Hong Kong Institute

of

Vocational Education

香港專業教育學院

HD in Computer Engineering (EG114402)

HD in Electrical Engineering (EG114401)
HD in Building Services Engineering (EG114702)
HD in Ophthalmic Dispensing (EG114780)
HD in Automotive Engineering (EG114705)
HD in Testing and certification (EG114717)
HD in Electronic & Communications Engineering
(EG114400)

Notes :
Engineering Mathematics
1. The result of this examination will not be
counted if you do not meet the minimum I
attendance requirement governed by the
General Academic Regulations of your
programme unless approval from the (ENG3200)
Campus Principal has been granted.
2. This paper consists of NINE (9) pages
including this cover page.
3. This question paper contains NINE (9)
questions, FIVE (5) in Section A and
FOUR (4) in Section B. AY 2015/16
4. The following materials will be provided Semester 1
separately. Examination
(a) Graph papers
5. Formulas and the Normal Distribution
Table are given in the Appendix.
4 January 2016
9:30 am – 11:30 am

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40 marks may be obtained by answering ALL questions in Section A

60 marks may be obtained by answering ANY THREE questions in Section B.

The use of calculators not included in the Approved List is prohibited.

All symbols have their usual meaning unless otherwise defined.

Section A

Answer ALL questions in this section. Each question carries 8 marks.

A1. (a) If = ̂ +2̂ +3 and = 2 ̂ + 4 , find | |, | | and the angle (4 marks)

between and .

(b) The points A, B and C have coordinates (1, -1, 2), (9, 0, 8) and (4 marks)
(5, 0, 5) respectively. Find:
(i) the vectors and ; and
(ii) × .

A2. A hot metal rod is immersed in 0 oC ice-cold water. The temperature

T , measured in oC, of the metal rod after t seconds is given by the
formula below, where K is a constant.

= 120 +

(i) The temperature of the rod is 140 oC when t = 0. Find the (2 marks)
expression of T in terms of t.
(3 marks)
(ii) Find the value of the temperature T of the rod after 20 seconds.

(iii) Find the value of time when the T reaches 40 oC. (3 marks)

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A3. In a factory, the probability to pick a defective DVD from a batch of
production is 0.005. If 100 such DVD are randomly picked from a
batch.

(a) Determine the mode of distribution for the defect calculation. (1 mark)

Calculate the probability that:

(b) exactly 3 DVDs are defective, (2 marks)

(c) less than 3 DVDs are defective. (5 marks)

A4. Find the derivative of the following functions with respect to x.

!
(a) = (4 marks)

"! #
(b) = (4 marks)
!$%

A5. ∫ (7 x − 5) (8 marks)
8
By using suitable substitution, find dx .

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Section B

Answer ANY THREE questions in this section. Each question carries 20 marks.

B1 (a) Solve the following equation (5 marks)

#! !
−8 + 15 = 0.
x
[Hint: Let y = e ]

(b) Given three vectors: =2 ̂−3 ̂+

= − ̂+4 ̂−3
+ = , ̂+ ̂+3

(i) Determine the cross product a × b. (5 marks)

(ii) Find p if the volume of the parallelepiped formed by the three (5 marks)
vectors a, b and c is 30.

[Hint: Volume = ( a x b ) . + ]

(c) The work done by a force F in moving a box through a

displacement r is given by F . r. Given that F =3ı̂ + 5ȷ̂ ,
and the box is moved from the point with coordinates (1, 3) to the
point (3, 8). Find

(i) the displacement vector r of the box; and (2 marks)

(ii) the work done by the force F. (3 marks)

B2 (a) The displacement of a lift of its resting position from the platform is
given as follows:

Displacement x (μm) Frequency

-3 5
-1 2
4 12
7 6
12 12
17 21

(i) Find the mean value of displacement x. (2 marks)

(ii) Find the standard deviation and variance of displacement x. (8 marks)

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 (b) The length of the screws used for a certain part in lifts follows the
normal distribution with the mean value of 8 mm and standard deviation
of 2 mm. Calculate the probability that the length of a screw randomly
selected is:
(i) over 8.76 mm; (4 marks)
(ii) between 6.5 mm and 9.5 mm. (6 marks)

>?
B3 (a) Given that y = cos # 78 " 9, ;< = (the first derivative of y). (6 marks)
>!

(b) A metal sheet of area (A) 64 cm2 is shown in figure B3(a), it is

bent to form a box with a square base x and height y but with no
top as shown in figure B3(b).

Figure B3(a) Figure B3(b)

(i) Express the area (A) in figure B3(a) in terms of x and y. (2 marks)
(ii) Show that the volume (V) in figure B3(b) can be expressed
!C
as V = 16x − . (4 marks)
D
(iii) Find the value of x to make the volume of the box with a
maximum capacity. (6 marks)
(iv) Find the maximum possible volume of the box. (2 marks)

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B4 (a) The curve C1 : y = x 2 − 2 x − 2 cuts the curve C 2 : y = − x 2 + 4 x + 6
at points A and B as shown in the following figure B4.
(i) Find the coordinates of A and B. (4 marks)
(ii) Find the area of enclosed by the two curves. (6 marks)

Figure B4

(b) Evaluate the integral (10 marks)

3 x + 11
∫ x 2 − x − 6 dx

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 Appendix

FORMULAS FOR REFERENECE

df ( x)
1. Table of functions f(x) and their derivatives
dx

df ( x)
Function f (x) Derivative
dx
constant k 0
x 1
kx k
kx n
knxn−1
1
ln x
x
1
ln kx
x
e kx kekx
sin kx k cos kx
sin( kx + α ) k cos(kx + α )
cos kx − k sin kx
cos(kx + α ) − k sin(kx + α )
tan kx k sec2 kx
tan(kx + α ) k sec2 (kx + α )
sec kx k sec kx tan kx
sec(kx + α ) k sec(kx + α ) tan(kx + α )
where k and n are constants, and all angles are in radians

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 2. Table of Indefinite Integrals

Function f (x) Indefinite Integral, ∫f ( x)dx

constant, k kx + C
x2
x +C
2
x n +1
xn + C ; n ≠ −1
n +1
1
x −1 = ln x + C
x
− cos kx
sin kx +C
k
sin kx
cos kx +C
k
1
tan kx ln sec kx + C
k
e kx
e kx +C
k
where k and n are constants, and all angles are in radians

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