Review for exam 1

We have our first exam this coming Friday, September 12th. The problems on the exam will be very much like the problems you see here. I will go over this problem sheet in class on Wednesday but it will help you immensely to think about it on your own first so please work it out to the best of your ability prior to meeting on Wednesday.

Problems

  1. Curious about the following limit, \[ \lim_{x\to0} \frac{\tan\left(\sqrt{x/\pi}\right)}{\sqrt{x}}, \] I used my computer to plug in several values of \(x\) that are close to \(0\) but not equal to \(0\). The results are shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1: Values of \(f(x)=\frac{\tan(\sqrt{x/\pi})}{\sqrt{x}}\) near \(x=0\).
\(x\) 0.1000000 0.0100000 0.0010000 0.0001000 0.0000100
\(f(x)\) 0.5702530 0.5647890 0.5642495 0.5641956 0.5641902

          Based on those computations, can you make a conjecture as to the approximate value of the limit?
          Be sure to indicate how many digits you believe to be correct and why.

  1. The graph of a function is shown in figure Figure 1.

    1. For \(a=-3,-2,-1,0,\text{ and }1\), find
      1. \(\displaystyle\lim_{x\to a} f(x)\)
      2. \(\displaystyle\lim_{x\to a^+} f(x)\)
      3. \(\displaystyle\lim_{x\to a^-} f(x)\), and
      4. \(f(a)\)
    2. What are
      1. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to-4^-} f(x)\) and
      2. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty} f(x)\)?

  2. Let’s suppose that we know that \[ \lim_{x\to 2} f(x) = 3 \text{ and } \lim_{x\to2} g(x) = 5. \] What can you say about the following limits?

    1. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to2} (2f(x)-g(x))\)?
    2. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to2} \frac{f(x) - 3}{g(x)-5}\)?

  3. Compute the following limits.

    1. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to4}\frac{x^2 - 3x - 4}{x-4}\)
    2. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to-2}\frac{x^2 + 5x + 6}{x+2}\)
    3. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to1}\frac{2x^2+x+5}{x+1}\)

          Note: There’s likely to be one slightly harder problem with a bit more challenging algebra.
         Here are a couple of examples:

               d. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to-2}\frac{x+2}{x^3 + 3x^2 + 3x + 2}\)
               e. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to3/2}\frac{2x-3}{2x^3 - 5x^2 + x + 3}\)

  1. Compute the following limits involving infinity.

    1. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty} \frac{2x^2 + 3x - 2}{5x^2-4}\)
    2. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty} \frac{2x^2 + 3x - 2}{5x^3-4}\)
    3. \(\displaystyle \lim_{x\to2^-} \frac{x+1}{x-2}\)

  2. Write down a complete sentence referring to the intermediate value theorem explaining why \(f(x)= 3x^7-x-1\) has a root between \(x=0\) and \(x=1\).

  3. Find the derivatives of the following functions, using the definition of the derivative.

    1. \(f(x) = 3x^2 + 2x + 1\)
    2. \(f(x) = x^6\)

  1. Find the derivatives of the following polynomials using the basic differentiation rules.

    1. \(f(x) = 3x^2 + 2x + 1\)
    2. \(f(x) = 61x^{48} + 2x^{16} + x^{14} - x - 1\)

  2. The graph of the function \(f\) is shown in the top part of Figure 2. Sketch the graph of \(f'\) on the axes provided below the graph of \(f\).

  3. Let \(f(x) = 4+4x-x^2\).

    1. Sketch the graph of \(f\), together with the its tangent line at the point \(x=1\).
    2. Find a formula for the tangent line.

Figures

Figure 1: Graph for question 2

Figure 2: The graph of a function, together with an empty pair of axes for problem 9

Questions

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