03-62-140 Differential Calculus Fall 2016

Practice Questions for Test 2

1. Evaluate the limits:
3x + 1
(i) lim √ . Answer: − 34
x→−∞ 16x2 + 7
x
(ii) lim . Answer: 19
x→0 tan(9x)

2. Give equation(s) of the horizontal asymptote(s) and vertical asymptote(s) of the

following curve.
x2 − 4x + 4
(i)
x2 + 5x − 14
2e2x + e−2x
(ii)
2e2x − 3e−2x
Answer: (i) HA: y = 1, VA: x = −7, (ii) HA: y = 1, y = − 31 , VA: x = 14 ln(1.5)

3. Find the value of c that makes the function continuous on R.

(
1


c4 x2 sin 5x + c2 , if x < 0
f (x) =
c + 2(1 + x), if x ≥ 0

Answer: c = 2, −1

4. Show that the following equation has a real root.

sec−1 x + x3 − 1 = e−x + 2

5. Use the definition of derivative to find the derivative of f (x) = x2 + cos 5x.
Answer: f 0 (x) = 2x − 5 sin 5x

6. Use the definition of derivative to find the derivative of f (x) = √1 .

x+4
1
Answer: f 0 (x) = − √
2( x + 4)3
7. Find y 0 . You do not have to simplify your answer.
√
√ 2 0 4xy xy − y
(a) xy = 1 + x y Answer: y = √
x − 2x2 xy
2xy cos(x2 )−sin(y 2 )
(b) y sin(x2 ) = x sin(y 2 ) Answer: y 0 = 2xy cos(y 2 )−sin(x2 )

 
sin x 0 sin x sin x
(c) y = (ln x) Answer: y = (ln x) cos x ln ln x +
x ln x
sec2 x
(d) y = log2 (tan x). Answer: y 0 =
tan x ln 2

1
 2
2x + cos(x) + 3 cot(x2 )
(e) y = .
1 +2x 2
(2x ln(2)2x − sin(x) − 6x csc2 (x2 ))(1 + x) − (2x + cos(x) + 3 cot(x2 ))
Answer: y 0 =
(1 + x)2
4
(f) y = ex sin x2 −4 sin−1 (x+1). Answer: y 0 = ex sin x2 +2xex cos x2 − p
1 − (x + 1)2
1
8. Use implicit differentiation to prove that (cot−1 x)0 = −
1 + x2
9. Find an equation of the tangent line and the normal line to the curve x2 + xy −
3 1 2 5
y 3 − 1 = 0 at the point (1, 1). Answer: y = x − and y = − x +
2 2 3 3
10. Find the point(s) on the curve y = 2x3 + 3x2 − 12x + 1 where the tangent is
horizontal. Answer: (1, −6), (−2, 21)

√
5
11. Use linear approximation to estimate 32.1. Answer: 2.00125

12. A cylindrical tank with radius 5 m is being filled with water at a rate of 4 m3 /min.
4
How fast is the height of the water increasing? Answer: 25π m/min

13. A rectangular box has a square base. The length of the box is increasing at a rate
of 2cm/s and the height is decreasing at a rate of 1cm/s. Find the rate at which
the
√ diagonal is changing when the length is 10cm and height is 4cm. Answer:
6cm/s

14. A plane flies horizontally at an altitude of 5km and passes directly over a tracking
telescope on the ground. When the angle of elevation is π/3, this angle is decreasing
at a rate of π/6 rad/min. How fast is the plane traveling at that time? Answer:
10π
9
km/min

15. Find the absolute maximum and absolute minimum values of f (x) = ex − 10x, on
the interval [0, 6]. Answer: Absolute minimum f (ln 10) = 10 − 10 ln 10, absolute
maximum value f (6) = e6 − 60.

16. Find the absolute maximum and absolute minimum values of f (x) = 8x1/3 −
x4/3 , on the interval√[−8, 8]. Answer: Absolute minimum f (−8) = −32, absolute
maximum f (2) = 6 3 2 ≈ 7.559