Math 201 Practice Exam 1-Fall semester, 2013 Exercise 1: Find each limit:

x 4 1. limx2 x2 +x6 .
2

2. limx3

2x+33 . x3
3 2

x +4x 2x 3. limx+ 5 2x3 +7x1 .

4. limx0 x cot(5x).
cos x) 5. limx0 sin x(1 . x2

6. limx2

|x2| x 2 . x2 x 4 .

7. limx4

Exercise 2: Find the domain of continuity of f (x) = 2x + 1 x2

Exercise 3: Find the values of discontinuities of the function g ( x) = 7x + 2 x3 x

Exercise 4: Using the limit denition of the derivative, nd the derivative of 1. f (x) = 3x2 + 4x 1 at x = 2. 2. g (x) = 5x + 1 at x = 3. 3. k (x) =
1 2x+3

at x = 0.

Exercise 5: Find the equation of the tangent line to the graph of f (x) = x3 + 3x at x = 1. Exercise 6: Find the values of x at which the function k (x) = x2 + 2x 4 has a horizontal tangent line. Exercise 7: Using the - denition of a limit, prove that limx5 2x 1 =3 3

Exercise 8: Find the vertical and horizontal asymptotes of the graph of f (x) = x2 + 2x 8 x2 4

Exercise 9: Find the value of m (m is a real-valued parameter) for which the function f (x) = is continuous at x = 2. 3x2 + 5x 1, m(x 3) + 1 if x 2; If x > 2.

Exercise 10: Use the Intermadiate value theorem to show that the function f (x) = x3 + 2x 1 has a zero in the interval [0, 1].