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MIDTERM - CALCULUS 1 - Autumn 2022

CHAPTERS 2 to 4 Part1
Part 1
EXERCISE 1: Evaluate the limits:
x10 + 10x5 + 3
a/ lim
x→∞ 5x11 + x3

x−5 + x−4
b/ lim
x→∞ 3x−4 + x−2

x2 − 2x − 3
c/ lim
x→3 x2 − 5x + 6

d/ lim cos θ
θ→−∞

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e/ lim
θ→π/2 tan θ

x2
f/ lim+
x→π 1 + cos x

EXERCISE 2: Let the function:



 sin x on [−π, 0)

x on [0, 1)
f (x) = 2


 (x − 2) on (1, 3]
sec(x − 3 − π2 ) on (3, 5]


WITHOUT sketching, Answer these questions, and say why. At point, a/ x = 0, b/ x = 1 and c/ x = 3,
is the function f :
(i) right-continuous?
(ii) left-continuous?
(iii) continuous? If not, is it possible to do a continuity prolongation?

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EXERCISE 3: Use the definition of the infinite limit to prove limx→0− x = −∞. For that, first write
the definition, then your draft, then your answer.

EXERCISE 4: Find the derivatives:

a/ y = x5 + 3x2 + 6

b/ y = sin x + tan x

c/ y = cos(x7 + 8x)
cos(5x)
d/ y = 5x2

e/ y = 6 sin5 (sec2 (3x2 + 2))

EXERCISE 5: Let f (x) = 3x2 + 2x + 1. Use the definition of the derivative to prove: f 0 (x) = 6x + 2
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MIDTERM - CALCULUS 1 - Autumn 2022

CHAPTERS 2 to 4 Part1
Part 2
EXERCISE 6:
(
x(t) = 5 cos t
a/ Let the parametrized curve: with 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π
y(t) = 3 sin t
π
Find the slope of the tangent line of this curve when t = 6.
2 2
b/ Let the implicit equation: x25 + y9 = 1. Using implicit differentiation, find the slope of the tangent line
√
of this curve at the point (5 23 , 32 ).

c/ Questions a/ and b/ equations

√
represent the same curve, an ellipse. Find the equation of the tangent
3 3
line to this curve at the point (5 2 , 2 ).

EXERCISE 7: Sand is pouring into a cube at the rate of 6 cubic meters per minute. The side of the
cube is 15 meters. Inside the cube, set on the bottom of the cube, there is a sphere of radius 4 meters, such
that the sand will be inside the cube but outside the sphere. How fast is the sand level rising when the sand
is 3 meters deep?

π 2
Help: The spherical cap volume is: V = 3 h (3a − h)
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EXERCISE 8:
a/ Prove the Max-Min theorem can be used.
b/ Use it to find the absolute extreme values, if they exists, of this function, on its domain of definition.


cos x + 2
 on [ π2 , 3π
2 ]
f (x) = x + 2 − 3π2
3π
on ( 2 , 8]
3π

−x + 18 − on (8, 10]
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