POKHARA UNIVERSITY

Level: Bachelor Semester: Fall Year : 2015

Programme: BE Full Marks: 100
Course: Engineering Mathematics I Pass Marks: 45
Time : 3hrs.

Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far
as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.

1. a) Examine the continuity and differentiability at x =2 of the function 8

f(x) defined as follows f(x) = 2-x for 0 < x <2
= -2+3x-x 2
for 2 x < 4
OR
-1
If y = sin x show that
i. (1 x 2 )y2 -xy1 =0
ii. (1 x 2 )y n+2 (2n+1)xyn+1 -n2yn=0
b) State Lagranges Mean Value theorem. Is Lagrange's mean value 7
theorem applicable to the function f ( x )=|x| in the interval
[ 1,1 ] ? Give reasons.
2. a) Find the asymptotes of the curve 8
x 2 y 2 x y xy xy y 1 0
3 3 2 2 2

OR 7
A cylindrical tin can closed at both ends with given capacity has to be
constructed. Show that the amount of tin required will be minimum
when the height is equal to the diameter.
1
tanx
b) Evaluate : lim
x 0
( )
x
x
2

3. Integrate (Any three) 35

dx
a)
5 4 cos x

x sin x
b) 1+cos 2
x
dx
0
1
 3
c) ( x2x) (x3)

2

d) ex dx
0
4. a) Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region 7

between the parabola x y 1 and the line x=3 about the line x=3.
2

b) Using Trapezoidal and Simpsons rule, estimate the integral 8

4
1
x 2
4
dx
0 with n=4 subintervals.
5. a) Find the volume of a tetrahedron whose one vertex is at the origin and 7
the other three vertices are (3,2,1), (2,3,-1) and (-1,2,3).
b) Find the equation of plane passing through (2, 4, 5), (1, 5, 7) 8
and (-1, 6, 8).
6. a) Find the condition that the line lx + my + n =0, may touch to the 7
2 2
x y
2
2 1
hyperbola a b
8
b) Define conic section and derive the standard equation of Ellipse.
7. Do the followings: 42.5
e

x log xdx
a) Evaluate 1
b) Find the radius of curvature of y = x2+4 at (0, 4).
x
x 3 x 1 dx
c) Evaluate

d) Find the scalar projection of a i 2 j k on b i 2 j k .