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EXAM REVIEW
1. Find the given limits if it exists
x2  x  2 x  4  4x tan x 6 x 2  5x  2
a) lim 2 b) lim c) lim ( e) d) lim
x 2 x  3x  2 x  2 x 2  2x  x  3x 2  3x  2
x 
2

2 x tan x x  6x  9
2
3 x  2
e) lim f) lim g) lim h) lim
x2
4  4x  x2 x  0 sin 2 x x 3 x3 x 7 x7

2x
2. Determine the derivative of f ( x)  from first principles.
x3
3. Sketch the graph of f’. 3. Sketch the graph of f if f(0)=2
5
5

f f’
4
4

3
3

2
2

1
1

-4 -2 2 4
-4 -2 2 4

-1
-1

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1

-4 -2 2 4 -4 -2 2 4

-1 -1

2x
4. Determine the rate of change of the function f ( x)  at x=3
x3
d
5. Determine y.
dx
a) y  log 3 (ln(tan x)) b) (2 x 2  y 2 )2  y 3 c) sin x cos y  

6. Determine the equation of the tangent to y 3  x 2  1 at x  0 .

7. Find the Derivatives
x
a. y  b. y  sin x c. y  sin(tan 1  x 2 )
9  4x
x
d. y  e ln 5 e. y  f. y  (x 3  2x) 9 (2x  3) 15 x 2
ln x

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8. Evaluate dy if y  (10x  2) 3 (2x  1) 6 , x=2 and dx=3.

9. Find the slope and equation of the tangent line to the curve y=x2 - 2x-5 at the point (-1,1).

10.Using the function of continuity and the properties of limits find if the function is continuous or
discontinuous.


 x 2  2x  8
f ( x)   if x  4
x  4
 6 if x4
11. The increase of the radius, in m, of an oil spill is given by r (t )  2t  1 , t in seconds. Determine
the rate of change of the area of the spill after 1 minute.

12. The displacement (in meters) of an object in a straight line is given by s=1+2t-t2/4, where t is
measured in seconds.
a. Find the average velocity over the following time period t= 1 until t=4.
b. Find the instantaneous rate at t=2.
13. Determine the intervals of increase and decrease for the function .

14. Determine the absolute maximum and absolute minimum values of the function on
the interval .
15. Determine the intervals for which the graph of is concave upward and the intervals on
which it is concave downward. State any points of inflection.

16. During a period of rapidly changing weather, the air pressure, P, is modelled by the equation
, where t is measured in hours, P is measured in kPa, and . (Note that t = 0
represents now, t = 1 represents 1 hour ago, and so on.) Determine when the pressure is decreasing.

17. Determine all asymptotes of the graph of . Use them, together with the intercepts,

to sketch the graph.

18. Determine the intervals where the function is increasing and decreasing and determine all local
extrema.
x2
a) y  2 b) y  sin( 2 x  1) , x  [0,4 ]
x 1

19. Estelle the Escargot takes her morning stroll. Her distance from the hole she calls home, d in cm,
t 4 8t 3 19t 2
with respect to time, t in minutes, is given by the equation d (t )      12t .
4 3 2
a) Determine Estelle’s greatest distance from her home.
b) Determine the times when Estelle is moving away from her home and the times she is moving
toward her home.

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20. Determine the intervals of increase and decrease, the location of the local extrema and points of
inflection, and the concavity of the function y  e x cos x , on the interval [0,4 ] .

21. Sketch the function y  3x 4  16 x3  6 x 2  48 .

22. A box with a square base and open top must have a volume of 32 000 cm3. Find the dimensions of
the box that minimize the amount of material used. (Assume there is no waste)

23. You must determine the largest circular, right cylinder, in terms of volume, that can fit into a sphere
of radius 10. Determine the equation you would use to solve this problem and explain, briefly, the steps
you would follow to finish the problem.

24. The position of a traffic officer on patrol with respect to his vehicle is given by the equation
s(t )  t 3  8t 2  16t , t in minutes, s in metres. Determine, without referring to the graph, the intervals
where the officer is speeding up and slowing down.

25. A 15 m beam has fallen against a building wall and the end on the street is slipping away from the
wall. When the bottom of the beam is 3 m from the wall, it is slipping away from the wall at a rate of 30
cm/s. What is the velocity of the top of the beam?

26. The strength of a piece of lumber is given by S  clw 2 , where c is a constant, l is the length and w is
the width of a cross-section of the wood. The piece of lumber is cut from a cylindrical log of radius 24
cm. Find the length and width that will provide the greatest strength.

