Tutorial 3 University of Namibia

Calculus I MAT 3611 02 March 2020 Department of Mathematics

1. Find the limit.

tan 6𝑡 sin2 3𝑡
(𝑎) 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (𝑏) 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (𝑐) 𝑙𝑖𝑚 cos 𝑥
𝑡→0 sin 2𝑡 𝑡→0 𝑡2 𝑥→+∞

1 1
(𝑑) 𝑙𝑖𝑚− 𝑥 csc 𝑥 (𝑒) 𝑙𝑖𝑚 √9𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 3𝑥 (𝑓) 𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑥 sin (𝑔) 𝑙𝑖𝑚 √𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛
𝑥→2𝜋 𝑥→+∞ 𝑥→+∞ 𝑥 𝑥→+∞ 𝑥
4𝑥 2 −5𝑥
2. Show that 𝑙𝑖𝑚 =2
𝑥→+∞ 2𝑥 2 +1

3. Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve 𝑦 = √𝑥 𝑎𝑡 (1, 1).

4. If the tangent line to 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑎𝑡 (4, 3) passes through the point (0, 2), find
𝑓(4)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓′(4).
2𝑥+1
5. If 𝐹(𝑥) = find 𝐹′(𝑎) using the limit definition.
𝑥+1

6. The following limits represent the derivatives of some function 𝑓 at some

number a. State such and 𝑓 and 𝑎 in each case.

(1 + ℎ)10 − 1 cos(𝜋 + ℎ) + 1
(𝑎) 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (𝑏) 𝑙𝑖𝑚
ℎ→0 ℎ ℎ→0 ℎ

7. Determine whether the function is differentiable at 0?

1
𝑥 sin 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≠ 0
𝑓(𝑥) = { 𝑥
0 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 0

8. Using the definition of the derivative, find 𝑓′(𝑥)

4𝑥
(𝑎) 𝑓(𝑥) = √9 − 𝑥 (𝑏) 𝑓𝑥) = (𝑐)𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 + √𝑥
1+𝑥
2
1 1 𝑥 −1 3
(𝑑) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 − (𝑒) 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑓) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2
2 3 2𝑥 − 3

9. Show that 𝑓(𝑥) = |𝑥 − 𝑎| is not differentiable at a.

𝜃
10. If 𝐻 (𝜃) = find 𝐻 ′ (𝜃) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻 ′′ (𝜃).
2−tan 𝜃

11. Find the derivatives

𝑥
(𝑎)𝑓 (𝑥) = sin(𝑥 cos 𝑥) (𝑏 ) 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑐 (𝑐 ) 𝑓(𝑥) = cos √sin(tan 𝜋𝑥 )
𝑥+
𝑥
3
(𝑑 )𝑔(𝑥) = (2𝑟 sin 𝑟𝑥 + 𝑛)𝑝 (𝑒)𝑓(𝑥) = √1 + tan 𝑥