Calculus A
Calculus A
Calculus A
Calculus
Candidates should answer all FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks.
f (x) = ex − x.
x x2
e ≥1+x+ .
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(c) A monopoly sells its product in a market where the demand function is q D (p) = 18 − p
and its cost function is C(q) = q 2 + 2q + 24.
Find the firm’s profit function, π(q), and determine the value of q which maximises
this profit.
2. (a) In a market, the inverse demand function is given by pD (q) = a − bq for some positive
constants a and b, the equilibrium price is 4 and the equilibrium quantity is 1.
Given that the consumer surplus is 1, find a and b.
(b) Find and classify the stationary points of f where
f (x, y) = y 4 − 2ay 2 − x2 + 1,
y 4
3. Consider the function f given by f (x, y) = for x 6= 0 and the curve y = 5 − .
x x−1
(a) Sketch the curve clearly labelling all important features.
(b) On your diagram from part (a), sketch some contours f (x, y) = c for positive values
of c and indicate the direction in which f is increasing.
(c) Consider the problem of optimising f (x, y) subject to the constraint that (x, y) lies on
the curve.
Using your sketch, indicate the two points which would be discovered by the method
of Lagrange multipliers and explain why one is a local maximum and the other is a
local minimum.
(d) Use the method of Lagrange multipliers to find the points discussed in part (c).
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Z e
4. (a) For n ∈ R, evaluate the integral xn ln(x) dx.
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(b) State the compound angle formula for cos(A + B) and use it to show that
dy
xy + y 2 − x2 = 0,
dx
is homogeneous and determine its degree of homogeneity.
Hence, given that y(1) = 1, solve this differential equation.
(b) Solve the differential equation
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