January Regional 2017 Calculus Individual

Choice E is NOTA, meaning ‘none of the above answers are correct’ and D.N.E means that you think a
limit does not exist. Be sure to read the questions carefully and have fun!

1) Given that f  x   x3  3ln  3x  , what is f '( x)?

1 3 9
A. 3x 2  B. 3x 2  C. 3x 2  D. 3x 2  1 E. NOTA
x x x

2) What are the x-coordinates to the points of inflection of the function f  x   3x5  10 x3  5?
A. x  0 C. x   2,  1,0,1, 2
B. x  1,0,1 D. x   2,  1,1, 2 E. NOTA

1 1 1
3) Use differentials to approximate 3
using the fact 3
 .
9 8 2
5 7 23 25
A. B. C. D. E. NOTA
16 16 48 48

1 4 8 3 15 2
4) On what interval is f  x   x  x  x increasing?
4 3 2
A.  ,3 B.  ,0    3,   C.  0,  D.  0,3   5,   E. NOTA

5) Two planes depart from the same runway. Spongebob’s plane departs first, and his height (in
1 7 10
miles) is represented by S  t   t 2  t  for any time t  0 (where t is measured in
4 4 4
hours after departure). Patrick’s plane departs sometime after, and his height is represented
1
by P  t   t 2  t for any time t  0. If each planes height is initially recorded when Patrick
2
departs, how fast is Spongebob’s altitude increasing when he and Patrick are at the same
height (in miles per hour)?
17 7
A. 6 B. 5 C. D. E. NOTA
4 4

3 m3
6) A spherical balloon is losing volume at a rate of . At the moment the volume of the
 s
256 3  m
balloon becomes m , at what rate is the radius changing  in  ?
3 2
 s
3 3 3 4
A. B.  C. D. E. NOTA
64 64 64 3

2 x2
7) Consider that f  x   . f '  x  has asymptotes at y  a and x  b . What is ab ?
x3
A. 2 B. 4 C. 8 D. 16 E. NOTA

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 x4  2 x2  4 x 
8) Evaluate: lim  
x 2 
 sin  x  
20
A. 0 B. C. 20 D. D.N.E E. NOTA


9) Consider that f  x   x 4  2 x3  2 x 2  x  1 for x  0. f  x  will intersect f '  x  at x  a ,

where a is a positive, real integer greater than 0. What is the value of f '''  a  ?
A. 1 B. 4 C. 6 D. 12 E. NOTA

10) Use a left hand Riemann Sum approximation to estimate the area under the curve
f  x   x3  x 2  x  1 on the interval  1,3 using 4 subintervals of equal length.
A. 10 B. 16 C. 20 D. 32 E. NOTA

11) Given that f  x   ln  tan 2 ( x)  , what is f ''( x)?

A. 8csc  2 x  cot  2 x  B. 4cot 4  2 x  sec  2 x 

4cos  2 x   2
C. D. 2sin  2 x  sec2  x  cos  2 x  E. NOTA
sin  2 x 
2

12) Which of the following functions are both continuous and differentiable on the domain of all
reals?
sin  x 
2
1  x2 200
I. 3x  sin  x 
2
II. III. e IV.
x 2 1  e3 0.2 x
A. I, III, IV B. II, III C. I, IV D. III, IV E. NOTA

13) According to the Mean Value Theorem for derivatives, which of the following is true for
  
f  x   sin  x  on the interval   ,  ?
 2 2
   2
A. There is some value c on   ,  for which f '  c  
 2 2 
  
B. There is some value c on   ,  for which f '  c   0
 2 2


   1 2
C. There is some value c on   ,  for which c   sin  x  dx
 2 2  

2

  
D. f '  x  is differentiable on the interval   , 
 2 2
E. NOTA

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dy
14) Solve for : x3e y  cos  x  y   1
dx
sin  x  y   3 x 2e y cos  x  y   3 x 2e y
A.  3 y C.
x e  sin  x  y  x 3e y  sin  x  y 
sin  x  y   3 x 2e y x 3e y  sin  x  y 
B. D. E. NOTA
x 3e y  sin  x  y  3 x 2e y  sin  x  y 

15) Which of the following represents the nth derivative of f  x   2ln 1  x  ?

