1. It is known that 5x = ex has a solution in the interval [0,1].

(a) In order to approximate a solution on this interval by Newtons Method, how

must you rewrite the equation?

(b) Write down the first two approximations x1 and x2 to this solution using Newtons
Method with an initial guess of x0 = 0. You may leave x2 unsimplified.

(c) Find the linearization of h(x) = ex

5x at a = 14 .

2. The parts of this problem are not related.

(a) Compute limx!1 (1 + kx)1/x , where k is a positive constant.

(b) Calculate the limit limx!1

xk kx+k 1
,
(x 1)2

where k is a positive constant.

(c) Verify the identity

d
arcsec x
dx

p1
x x2 1

for x > 0.

(d) Compute the most general antiderivative of f (x) =

1
+e 3x+3
4x

cos x+11x5/2 +17.

3. A rectangle with sides parallel to the x-axis and y-axis is inscribed inside the ellipse
2
x2
+ yb2 = 1. Of all such rectangles, find the dimensions of the one with maximum
a2
area. Hint: draw a picture!

4. Consider the definite integral

R3

5xdx

(a) Graph the integrand on the interval [-3,3] and compute the integral by interpreting
it in terms of areas.

R1
(b) Using the fact that 3 5xdx = 20, use properties of the integral to compute
R3
5xdx. You may check you answer geometrically.
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(c) Compute the integral using the definiton (limit of Riemann

sums) and right endPn
points P
as sample points. You may use the formulas j=1 = n for any constant
and nj=1 j = n(n + 1)/2.

5. Suppose f (x) is a function defined on all of R with the following properties:

f 0 and f 00 exist for all x (i.e. graph of f has no corners)

f (0) =

2, f (2) = 2, f (4) = 1

f 0 (0) = f 0 (2) = f 0 (4) = 0

f 00 ( 1) = f 00 (1) = f 00 (3) = 0

f 0 (x) < 0 for x < 0 and 2 < x < 4

f 0 (x) > 0 for 0 < x < 2 and 4 < x
f 00 (x) < 0 for x <
f 00 (x) > 0 for

1 and 1 < x < 3

1 < x < 1 and 3 < x

(a) Find all the local maxima and minima inside the interval

2 < x < 5.

(b) Find all the inflection points.

(c) Sketch the part of the graph of y = f (x) that lies over the interval
(d) True or False: f (x) has a horizontal asymptote as x !

1.

(e) True or False: f (x) has a horizontal asymptote as x ! 1.

2 x 5.

6. The parts of this problem are not related.

(a) A spherical balloon is inflated with helium at a rate of 8 cubic metres per second.
How fast is the surface area increasing when the balloon has a radius of 2 metres?

(b) Let f (x) = cos(x2 ). Use the Mean Value Theorem to find a number M such
that
|f (b) f (a)| M |b a|
for all a, b satisfying 0 a b .

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7. Consider the function y = f (x) given implicitly by 2y + sin(x + y) = 2x.

(a) Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve at the point ( 2 , 2 ).

(b) True or False: f (x) is increasing for all x.

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PART I
1. Calculate the following limits and derivatives
1
(a) lim x sin , using the Squeeze Theorem.
x!0
x

i
p
d h
2
2
(b)
(arctanh x ) x + 1
dx

PART II
2. The parts of this problem are NOT related
(a) Find the linearization of h(x) = ex 5x at a = 14 .
1
(b) Compute the most general antiderivative of f (x) = 4x
+ e 3x+3 cos x +
11x5/2 + 17 and check your answer.
(c) Consider the function f (x) = 4x ex . We know by the Intermediate Value
Theorem that f (x) = 0 has at least one root in the interval [0, 1]. Explain
why f (x) = 0 has at most one root in [0, 1]. Use principles of calculus, Mean
Value Theorem, etc.

3. Consider the function y = f (x) given implicitly by 2y + sin(x + y) = 2x.

(a) Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve at the point ( 2 , 2 ).
(b) True or False: f (x) is increasing for all x.

4. A runner is jogging directly east at a steady rate of 18 ft/sec. A road running

perpendicular to the runners path is ahead of the runner. There is a bear on the
road who is south of the east-west path, and he is also running, at a steady rate
of 25 ft/sec.
(a) Draw a diagram depicting the situation, carefully labeling all the variable
quantities.
(b) How fast is the distance between the jogger and the bear decreasing when the
runner is 17 feet from the north-south road and the bear is 40 feet from the
east-west path?
(c) Given the data in part (b), does the jogger meet his demise, that is, will the
jogger and bear cross paths at the intersection of the two roads at the same
time?

