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(5) 1. Use the graph of the function f (x) below to determine the following. Use , , or DNE where
appropriate.
y

(a) lim f (x)

x

(b) lim f (x)

x+

(c) lim f (x)

x3

(d) lim f (x)

x2

(e) lim f (x)

x2

(f) lim f (x)

x1

(g) lim+ f (x)

x0

(h) f (3)

(i) List the x-value(s) at which the function f (x) is continuous but not dierentiable.

2
1

(10) 2. Evaluate the following:

x2 + 2x 8
(a) lim
x2
x4 16
sin t
(b) lim
t 3 1 2 cos t
4x
x4
x+53


2 + 9x
(d) lim
x
5 + 4x
x ln x ln(x2 )
(e) lim
x2
x2

|x 2|

x1
(4) 3. Given f (x) =

2x
10 x
(c) lim

if x 1
if 1 < x < 5
if x > 5

nd all values of x where f (x) is not continuous, and justify your answers. Give the type of discontinuity
at each value.
(4) 4. (a) Use the limit denition of the derivative of a function to nd the derivative of f (x) =
(b) Check your answer to part (a) by using the derivative rules.

2x
.
7x

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dy
for each of the following:
(15) 5. Find
dx
(a) y = (3x2 9) sec4 (5x + 3)

 2
(x 9)4

(b) y = ln
x3 x + 7
(c) y = sin [(2x 1)3 ] + cos3 (2x 1)

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(d) y = (sin x)ln x

(e) y = e

x2 +3

(3) 6. Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve y = (1 + ex )4 at x = 0 .

x2 + 1
(x + 1)2
(a) Find f  (x) and simplify.

(4) 7. Given f (x) =

(b) Determine whether f (x) has a relative (local) maximum or minimum at x = 1 .

4(x 2)
You may use the fact that f  (x) =
.
(x + 1)4
(5) 8. Given the curve x2 xy + y 2 = 9 ,
y 2x
.
(a) Show that y  =
2y x
(b) Find the coordinates of both points on the curve where the tangent line is horizontal.
x3 8
48x2
192x(x3 4)


and f (x) = 3
(8) 9. Given f (x) = 3
and f (x) =
,
x +8
(x + 8)2
(x3 + 8)3
Sketch the graph of f (x) clearly showing all (if any) asymptotes, intercepts, local (relative) extrema,
and points of inection.
(3) 10. Find the absolute extrema of f (x) = x1/3 x2/3 on [1, 1].
(3) 11. Let f (x) = x2 ex . Find the intervals where f (x) is increasing or decreasing. (Do not sketch the graph.)
(4) 12. Let (in radians) be an acute angle in a right angled triangle and let x and y respectively be the
lengths of the sides adjacent to and opposite to . Suppose that x and y vary with time. At the
instant when x = 2 and is increasing at 4 units/second, y = 2 and is decreasing at 1 unit/second. How
fast is changing at this time?
(4) 13. Michael has 28 m of fencing to enclose two separate turtle pens. One pen will be a rectangle three
times as long as it is wide, and the other pen will be a square. For the comfort of the turtles, the width
of the rectangular pen should be at least 1 m and at most 3 m. Find the maximum and minimum
total areas of the pens.
(4) 14. Give an expression for (or exact value of) the following limits:
sin(x + h) sin(x)
(a) lim
h0
h
(b) lim
x0

|x|
x


2i
en
(c) lim
n

i=1

2
n

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sin
(d) lim
0

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(3) 15. Given the function f (x) = 100 x2 dened on [6, 8] , verify that f (x) satises the hypotheses
of the Mean Value Theorem. Then nd all numbers c that satisfy the conclusion of the Mean Value
Theorem.

(6) 16. Evaluate the following:

 2
(2y + 1)2
dy
(a)
y
1

3 sec + tan
(b)
d

cos
4


(c)
x(1 x + x2 ) dx

(3) 17. Use dierentiation to verify that

4
x

dx
=
+C
3(4 3x2 )3/2
3 4 3x2

(3) 18. Find z(t) given that:

d2 z
= 2 sin t 4 cos t + et
dt2

and


dz 
= 3 and z(0) = 5
dt t=0

3+x
and the x-axis between x = 1 and x = 9.
x
(a) Approximate the area of S by nding the Riemann sum with four equal subintervals and taking
midpoints as sample points.

(4) 19. Let S be the region bounded by f (x) =

(b) What is the exact area of S?

 5
|x 2| dx by interpreting it in terms of area.
(3) 20. Evaluate
0

(2) 21. Use the fundamental theorem of calculus to nd a function f and a number a such that
 x
f (t)
dt = 4 ln x
8+
a t t

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1.(a)
2.(a)

(b) 2

3
16

(c) 1

(b)

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(c) 6

(f) 1

(e) DNE
3
2

(d)

(g) 0

(h) 3

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(i) 1

(e) ln 2

14
(7 x)2
8x
3
1
5.(a) 20(3x2 9) sec4 (5x + 3) tan(5x + 3) + 6x sec4 (5x + 3)
(b) 2

x 9 x 2(x + 7)


ln(sin x)
2
3
2
ln x
(d) (sin x)
ln x cot x +
(c) 6(2x 1) cos ((2x 1) ) 6 cos (2x 1) sin(2x 1)
x
3. jump: x = 1, removable: x = 5, innite: x = 10

xe x +3
(e)
x2 + 3

6. y = 32x + 16

8.(a) dierentiate implicitly

7.(a)

4.(a)

2(x 1)
(x + 1)3

14
(7 x)2

(b)

(b) f  (1) > 0 = loc. min. at x = 1

(b) ( 3, 2 3) and ( 3, 2 3)

9. domain: \{2}, y-int: (0, 1) and x-int: (2, 0), HA: y = 1 and VA: x = 2, crit num:
x = 0,

3
increasing: (,
2) (2, 0) (0, ), decreasing: nowhere,
concave
up:
(,
2)

(0,
4),
concave

down: (2, 0) ( 3 4, ), inection points: (0, 1) and ( 3 4, 13 )

y

2
1
1

10. abs min: (1, 2), abs max: ( 18 , 14 )

12. 54 rad/sec

13. max area: 28 m2 , min area: 21 m2

(b) 1

14.(a) cos x
16.(a) 10 + ln 2

11. increasing: (, 2) (0, ), decreasing: (2, 0)

(b) 1

(c) e2 1

2+

(d) 1

15. c =

57
4

(b) A = 3 ln 9 + 8

(c) 23 x3/2 25 x5/2 + 27 x7/2 + C

17. dierentiate RHS and simplify to obtain integrand

19.(a) A

20.

13
2

18. z = 2 sin t + 4 cos t + et + 4t 10

21. f (x) = 4 x and a = e2