Final Examination 201-NYA-05 15 December 2023
1. Evaluate each of the following limits.
x2 − 1
(a) lim 2
x→−1 x + 3x + 2
cos(πx/3)
(b) lim+
x→1 ln(x)
√
x− x2 − x + 7
(c) lim
x→−∞ 3x + 7
x2 − x
(d) lim
x→0 tan(x)
1 1
−
|2x − 1| |2x + 1|
(e) lim
x→0 x
3ex + 4
2. Consider the function f (x) = .
ex − 2
(a) Find the domain of f .
(b) Find the horizontal asymptotes of f .
(c) Find the vertical asymptote of f .
(d) Determine which one of the following graphs is the graph of f .
i. y ii. y iii. y
4 4 4
2 2 2
2 x 2 x 2 x
−2 −2
iv. y v. y
4
2 2
2 x 2 x
−2
−4
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3. Find the value of a such that f (x) is continuous at x = 0.
a sin(ax) + x
if x < 0,
x
f (x) = 2 if x = 0,
x
5e + 2a − a2 if x > 0.
√
4. Use the limit definition of the derivative to find f ′ (x), where f (x) = 5 − 3x.
dy
5. Find for each of the following. Do not simplify your answers.
dx
√5
(a) y = x2 + 2x + log2 (x) − e2
(b) y = tan3 x2 sec(x)
e2x + sin(x)
(c) y = p √
x+ x
(d) y = (x + 1)cos(x)
(e) exy = (x + y)5
s
4
x3 + 1
6. Use logarithmic differentiation to find the derivative of the function y = .
7x tan(x)
7. Find the points on the ellipse 2x2 + y 2 = 22 where the tangent lines are parallel to the line y = 3x + 8.
y
1
1 x
f sin(x)
8. Let g(x) = . Find g ′ (π/2) given that f (1) = f ′ (π/2) = 2 and f ′′ (π/2) = 3.
f ′ (x)
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9. Find the critical numbers of f (x) = 3(2x − 1)1/3 (x − 2)2/3 .
10. Let f (x) = x2 − 2 ln(x).
a) Find the domain of the function.
b) Find the interval(s) on which the function f (x) is concave up.
11. Find the absolute maximum and the absolute minimum of f (x) = ln(4x4 + x2 + 1) on the interval
[−1, 1].
12. Consider the following function, along with its first and second derivatives.
√
3√ √ √
3 3 3 ′ 1 − 3
x ′′ −1
f (x) = x2 − x = x2 − x3
f (x) = √ f (x) = √
3
2 2 3
x 3 x4
(a) Find the domain and any intercepts of f .
(b) Find the vertical and horizontal asymptotes of f (if any).
(c) Find the intervals on which f is increasing or decreasing.
(d) Find the local (relative) extrema of f .
(e) Find the intervals of upward and downward concavity of f .
(f) Find all inflection points of f .
(g) On the next page, sketch the graph of f , labelling all intercepts, asymptotes, extrema, and points
of inflection.
√
13. A right circular cylinder is inscribed in a sphere of radius 3. Find the largest possible volume of
such a cylinder (V = πr2 h).
√
3
r h
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14. Evaluate each of the following integrals.
Z 4 2 √
x + x
(a) dx
1 x
Z
3 1
(b) √
3
+e+ dx
x 2 x
Z
sec2 (x) + csc3 (x) sin(x) dx
(c)
15. Find the position function s(t) if the acceleration is given by a(t) = 3 sin(t) − cos(t), where s(0) = 4
and s(π) = 4.
Z x
sin(t)
16. Consider the function f (x) = dt.
2 t + sin(t)
(a) Find f (2).
(b) Find f ′ (x).
(c) Show that f (x) has a horizontal tangent line at x = π.
n
X ei/n
17. Evaluate lim by expressing this limit as a definite integral over the interval [0, 1].
n→∞
i=1
n
Answers:
1) a)−2, b) ∞, c) 2/3, d) −1, e) 4; 2) a) x ∈ R \ {ln 2}, b) y = 3 and y = −2, c) x = ln 2, d) i.
−3 1
3) a = −1; 4) f ′ (x) = √ ; 5) a) y ′ = 2/5x−3/5 + 2x ln 2 + ,
2 5 − 3x x ln 2
b) y ′ = 3 tan2 (x2 sec(x)) sec2 (x2 sec(x)) 2x sec(x) + x2 sec(x) tan(x) ,
p √ 1
1+ √
(2e2x + cos(x)) x + x − (e2x + sin(x)) √ 2 √x
2 x+ x
c) y ′ = √ ,
x+ x
cos x
d) y ′ = (x + 1)cos(x) − sin x ln(1 + x) ,
1+x
2
xy + y − 5
e) y ′ =
5s− x2 − xy " #
3 2
1 x +1 3x 1
6) y ′ = 4 x 3
− ln 7 − .
4 7 tan(x) x + 1 sin x cos x
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7) (3, −2) and (−3, 2); 8) −3/2; 9) x = 1/2, x = 1 and x = 2; 10) a) x ∈ (0, ∞), b) concave up on its
domain;
11) Absolute maximum: f (−1) = f (1) = ln 6, absolute minimum f (0) = 0; 12) a) domain: R,
x-intercept: (0, 0) and (27/8, 0), y -intercept (0, 0), b) None, c)decreasing : (−∞, 0) and (1, ∞),
increasing: (0, 1), d) local minimum at (0, 0), local maximum at (1, 1/2), e) C.D. on the whole domain,
f) no inflection points;
√
13) Vmax = 4π; 14) a)19/2, b) 9 3 x + ex + ln |x| + C, c)sec(x) − cot(x) + C;
sin(x)
15) −3 sin t + cos t + π2 x + 3; 16) a) 0, b)f ′ (x) = , c)f ′ (π) = 0; 17) e − 1.
x + sin(x)
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