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Find the two middle terms in the expansion of (x + y) 2m+1.

9. Define the sine, cosine, and tangent of an angle of any magnitude, and prove that

sin (— A) = - sin A,

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11. Shew how to solve a triangle, having given two sides and the included angle.

If a = 65, b = 16, C′ = 60°, find the other angles, having given

log 34771213, L tan 46° 20′ = 10·0202203, log 78450980, L tan 46° 21' 10.0204731.

12. Shew how to find the distance between two inaccessible points.

From a point on a hill of uniform slope the angle of elevation of a tower on the summit is a, and from a point a feet nearer to the tower the angle of elevation is 6. If y be the inclination of the hill to the horizontal, shew that the height of the tower is a sin (ay) sin (6 − y) sec y cosec (6 — a).

PURE MATHEMATICS.-PART II.

The Board of Examiners.

1. Find the polar equation of a straight line.

Shew that the polar equation of the straight line which passes through the points whose polar coordinates are a cos a, a; a cos ß, ß is

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2. Find the equation of the tangent at any point of the circle

x2 + y2+2gx + 2fy + c = 0.

Hence or otherwise shew that the circle

x2 + y2+2g'x + 2f'y + c = 0 will cut the above circle at right angles if

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3. Find the locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords of a parabola.

If a chord of a parabola pass through a fixed point its middle point traces out a second parabola whose latus rectum is half of that of the first parabola.

4. If a chord of an ellipse be parallel to a fixed line, shew that the sum of the eccentric angles of the extremities of the chord is constant.

Hence or otherwise shew that the locus of the middle points of a set of parallel chords is a line through the centre.

5. State and prove the rule for finding the differential coefficient of a function of a function.

Find the differential coefficients of

tan log z, log tan x, (log )tanz.

6. Enunciate and prove Leibnitz's theorem. Find the n differential coefficient of (ax+2bx + c) sin pr sin qx.

7. Assuming that f(x) can be expanded in a series of positive integral powers of x, shew that the expansion must be

x2

x3

ƒ (x) =ƒ (0) + xƒ'(0) + =__ƒ′′ (0) + ««ƒ”(0) + ...•••

Expand tan x in ascending powers of x as far

as the term in x7.

8. Investigate a rule for finding maxima and minima values of a function of one independent variable. Find the maxima and minima values of

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9. State and prove the rule for integration by parts. Integrate the expressions

x1×a, x2 sin x, eax cos(bx + c).

10. Shew how to find the partial fraction corresponding to a single factor of the second degree in the decomposition of a rational fraction.

Integrate

x2 + a2
x2 + a2x2 + aa°

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when f(x) has the values sina, cosa, sin3x, cos2x.

12. Find a formula for the volume of a solid of

revolution.

The curve

am+n-4y=x(2a - x)"

revolves about the axis of x; find the volume generated, m, n being odd positive integers.

PURE MATHEMATICS.-PART III.

The Board of Examiners.

1. If u be a function of x, y, z where x, y, z are functions of t, state and prove the rule for finding the differential coefficient of u with respect to t.

If

find

(x, y, t) = 0, (x, y, t) = 0

d2y

d2x
and
dt2 dt2.

2. Determine the conditions for a maximum value of a function of two independent variables.

Discuss the case in which the conditions

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are satisfied by a single relation between x, y.

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and apply it to find the radius of curvature at any point of an ellipse.

4. Shew how to find the envelop of a plane curve whose equation contains three parameters connected by two equations.

Find the envelop of a circle whose centre lies on an ellipse, and whose radius is equal to the distance of the centre of the circle from an axis of the ellipse.

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