Maths Exam

1. Solution of linear equations

We have the following equations: $$\begin{eqnarray} 3 x -2 y &=& 4 \\ -5 x +6y &=& 4 \end{eqnarray}$$
Correct Answer
$$ x=4, y=4 $$

2. Differentiation A

Differentiate the following equation: $$\sqrt{\left(x + 3\right)\exp\left(x\right)}$$
Correct Answer
$$\frac{\exp\left(x\right) + \left(x + 3\right)\exp\left(x\right)}{2\sqrt{x + 3}\sqrt{\exp\left(x\right)}}$$

3. Differentiation A

Differentiate the following equation: $$\exp\left(\sin\left((-x)\right)\right)$$
Correct Answer
$$(-\exp\left(\sin\left((-x)\right)\right)\cos\left((-x)\right))$$

4. Differentiation B

Differentiate the following equation: $$\frac{\left(x + 5\right)\cos\left(\sin\left(x\right)\right)}{\ln\left(x\right)}$$
Correct Answer
$$\frac{\cos\left(\sin\left(x\right)\right) - \left(x + 5\right)\sin\left(\sin\left(x\right)\right)\cos\left(x\right)}{\ln\left(x\right)} - \frac{\left(x + 5\right)\cos\left(\sin\left(x\right)\right)}{{\ln\left(x\right)}^{2}x}$$

5. Integration

Please carry out the following integral: $$ \int {\left(x + 2\right)}^{-5} dx$$
Correct Answer
$$ \frac{-1}{4{\left(x + 2\right)}^{4}} $$

6. Integration

Please carry out the following integral: $$ \int {\left(-5x + 5\right)}^{-1} dx$$
Correct Answer
$$ \frac{(-\ln\left(-5x + 5\right))}{5} $$

7. Consider the following differential equation: $$ 5\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} - 4\frac{dy}{dx} - y = 0 $$

Find the general solution to the above equation.
Correct Answer
$$ A\exp\left(x\right) + B\exp\left(\frac{(-x)}{5}\right) $$

8. Consider the following series: $$ \sum_{j=0}^{11} 4\left(j - 5\right) $$

What does the sum evaluate to?
Correct Answer
$$ 24$$

9. Solution of linear equations

We have the following equations: $$\begin{eqnarray} 3 x -3 y &=& 4 \\ x -3 y &=& 1 \end{eqnarray}$$
Correct Answer
$$ x=\frac{3}{2}, y=\frac{1}{6} $$

10. Differentiation A

Differentiate the following equation: $$\cos\left(\sin\left(\ln\left(x\right)\right)\right)$$
Correct Answer
$$\frac{(-\sin\left(\sin\left(\ln\left(x\right)\right)\right)\cos\left(\ln\left(x\right)\right))}{x}$$


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