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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Semester 1, 2014-15 Date: November, 2014 Duration: 90 minutes
SUBJECT: CALCULUS I
Department of Mathematics Lecturers
Vice Chair:
Assoc. Prof. PHA Ngoc
x + a, if x < 0
x2 + 1, if 0 6 x 6 1
f (x) =
x b, if x > 1
where a and b are constants.
(1) (10 marks) Find values of a and b such that f is continuous on (, ).
(2) (10 marks) Sketch the graph of f with a and b found in (1). Is f differentiable
at x = 1?
1
Question 3. (1) (10 marks) Find limx0+ esin x x + sin x.
(2) (10 marks) Show that the equation x3 x sin x 1 = x x + 2, has a real root in
the interval [0, 2].
Question 4. Patrick throws a tomato straight up into the air. The height y of the
tomato at time t is given by y(t) = 16t2 + 20t + 6 (Units are meters and seconds).
(1) (10 marks) Compute the average velocity of the tomato between t = 0.9 and
t = 1.
(2) (10 marks) Find the maximum height reached by the tomato.
Question 5. (1) (10 marks) Suppose f and g are two differentiable functions on
(, ) and f (1) = 5, f 0 (1) = 3, g(1) = 1, g 0 (1) = 1. Find F 0 (1) where F (x) =
f (g(2x 1)).
(2) (10 marks) Let
f (x) = xcos x , x > 0.
Use logarithmic differentiation to find the derivative of f.
End.
SOLUTIONS:
x0
x0
x1
x1
Hence, a = 1 and b = 1.
(2) Note that
0
f (1) = lim
x1
x1
x2 1
0
= 2, f+ (1) = lim+
= 1.
x1 x 1
x1
1
0 (esin x ) x + sin x e x + sin x,
It follows from the Squeeze theorem that limx0+ esin
(2) Consider the function f defined by
f (x) := x3 x sin x 1 x x + 2,
1
x
x (0, ).
x + sin x = 0.
x [0, 2].
Therefore, f (c) = 0 for some c (0, 2) and c is a real root of the given equation.
Question 4.
(1) The average velocity is
10 11.04
y(1) y(0.9)
=
= 10.4(m/s)
0.1
0.1
(2) We have v(t) = 32t + 20. Thus v(t) = 0 gives t = 5/8.
The maximum height reached by the tomato is y(5/8) = 12.25(m).
Question 5.
(1) By the chain rule for differentiation, one has F 0 (x) = f 0 (g(2x 1)).g 0 (2x 1).2.
Thus, F 0 (1) = 2f 0 (g(1)).g 0 (1) = 2f 0 (1).g 0 (1) = 6.
(2)
ln y = ln xcos x = cos x ln x, x > 0.
Differentiating throughout with respect to x,
1 0 cos x
y =
sin x ln x
y
x
So
y 0 (x) =
cos x
sin x ln x xcos x .
x