2  1  n  1!
n 1
 1 
n

A.    n! C.
1 x  1  x 
n

2  1  n! 2   n  1!

n 1 n

B. D. E. NOTA
1  x  1  x 
n 1 n 1

ex
ex
16) If f  x    dx, what is f '  e  ?
2 x ln  x 
 e 1
e

ee  e
e
C. 2  ee  1
e
A. e B. ee D. E. NOTA

17) What is the equation of the tangent line to f  x   x3  2 x 2 y at x  1?

x
A. y  2 x  2 B. y  x2 C. y  1 D. y  x  1 E. NOTA
3

18) Describe the behavior of f  x   x3  3x 2  3x at x  2.

A. Positive, increasing, and concave up
B. Positive, increasing, and concave down
C. Negative, decreasing and concave up
D. Negative, increasing and concave down
E. NOTA

 x 3  5 x  100 
19) Evaluate: lim  4 
 x  x  50 
x 5 2

7
A. 0 B. 5 C. D. D.N.E E. NOTA
51

20) Sandy and Mr. Krabs are the captains of their own respective boats. They depart from the
same bay at the same time. Sandy heads North at 4 mph and Mr. krabs heads eastward at 3
mph. At what rate is the distance between the two boats increasing 3 hours after departure?
A. 15 B. 11 C. 10 D. 5 E. NOTA

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 x  2 ex
3

21) If f  x  , what is f ' 2 ?

 3x  2 
4

3e 2 5e 2 5 3e2
A.  B.  C.  D. E. NOTA
16 16 4 4

22) How many values for c on 0,4  will satisfy Rolle’s Theorem for f  x   sin  x   cos  x  ?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. NOTA

23) What is the maximum area of a rectangle that can be bound by f  x   4  x 2 and the x-
axis?
A. 4 B. 2 C. 4 D. 2 E. NOTA

24) What is the maximum volume of a right circular cone that can be inscribed in a sphere of
radius 4?
128 2048 64
A. 8 B. C. D. E. NOTA
3 81 3

25) Compute: lim

x   x2  4 x  x2  5x 
9 1 9
A. 0 B.  C.  D. E. NOTA
2 2 2

26) Select the statement that must be true if f  x  is defined on every value of x on  a.b ?
A. If f  x  is continuous on  a.b , then it is differentiable on  a, b  .
B. If f  x  is differentiable on  a, b  , then it is also twice differentiable on  a, b  .
C. In order for f  x  to be integrable on  a, b  , it must be continuous on  a.b.
f b  f  a 
D. If f  a   f  b  , then there is some value c for which f '  c   .
ba
E. NOTA

dy
27) Given the following set of parametric equations, what is ?
dx

x  1  3t 2 y  sin  8t 3 

A. 6t sin  8t 3   24t 2 cos 8t 3 1  3t 2  C. 4t cos  8t 3 

cos  8t 3 
B. 4cos  8t 3
  96t 3
sin 8t 3
 D.  E. NOTA
6t 3

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28) A lawn mower is tied to an infinitesimally thin pole 20 feet away. The lawn mower is turned
on and revolves around the pole in a circular motion at a uniform velocity of 4 revolutions
per minute. However, after exactly 5 minutes and 25 seconds, the rope breaks, and the lawn
mower proceeds in a straight path from the point of detachment. At what rate is the angle
created by the lawn mower and the pole increasing (in radians per minute) 30 seconds after
the rope breaks?
8 2 2 3  2
A. B. C. D. E. NOTA
1  16 2
16   1  64 1  16 2

29. Where defined on the complex plane, what is f ' 1 given:

f  x    x  3i   x 2  i  1 .

A. 3  6i
B. 4  5i
C. 9
D. Unable to be evaluated in the complex domain
E. NOTA

30. Evaluate:
d 2
dx
x  .
x3
A. 2x B. C. 2 x  2 D. x 2  x E. NOTA
3

Make sure you bubbled your answers correctly on your scantron.

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