Math 1A: Introduction to functions and calculus Oliver Knill, Spring 2020

5/7/2020: Final Practice D

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Problem 1) TF questions (20 points) No justifications are needed.
The quantum exponential function exph (x) = (1 + h)x/h satisfies
1) T F D exph (x) = exph (x) for h > 0.
2) T F The function sinc(x) = sin(x)/x has a critical point at x = 0.

3) T F The limit of 1/ log(1/|x|) for x → 0 exists.

The strawberry theorem tells that for any f (x), its anti-derivative F (x) and
4) T F g(x) = F (x)/x the points f = g are the points where g 0 = 0.
5) T F The function f (x) = tan(x) has a vertical asymptote at x = π/2.

The function x/(1 + x) converges to 1 for x → ∞ and has therefore a

6) T F horizontal asymptote.
7) T F The function f (x) = tan(x) is odd: it satisfies f (x) = −f (−x).

8) T F The function sin3 (x)/x2 is continuous on the real line.

9) T F With Df (x) = f (x+1)−f (x) we have D(f g)(x) = Df g(x+1)+f (x)Dg(x).

10) T F If f has a critical point 0 then f has a minimum or maximum at 0.

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11) T F The limit of [ 3+h − 31 ]/h for h → 0 is −1/9.

The function (cos(x) + sin(3x))/(sin(4x) + cos(3x)) can be integrated using

12) T F trig substitution.
13) T F The marginal cost is the anti-derivative of the total cost.
The cumulative distribution function is the anti-derivative of the probability
14) T F density function.
√
15) T F The function 1 − x2 can be integrated by a trig substitution x = cos(u).
R1
16) T F The integral 0
1/x2 dx is finite.

17) T F The chain rule tells that d/dxf (g(x)) = f 0 (x)g 0 (x).

18) T F For the function f (x) = sin(100x) the hull function is constant.

19) T F The trapezoid method is also called Simpson rule.

20) T F If f 00 (x) > 0, then the curvature of f is positive.

Problem 2) Matching problem (10 points) No justifications are needed.

Match the following functions with their derivatives.

Function Fill in the numbers 1-8

graph a)
graph b)
graph c)
graph d)
graph e)
graph f)
graph g)
graph h)

a) b) c) d)

e) f) g) h)

1) 2) 3) 4)

5) 6) 7) 8)
Problem 3) Matching problem (10 points) No justifications are needed.

Here is the graph of a function f (x). Match the following modifications

Match the following functions with their graphs.

Function Fill in 1)-8)

f (x − 1)
f 0 (x)
f (x + 1)
f −1 (x)
f (x/2)
f (3x)
1/f (x)
f (x) + 1

1) 2) 3) 4)

5) 6) 7) 8)
Problem 4) Area computation (10 points)

Find the area of the cat region which is the region enclosed by the functions f (x) =
x20 − 1 and g(x) = x2 − x6 . No need to count in the whiskers.

Problem 5) Volume computation (10 points)

p
We spin the graph of the function f (x) = 1 + |x|3 around the x axes and get a solid
of revolution. What is the volume of this solid enclosed between x = −3 and x = 3?
The picture shows half of this sold.

Problem 6) Definite integrals (10 points)

Evaluate the following definite integrals

R1 1
a) −1 1+x2
dx
 R2 √
b) 1
x2 + x dx
R √π
c) 0
sin(x2 )2x dx.
R1
d) 0
log(4 + x) dx.
Problem 7) Extrema (10 points)

a) (7 points) Analyse the local extrema of the function

x
f (x) =
1 + x2
on the real axes using the second derivative test.

b) (3 points) Are there any global extrema?

Problem 8) Integration by parts (10 points)

a) (5 points) Find the anti-derivative of

f (x) = sin(4x) cos(3x) .

b) (5 points) Find the anti-derivative of

f (x) = (x − 1)2 sin(1 + x) .

Problem 9) Substitution (10 points)

R √
a) (3 points) Find the integral 3x 5x2 − 5 dx.
R
b) (3 points) What is the anti-derivative of exp(x2 − x)(4x − 2) ?

c) (4 points) Evaluate the definite integral

Z π/2 p
1 − cos(x) sin(x) dx .
0

Problem 10) Partial fractions, Trig substitution (10 points)

a) Solve the integral

2 − x + x2
Z

(1 − x)(1 + x2 )
by writing
2 − x + x2 A B
= + .
(1 − x)(1 + x2 ) 1 + x2 1 − x
R√
b) Evaluate the integral 1 − x2 x dx.
Problem 11) Differentiation rules (10 points)

A rectangle with corners at (−x, 0), (x, 0), (x, y), (−x, y) is inscribed in a half circle
x2 + y 2 = 1 where y ≥ 0 is in the upper half plane. We know x(t) = cos(t) and
y(t) = sin(t). Find the rate of change of the area 2x(t)y(t) of the rectangle.

(x,y)

x(t)

Problem 12) Catastrophes (10 points)

The following two pictures show bifurcation diagrams. The vertical axes is the de-
formation parameter c. On the left hand side, we see the bifurcation diagram of the
function f (x) = x6 − x4 + cx2 , on the right hand side the bifurcation diagram of the
function f (x) = x5 − x4 + cx2 . As done in class and homework, the bolder continu-
ously drawn graphs show the motion of the local minima and the lighter dotted lines
show the motion of the local maxima. In both cases, determine the catastrophe for the
criticaal point x = 0.
c c

Problem 13) Applications (10 points)

The Laplace distribution is a distribution on the en-

tire real line which has the probability density f (x) =
e−|x| /2. The variance of this distribution is the integral
Z ∞
x2 f (x) dx .
−∞

Find it.