MATH 103 (Calculus 1)

Sample Questions for the Final examination.

1. Evaluate the following limits. Do not use Lhopitals rule.
10x7 x2 + 1
x
2x2 + x + 4

3x 3
d. lim 2
x3 x 9

2x
x0 x + sin x

b.

a. lim

x tan x
x0 1 cos x

c. lim

e. lim

2
x1

8
+ 23x
2x

x2

g.

lim

x2
x2 |6 3x|

f. lim

lim+ e2/x + ln x

h. x
lim (ln x + ex )

x0

i. x
lim sec1 x + sin(tan1 x)

2. Use Lhopitals rule to find the following limits.

1 x + ln x
x1 1 + cos x

b.

x9 1
x1 x5 1

d.

a. lim
c.

lim

3. Find

lim (1 + sin 4x)cot x

x0+

lim x ln x

x0+

dy
.
dx

a. y = sin x +

x2 + 5

c. y = x tan x + 5
e. y = x esin

b. y =

d. y =

cos 2x
sec x + 1

Z x2 s
x

t
dt
t2 + 3

f. y = ln tan1 x2

g. y = (x2 )

h. (cos y)y =

x2 + 1 sin1 x

i. ey ln y = x
4. (Implicit Differentiation)
(a) Determine the equation of the tangent line and the normal line to the
curve 2x y 3 = xy 2 sin y + 6 at the point (3,0).
(b) Find y 00 given that:
xy + x2 = y 3
5. Use the definition of the derivative to find f 0 (3) where
f (x) =

1
x2

6. Use logarithmic differentiation to find the derivative.

3/4

x
x2 + 1
a. y = x x
b. y =
c. y = (ln x)tan x
(3x + 2)5
7. A and B are walking on straight streets that meet at right angles. A
approaches the intersection at 2 m/sec; B moves away from the intersection
at 1 m/sec. At what rate is the inclination angle changing when A is 10 m
from the intersection and B is 20 m from the intersection?

8. A particle is moving along the curve y = x. As the particle passes

through the point (4, 2), its x-coordinate increases at a rate of 3 cm/s. How
fast is the distance from the particle to the origin changing at that instant?
9. Show that the function f (x) = x3 + 6x 5 has exactly one root. Use
three steps of Newtons method to approximate the zero, take x0 = 1.
10. Find the absolute maximum and minimum values of the given function
on each indicated interval.
a. f (x) = x2 e4x ,

on [2, 4]

b. f (x) = f (x) = (x 1)2/3

c. f (x) = ln(9 x2 )

on [1, 9]

on [1, 2]

11. Consider the function

f (x) =

x , x0

x2 , 0 < x 1
1, x > 1

Discuss continuity and differentiability at x = 0 and x = 1.

12.
(a) Find the area between the curves y = x2 and y = x + 6.
(b) Find the area of the planar region bounded by the curves x = y 1/3 and
y 2 = x.

13. Find the volume of thesolid generated by revolving the triangular region
bounded by the curve y = x, the y-axis, and the line y = 2 about:
(a) x-axis

(b) y-axis

(c) the line x = 4

(d) y = 2.

14. Express as an integral the volume of the solid generated by revolving

the region bounded by the parabola y = x2 and the curve y = x3 about
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

the x-axis;
the y-axis;
the line x = 2.
the line y = 1.

You do not need to evaluate the integral.

15. You are designing a rectangular poster to contain 50 in2 of printing with
a 4-in margin at the top and bottom and a 2-in margin at each side. What
overall dimensions will minimize the amount of paper used.
16.
a. Use local linear approximation to show that
(1 + x)k 1 + kx
for x close to 0.

b. Use the linearization in (a) to estimate the value of

0.98.

c. Use the linear approximation in part (a) to find an approximation of the

1
function f (x) =
for x near 0.
3
1 3x2
17. Evaluate the following integrals.
a.

Z 1
0

Z
3

d.

x4 1 + x5

1/4

dx

Z 4

b.

x+1
dx
x

x2
dx
1 + x6

e.

g.

tan x dx

h.

|4 x2 | dx

c.

x+1
dx
+ 2x + 3

Z 4 x
e

f.

sec2 x sin 2x +

x2

dx
x

e2x dx

18. Graph the following functions. Include x-y intercepts, asymptotes, intervals where the function is increasing, decreasing, concave up or down &
all critical and inflection points.
x2 3x + 3
a. f (x) =
x2

b. f (x) = x3 (8 x)

19. Use areas to evaluate the following integrals.

Z 3
Z 2
a.
(5 + |x|) dx
b.
4 x2 dx
2

20. Given

R1
4

R6

f (x) dx = 4,

Z 1
6

f (x) dx = 7. Find

(3 + 2f (x)) dx

21. (a) Use a Riemann sum to estimate the area under the graph of f (x) =
x3 between x = 1 and x = 7. Divide the interval [1, 7] into 3 subintervals
each of the same length and use right end point approximation. Sketch the
3 rectangles that approximate the area under the curve.
(b) Use the limit of a Riemann sum to find the exact area of the region
between the curve y = x2 and the x-axis on the interval [2, 4].
22. Find f (x).
f 00 (x) = 2x, f 0 (0) = 3, f (0) = 2