1. [10points] Find an equation for the tangent line to the following curve at   .

  

   ln 
Sol)
Taking log on both sides we have

ln    ln   ln   .

Differentiate both sides to get
′      
   ⋅ln    ln     ⋅ .
      ln 
′  
Substituting    , we get    . Since      , the tangent line is
  
    

2. [15points] Find a function  and a number  satisfying

  
 
 


  sin   .

Sol)
Using Fundamental Theorem of Calculus 1, we differentiate both side of

       





  sin

 to get 

 

  
and hence     

  
.

To find , we substitute    in the original equation to obtain

  
 
 

 

  sin   ⇒ sin     ⇒   sin .


  
 
3. [15points] Consider the equation       given by the Cartesian coordinate
system.
(1) Convert the given equation to polar equation and sketch the graph, and discuss
the symmetry with respect to the origin, -axis, and  -axis.
(2) Let  be the point on the first quadrant where it has the horizontal tangent line.
Find the equation of the line passing two points  and the origin.

Sol:
   
(1) From   cos   sin , one gets    cos  and thus   cos  .
The graph is given as follows and is symmetric with respect to the origin, -axis, 
-axis.

 ′sin  cos cos sin  cos

(2)     
 ′cos  sin  cos sin
 
Since cos   happens when       where the corresponding points are origin
 
    
(with vertical slope), by solving  sin   cos    , one gets tan    and the line


passing the point P and origin has the slope tan   .
 
  
Therefore the equation of the line is     or   tan    in polar equation.
  

4. [15points] Consider the set  of points     satisfying the equation      . What is the
distance from the point     to  ?
Sol) The distance from a point    on  to the point  is given by
              .
  
Let us define           and then ′                 .
Thus we have two critical numbers    or  . Since    , so we have the global

minimum at    . At the time, we get that the distance is  


.

5. [15points] Arrange the following three numbers in an increasing order:

  lim sin  ,
 → 
  sin 
  lim  ,
→  tan   
   
  lim  .
→  sin 
Sol) The answer is     .
(a) We have

sin  ln  
lim sin  ln    lim  

    lim   .
 
→ 
 →     → 

Thus we have   .
(b) We have

  cos    cos  cos   

  lim   lim   lim    .


→

sec     cos 
→  tan  → 
(c) We have
   
  lim   .
→  cos 


6. [15points] Let       sin  . Decide whether  has a local maximum or minimum

at the least positive critical number.

Sol)  ′    sin 

 ′     , for    where ∈ . The least positive critical number is at   .

 ″   sin   
 cos



 ″   sin   
 cos  



So  has a local maximum at  .

7. [15points] For what values of  is the integral


  ln  



convergent?

[Sol]    

  ln   ln    
 
 ln   


  lim
→
 

  lim
→  
 ln  


   lim ln    ∞ : divergent
 →
 ≠ 
         
  ln    ln  
 


  

ln   
  


        
  
 ln   lim  ln   
 →      
       
 lim      ln     

→         

If    , then      and  ln  →  by l'Hospital's rule.

    : convergent
  
If    , then      and

    

 

      lim    ln     ∞ : divergent
  → 
 
  
 

The integral converges to   if     and diverges otherwise.
  