DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2021/2022
SECOND YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREEBACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC & BTECCH ENGINEERING, CIVIL &
BTECH ENGINEERING, MECHATRONIC, MECHANICAL & BTECH ENGINEERING,
CHEMICAL, TIE, AND GEGIS/ GIS ENGINEERING
SMA 2119: CALCULUS III
INSTRUCTIONS:
ANSWER QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY) AND
ANY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS.
______________________________________________________________________ QUESTI
ON ONE 30 marks

a) Show that the series
n
 2n  1 diverges
(3marks)
n 1
b) Show that
lim
4 xy
does not exist
x, y   0,0 x  y

c) Find the sum of the series
6
 n(n  3)
(3marks)
(4marks)
n2

(4marks)
4

(1) n
e) Find the radius of convergence of the power series 
(4marks)
( x  2) n
n
n 1
f) Two objects of masses 1kg and 2kg are located at (1, 2) and (1,3) respectively. Find the
d) Find the Taylor series for f ( x)  cos x centered at a 
coordinates of the center of mass.
(4marks)
1 2
g) Evaluate
 y
2
xdydx
(4marks)
0 0
h) Find f x and f y given that f ( x, y )  sin( x  xy )
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(4marks)
QUESTION TWO
(20MARKS)
a) Find the directional derivative of F ( x, y, z )  x 2 z  y 3 z 2  xyz at point P(1,2,1) in a
direction of u  i  3k
(5marks)
a) Find the volume under the plane z  2 x  5 y and over the rectangle  :1  x  2,0  y  3
(5marks)
b) Find the mass of the lamina of density  ( x, y )  x  y occupying the region  under the curve
y  x 2 in the interval 0  x  2
(5marks)
c) Use double integrals to find the area of the region bounded by the curve y  x 2  2, y  0, x  2
(5marks)
QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)
a) Find a power series representation for the function f ( x) 
x
5 x
(5marks)

b) Determine the radius and interval of convergence of the power series
2n
(4 x  8) n (5marks)
n 1 n

c) Find the total differential given that z  x 3 y  x 2 y 2  xy 3
(5marks)
d) By neglecting x and higher powers of x , show that f ( x )  e x sin x = x  x 2 
5
3
x
(5marks)
3
QUESTION FOUR (20marks)
a) Show that f xy  f yx given that f ( x, y )  ln(2 x  3 y )
y
1
4 2
b) Evaluate

0
y
2
2x  y
y
2x  y
, v  and integrating
dxdy by applying the transformation u 
2
2
2
over an appropriate region in the uv  plane
c) Determine the convergence or divergence of the following series

i)
k
k 1
2
(5mark)
(10marks)
k
 4k  1
( 1) n n

n 1 2 n  5

ii)
QUESTION FIVE (20marks)

a) Evaluate
x
0
dx
4
(3marks)
2
b) Find the domain of the function w  16  x 2  y 2
(3marks)
c) Find the Centre of mass of a triangular lamina with vertices A(0, 0) B(1, 0)C (0, 2) where
 ( x, y)  1  3x  y
(9marks)
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2
d) By reversing the order of integration evaluate
y
  ydxdy
0 y
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(5marks)