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Semester Review - Fall

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1. Given f ( x)  5x4  x3  8x2 . Show all of your work and justify all answers.
a. Write an equation of the tangent line to the graph of f at the point (1, -2).

b. Find the x-values of the relative extrema of f.

c. Intervals where f is increasing and decreasing.

d. Intervals where f is concave up and concave down.

e. Find the points of inflection of the graph of f. Show the analysis that leads to your conclusion.

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2. A particle moves along a line so that at time t where 0  t   its position is given by s(t )  5sin t  5
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What is the velocity of the particle when its acceleration is zero?

Find the total distance traveled by the particle.

3. The top of a 30 foot ladder is sliding down a vertical wall at a constant rate of 4 feet per minute. When the
top of the ladder is 5 feet from the ground, what is the rate of change of the distance between the bottom
of the ladder and the wall?

ax  b
4. If the graph of y has a horizontal asymptote at y = 5 and a vertical asymptote at x=-2, then a+c=?
xc

5. If f is a differentiable function then f’(x) is given using the definition by?

6. The radius of a circle is increasing at a nonzero rate, and at a certain instant, the rate of increase in the
area of the circle is exactly 2 times the rate of increase in the circumference. At this instant, the radius
of the circle is?

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7. The position of a particle moving along the x-axis is x(t)=sin(3t)-cos(2t) for time t  0 . When t the
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acceleration of the particle is?

8. Consider all right circular cylinders for which the sum of the height and the circumference is 50 cm. What
is the radius of the one with maximum volume?
9. Let f ( x)  x2  x . Consider the region bounded by the graph of f, the x-axis and the line x=2. Divide the
interval [0,2] into 8 equal subintervals. Draw below:
f(x)=x^2+x

0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.25 1.5 1.75

a. Obtain a lower estimate for the area of the region by using left endpoints.

b. Obtain an upper estimate by using right endpoints.

c. Find an approximation for the area that is better than either of the answers obtained in parts a and b.

d. Know midpoint rule and trapezoid rule also!

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10. Evaluate without a calculator 
1
( x 2  2)dx .

11. Make sure you know all of the basic integration and derivative rules for the trig functions.
12. What is the significance of a cusp? Can you find the limit at a cusp? Can you find the derivative at a cusp?

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13. If f ( x)  x then f’(4) =
3

n 2  5n
lim
14. n n  3n  1
2

dy
15. If x3  4 xy  2 y3  18 then in terms of x and y 
dx

x2  9
16. If the function f is continuous for all real numbers and if f ( x)  when x  3 then f(-3) is?
x3

2x  3
17. An equation of the tangent line to the graph of y at the point (1, -1/3) is
5x  2

18. If y=sec x – cot x then y’=

19. If f ( x)   x 2  1 cos x then f’(0) =

20. If the acceleration of a particle moving along the x axis at time t is given by a(t)=3t-1. If the velocity is 10
when t = 2. and the position is 5 when t=1. Then the position equation is?

21. For what value of x does the function f ( x)  ( x 1)( x  4)2 have a relative minimum?

1 1
22. At what point does the graph of y  have a point of inflection?
x 2 x5

f ( x)   x  2   x  3 have?
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23. How many critical points does the function

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24. If f ( x)   x 2  3x  5 4 the f’(0) =?
25. Given f ( x)  x3 12 x  24 describe all the intervals where the graph is increasing or decreasing?

1  cos n
26. lim 
n 0 2sin 2 n

f ( x)  f (0)
27. If f ( x)  4 x 2  1 then then lim ?
x 0 x2

28. If p(x) is a polynomial of degree n, n>0 what is the degree of the polynomial p’(x)?

dy dx
29. A particle moves along a curve xy=6. If x = 3 and  5 . What is the value of ?
dt dt

30. The derivative of f is f '( x)  x4 ( x  5)( x  6) . At how many points will the graph of f have a relative
maximum?

x2  8 5
31. The value of the derivative of y  at x=0 is?
4
2x  5
 sin x
32.  1  cos x
dx

33.  sec 2 x tan 2 x dx

1
34. 2   y  1 1  y dy
0

35. Find the derivative: y  e 2 x  e 2 x

e4 x  e2 x  1
36.  dx
ex

x 1
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37. 
1
x
dx
38. The position of a particle is given by s  t   3x3  7 x  3 . Find the average velocity of the particle over the
interval 0, 2 .

39. The velocity of a particle is given by v  t    sin 2t  2 . Find the average velocity over the interval  0,   .

4 x2
40.  x 2  9 dx

x3
41.  4  x2
dx

1 x
42.  4x 2
1
dx

Other things to know/study:

 2nd Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
 Relationships between f, f’, and f”
 Find a limit when given a graph (Chapter 1 Test)
 Slope Fields and Euler’s Method
 Look over all of your chapter tests (1-6 only, chapter 7 is NOT on the exam)
 The exam is 40 multiple choice questions – half calculator / half no calculator