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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
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QUESTION-CUM-ANSWERSCRIPT
MID-SEMESTER EXAMINATION

SEMSETER ( Autumn-2014 )

Roll Number
Subject Number

Section
M A

Name

Subject Name

Mathematics I

Department/Centre/School
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Instructions and Guidelines to the Students appearing in the Examination

1. The question-cum-answer booklet has 28 pages and 7 questions.

2. All questions are compulsory.
3. Answer each question in the space provided below that question only. Otherwise it will
not be checked.

4. No additional answer sheet will be provided.

5. Use the space for rough work given in the booklet only.
6. After the completion of the examination do not leave the examination hall until the
invigilator collects the booklet.

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1(a) Apply mean value theorem to prove that 1 , > 0 is an increasing function.
1(b) Is Rolles theorem applicable to the function

1 2,
() =
cos ,

0
>0

in 1, 2 ? Justify your answer with proper arguments. If Rolles theorem is applicable, then

find 1, 2 such that () = 0.

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2(a) Expand the function (, ) = in powers of ( 1) and ( 1) upto terms

including 2nd order (without remainder). Use the result to compute the approximate value of
(1.1)1.02.

2(b) Find lim 2 (1+ ) .

0

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3(a) Find the intervals for which the function () = ln( 2 + 1 ) is convex upwards
(concave downwards) and convex downwards (concave upwards). Further, find the point of
inflexion(s).
3(b) Using approach, show that

lim

(,)(1,1)

2 2 + 3 = 5.

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4(a) Find the radius of curvature of the curve = 6 2 3 4 , = 8 3 at an arbitrary point .

Evaluate its maximum value over [0, 1].
4(b) Find the asymptote(s) of the curve 3 2 + + 3 = 0.

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5(a) Is the function

2 3 + 3 3
, (, ) (0, 0)
(, ) = 2 + 2
(, ) = (0, 0)
0,

differentiable at the origin? Justify your answer.

5(b) Is the partial derivative with respect to of the function

3
, (, ) (0, 0)
(, ) = 6 + 2
(, ) = (0, 0)
0
continuous at the origin? Justify your answer.

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6(a) Let
5

2 2
= sin1 2
, (, ) (0, 0)
+ 2

Find the value of 2 + 2 + 2 as a function of u.

6(b) If = (, ), = + 4, = 4 and has continuous first and second order

partial derivatives, then find the relation between and .
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7(a) Using the Lagrange multiplier method, find the minimum value of the function

subject to

(, ) = 2 + 2
2 + 2 = 48.

7(b) If the curves (, ) = 0 and (, ) = 0 touch each other at the point P, then
evaluate

at the point P.

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