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Maths Mid Year Exam First Years

This document is a test for an engineering mathematics module taken by students in their final year of an advanced diploma program in motor vehicle body repair and refinishing. The test has 4 questions worth a total of 50 marks and covers topics like solving equations, simplifying expressions involving logarithms and square roots, rationalizing denominators, solving geometry problems, and trigonometric identities. Students are instructed to show their work clearly and answer each sub-question on a separate page.

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Maths Mid Year Exam First Years

This document is a test for an engineering mathematics module taken by students in their final year of an advanced diploma program in motor vehicle body repair and refinishing. The test has 4 questions worth a total of 50 marks and covers topics like solving equations, simplifying expressions involving logarithms and square roots, rationalizing denominators, solving geometry problems, and trigonometric identities. Students are instructed to show their work clearly and answer each sub-question on a separate page.

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GABORONE INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN MOTOR VEHICLE BODY REPAIR AND REFINISHING


FINAL YEAR

MODULE :ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

CODE :EM

DATE : DECEMBER 2020

DURATION : 3HRS

TOTAL MARKS : 50

NUMBER OF PAGES :2PAGES (INCLUDING COVER PAGE)


INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

 Answer all questions.


 Follow all Examination Regulations. Any examination malpractice is penalized
 Answers must be clearly numbered.
 Answer each Question on a Fresh page, e.g. 1a, 1b same page and 2a (i), 2a (ii) on
another page. Write neatly and legibly

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QUESTION ONE 20 marks

a. Solve the equation: log(x −1) +log(x +8) = 2log(x +2) [7]
b. Solve the equation 2x+1=32x−5 [5]
c. Solve 3 cosec2 θ −5=4cot θ in the range 0<θ <360◦ [8]

QUESTION TWO 14 marks

a. Simplify √ 2+ √ 18 [3]

b. Rationalize the denominator of the question below [6]


2+ √ 3
1−√ 7

c. In figure below, PR represents the inclined jib of a crane and is 10.0 long. PQ is
4.0m long. Determine the inclination of the jib to the vertical and the length of tie
QR. [5]

QUESTION THREE 9 marks

a.Evaluate √ 3+ √ 12−¿ √ 48 ¿ [3]


b. Prove that sinϴ cotϴ= cosϴ [2]
c. Simplify log49 + log421 – log47 [4]
QUESTION FOUR 7 marks

1 1
Show that 1+ sinϴ + 1−sinϴ =2 sec2ϴ

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