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Exam 1 Part B
May 16-18 TWO PART
Instructions:

• For questions which require a written answer, show all your work. Full credit will be given only if
the necessary work is shown justifying your answer.
• Simplify your answers.
• Calculators are not allowed.
• Should you have need for more space than is allocated to answer a question, use the back of the page
the problem is on and indicate this fact.
• Please do not talk about the test with other students until after the last day to take the exam.

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# Possible Earned

MCQ 30

11 9

12 6

13 6

14 7

15 10

16 9

17 12

18 6

19 5

Total 100
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Part B: Show all work in the space provided.

11. (9 points) Find the limit, if it exists:

1 − x + x2 − x3
 
(a) lim .
x→∞ 4x3 − 3x2 + 2x − 1

x2
(b) lim .
x→0 1 − sec x

√
1− x
(c) lim .
x→1+ 1 − x

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(3 − h)−1 − (3)−1
12. (6 points) Calculate lim .
h→0 h

13. (6 points) Use the limit definition of the derivative to find f 0 (x) for f (x) = x4 .

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14. (7 points) (a) If the point (a, b) is on the graph of f , determine a point that must be on the graph
of −f (−x).

cos 3x
(b) Determine whether f (x) = is even, odd, or neither. Justify your answer.
3 − x2

15. (10 points) A culture contains 50,000 bacteria, with the population growing exponentially. The
culture contains 80,000 bacteria after 10 hours. How long will it take for the population to grow from
80,000 bacteria to 120,000 bacteria?

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16. (9 points) Each limit represents the derivative of some function f at some number a. State such an
f and a in each case.

(2 + h)2+h − 4
(a) lim
h→0 h

sin x − 12
(b) limπ
x→ 6 x − π6

x3 − x
(c) lim
x→1 x−1

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17. (12 points) If a rock is thrown upward from a height of 80 ft with a velocity of 64 ft/s, its height (in
feet) after t seconds is given by H = −16t2 + 64t + 80.

(a) Find the velocity of the rock after one second.

(b) Find the velocity of the rock when t = a.

(c) When will the rock hit the ground?

(d) With what velocity will the rock hit the ground?

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18. (6 points) Show that lim x sin = 0.
x→0 x

19. (5 points) Find the largest number δ such that if 0 < |x + 2| < δ, then |(4 − 5x) − 14)| < .

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