Qatar University

Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics

V-1 Math 101- Calculus I

Second Exam– Spring 2015

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1. The exam time limit is 120 minutes.

2. Calculators and Graphing Calculators are not allowed. All mobile phones should be off and out of
sight.
3. You must show all your work in order to qualify for full credit

Question Possible Score

1 16
2 5
3 6
4 12
5 8
6 7
7 14
8 7
9 5
Total 80
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Question 1. (16 Points) The graph of the derivative 𝒇′ of a function f is shown below.
Note: The domain of f is [5,5] .

a) Give the intervals where 𝒇 is increasing?

1+1
(3,2), (4,5)

b) Give the intervals where 𝒇 is decreasing?

1+1
(5, 3), (2,4)

c) Give the x-coordinate of the critical points of 𝒇.

x  3, x  0, x  2, x  4 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5

d) At what values of 𝑥 does 𝒇 have a local maximum ?

x2 1

e) At what values of 𝑥 does 𝒇 have a local minimum?

x  3, x  4 1+1

f) On what intervals is 𝒇 concave up?

(5, 2), (0,1), (3,5) 1+1+1

g) On what intervals is 𝒇 concave down?

1+1
(2,0), (1,3)

h) What are the 𝑥 -coordinates of the points of inflection of 𝒇?

x  2, x  0, x  1, x  3
0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5
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sin( x 2  4)
Question 2. (5 points) Evaluate lim
x 2 x2

sin( x 2  4) sin ( x  2)( x  2)  1

lim  lim
x 2 x2 x 2 ( x  2)
+
sin ( x  2)( x  2)
 lim  ( x  2) 1
x 2 ( x  2)( x  2)

sin ( x  2)( x  2)

 lim  lim( x  2) 1
x 2 ( x  2)( x  2) x 2
+
 (1)  4  4 2

Question 3. (6 points = 2 + 2 + 2) An object is thrown vertically upward with an initial

velocity of 240 ft/sec. Its height s (in ft) after t seconds is given by
s  4t 2  240t
a) Determine the velocity and acceleration of the object after t seconds.
ds
v  8t  240 1
dt
dv d 2 s
a   8 1
dt dt 2

b) When does the object reach its highest point?

The object reaches highest point when v  0 1

 8t  240  0  t  30 1

c) When does the object strike the ground?

The object strikes ground when s  0 1

 4t 2  240t  0  t (4t  240)  0  t  0, t  60 1

We take t  60 as the answer and ignore t  0 because this is
initial time when the object was thrown upward from ground.
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dy
Question 4. (12 points = 6 + 6) Find the derivative
dx
a) y  sin 3  1  cot x 

dy
dx
 3sin 2  
1  cot x  cos  
1  cot x 
1
2 1  cot x
 (csc2 x)

1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5

sec( x 2 )  csc x
b) y 
tan  x
3 = 0.5 + 1.5 + 1 0.5 + 1.5 = 2
0.5

dy
tan  x   sec( x ) tan( x )  2 x  csc x cot x   sec( x )  csc x  sec  x   2 1 x
2 2 2 2


dx tan  x  2

0.5
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Question 5. (8 points = 5 + 2 + 1) Consider the curve given by the equation

x2  y3  4 x  5  sin( xy)
dy
a) Find
dx
Differentiating with respect to x gives
dy  dy 
2x  3y2  4   cos( xy)  y  x 
dx  dx 

1 + 1 1 + 1


dy
dx
 3 y 2  x cos( xy )    y cos( xy )  2 x  4

dy  y cos( xy )  2 x  4 1
 
dx 3 y 2  x cos( xy )

b) Find the slope of the curve at the point P(1,0) .

dy 0  2  4
  6 2
dx (1,0) 0 1

c) Find equation of the tangent line to the curve at the point P(1,0) .

y  0  6( x  1)  y  6 x  6 1
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Question 6. (7 points) Sand falls on a conical pile at a rate of 32 ft3/min, in such a way that
the radius of the base of the pile is always two times the height. Find the rate at which the
height of the sand pile is changing when the pile is 2 ft high.

dV
 Given  32 ft 3 / min
dt
r  2h 2
dh
To find
dt h2

 We have relation
1
V   r 2h 1
3

 Using r  2h , we get the relation

4
V   h3 1
3

 Differentiating with respect to t gives

dV dh
 4 h2 1
dt dt

dh 1 dV
 1
dt 4 h 2 dt

 When h  2 we have
dh 1 2
  32  1
dt h2 4 (4) 
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2 x2  5
Question 7. (14 points = 1 + 3 + 2 + 6 + 2) Consider the function f ( x)  .
( x 2  4) 2
a) Determine the domain of the function f(x).
Domain: x  2 1

4 x( x 2  9)
b) Show that f ( x)  .
( x 2  4)3
( x 2  4)2 (4 x)  (2 x 2  5)  2( x 2  4)(2 x)  2
f ( x) 
( x 2  4) 4
4 x( x 2  4)  x 2  4  2 x 2  5 4 x  x 2  9 
  1
( x 2  4)4 ( x 2  4)3

c) Find the critical points (if any). 1 point

f ( x)  0  x  0 is the only critical point. 2 if any other critical points

(like x  2 , x  3 ) are
Though f ( x) undefined gives x  2 but these are not
given.
taken as critical point as x  2 is not in the domain.

d) Determine the intervals on which f(x) is increasing and decreasing.

We analyze f ( x) to know increasing/decreasing intervals

Interval (, 2) (2,0) (0,2) (2, )

Sign of f ( x) Positive Negative Positive Negative

Nature of f ( x) Increasing Decreasing Increasing Decreasing

No deduction of points if the domain is

divided using more intervals (as long as
1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5
the final answer is found correctly)

f ( x) is increasing on (, 2), (0,2) and decreasing on (2,0), (2, ) .

e) Find the local extrema (if any). 1 point

f ( x) has local minimum at x  0 . if any more local extrema
2
(like x  2 ) is given
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Question 8. (7 points = 5 + 2) Consider the function f ( x)  x 4  3x3  6 x 2 .

a) Determine the intervals on which f(x) is concave up or concave down.

We have f ( x)  4 x  9 x  12 x
3 2

1
and f ( x)  12 x  18x  12
2

Simplifying gives f ( x)  6(2 x2  3x  2)  6(2 x  1)( x  2) .

1 1
So f ( x)  0 implies x   , x  2 .
2

We analyze f ( x) to know concavity intervals

 1  1 
Interval   ,     ,2  (2, )
 2  2 
1+1+1
Sign of f ( x) Positive Negative Positive
Concavity of f ( x) Up Down Up

b) Find the points of inflection (if any).

1
x , x2 2
2
Question 9. (5 points = 3 + 2) Consider the function f ( x)  k  cos x  x 2 with only critical
point at x  0 in the interval   ,  . [Note: here k is a real number]
a) Use second derivative test to determine the local extrema of f ( x) at x  0 .

We have f ( x)  sin x  2 x and f ( x)  cos x  2 1

f (0)  1  2  1 1

1
f (0)  0  x  0 is local maximum.

b) Find the value of k for which the local extreme value of f ( x) on   ,  is 3.

f (0)  3 1

 k 1  0  3  k  4 1