MURANG’A UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

(A constitute college of Jomo Kenyatta university of Agriculture & Technology)

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
END OF SEMESTER IV MATHEMATICS EXAM
CODE: SEB1245
COURSE: DIPLOMA IN CIVIL AND BULIDING IV
CLASS: BC/CL /14𝐶1
DATE: 17 /04/15TIME: 2HRS

INSTRUCTIONS
Question one is compulsory and ATTEMPT any other two questions

QUESTION ONE
a) Find the integrals of the following
i. ∫(3𝑥 2 +4x-5) dx [2mks]

2
ii. ∫1 (4𝑥 3 +3x+𝑒 𝑥 ) dx [4mks]

4 𝑡+1
iii. ∫1 ( ) dt [5mks]
√𝑡

5𝑥 2 −19𝑥+3
iv. ∫ (𝑥−2)2(𝑥+1) dx [6mks]
 2
v. ∫0 (𝑥𝑒 𝑥 ) dx [3mks]

b) Find the area bounded by trhe curve y=𝑥 2 -6x +5, the x axis ,and the ordinates
x=1 and x=3 [5mks]

c) Find the mean value of y=3𝑥 2 +4x+1 between x=1 and x=2 [5mks]

Question two
Evaluate the following
a) ∫(𝟐𝒙 + 𝟕)𝟒 dx [4mrks]

𝒙−𝟖
b) ∫ 𝑥2 −𝑥−3 dx [6mks]

𝟑
c) ∫𝟏 𝟐𝒙𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝒙 dx [7mks]

𝟐
d) ∫−𝟏(𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟓)𝒅𝒙 [3mks]

QUESTION THREE
𝜋
a) Find the area enclosed by the curve y=sin 𝑥and y=sin2 𝑥,between x=0 and x= 3
7mks
2
b) Find the mean height of the curve y= 3𝑥 +5x-1 between x=-2 and x=3
7mks
1
c) Find the root mean square value (r.m.s) of y=400sin 200 𝜋𝑡 between t=0 and t=100
6mks

QUESTION FOUR
a) Find the volume generated when the plane figure bounded by y=5cos 2𝑥, the x-axis, and
𝜋
the ordinates x=0and x= 4 rotates about the x axis through one revolution 10mks
b) Find the position of the centroid of the figure bounded by y=𝑒 2𝑥 the x-axis, the y-axis and
the ordinate at x=2 10mks