TBUS 301 Limits and Derivatives – In Class Dr.

Bergman

1) lim 4𝑥 4*3 = 12
𝑥→3

2) lim 𝑥 + 5 (-4+5) = 1
𝑥→−4

3) lim 𝑥 3 − 5𝑥 − 1 23 – 5*2 – 1 = -3
𝑥→2

4) lim 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 32 – 4*3 = -3
𝑥→3

𝑥
5) lim -3/-3+5 =-3/2 = -1.5
𝑥→−3 𝑥+5

2𝑥
6) lim 3𝑥+1 2*4 / 3*4 +1 = 8/13 = .615
𝑥→4

7) lim √2𝑥 2 + 3 lim 2𝑥 2 + 3 = √2 ∗ (−1)2 + 3 = √5

√𝑥→−1
𝑥→−1

8) lim √16 − 7𝑥 lim 16 − 7𝑥 = √16 − 7 ∗ 0 = √16 = 4

√𝑥→0
𝑥→0
2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥<2
9) 𝑓(𝑥) = {𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 𝑥>2
𝑥−1
Find
a. lim− 𝑓(𝑥) lim 𝑥 2 + 1 = 22 + 1 = 5
𝑥→2 𝑥→2−
b. lim 𝑓(𝑥) lim 𝑥 − 1 = 2 − 1 = 1
𝑥→2+ 𝑥→2−
c. lim 𝑓(𝑥) Does not Exist
𝑥→2
d. 𝑓(2) Undefined
𝑥−3
10) 𝑓(𝑥) = |𝑥−3|
𝑥−3
a. lim 𝑓(𝑥) lim =1
𝑥→3+ 𝑥→3+ |𝑥−3|
𝑥−3
b. lim 𝑓(𝑥) lim = −1
𝑥→3− 𝑥→3+ |𝑥−3|
𝑥−3
c. lim 𝑓(𝑥) lim+ |𝑥−3| = 𝐷𝑁𝐸
𝑥→3 𝑥→3
d. 𝑓(3) f(3) = undefined

11) A long-distance telephone service charges $0.99 for the first 20 minutes or less of a call and
$0.07 per minute thereafter.

a. Write a definition (function) of the charge F(x) for a long distance call lasting x minutes
b. Find the lim − 𝐹(𝑥), lim + 𝐹(𝑥), lim 𝐹(𝑥) if they exist
𝑥→20 𝑥→20 𝑥→20
. 99 𝑖𝑓 0 < 𝑥 ≤ 20
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0.07𝑥 − 0.41 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 20
All limits are .99
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12) A company sells embroidered apparel. The volume discounts offered by the company are shown
below, where x is the volume of a purchase in dollars.

Volume ($x) Discount Amount

$300 ≤ x < $1000 3%
$1000 ≤ x < $3000 5%
$3000 ≤ x < $5000 7%
$5000 ≤ x 10%
Assume the volume discounts in Table 1 apply to the entire purchase. That is, if a volume x satisfies $300
≤ x < $1000, then the entire purchase is discounted 3%. If the volume x satisfies $1000 ≤ x < $3000, then
the entire purchase is discounted 5%, and so on.

a. If x is the volume of a purchase before the discount is applied, then write a piecewise definition
for the discounted price D(x) of this purchase.
𝑥
0.97𝑥 𝑖𝑓 0<𝑥<300
𝑓(𝑥) = 0.95𝑥 𝑖𝑓 300≤𝑥<1000
𝑖𝑓 1000≤𝑥<3000
0.93𝑥 𝑖𝑓 3000≤𝑥<5000
{ 0.9𝑥 𝑖𝑓 𝑥≥5000

b. Use one sided limits to investigate the limit of D(x) as x approaches $1000. What about as x
approaches $3000?

lim 𝐷𝑁𝐸 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 lim = 970 lim = 950

𝑥→1000 𝑥→1000− 𝑥→1000+

lim 𝐷𝑁𝐸 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 lim = 2850 lim = 2790

𝑥→3000 𝑥→3000− 𝑥→3000+

Find the derivatives of the following equations

1) 𝑓(𝑥) = 7 f’(x) = 0
2) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 9 f’(x) = 9x8
1
3) 𝑓(𝑥) = f() = x-10 f’(x) = -10x-11
𝑥 10
2
4) 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑡 − 3𝑡 + 1 f’(x) = 4t-3
7 7 1 7 7 −14
5) 𝑓(𝑥) = 5𝑢2
𝑓(𝑥) = 5 ∗ 𝑢2 𝑓(𝑥) = 5 ∗ 𝑢−2 𝑓 ′(𝑥) = 5 ∗ −2𝑢−3= 𝑓′(𝑥) = 5 ∗ 𝑢−3
−14
𝑓′(𝑥) =
5𝑢3
1/2 -1/2
𝑓(𝑥) = 16√𝑥 + 9 = 16*(x+9) = 16*1/2(x+9)
8
𝑓′(𝑥) =
√𝑥 + 9
6) A company’s total sales (in millions of dollars) t months from now are given by:
𝑆(𝑡) = 0.03𝑡 3 + 0.5𝑡 2 + 2𝑡 + 3
a. Find S’(t)
𝑆′(𝑡) = 0.09𝑡 2 + 𝑡 + 2
b. Find S(5) and S’(5). What are these two points representing?
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𝑆(5) = 0.03 ∗ 53 + 0.5 ∗ 52 + 2 ∗ 5 + 3 = 29.25

𝑆′(5) = 0.09 ∗ 52 + 5 + 2
= 9.25

These points represent the total amount of sales at 5 months, and the change in sales at 5 months.

c. Find S(10) and S’(10). What are these two points representing?
𝑆(10) = 0.03 ∗ 103 + 0.5 ∗ 102 + 2 ∗ 10 + 3 = 103

𝑆′(5) = 0.09 ∗ 102 + 10 + 2 = 21

These points represent the total amount of sales at 10 months, and the change in sales at 10 months.

7) A company manufactures fuel tanks for cars. They total weekly cost (in dollars) of producing x
tanks is given by
𝐶(𝑥) = 10,000 + 90𝑥 − 0.05𝑥 2
a. Find the Marginal cost function

𝐶′(𝑥) = 90 − .1𝑥

b. Find the marginal cost at a production level of 500 tanks per week.

90-0.1(500) = $40

c. Interpret the results of b

The total production costs are increasing at the rate of $40 per tank

d. Find the exact costs of producing the 501st item.

𝐶(501) − 𝐶(500)
= (10,000 + 90 ∗ 501 − 0.05 ∗ 5012 ) − (10,000 + 90 ∗ 500 − 0.05 ∗ 5002 )

$42,539.95 – $42,500.00 = $39.95