Calculus I Midterm 2

November 23, 2010

1. (2 marks each; total 10 marks) Answer each question in the space provided.
Do NOT simplify your answer.
a) If

y sin x

b) If

f ( x) cosh(e x x 2 ) sin 1 x , find f (x)

c) If

x1/ 3
f ( x)
sec 1 x , find f (x)
cos(2 x )

d) If

f ( x) sin(cos(sin x)) , find f (x)

e) If

f ( x) log10 (3x 4 / 7 2 x 1) , find f (x)

cos x

, find

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November 23, 2010

d
3e x
by use of implicit differentiation. [Note:
tan 1 (3e x )
dx
1 9e 2 x
full marks will only be given for the proof, not just for simply using the formula on the
formula sheet.]

2. (5 marks) Prove

3. (4 marks) Find the linear approximation to f ( x) ln(1 x) at a 0 and use it to

approximate ln(1.02) .

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4. (5 marks) A 8ft tall man is walking away from a 22ft tall street light at a rate of 3ft/s.
How fast is the length of his shadow changing when he is 12ft away from the street
light?

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5. (4 marks) Sketch a graph of y f (x) with all of the following properties:

i)
ii)
iii)
iv)

f ( x) f ( x)
lim f ( x) 0

lim f ( x)

x 0

f ' (4) 0 , f ' ' (5) 0

v)
vi)
vii)
viii)

f ( x) 0 on (4, )
f ( x ) 0 on (0,5)
f ( x) 0 on (5, )
f (x ) is continuous on its domain

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November 23, 2010

9 x2
with the first and second derivative
x2 9
108( x 2 3)
f ( x)
and
( x 2 9) 3

6. (7 marks) Consider the function f ( x)

f ( x)

36 x
( x 2 9) 2

Answer the following questions (show your work!)

a) (1 mark) Find all critical numbers.

b) (2 marks) Identify the intervals where f (x) is increasing and decreasing. (Show
your chart and state the intervals)

c) (3 marks) Identify the intervals where f (x) is concave up and concave down.
(show your work!)

d) (1 mark) How many points of inflection are there (if any)?

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7. (5 marks) Find the following limit.

1
lim1
x
x

8. (4 marks) Suppose that f ' ( x ) 2 for all

x and f (3) 2 . Use the Mean Value

Theorem to find out how large f ( 1) can be.

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9. (2 marks each; total 6 marks) Indicate whether each of the following statements is
true (T) or false (F) and JUSTIFY your answer.

x2
0
a) lim
x 2 x

b) The function y 2 sin 3 x satisfies the equation y ' '9 y 0.

c) If f ' (2) 0 and f ' ' (2) 1 then (2, f (2)) is a local maximum of the curve
y f (x).