MAT1102: Differential Calculus and Coordinate Geometry

Mid-term Examination

1. Answer the following questions (short questions)

2x
y
x  2 , (ii) y  16  x .
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(a) Write the natural domain of the functions in interval form: (i)
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(b) Sketch graph of f ( x)  ( x  1)  1 .
(c) Solve 2 x−3 ≤5 and show the solution set on real line.
(d) Solve x 2−5 x+ 6>0 and show the solution set on real line.
2 x 2
(e) Find the slope of the function f ( x )  e at x  1 .
(f) Find the stationary point of the function f ( x )  x  8 x  4 .
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 x2  2 x  3 
lim 
x  3  x  3 
(g) Evaluate  .
 2x2  x  3 
lim  
x   2 3 
(h)  4 x .
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(i) Given the distance travelled by a car is s  800  100t  4t , find velocity of the car at t=6 s
.
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2. Given that f ( x )= x , x ≤ 2 ,
{ x +2 , x >2
(a) sketch f (x),
(b) find lim f ( x ),
x →2
(c) discuss the continuity of f ( x ) at x=2.
 2  x , for x  2
f ( x)  
3. Given that  x  2 , for x  2 at x  2 .
(a) sketch f (x),
(b) discuss the continuity of f (x) at x=2,
(c) discuss the differentiability at x=2.
dy
4. Find dx of the followings:
2x sin 2x
(a) y  tan x  5 x  e , (b) y  x (c) x  t  cos t , y  sin t ,
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 x2  1
y
(d) x2 y 2  5 x2 y  3x  7 , (e) x2 .

5. Given that f ( x )=x 3 +2 x+3 ,

(a) find f ' (x ) and f ' ' (x ),

(b) find f ' ' (2),
(c ) find the equations of tangent and normal line to the graph of f (x) at x=−1.

6. Find the equations of tangent and normal line to the graph of x 4 +2 y + x 2 y=x +2 at the point
(0,1).

7. Find the equations of tangent and normal lines to the curve x=− √3+2 cos θ ,
π
y=2−2 sinθ ( 0 ≤ θ ≤2 π ) at θ= .
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8. Find the first three non-zero terms of the Taylor series expansion of f ( x)  cos 2 x

x .
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9. Evaluate of the following limits (if possible):

 1 cos 3 x  1
lim x ln x
x
lim 
 0  x 2
 
x2  ,

lim e3 x  x  x
(a) x0 
, (b) (c) x0 .

10. Given that f ( x)  x  9 x  15 x  1 ,

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(i) the stationary points and the points of inflection,

(ii) the intervals in which f ( x) is increasing and decreasing,

(iii) discuss the nature of stationary points and,
(iv) sketch the curve using all the above information.

11. The perimeter of a rectangular field is 120 meter. Find the maximum possible area and
the dimensions of the field in this case.

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