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MATH 1720/1760 Differential Calculus Fall 2022
Practice Problems for Final Exam
1. Evaluate the following limits if they exist.
3x2 − 6x + 8
(a) lim (Do not use L’Hospitals Rule) Answer: 3
x→∞ x2 − 4x + 7
x2 − 8x + 12
(b) lim 2 (Do not use L’Hospitals Rule) Answer: −4
x→2 x − 3x + 2
(c) lim ln x tan(πx/2). Answer: − π2
x→1+
10 1
(d) lim x cos . Answer: 0
x→0 5x5
2
(e) lim+ xx . Answer: 1
x→0
x−1
(f) lim √ (Do not use L’Hospitals Rule) Answer: 2
x→1 x−1
tan x − x
(g) lim . Answer: 31
x→0 x3
2 √
(h) lim+ (cos x)1/x . Answer: 1/ e
x→0
√ 1
(i) lim+ x sin . Answer: 0
x→0 5x
5x + ln x
(j) lim Answer: −5
x→∞ 1−x
x2 − 3x + 2
2. Find the horizontal and vertical asymptotes of the curve y =
x2 − 4x + 3
Answer: x = 3, y = 1.
3. Show that the function is continuous on R.
(
x4 sin(1/x), if x ̸= 0
f (x) =
0, if x = 0
4. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show that the equation ln x = 3 − 2x has
at least one real root.
5. Use the definition of derivative to find the derivative of the following functions.
√ 1
(a) f (x) = 3x2 + 5. (Answer: 6x) (b) f (x) = x + 2 (Answer: √ )
2 x+2
(c) f (x) = sec x (Answer: sec x tan x) (d) f (x) = 20x +7x (Answer: 20x ln(20)+7)
6. For each of the following find y ′ . You do not need to simplify your answers.
(a) y = 5 sin−1 x+cos 2x+(2x2 −8)3 . Answer: y ′ = √1−x 5 2
2 −2 sin 2x+12x(2x −8)
2
√ √
(cot 5x) √1 (4) + (5 csc 2
5x) 4x + 7
4x + 7 2 4x+7
(b) y = Answer: y ′ =
cot 5x (cot 5x)2
2
x3 x3 3
(c) y = e3 + sec x. Answer: y ′ = e3
· 3x · ln 3 · 3x2 + sec x tan x
sin x ′ sin x 3 sin x
(d) y = (1 + 3x) . Answer: y = (1 + 3x) + cos x ln(1 + 3x)
1 + 3x
−2xy
(e) y 3 + x2 y = tan−1 y Answer: y ′ = 1
3y 2 + x2 − 1+y 2
(f) y = log(x2 + 1). Answer: y ′ = 2x
(x2 +1) ln 10
x
e −y
(g) xy + 7 = ex + 2y 4 . Answer: y ′ =
x − 8y 3
7. Find the equation of tangent line to the curve x2 − xy + y 2 = 3 at point (−1, 1).
Answer: y = x + 2
√
8. For what values of x in [0, 2π] does the graph of f (x) = 3x − 2 cos x have a
4π 5π
horizontal tangent? Answer: x = or x =
3 3
9. Find the values of x where the tangent line to the curve y = tan−1 x is parallel to
the line y = x/5 + 2. Answer: x = 2, −2
10. Find the point(s) on the curve y = 2x3 +3x2 −12x+1 where the tangent is horizontal.
Answer: (1, −6), (−2, 21)
√
11. Use linear approximation to estimate (a) 5 32.1 (b) sin 31◦ . (round answer to 5
decimal places) Answer: (a) 2.00125 (b) 0.51512
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12. Find the absolute minimum and absolute maximum values of f (x) = xx2 −4 +4
on the
interval [−4, 4]. Answer: Abs. Max.= f (−4) = f (4) = 0.6, Abs. Min.=f (0) = −1
13. Find the absolute minimum and absolute maximum values of f (x) = x + cot(x/2)
on the interval [π/4, 7π/4]. Answer: f (π/2) = π/2 + 1, f (3π/2) = 3π/2 − 1
14. Find the absolute maximum and absolute minimum values of f (x) = e2x − 10x + 1,
on the interval [0, 2].
Answer: The absolute minimum value is f ((ln 5)/2) = −2.047 and the absolute
maximum value is f (2) = 35.598.
15. Find the absolute maximum and absolute minimum values of f (x) = 8x1/3 − x4/3 ,
on the interval [−8, 8].
Answer: The absolute
√ minimum value is f (−8) = −32 and the absolute maximum
3
value is f (2) = 6 2 ≈ 7.559
16. Verify that the function f (x) = x3 +x−1 satisfies the hypotheses of the Mean Value
Theorem on the interval [0, 2]. Then find all √
numbers c that satisfy the conclusion
of the Mean Value Theorem. Answer: c = 2/ 3
17. (a) Use the intermediate value theorem to show that the equation x5 = 1 − 2x has
at least one real root.
(b) Use Rolle’s theorem to show that the equation x5 = 1 − 2x has at most one real
3
root.
(c) Use Newton’s method with the initial approximation x1 = 0 to find x3 , the third
approximation to the solution of the equation x5 = 1 − 2x.
Answer: x2 = 0.5, x3 = 0.4865
18. Car A is travelling west at 50 mi/h and car B is travelling north at 60 mi/h. Both are
headed for the intersection of the two roads. At what rate are the cars approaching
each other when car A is 0.3 mi and car B is 0.4 mi from the intersection?
Answer: 78 mi/h.
19. A kite 100ft above the ground moves horizontally at a speed of 8 ft/s. At what rate
is the angle between the string and the horizontal decreasing when 200 ft of string
has been let out? Answer: 0.02 rad/s
20. A rectangular storage container with an open top is to have a volume of 10m3 . The
length of its base is twice the width. Material for the base costs $10 per square
meter. Material for the sides costs $6 per square meter. Find the cost of materials
for the cheapest such container. Answer: $163.54
√
21. Find the most general antiderivative of f (x) = 2 x + 6 cos x
Answer: 34 x3/2 + 6 sin x + C
22. Let A be the area of the region that lies under the graph of f (x) = 2x2 + 5 between
x = 0 and x = 4. Using right endpoints find expressions for A as a limit. Evaluate
the limit without using the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Answer: 188 3
23. Let A be the area of the region that lies under the graph of f (x) = 5x3 − 3x between
x = 0 and x = 3. Find an expression for the area A as a limit. Evaluate the limit
without using the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Answer: 351 4
Z 7√
24. Evaluate the integral 49 − x2 dx by interpreting it in terms of area. Ans: 49π
2
−7
25. Curve sketching: For each of the functions
x2 + x − 1
(i) f (x) = x4 − 2x2 + 3 (ii) f (x) = x5/3 − 5x2/3 (iii) f (x) =
x2
answer the following questions.
(a) State the domain of f .
(b) Find the x and y intercepts.
(c) Does f have even symmetry, odd symmetry, or neither?
(d) Determine the vertical asymptote(s) of the curve y = f (x) (if any), and deter-
mine the left and right limits at each of these asymptotes.
(e) Determine the horizontal asymptote(s) of the curve y = f (x) (if any).
(f) Find the intervals of increase/decrease.
(g) Determine the points at which f has a local maximum/local minimum.
(h) Find the intervals of concavity.
(i) Determine the inflection points.
(j) Sketch the graph y = f (x) using above information.