5. The function f (x) defined for all x 6= 0 has second derivative f 0 0 (x)
f 0 0 (x) = 2x

1
.
x2

(a) Determine at which x, if any, the graph of f (x) has inflection points.
(b) Given the value f 0 ( 1) = 0, find the first derivative of f (x).
(c) Determine at which x, if any, the function f (x) has a local extrema (minimum/maximum).

6. Use appropriate methods of calculus to find the exact values of the following
limits. If the limits do not exist, state this and justify your answer.
cos 6x
(a) lim
x!0 cot 7x
xk kx + k 1
, where k is a positive constant.
(b) lim
x!1
(x 1)2
x
1
(c) lim+
x!0
x

7. A local farm is constructing a 500-square-foot rectangular pen to hold horses and

cows. One side of the pen will be along a barn, so only three sides need to be
fenced in. There will also need to be a length of fence dividing the pen into
two components, perpendicular to the barn. This will separate the horses from
the cows. What should the pens dimensions be to minimize the total length of
fencing?
(a) Draw a diagram and carefully label/identify all the variables involved.
(b) Write down a single-variable function which needs to be minimized and give
the domain of the function.
(c) At what value does the function take on a minimum? Justify your answer
using calculus.

1. Consider the function f (x) =

ex +e
2

(a) Sketch the graphs of ex and e

.
x

on the same plane.

(b) Determine the range of f using part (a)

(c) Find the inverse of f .

2. The parts of this problem are not related.

p
(a) What is the domain of ln x
x2 1 ?

(b) Sketch the graph of g(x) =

x2 and determine the range of g.

(c) Simplify cot (arcsin x).

3. Assume
lim f (x) = L.

x!c

Using the - definition of a limit, prove that

lim f (x) = L,

x!c

for any real number .

4. Evaluate the following limits or state why it does not exist. Show and justify all steps.
(a)

sin 3x
x!0 tan 5x
lim

(b)
lim

x!0

sec2 x
x2

(c)
x2 + x 6
x!2 x
2x + 5
lim

(d)
x2 + x 6
x!2 x2
2x
lim

(e)
lim x sin

x!0

(Hint: Squeeze Theorem)

5

1
x

5. Let A be a constant and define the function h(x) = x3 + x

1 + Ax(x

1)(2x

1)

(a) Show that h has a root in the interval [0, 1].

(b) By calculating h(1/3) and h(2/3), show that for A sufficiently large, h has at least
3 roots in the interval [0, 1].

6. With A and B constants, a function f is defined by:

8 1
< x + A, if x < 1
|x|,
if 1 x 1
f (x) =
: 1
+ B, if 1 < x
x
(a) Find A and B so that f is continuous everywhere.

(b) Sketch the graph of y = f (x).

(c) At which points does f fail to be dierentiable? Explain the answer.
(d) True or False: A continuous function is dierentiable.

7. Dierentiate the following functions

(a) ex

(b)

(c)

tan x

csc(6x)

sin 6x
x2 +x+5

x
x+1

(d) e x (4x + 1000)

8. There is a line passing through (2, 0) which is tangent to the graph of y =

first quadrant. Find the equation of this line.

1
x2

in the

9. Consider a particle moving along the x-axis, whose position is described by the function
12
s(t) = p
, where position is measured in metres and t is seconds.
t
(a) Use the definition of the derivative to compute the instantaneous velocity of the
particle at time t = 3.
(b) Next, use any technique you wish to compute the acceleration of the particle at
t = 3.
(c) Is the particle moving forward or backward at t = 3? Is the particle speeding up
or slowing down at t = 3?

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Review Problems for exam 1

Note: these problems are in addition to the homework problems.
You can watch the solutions on the posted streaming power points.
1. Let

8
>
<

x3 + A
F (x) = 6x + 1
>
:
x2 + 2

x2
2<x<3
x3

(a) Find the value of A that makes F (x) continuous at x = 2.

(b) For the constant A from (a): is F (x) dierentiable at x = 2?
(c) Is F (x) dierentiable at x = 3?
2. Show that the equation x3 = x2 + 1 has at least one solution.
3. Use the definition of the derivative as a limit to find the derivative of f (x) =

1
x+2

4. Find the center and the radius of the circle x2 + y 2 2x + 4y = 0

5. Evaluate each of the following limits.
p
p
x 3
tan (5x)
(a) lim
+ 3x2
(b) lim
x!3
x!0
x3
sin (3x)

(c) lim

x!3

|x 3|
x2 9

6. Find the derivatives of the following functions.

(a) F (x) =

(d) h(x) =

ex
x2 + 3

x2 ln x
3x + 2

(b) g(x) = 3 cos4 x sin x9

!9

(e) F (x) =

(c) f (x) = esin x

tan x(x2 4x)

ln x

7. Let g(x) be a dierentiable function such that g(1) = 2, g(2) = 5, g(3) = 7,

g(4) = 2, g 0 (1) = 3, g 0 (2) = 2, g 0 (3) = 8, g 0 (4) = 10. Let f (x) = x2 + x.
0

Find the exact value of: (a) (gf ) (2)

(b)

!0

f
g

(3)

(c) (g f )(1).

