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Mathematics I
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TUTORIAL 8
(WEEK 10 – CHAPTER 5 & 6)

LIMIT
A. Evaluate the following limits.

Question Answer
x3  x 2  1 1
a) lim
x2 2 x 2  3

3 x 0
b) lim
x  3 3  x

2 x  2 2
c) lim 3 x
x 0  1 3
x2  a2 1
d) lim 3
x  a x  ax 2  a 2 x  a 3 a
(2 x  3)( x  2) 1
e) lim
x 2 2 x2  x  6 14 2

B. Evaluate the following one-sided limits.

Question Answer Question Answer

x 3
2
 3 
a) lim f) lim
x  3 ( x  3)
2
x 1 x 1
x x 0 x2  1 
b) lim g) lim
x 0 x x 4 x 2
c) lim 1  x 0 1 x 
x 1
h) lim 
x   0.5 2 x  1

3  1 x 
d) lim i) lim 
x 4 x4 x   0.5 2 x  1

C. Find the following limits.

Question Answer
x  x  12
2 7
(a) lim
x 4 x4
5x  8 1
(b) lim
x 2 x2 2
x2 1
(c) lim 
x  x2  2x 2
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3  4 x2 2 3
(d) lim 
x
3 3  2x
2

D. Evaluate the following infinity limits.

Question Answer Question Answer

9 x  12 x  7
2 9 f) lim e  2
x 2
a) lim x  
x  4x2  4 4
3x  5 3 g) lim x2  2 x  x 1
b) lim x 
x  x7
2 x 5  99 0 3x 
c) lim h) lim
x  x6  1 x  
x2  x  x
2x  3 2 3x 
d) lim  i) lim
x  
9 x 2  3x  2 3 x  
x xx
2

16 x  4 x  7
2 2 3x Undefined
e) lim j) lim
x   2x 1
x  
x2  x

CONTINUITY

(a) The function (c) The function f ( x) is defined in the

 interval [1, 6] by
m  x  e x , x  0
  2  x,  1  x  2
f ( x)   n, x  0 is 
f ( x )   x 2  a, 2  x  b
 x3  9 x ( x  6) 2  4, b  x  6
 2 , x0 
 x  3x
if f ( x) is continuous in the interval
continuous for all real values of x.
[1, 6] where a and b are positive
Determine the values of m and n.
Answer: m  4, n  3 constants, find the values of a and b
.

 x 2  px  8, x  2 Answer: a  4, b  3
(b) Functions f ( x)   (d) The function k ( x) is defined as follow:
 x  2, x2
 4  2 x, x  2  2
3  17
and g ( x)   are  x    , x  1
 q  x, x  2  2 4

continuous at k ( x)   2 , x 1
x  2.  4 x 1
 , x 1
Find the values of p and q .  x 2  1
Answer: p  6, q  2
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Discuss the continuity of the function

k ( x) at x  1

Answer: Function k ( x) is continuous

at x  1 .
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DIFFERENTIATION

1
1. If f ( x)  , show that
2  x2
f ( x  h)  f ( x ) 2x  h
 . Hence, find
h 2  ( x  h) 2  x ( 2  x 2  2  ( x  h)2 )
2 2

f ' ( x).
x
Answer: 3

 2  x2  2
2
 , x2
2. (a) Given that f ( x)   x , determine whether the function f is

1  2 x  x , x  2
2

differentiable at x  2. Is f continuous at x  2?
 x 2  3, x  1

(b) A function f is defined by f ( x)   1 .
1  2 , x  1
 x
Show that f is differentiable at x  1. Hence, state whether is continuous at
x  1.

Answer: (a) Not differentiable; No, (b) Yes

d  1 
3. (a) Find 
dx  (2 x  3)( x  4) 
.

g ( x2 )
(b) Given that f ( x)  , g ' (2)  3 and g (2)  5, find the value of f ' ( 2).
x

(4 x  5) 7
Answer: (a) , (b)
(2 x  3) ( x  4)
2 2
2

dy
4. (a) If y  ( x  2)5 (2 x  1) 4 , find an expression for in terms of x.
dx
x dy 3  x2 d2y
(b) If y  , show that  . Hence, find an expression for
x2  3 dx ( x 2  3) 2 dx 2
in terms of x.
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2 x( x 2  9)
Answer: (a) ( x  2)4 (2 x  1)3 (18 x  11) , (b)
( x 2  3)3
d dy
5. (a) Find (ln ln x ) and obtain an expression for such that y  ln ln ln x.
dx dx
dy
(b) If y  ln( x  x 2  1), find in terms of x and show that
dx
d2y dy
( x 2  1) 2
x  0.
dx dx

1 dy 1 1
Answer: (a) ,  , (b)
x ln x dx x(ln x) ln ln x x2  1
dy (2 x  1) y
6. (a) If e2 x  y  xy, show that  .
dx x ( y  1)
dy
(b) Given that ln y  y ln x, find an expression for .
dx
y2
Answer: (b)
x(1  y ln x)
dy dy
7. (a) If y  sec x tan x, show that  sec x(2sec 2 x  1). Reduce the value of
dx dx

when x  .
3
dy
(b) Find in the simplest form.
dx
(i) y  x tan 3 2 x
(ii) sin( x  2 y)  cos(2 x  y).

Answer: (a) 14, (b) (i) (6 x sec2 2 x  tan 2 x) tan 2 2 x, (ii)

2sin(2 x  y )  cos( x  2 y )
sin(2 x  y )  2 cos( x  2 y )
d
 f ( f ( x))  4 xe2 x e .
2 x2
8. (a) If f ( x)  e x , show that
2

dx
(b) By using implicit function ln y  2 x  y, show that
dy 1
(i)  ,
dx dx
dy
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d  dx 
2
d y dx  dy 
(ii)  2
.
dx 2  dx 
 dy 
 
1 t 2
9. A curve has the parametric equations x  and y  2 , where t is a
1 t t
parameter.
(a) Show that
dx 2
(i)  ,
dt 1  t 2
d  dy  2(3  t )(1  t )
(ii)   .
dt  dx  t4
d2y
(b) Find the value of at the point (3,8).
dx 2

Answer: (b) 5