Mathematics (Chemical Engineering Year 1) Autumn Term 2014

Problem Sheet 2
1. The cotangent function is defined as
cos x
.
sin x

cot x =
i) Sketch the graph of the function.

ii) Sketch the inverse function (restrict the domain of cot x to 2 <
x < 2 and x 6= 0). What is the domain and range of the inverse
cotangent function?
iii) Show that
d
1
cot1 x =
dx
1 + x2
What is tan1 x + cot1 x?

(x 6= 0).

2. Construct a one-to-one function f that is neither strictly increasing nor

strictly decreasing.
3. Evaluate the following limits
x2 + 2x 8
x2 x(x 2)

i) lim

x3 1
x1 x 1

x
x0 x +

ii) lim

iii) lim

1
x
1
x

x27 1
x1 x 1

iv) lim

4. Determine the one-sided limits

i) lim (x2 +1)
x2

v)

ii) lim+ cot1 x

iii) lim cot1 x

x0

lim x ln x vi)

x0+

x0

lim xx

x0+

vii)

iv) lim
x3

x3
|x 3|

lim (1 + x)1/x .

x0+

Remark: a calculator may help for some of these limits!

5. For each of the following compute the limit or explain briefly why it
does not exist.
sin 3x
x0 3x

i) lim

x
x0 |x|

ii) lim

tan px
1 + cos x
q 6= 0 iv) lim
x tan2 x
x0 tan qx

iii) lim

sin x
1
vi) lim tan1
x x
x0
x

v) lim

vii)

lim

h
i
x x+1 x

p
viii) lim x ln 1 +
x
x


ix)

lim x2/3 [(x + 1)1/3 (x 1)1/3 ].

6. Determine the limit

lim x

7/2




1
x+1+ x12 x 1 2 .
8x

Dr Christopher Ford

c.ford@imperial.ac.uk
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