27. The area of a circular doggie puddle is growing at a rate of 12 cm2/s. How fast is the radius growing
at the instant when it equals 10 cm?

28. Water is being poured into a conical reservoir at the rate of pi cubic feet per second. The reservoir
has a radius of 6 feet across the top and a height of 12 feet. At what rate is the depth of the water
increasing when the depth is 6 feet?

29. A car leaves the city at 1 p.m. traveling north at a constant speed of 45 miles per hour. A second car
leaves the city 45 minutes later, traveling west at 60 miles per hour.
a. How far apart are they at 2 p.m.?
b. How fast is the distance between them increasing at 3 p.m.?

30. A rocket is launched upward from ground level with an initial speed of 490 meters per second so that

its height y in meters after t seconds is given by the equation

c. Find an equation for the velocity and acceleration of the rocket.
d. When is the velocity equal to zero?
e. What is the height of the rocket when its velocity equals zero?
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31. A firm that produces and sells a single product that the following demand p(x)= -10x2+100 x and
cost C(x)=5x2-2000+1125
a. Find the marginal revenue.
b. Find the marginal revenue for 500 units. Explain what this means for the firm
c. Find the marginal cost.
d. Find the firm’s marginal profit.
e. Find the firm’s marginal profit for 1,000 units.
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32. The price function of a candy is p( x)  2 , where x is the number of candies sold.
x  32 x  320
Determine the sales that will maximize revenue.
     
33. Calculate the dot product of u  3i  2 j , v  3i  7 j .
 
34. Determine the area of the parallelogram defined by the vectors u  [6,8,9], v  [3,1,2] .
 
u  [7,1] on v  [9,3]
35. Determine the vector projection of .
36. A force of 200N is applied to a wrench in a clockwise direction at 80o to the handle, 10 cm from the
center of the bolt.
a) Calculate the magnitude of the torque.
b) In what direction does the torque vector point?

37. a. Write the vector, parametric and symmetric equation for A(1,4) and B(3,1).
b. Determine if the point (2, 3) lies on the line.
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38. Graph the line r  (2,3)  t (3,1)
39. What type of triangle is the triangle with vertices A(-1,3,4), B(3,-1,1) and C(5, 1, 1). Calculate the
area of the triangle ABC.
   
40. Subtract manually: u  v , if u  4 N30oE and v  3 E20oN
   
41. Let u  20 W25oS and v  10 S30oE. Find the magnitude and direction of u  v analytically.
 
42. Find the angle between the vectors u  (3,6) and v  (4,1) .

43. Draw the vector u  (3,4,6) .

44. Find a point which will create a parallelogram with the three points (1,2,5) , ( 2,6,3) and (3,2,1)

45. a) Determine the torque produced by a force of F  (2,1,3) (units N) on a lever given by the vector

r  (3,3,4) (units m).
b) Determine the angle between the force and lever vectors in (a).

46. Write 3 vector equations for the line that passes through (2,1,3) and (3,3,4) .

47. Use the dot product to show that the triangle ABC, where A  (2,1,3) , B  (3,3,4) and C  (3,6,4)
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48. Determine the scalar equation of the plane which passes through the points (2,1,3) , (1,0,7) and
(1,1,1) .
x 1 y  2 z
49. Determine the point of intersection, if it exists, between   and
3 1 4

r  (6,8,1)  t (2,5,3) .
 x  2t  4

50. Determine the point of intersection, if it exists, between 3x  2 y  4 z  8  0 and  y  t .
 z  t  1

51. Determine the distance between:
x  2 y  3z  5
1) The intersection of the planes 2 x  y  4 z  10
5x  7 y  6z  7
AND

2) the plane which contains:

x  7t
x  2 y 1 z 1
a) the intersection of   and y  4  t
3 1 1
z3
AND
3x  y  4 z  7
b) the intersection of .
x  y  2 z  5

52. Describe how the planes intersect if they intersect in a line find the equation of the line.
 1 : 2x  y  z  1  0
2 : x  y  z 6  0
53. Determine the point of intersection, if any for the lines r  (1,  1, 0)  t (2, 1, 3) and
 x  5  2s

y 1
 z  11  s, s  R


x  4 y 1
56. Find the distance from the point ( 2, 3) to the line  . Express your answer as an exact
6 2
value.

57. Find the distance between the plane 4x+2y+z-16=0 and the point P (10, 3, -8).

58. Find the point of intersection of the lines l1 and l2. Describe how the lines intersect if they intersect.
li :[ x, y, x]  [7,2,6]  s[2,1,3]
l2 :[ x, y, x]  [3,9,13]  t[1,5,5]

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