Mat 103E Problem Session

Haydar Can Kaya

Question 1. √
ax − 5x − 1
If a, b are real numbers and lim = b is given, what is the
x→1 x2 − x
value of a and b?

Answer.
Questionp2. p
If f (x) = 4x 2 + bx − cx 2 − dx has a horizontal asymptote at y = 2
+
for all x ∈ R , then find b + c + d.

Answer.
Question 3.
Let the derivative of the function f (x) be g (x) = 2x 3 + cos(1 − x). If

f (1 + 2x) − f (1)
lim = 3a
x→0 x
then a =?

Answer.
Question 4.
The curve y = f (x) is defined parametrically by x = cos3 t and y = sin3 t
d 2f π
for 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π. What is the value of at ?
dx 2 6
Answer.
Question 5.
If the line y = x − 1 is normal to the curve y = f (x) given by the implicit
1
equation x − c sin(xy ) − = tan(y ) at the point P(1, 0), then c =?
x
Answer.
Question 6.
Let f (x) be a differential function on the interval [−7, 0] such that
f (−7) = −3 and f 0 (x) ≤ 2. What is the largest possible value of f (0)?

Answer.
Question 7.
|x + 1|(x 2 − 1)
Let f (x) = . What is the oblique asymptote of f (x) as
x 2 − 2x + 1
x → −∞?

Answer.
Question 8.
k
For which value of k does f (x) = x + have a local maximum at
x
x = −2?

Answer.
Question 9.
Let f (x) and g (x) be differentiable functions satisfying

f 0 (x)g (x) = −f (x)g 0 (x), ∀x.

If f (1) = g (1) = 2 and f (5) = 4, then g (5) =?

Answer.
Question 10.
If the line 3x − y = 0 is tangent to the curve y = x 2 + m in the first
quadrant, then m =?

Answer.
Question 11.
f (2x)
Assume that the function f (x) is continuous on R, lim = 6, and
x→0 sin x
f (x)
lim = c for all r ∈ R where c is constant. Then, f (1) =?
x→r x
Answer.
Question 12.
If y = f (x) is defined parametrized as

x(t) = 2t − t 2 , y (t) = 3t − t 3

then y 000 =?

Answer.