seconds.
(a) the initial volume
1
4. Find log5 . (b) the volume after 10 minutes
25
(c) the rate of change in volume after
5. Write loge x as an equation with x in 10 minutes
terms of y. Hence find the value of x, to (d) how long it will take, to 1 decimal
3 significant figures, when y = 1.23. place, until the container is empty.
6. Differentiate x3 + e2x . 15. Find # (6x2 − 2x + 4x− 1) dx.
1 3
7. Solve logx = 4. 16. Find the exact value of #1
7
dx.
16 x+5
8. If 100 g of a substance decays to 80 g 17. The velocity v cms-1 of a particle over
after 3 years, find, to 1 decimal place, 2
time t is given by v = . If the particle
(a) its mass after 10 years t+1
(b) the rate of decay after 10 years is initially 3 cm from the origin, find
(c) when it will decay to 50 g. (a) its displacement after 10 s,
to 2 significant figures
9. A particle has displacement x in (b) its acceleration after 5 s,
centimetres over time t in seconds to 1 significant figure.
according to the formula x = 2 sin 3t.
π
(a) Find its velocity after s.
18. Find # (e4x + 1) dx.
2
(b) Show that the acceleration is given x
19. Differentiate .
by px = − 9x. e2x
20. The rate at which an epidemic of
10. Water is flowing out of a pool at the rate
measles in a certain city is spreading is
given by R = 20t litres per minute. If the
proportional to the number of people
volume of water in the pool is initially
dP
8000 L, find with measles. That is, = kP. If 40
dt
(a) the volume after 5 minutes people initially have measles and after
(b) how long it will take to empty the 10 days, 110 have measles, find
pool.
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(a) the value of k to 3 significant figures
(b) how many people will have measles
after 6 weeks
(c) after how long, to the nearest day,
300 people will have measles
(d) the rate at which the disease will be
spreading after
(i) 10 days
(ii) 6 weeks.
21. (a) Find the value of log3 7 by changing
the base to e.
(b) Differentiate log3 x by changing the
base to e.
29. The length of an arc in a circle of radius
2 cm is 1.6 cm. Find the area, correct to
2 decimal places, of the
(a) sector
(b) minor segment cut off by this arc.
30. A certain chemical treatment of blue-
green algae in a river causes it to decrease
at a rate proportional to the amount of
blue-green algae in the river. If 250 kg of
blue-green algae reduces to 150 kg after
3 months, find how long it will take, to
the nearest month, to reduce the blue-
green algae to 20 kg.

22. Find the exact volume of the solid of 31. An angle of 30° is subtended at the
revolution formed when the curve y = ex centre of a circle with radius 5 cm. Find
is rotated about the x-axis from x = 1 to the exact
x = 3. (a) arc length
(b) area of the sector.
23. A particle is moving such that its
x
displacement after t seconds is given by 32. Sketch y = 2 cos for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π .
2
x = 3 sin 2t metres. π

(a) Find the initial velocity and 33. Find # 0

2
sin (2x) dx.
acceleration.
34. Differentiate loge (sin x).
(b) Find the maximum displacement.
(c) Find the times when the particle will 35. Find the derivative of tan (e5x + 1).
be at rest. π
(d) Prove that the acceleration is given 36. Evaluate # 3
sec 2 x dx, giving the exact
by a = − 4x. 0
value.
24. Find the area enclosed between the curve 37. (a) Sketch y = sin 2x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π .
y = loge x, the y-axis and the lines y = 1 (b) Find the area bounded by the curve
and y = 2, correct to 3 significant figures. y = sin 2x, the x-axis and the lines x = 0
and x = π.
25. The acceleration of a particle is given by π
6t − 12 ms− 2 . If the particle is initially at 38. Evaluate #0
4
tan x dx correct to 3 decimal
rest 2 m to the left of the origin, find its
places by using Simpson’s rule with three
displacement after 5 seconds.
ordinates.
26. Solve 72x = 3.
39. Differentiate
27. Find the equation of the tangent to (a) ex sin x
y = ex + 1 at the point where x = − 1. (b) tan3 x
π
(c) 2 cos b 3x − l
2
28. Find the stationary point on the curve
y = xe2x and determine its nature.
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40. A particle moves so that its displacement 51. Differentiate tan (loge x + 1).
after time t seconds is given by x = 5e2t m. − 2x + 5
2

(a) Find its velocity after 2 s, to 52. Find # 3x dx.

x2
3 significant figures. 53. Find the volume of the solid formed,
(b) Show that its acceleration is given by correct to 2 decimal places, when the
a = 4x. curve y = loge x is rotated about the
(c) Find the initial acceleration. x-axis from x = 1 to x = 4, by using the
dx
#0
5
41. Evaluate , giving the exact value. trapezoidal rule with 3 subintervals.
x+3
42. A gardener wishes to make a rectangular 54. Find # (e5x − sin π x) dx.
garden bed using a wall as one of the 55. Solve graphically sin x = x − 1 for
sides. She has 24 m of edging strip to place 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π .
around the garden. What dimensions will
give the maximum garden area? 56. Find the exact area enclosed between the
curve y = ex, the x-axis, the y-axis and the
43. Find the volume of the solid formed line x = 2.
when the curve y = cos x is rotated π
π 57. Evaluate #π cos b
x
+ π l dx.
about the x-axis from x = 0 to x = .
3 3
2
44. Sketch the curve y = 3x4 − 4x3 − 12x2 + 1,
showing any stationary points. 58. y
5
45. Find the equation of the tangent to the 4
π
curve y = tan 3x at the point where x = . 3
4
2
46. Find the exact area enclosed between the 1
1
curve y = sin x and the line y = for the π π
x
2 -1
3π 2π
domain 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π . 2 2
-2
47. Differentiate sin (e ) .
3 x
The graph has the equation
48. Find the exact area bounded by the curve (a) y = 4 – 2 cos x
y = loge (x + 4), the y-axis and the lines (b) y = 4 + 2 cos x
y = 0 and y = 1. (c) y = 2 – 2 cos x
(d) y = 2 – 4 cos x.
49. Find the exact value of
7π 59. A radioactive substance decays by 60%
(a) cos
4 after 200 years. This information can be
π shown by the equation of its mass
(b) sin b 2π − l.
3
(a) 0.6M = Me200k
50. The length of an arc in a circle of radius (b) 0.6M = Me −200k
6 cm is 7π cm. Find the area of the (c) 0.4M = Me200k
(a) sector (d) 0.4M = Me− 200k
(b) minor segment cut off by this arc.
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π 3x
60. The value of sin b − l is
3
62. Evaluate # dx
3 2x 2 − 5
(a) − (a) 3 ln (2x2 − 5) + C
2
3 3 ln (2x2 − 5)
(b) (b) +C
2 4
1 ln (2x2 − 5)
(c) − (c) +C
2 12
1 4 ln (2x − 5)
2
(d) . (d) +C
2 3
61. A particle has a displacement of
63. The rate at which a waterfall is flowing
x = 4 cos 7t. Its acceleration can be
over a cliff is R = 4t + 3t2 m3 s− 1. Find the
written as
amount of water flowing after a minute
(a) px = 49x
if the amount of water is 10 970 m3 after
(b) px = − 196x
20 seconds.
(c) px = 196x
(a) 223 220 m3
(d) px = − 49x.
(b) 8800 m3
(c) 225 370 m3
(d) 226 250 m3