Task 4 Practice Paper 1

Question 1:
t minutes after a jet engine starts operation, the rate of fuel burn, R kg per minute, is given by the
10

relation R 10 1 2 t .
a.
Draw a sketch of R as a function of t.
b.
What is the rate of burn, R, after 7 minutes?
c.
What value does R approach as t becomes very large?
d.
Calculate the total amount of fuel burned in the first 7 minutes.
Question 2:
The rate at which a body cools in air is assumed to be proportional to the difference between its
temperature T and the constant temperature S of the surrounding air. This can be expressed by
the differential equation
a.
b.

dT
k (T S ) where t is the time in hours and k is a constant.
dt

Show that T = S + Bekt, where B is a constant, is a solution of the differential

equation.
A heated body cools from 80 C to 40 C in 2 hours. The air temperature S
around the body is 20 C. Find the temperature of the body after one further
hour has elapsed. Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.

Question 3:
The radius of a circular metal plate is increasing at the rate of 0.01 cm/s when subjected to heat.
At what rate is the area increasing when the radius is 5cm?
Question 4:
d 1 2
dv
( v )
.
dx 2
dt

i.

Show that

ii.

The acceleration of a particle moving in a straight line is given by x = 2 e x where

x
metres is the displacement from the origin. Initially, the particle is at the origin with
x

velocity 2 ms1. Prove that v=2e 2 .

iii.

What happens to v as x increases without bound?

Question 5:
y

O
x
The path of a projectile fired from the origin O is given by x = Vt cos ,
y = Vt sin 5t2 where V is the initial speed in metres per second and is the angle
of projection as in the diagram and t is the time in seconds.
i.
Find the maximum height reached by the projectile in terms of V and .
ii.
Find the range in terms of V and .
iii.
Prove that the range is maximum when = 45.
ANSWERS
Question 1:
20
10

a)

10

b)

2
3
kg/min c) 10 d) 835 kg (to 1 d.p.)

Question 2:
a) Proof b) 32 C
Question 3:
0.314 cm2/s.
Question 4:
i) ii) Proof iii) The velocity of the particle approaches zero
Question 5:
2
2
2
sin 2

i) V sin
m ii) V
m iii) Proof
20
10