Faculty of Environment and

Technology
Academic Year: 15/16
Examination Period: Summer
Module Leader: Susan Hawkins
Module Code: UFMFYG-15-1
Module Title: Mathematics for Civil and Environmental Engineering
Work Item Code: CC1

Duration: 2 Hours

Standard materials required for this examination:

Examination Answer Booklet Yes

Multiple Choice Answer Sheet No

Type of paper e.g. G3, G14 No

Graph Paper
Number of sheets per student NA

Additional materials required for this examination:

Details of additional material supplied by UWE:

1. UFMFYG-15-1 Examination Formulae

To be collected with Answer Booklet Yes

2. Students may take into the exam a single sheet of A4 paper with both sides
containing course notes and examples.
To be collected with Answer Booklet Yes

Details of approved material supplied by Student:

To be collected with Answer Booklet (please delete as appropriate)

University approved Calculator Yes

Candidates permitted to keep Examination Question Paper Yes

Candidates are NOT permitted to turn the page

over until the exam starts

Instructions to candidates

1. Candidates should attempt all five questions provided.

2. Candidates must show all working clearly and correctly to gain full credit.
3. Unless otherwise stated present final calculations to two decimal places of accuracy.

Question 1 (22 marks)

Consider the matrices

3 1 2
2 1
=( ) and = (7 1 3)
3 5
0 2 5

(a)
(i) State the elements 21 and 32
[2 marks]
(ii) Evaluate the determinant of
[4 marks]

(iii) Determine 1 and use this quantity to solve the following system of equations.

2 + = 11
3 + 5 = 34

[4 marks]

(b) Solve the following system of equations using the method of Gaussian elimination.
Present your solution to two decimal places of accuracy and verify your solution.

+ 3 + 5 = 29
3 + 2 = 9
4 + 5 3 = 10

[12 marks]

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Question 2 (20 marks)

(a) Determine the equation of the tangent line to the curve

= ( 1)2 2
at the point = 0.

[6 marks]
(b) Differentiate the function

2 + 4
=
( 1)2
[4 marks]
(c) Consider the function

= 2 sin2 ()

Show that = 1 2 sin(2) and hence determine the coordinates and nature of the

stationary points of the function that lie within the interval 0 .

[10 marks]

Question 3 (18 marks)

(a) Evaluate the following definite integrals

2
(i) 0 5 + 4 2 [3 marks]

(ii) 0 cos() [by parts] [6 marks]
1
(iii) 0 2 1 + 2 3 [by substitution] [5 marks]

(b) Given the function

= 2 1

determine 2 and hence calculate the volume of the solid of revolution generated by
rotating the curve

= 2 1

about the axis between = 0 and = 1. [4 marks]

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Question 4 (20 marks)

(a) For each of the differential equations, state the order of the equation and whether the
equation is linear or non-linear

(i) = 2


(ii) = 2

2
(iii) + = 0
2

[6 marks]
(b) Find the solution to the differential equation

= 2

Subject to the condition that when = 0, = 2.

[4 marks]
(c) Use separation of variables to solve the differential equation

subject to the condition that when = 2, = 1. Verify your solution.

[10 marks]

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Question 5 (20 marks)

Given the vectors

2 3 2
= (1) , = ( 2 ) and = (4)
0 1 1

(a) Evaluate the following quantities

(i) 3 + 2 [1 mark]
(ii)
[unit vector] [1 mark]
(iii) [3 marks]
(iv) [5 marks]

(b) A triangle is constructed as shown below

(i) Using the vector product result from 5 (a) part (iv), determine the angle and
the area of the triangle.

[5 marks]

(ii) Determine the quantities ( ) and ( ). Interpret your result.

[5 marks]

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