MATH 1150 (M12B) – Functions of Real Variables

GROUP 1 - Dr. K. Rahaman

Assignment #7
L’Hopital’s Rule, Critical Numbers, Relative Maxima & Minima, Increasing & Decreasing Functions
• To be submitted by 11:00 a.m. on Monday 8th March 2010 in the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science.
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1. Evaluate the following limits:

1
x 100000 − 1
(i) lim (xi) lim (x ) x
x →1 x −1 x→ ∞

θ − sinθ  x +3
(ii) lim (xii) lim x ln 
θ → 0 tan 3 θ x→ ∞
 x −3
()
1

(iii) lim x n e − x , n ∈
x→ ∞
(xiii) (
lim x + e
x→ 0
2x
) x

 3cos x   1 1 
(iv) lim   (xiv) lim  − 
x →  2x − π 
π 
x →1 ln x x − 1 
2
2x x2
(v) lim (xv) lim (sin x )
x → −∞
ex x → 0+
x
(vi) lim (tanh x )(ln x ) (xvi) lim [ln (1 + x )]
x → 0+ x → 0+

1 1
2
− 2 tan −1  
(vii) lim
x x (xvii) lim  x 2 − 1 − x 
x→∞ 1
 
x→ ∞  
x
1
ex  a ( 1+ x ) − 1  x
(viii) lim (xviii) lim   , a >1
x→ ∞
e 2x + x 2 x→ 0  a −1 
 

2 x2
  2 
(ix) lim e + x
x→∞
( x
) x
(xix) lim  cos  
x→∞ 
  x 
1
x x
(x) lim(cos x )
x→ 0
x 2
(xx) lim (x )
x → 0+
( )
n
 nx + 1 
2. If lim   = 4 , find the value of x.
n → ∞  nx − 1 

3. Find the critical points and their nature, (relative maxima / minima, point of inflection), of
the following functions. Also determine the intervals where these functions are increasing
and decreasing.

(i) f (x ) = x 3 − 9 x 2 + 15x − 5
1
(ii) f (x ) = x −
x