CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

Department of Mathematics &. Statistics

Course Number Section(s)
Mathematics 209/4 All
E,csroiustion Date Time Pages
Midterm March 2015 1 Hour 30 minutes 2
Instructors Course Examiner
A. Kokotov, B. Rhodes, C. L. Santana., F. Balogh, F. Na.va.rro F. Romanelli, D. Sen
L. Dube, M. Padamadan, V. Kalvin
Special Instructions:
I> Answer all questioDB.
1> Only approved calculators are allowed.
MARKS
1. Find limits:
[3 X 3]
(a) llin 5 - \1'17 + x (b) fun -4(:z: + 2) (c) llin 12:z:3 + 10:z: - 6
:i:➔8 2:z: - 16 8 + :z:3
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[6) 2. Let g(x) = 5x - 2x3• Work out the following in detail:

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[4 x 3] S. {a) If f(x) = 5v'i5 - -;!i, fi nd /'(1). Simplify:

(b} If g(x) = [1 + 5ln(x4)][3x8 - 41, find g'(2). You need not simplify.
(c) Find h'(x) if h(x) = 3:s +t. You need not simplify.
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(d) Find the value of dy if y = xln( 2x- 5), x= 3, and the change in :z: is 0.5.

[2 x 4] 4. An experiment was set up to find i'rela.tionship between weight a.nd systolic blood
m:essure in children. Using h__qspita.l records for s-;-ooo children., the experimenters
found that the systolic blood pressure was given approximately by

P(x) = 17.5(1+ln:z:); 10 $ x� 100 L.\b }ln]. i

where P(x) is measuryd in millimeters of mercury and xis measured in pounds.

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(e.) What is the rate of change of blood pressure with r�pect to weight a.t the
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weigh� is 0.3 mi11imeter of mercury per pound.

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(3 x 3) 5. The total cost (in dollars) of producing x HDTVs is:

C(x) = 10,000 + 200x . 1 x2

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(a) Find the total cost and the marginal cost at a production level of 100 TV's.
(b) Use the marginal cost to approximate the cost of producing the 101at TV.
(c) Find the exact cost of producing the 101 at TV.

[6+ 2] 6. Find x' for the function x(t) defined implicitly below. Compute·the equation of
the tangent line at the indicated point.

,- tlnx = xet - 1; (t, x) = (0, 1)

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