8. Solve log (5x) + log (x 1) 2 = 0

9. (a) Describe the rectilinear motion given at time t (in seconds) by s(t) = 20 + 8t t2 (in
meters), for 0 t 10.
(b) Find the total distance traveled.

10. Find the domain of the function f (x) = ln (x2 4)

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PART I
1. (a) Find the exact value of sin

+ 2 cos

(b) If f (x) is the square of the distance from the point (2, 1) to a point (x, 3x + 2)
on the line y = 3x+2, then f (x) is a quadratic function, f (x) = Ax2 +Bx+C.
Find A, B, and C.

PART II
2. Consider f (x) =

3x2 +1
.
x2 9

(a) What is the domain of f ?

(b) By evaluating relevant limits, determine the equations of all vertical asymptotes of the graph of f (x). If there are none, say so and explain why not.
(c) By evaluating relevant limits, determine the equations of all horizontal asymptotes of the graph of f (x). If there are none, say so and explain why not.

3. True or False. If true, prove the statement; if false, provide a counterexample.

(a) A continuous function is dierentiable.
(b) The following function is continuous at x = 1:

3x + 1, if x 1
f (x) =
x2 +x 2
, if x > 1
x4 x3
(c) The function r(x) =

|x 17|
17 x

is continuous at x = 17

4. Dierentiate the following functions

2

(a) ex tan x csc(6x)

6x
(b) x2sin
+x+5
p x
(c)
x+1
(d) e x (4x + 1000)

5. The parts of this problem are related.

(a) Use the definition of derivative to find the derivative of f (x) = x x 1 .
(b) Find an equation of the tangent line to the graph of y = x x 1 at the point
where x = 2. In case you were unable to do part (a), you may use the fact
that f 0 (2) = 14 .

6. At time t, in seconds, the coordinate s(t), in feet, of a particle moving on a line

is given by
s(t) = t2 8t + 18.
(a) Find the particles average velocity over each of the time interval [4, 4.1]. Give
your answer as a single number (you do not need to simplify) with appropriate
units.
(b) Calculate the particles average velocity over the time interval [4, 4 + 4t],
where 4t > 0. Simplify your answer.
(c) Find the particles instantaneous velocity at t = 4. Use the meaning of
velocity in terms of limits.

7. Let A be a constant and define the function h(x) = x3 + x

1 + Ax(x

1)(2x

1)

(a) Show that h has a root in the interval [0, 1].

(b) By calculating h(1/3) and h(2/3), show that for A sufficiently large, h has at
least 3 roots in the interval [0, 1].

8. Let f (x) = 5x + 4 so that

L = lim f (x) = 14.
x!2

(a) Draw a graph of f (x) and identify the "-neighbourhood of L = 14 for " = 0.01.
(b) For " = 0.01, find a corresponding value of such that, for all x 6= 2:
if 2

< x < 2 + , then L

" < f (x) < L + ".

Although you may use your graph as a guide, do this algebraically.

(c) Prove, using the "- definition of a limit:
lim 5x + 4 = 14.

x!2

Review Problems for final exam

Note:
1. The material covered in this set of problems doesnt contain the material for the first and
the second exam. You should look for the sets of problems and the streaming power points
for the first and the second exams.
2. These problems are an addition to the homework problems.
3. You can watch the solutions on the posted streaming power points.

1. A continuous function f (x) is such that

Find

Z 5
3

f (x)dx = 4 and

Z 0
5

f (x)dx = 10.

f (x)dx.

2. Find
(a)

Z 3

x2 ex

3 +4

dx

3. Evaluate
Z 4
1x
p dx
(a)
x
1

(b)

sin x cos xdx

(b)

Z ln 2
0

(c)

ex
dx
ex + 2

1
dx
4x

(c)

Z 2p
1

(d)

x(x3

t2
dt
t1

5
x + p )dx
x

4. Approximate the area under the curve y = x2 + 2x 1, above the x-axis and between
x = 1 and x = 4 using a Riemann sum with n = 3 and left hand endpoint of each of the
subintervals.

5. Let f (x) =

Z x
5

t3 sin (et )dt.

(a) Find

d
f (x).
dx

(b) Evaluate f (5).

6. A farmer can get $3 per bushel of apples on September 15th. If he sell after that the
price drops 10 cents per bushel per day. On September 15th, the farmer has 200 bushels of
apple on the trees and the corps is increasing at a rate of 2 bushels per day. When should
the farmer pick the apples to maximize revenue?

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Exam

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