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Midterm
Mathematics 9B - First Year of Calculus
Sample 1
Instructions: This exam has a total of 60 points. You have 50 minutes.
You must show all your work to receive full credit You may use any result
done in class. The points attached to each problem are indicated beside the
problem. Youpare not allowed books, notes, or calculators. Answers should
be written as 2 as opposed to 1:4142135:::.
(b) (6 points)
Z
Z
p
x2 1 + x3 dx
cos(x)
dx
sin2 (x)
2. (12 points) Find the average value of the function on the given interval.
f (x) = 2x3 (1 + x2 )4 ;
[0; 2]
5. Let f (x) = 1 x2 :
(a) (4
R 3 points) Compute the left-hand Riemann sum approximation of
f (x) dx with n = 3 boxes.
0
Midterm
Mathematics 9B - First Year of Calculus
Sample 2
Instructions: This exam has a total of 60 points. You have 50 minutes.
You must show all your work to receive full credit You may use any result
done in class. The points attached to each problem are indicated beside the
problem. Youpare not allowed books, notes, or calculators. Answers should
be written as 2 as opposed to 1:4142135:::.
1
x2
3. Evaluate
(a) (6 points)
3
2t + 2
t
5
2
4t
dt
t
(b) (6 points)
x3 + x
x4 + 2x2 + 4dx
4. (12 points) A swimming pool in the shape of the lower half of a sphere
of radius 10 ft is submerged into the ground. If the pool is lled with
water, compute the amount of work required to pump the contents of
the pool to ground level. You may assume that water has a weight
density of 50 lb=ft3 .
5. (12 points) Find the area of the region enclosed by the curve y 2 = x
and the line x + y = 2.
Midterm
Mathematics 9B - First Year of Calculus
Sample 3
Instructions: This exam has a total of 60 points. You have 50 minutes.
You must show all your work to receive full credit You may use any result
done in class. The points attached to each problem are indicated beside the
problem. Youpare not allowed books, notes, or calculators. Answers should
be written as 2 as opposed to 1:4142135:::.
1. (12 points) Divide the interval [1; 1] into four subinterval of equal
length 12 and compute the left-endpoints Riemann sum of y = 1 x2 .
2. Use the fundamental theorem of calculus to compute the following definite integrals:
(a) (6 points)
(b) (6 points)
R
R
sin x
2
dx
0 (3+2 cos x)5
3. (12 points) Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region
in the rst quadrant between the curves y = x3 3x and y = x around
the y-axis.
p
4. (12 points) Find the area of the region between the graphs of f (x) = x
and g(x) = x3 from x = 0 to x = 1.
R5
5. (12 points) Evaluate 0 jx 1j dx. (Suggestion: sketch the graph.)
Midterm
Mathematics 9B - First Year of Calculus
Sample 4
Instructions: This exam has a total of 60 points. You have 50 minutes.
You must show all your work to receive full credit You may use any result
done in class. The points attached to each problem are indicated beside the
problem. Youpare not allowed books, notes, or calculators. Answers should
be written as 2 as opposed to 1:4142135:::.
1. (12 points) Divide the interval [0; ] into four subinterval of equal length
4. (12 points) Find the area of the region bounded between the graphs of
f (x) = 3x3 x2 10x and g(x) = x2 + 2x.
5. (12 points) Find the volume of the solid
p obtained by rotating about
the x-axis the region bounded by y = 1 x2 and y = 0:
Midterm
Mathematics 9B - First Year of Calculus
Sample 5
Instructions: This exam has a total of 60 points. You have 50 minutes.
You must show all your work to receive full credit You may use any result
done in class. The points attached to each problem are indicated beside the
problem. Youpare not allowed books, notes, or calculators. Answers should
be written as 2 as opposed to 1:4142135:::.
1. (12 points) State the fundamental theorem of calculus, and use this
theorem to nd the derivative of
Z 5
1
F (x) =
du
10
cos x 1 + u
2. Consider the two curves given by y = x2 1 and y = x2 + 2x + 3:
(a) (4 points) Find the points of intersection of the two curves.
(b) (8 points) Find the area of the region bounded by both curves.
3. Let S be the region bounded by y = 2x x2 and the x-axis.
(a) (4 points) Sketch the region S:
(b) (8 points) Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the
region S about the line x = 1:
4. (12 points) Use integrals to prove that the volume of a sphere of radius
R is equal to 43 R3 :
5. Compute the following integrals:
R
(a) (6 points) x2 sin (x3 ) dx
R =4
(b) (6 points) =4 cos2 (x) sin xdx
1