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ECE Calculus I: Unit 3 Test Review
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2)

3) Write the equation of the tangent line to the graph of y = tan x at x =

4) Find the linearization L(x) of f(x) = -2x 2 + 5x + 10 at x = 7.

a) Is L(x) an underestimate or overestimate of f(x)? Why?

b) Use your linearization to approximate f(6.99).

c) For which values of x is this linearization accurate to within .02?

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5) Let y = ln (6x + 7).

a) Find the differential dy.

b) Estimate dy and

6)

7)

8)

for x = 8 and dx = 0.04.

9) A 12-ft ladder is leaning against a wall. It is sliding away from the wall so that
the bottom of the ladder is moving 3 ft/sec. If the bottom of the ladder is 2 feet
away from the wall at t = 0, then how fast is the top of the ladder sliding at t = 2
seconds?

10) Water is leaking out of conical container at a rate of 3 cm 3/min. The

diameter of the container is 8 cm and the height of the container is 8 cm. How
fast is the water level changing when the height of the water is 5 cm?

11) Find

dy
dx

for the following.

a) y = tan-1(sin x)

12)

A curve is given by the equation y =

b) y = arccos(

1
5+ x 2 .

3x

a) Find

dy
dx .

b) Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve at x = 2.

c) Find the equation of the normal line to the curve at x = 2.

13) Use logarithmic differentiation to find the derivatives of the following.

x
a) y = (cos x)x
b) y = x sinx
c) y = (sinx)lnx

14) The population of a certain country is growing exponentially according to the

model P = P0ekt where P is the population in millions and t is the number of years
after 1988. In 1988, the population was 35 million, and in 1995 the population was
48 million.
a) Find the relative growth rate, k.

b) What is the approximate population of the city in 2014?

c) At what rate is the population of the country growing in 1998?

15) At time t = 0 you have 100 grams of radioactivee Chromium-48. Ten hours later
you have 74 grams left. What is the half-life of Chromium-48?