University of Waterloo
COURSE NUMBER
COURSE TITLE
COURSE SECTION(s)
DATE OF EXAM
.
TIME PERIOD
DURATION OF EXAM
NUMBER OF EXAM PAGES
INSTRUCTORS
⇤ 001 (ECE - D.Sharma)
⇤ 003 (ECE - A.Nagy)
⇤ 005 (SE - M.Kohandel)
EXAM TYPE
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS ALLOWED
Instructions / Notes:
1. When the exam begins (and
not before), check that this
booklet has 6 (double-sided)
pages.
2. Your grade will be in-
fluenced by how clearly
you express your ideas,
and how well you organize
your solutions.
3. You may detach the last page
of the exam, if you wish.
4. If you need more space, use
page 10. Be sure to indicate
on the question page that the
marker should “see page 10”.
Final Examination - Fall 2016
Math 117
Calculus 1 for Engineering
001 002 003 004 005
December 8th, 2016
4:00 - 6:30 pm
2.5 hours
12
⇤ 002 (ECE - L.Haykazyan)
⇤ 004 (NE - D.Harmsworth)
Closed Book
None
Marking Scheme:
Question Mark Out of
1 16
2 10
3 15
4 9
5 26
6 13
7 14
8 12
Total 115
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[5] 1. a) Find the area bounded by the curves y = x2 and y = x.

⇣p ⌘
[6] b) Evaluate lim 4x2 + 3x 2x .
x!1

p
[5] c) Suppose f (x) = x2 4 is defined to have domain [ 3, 3] and g (x) = x is
defined to have domain [0, 100]. What is g f (x), and what is its domain?
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[10] 2. Sketch the graph of the function f (x) = x ln x, labelling any local extrema
and inflection points.
Include analysis of the limits lim+ f (x), lim f (x), and lim+ f 0 (x).
x!0 x!1 x!0
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[3] 3. a) Convert the polar equation r = to an equation in Cartesian
cos ✓ + sin ✓
coordinates.

[6] b) Provide a rough sketch of the curve with polar equation

2
r= 1.
cos ✓ + sin ✓

For full marks, include points for which this equation gives r < 0 (hint:
for the equation in part (a) the points corresponding to r < 0 reproduce
the same graph as the points corresponding to r > 0, but in part (b) there
are two different curves).

[6] c) Evaluate (1 + j)100 .

[9] 4. Suppose that a ball of mass m is dropped from rest (so that if we let v (t) be
its speed, then v (0) = 0). Assuming that the force due to air resistance is
proportional to the square of the velocity at any time, Newton’s second law of
motion (F = ma) tells us that

dv
m = mg kv 2 ,
dt
for some constant k.
Find v (t). For simplicity, you may use the values m = 1 (kg), k = 10 (Ns2 /m2 )
and g = 10 (m/s2 ).
 5. Evaluate the following integrals:
Z
dx
[12] a)
(x + 2x + 2)2
2

Z e2
dx
[6] b)
e x (ln x)3

Z 1
ln x
[8] c) dx
e x3
[6] 6. a) The combined resistance R of two resistors R1 and R2 is given by
1 1 1
= + .
R R1 R2
If the sum R1 + R2 is a constant (say, R1 + R2 = K), show that the
maximum resistance R is obtained when R1 = R2 .
Note: be sure to show - using the mathematics - that this maximizes the
resistance (showing that it gives a critical point is not quite enough).

[7] b) Calculate the length of the segment of the curve with equation y =
ln (cos x) spanning the interval x 2 [0, ⇡/4].
[6] 7. a) The inverse secant function is not defined the same way in every textbook.
In the Math 117 course notes it is defined this way:

h ⇡⌘ h ⇡⌘
y = sec 1
x means that x = sec y and y 2 ⇡, [ 0, .
2 2

d
Given this definition, find the formula for the derivative, sec 1
x .
dx

dy
[8] b) Find , if xy + y x = 3.
dx
Hint: it may help to let f (x) = xy , and let g (x) = y x .
[12] 8. The length 2 moving average of a function f (t) is
Z t
1
f¯ (t) = f (⌧ ) d⌧.
2 t 2
8
>
<0 for t < 0
Suppose f (t) = 2 2t for 0  t < 1
>
:
0 for t 1.
Find f¯ (t), and sketch its graph. The graph of f (t) is shown.

f(t) 3

t
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

-1
Extra Space
 Rough Work
(you may detach this page, and discard it at the end of the examination period)
 Formulas
(you may detach this page, and discard it at the end of the examination period)

Trigonometric Identities
1
sin2 ✓ + cos2 ✓ = 1 cos2 ✓ = [1 + cos 2✓]
2
1
1 + tan2 ✓ = sec2 ✓ sin2 ✓ = [1 cos 2✓]
2
1 + cot2 ✓ = csc2 ✓ sin 2✓ = 2 sin ✓ cos ✓
sin(A + B) = sin A cos B + cos A sin B, cos(A + B) = cos A cos B sin A sin B

angle: 0 ⇡
6
⇡
4
⇡
3
⇡
2
p p
sine: 0 1/2 2/2 3/2 1
p p
cosine: 1 3/2 2/2 1/2 0

Integration Formulas
R R
dx = x + C ex dx = ex + C
Z Z
xn+1 1
n
x dx = + C (for n 6= 1) dx = ln |x| + C
n+1 x
R R
sin xdx = cos x + C cos xdx = sin x + C
R R
sec2 xdx = tan x + C csc2 xdx = cot x + C
R R
sec x tan xdx = sec x + C csc x cot xdx = csc x + C
R R
sec xdx = ln |sec x + tan x| + C csc xdx = ln |csc x + cot x| + C
Z ⇣ ⌘ Z ⇣x⌘
dx 1 1 x dx
= tan +C p = sin 1 +C
a2 + x 2 a a a2 x 2 a