MATH 1001: CALCULUS I

Final Exam
Fall 2023

Instructions:
1. Do not write solutions on the question page.
2. Give your answers in exact form.
3. In order to receive credits, you must show your work. Do not do computations
in your head. Instead, write them out on the exam paper.
4. Place a box around YOUR FINAL ANSWER to each question.

Name and Surname:

1. (15 points) LIMITS and CONTINUITY
A. (5 points) Find the limit, without using L’Hopital’s rule.
x2 + x − 12
lim =?
x→−4 1 + x4

B. (5 points) Let f be a continuous function such that

lim f (x + 2) = 5.
x→1

Evaluate the following limit

(x2 − 2x) · f (x + 1)
lim− =?
x→2 |x−2|

C. (5 points) For what values of a and b is


bx − a
 if x<0
a
f (x) = ex + b if 0≤x≤1

 2
ax + bx + 1 if x>1
continuous at every x?

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2. (35 points) DERIVATIVES

A. (7 points) Does the curve y = 2x3 − 6x2 + 4x + 29 have a tangent line

whose slope is −2 ? If so, find an equation for the line and the point of
tangency. If not, why not?
B. (6 points) Find the value of a that makes the following function differen-
tiable for all x-values.

ax + 1, if x < 0,
f (x) = 2
x − 3x + 1, if x ≥ 0.

C. (6 points) Evaluate the limit (without using L’Hopital’s rule), by first con-
verting it to a derivative at a particular x-value.

x2/3 − 4
lim =?
x→−8 x + 8

D. (6 points) Find f ′ (x) =? if

f (x) = (2x + 5)4 (x − 1)−3 =?

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E. (6 points) Find first and second derivatives of f (x) = ex + ln(x) − 5x + 3.
dy
F. (4 points) Given y = xxy , use logarithmic differentiation to find dx
=?

3. (25 points) APPLICATIONS of DERIVATIVES

Let f (x) = 2x3 + 3x2 − 4x + 5 be a continuous function defined on the interval
[−2, 1].

A. (3 points) Find Critical points of f (x).

B. (5 points) Determine open intervals where f is increasing or decreasing.
C. (7 points) Identify local and global Extreme values in the given domain
[−2, 1].
D. (2 points) Find inflection point(s) of the graph y = f (x).
E. (3 points) Determine open intervals where f is concave down or concave
up.
F. (5 points) Sketch the graph of y = f (x) = 2x3 + 3x2 − 4x + 5 over [−2, 1].

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4. (25 points) INTEGRALS

A. (3 points) Evaluate the sum

 15 2 15  k 3
Σk − Σ =?
k=1 k=1 2

B. (4 points) Use the Max-Min Inequality to find upper and lower bounds
for the value of  1
1
2
dx =?
−1 x + 4

C. (5 points) Evaluate the integral

 9 √
x dx =?
4

D. (7 points) Find the area of the shaded region under the graph of f (x) =
1
x
− e1x over the interval [1, 3].
1.5
y

0.5

x
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

dy
E. (6 points) Evaluate dx
=? if
 x2
t+1
y= dt
1 t3 + 2t + 1

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