Math 1271, Calculus I

Midterm 2, Version A, Fall 2021

11/09/2021

50 minutes, 100 points

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Instructions

1. You can use a basic scientific calculator without graphing feature. No other printed material,
scratch paper, or electronic device is allowed.

2. Scholastic honesty is the most important. Any suspected behavior of dishonesty will be
reported to the university.

3. You must show your ID to the proctor whenever asked.

4. DO NOT use any theorem not covered in the lectures up to this point. If a problem requires
you to use a particular method, then you CANNOT use any other method.

5. Unless otherwise specified, show all your works. Unsupported answer will be regarded as
wrong.

6. The exam has 4 problems and 5 pages (including this page).

7. You can use the back of each page as scratch paper, but no answer should be written on the
back of any page.

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1. (15 points) Compute the derivative of the following function. No need to simplify as much as
you can, but make sure your final answer is clean and readable.
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(x2 + 2x) 3 · esin(2x+1)
y=
x3 + 4x2 + 1

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2. (30 points) Compute the following limits.

ln x
(a) lim
x→1 x2 +x−2

tan2 x
(b) lim
x→0 x sin x

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3. (25 points) A craftsman is making iron sheet into a cuboid-shaped container without a lid. The
bottom of the container is a square. The volume of the container is supposed to be 500 cm3 . What
are the dimensions of the container that used the least material?

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4. (30 points) Sketch the graph of the function

y = −2x + ln x

Follow this guideline: A. Domain; B. Intercepts; C. Symmetry; D. Asymptotes; E. Monotonicity;

F. Local extremes; G. Convavity and inflection points. (Apply as many as applicable.)