NAME:

104 FALL 2011: Calculus

MIDTERM III
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. WRITE YOUR NAME at the top, where it says NAME.
2. If you want a preliminary exam grade, FILL IN the [SINGLE] letter of your solution
ON THIS PAGE. Please mark your answer clearly.
3. To obtain credit, you MUST SHOW YOUR WORK. Prof. Ghrist may give partial
credit based on your work, even if your filled-in answer is wrong. Likewise, a right
answer with poor/no work will not receive full credit.
4. There is to be no cheating. No kinda-sorta-cheating. No anything that even comes
close. If in doubt, dont do it, for your honor (and likely more) is at stake. Play fair.
5. There are to be NO calculators, cell phones, or books, or notes during this exam.
Use a pencil, an eraser, your sheet, and your head: but not in that order.
6. You have 50 minutes to complete the exam. Do the exam quickly, but read carefully!
You gain nothing by doing a different problem than what is asked.
7. If you have a question, re-read carefully. These questions should not require clarification, and you will not be given hints or explanations. If you suspect an error in
the question or a true ambiguity, please raise your hand and someone will help you
directly.
8. Best wishes.
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PROBLEM 1: Compute the mean of the following PDF (probability density function)
(x) =
over the domain 0 x 1.
1
(A) =
2
4
(B) =
15
(C) = 1
5
(D) =
3
2
(E) =
5
2
(F) =
3
3
(G) =
5
(H) none of the above

3
x
2

PROBLEM 2: With which sequence (bn )

n=1 could you best use the comparison test
to prove whether

X
n1
3n2 + 2n + 4
n=1
converges or diverges? And...which is it?
1
(A) bn = 2 ; converges
3n
1
(B) bn = 2 ; diverges
3n
1
; converges
(C) bn =
3n
1
(D) bn =
; diverges
3n
n1
(E) bn = 2
; converges
3n + 2n + 4
n1
(F) bn = 2
; diverges
3n + 2n + 4
1
(G) bn = 3/2 ; converges
3n
1
(H) bn = 3/2 ; diverges
3n

PROBLEM 3: What is the radius of convergence of the following power series? Show
work!

X
n!
xn
1

(2n

3)

(2n

1)
n=0
(A) 0
1
(B)
3
1
(C)
2
(D) 1
(E) 2
(F) 3
(G)
(H) none of the above

PROBLEM 4: An aerosol spray releases spherical droplets. Each droplet has a radius
chosen uniformly at random between 1 and 3 micrometers. What is the average volume
of an aerosol droplet (units being cubic micrometers, naturally)?
26
(A)
3
40
(B)
3
13
(C)
3
80
(D)
9
(E) 9
80
(F)
3
20
(G)
3
(H) none of the above

PROBLEM 5: Exactly one of the following series converges conditionally: which is it?
CIRCLE ONLY ONE ANSWER! Explain your answer, but, please, use your head
so as not to waste time on the others...
1 1 1 1
(A) 1 + + + + + . . .
3 5 7 9

X
(B)
(1)n
n=1

X
n!
(C)
nn
n=1

(D)

X
cos(n)
n=1

X
2n
(1)n
(E)
n!
n=1

X
(F)
(1)n 21/n
n=1

X
(ln n)n
(n + 1)n
n=1
2
X
n +1
(H)
(n + 2)2
n=1

(G)

PROBLEM 6: Which of these integrals computes the y-coordinate, y, of the centroid

of the region x2 + y 2 1; x, y 0? CIRCLE ONLY ONE ANSWER, and give your
reasons.
Z 1
1 2
x 1 x2 dx
(A)
x=0 2
Z
4 1
(B)
2 1 x2 dx
x=0
Z
1 1
(C)
x 1 x2 dx
x=0
Z 1
1
1 x2 dx
(D)
2
x=0
Z
4 1 1
(E)
(1 x2 )dx
x=0 2
Z
4 1 1 2
(F)
x 1 x2 dx
x=0 2
Z 1
1
(1 x2 )dx
(G)
x=0 2
(H) none of the above

PROBLEM 7: One of the following series diverges. Which is it? CIRCLE ONLY ONE
ANSWER, and give your reasons.

X
cos n
(A)
n!
n=1

X
n+1
(B)
n2 + 2
n=1

(C)

(1)n

n=1

(D)

X
n=2

n2 2n
n!

2n
(ln n)n

1
X
n sin n
(1)
(E)
n
n=1

(F)

X
n3
n=1

(G)

3n
(1)n

n=1

(H)

3n + 1
n2 + 2

X
cos(n)
n=1

PROBLEM 8: Compute
lim ln(3n2 + 1) ln(3 + 2n2 )

(A)
(B) ln 3
1
(C)
3
(D) ln 3 ln 2
2
(E)
3
(F) 0
3
(G)
2
(H) the limit does not exist