Mathematics 180-201
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Student-No.:
Midterm Test 1
Duration: 60 minutes
This test has 6 questions on 9 pages, for a total of 43 points.
• Read all the questions carefully before starting to work.
• Q1 and Q2 are short-answer questions; put your answer in the boxes provided.
• All other questions are long-answer; you should give complete arguments and explanations
for all your calculations; answers without justifications will not be marked.
• Continue on the back of the previous page if you run out of space.
• Attempt to answer all questions for partial credit.
• This is a closed-book examination. None of the following are allowed: documents,
cheat sheets or electronic devices of any kind (including calculators, cell phones, etc.)
First Name:
Last Name:
Student-No:
Section:
Signature:
Question:
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Points:
9
12
5
7
5
5
43
Score:
Student Conduct during Examinations
1. Each examination candidate must be prepared to produce, upon the
request of the invigilator or examiner, his or her UBCcard for identification.
2. Examination candidates are not permitted to ask questions of the
examiners or invigilators, except in cases of supposed errors or ambiguities in examination questions, illegible or missing material, or the
like.
3. No examination candidate shall be permitted to enter the examination
room after the expiration of one-half hour from the scheduled starting
time, or to leave during the first half hour of the examination. Should
the examination run forty-five (45) minutes or less, no examination
candidate shall be permitted to enter the examination room once the
examination has begun.
4. Examination candidates must conduct themselves honestly and in accordance with established rules for a given examination, which will
be articulated by the examiner or invigilator prior to the examination
commencing. Should dishonest behaviour be observed by the examiner(s) or invigilator(s), pleas of accident or forgetfulness shall not be
received.
5. Examination candidates suspected of any of the following, or any other
similar practices, may be immediately dismissed from the examination
by the examiner/invigilator, and may be subject to disciplinary action:
(i) speaking or communicating with other examination candidates,
unless otherwise authorized;
(ii) purposely exposing written papers to the view of other examination candidates or imaging devices;
(iii) purposely viewing the written papers of other examination candidates;
(iv) using or having visible at the place of writing any books, papers
or other memory aid devices other than those authorized by the
examiner(s); and,
(v) using or operating electronic devices including but not limited to telephones, calculators, computers, or similar devices
other than those authorized by the examiner(s)(electronic devices other than those authorized by the examiner(s) must be
completely powered down if present at the place of writing).
6. Examination candidates must not destroy or damage any examination
material, must hand in all examination papers, and must not take any
examination material from the examination room without permission
of the examiner or invigilator.
7. Notwithstanding the above, for any mode of examination that does
not fall into the traditional, paper-based method, examination candidates shall adhere to any special rules for conduct as established and
articulated by the examiner.
8. Examination candidates must follow any additional examination rules
or directions communicated by the examiner(s) or invigilator(s).
Mathematics 180-201
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Short-Answer Questions. Questions 1 and 2 are short-answer questions. Put your answer in
the box provided. Full marks will be given for a correct answer placed in the box. Show your
work also, for part marks. Each part is worth 3 marks, but not all parts are of equal difficulty.
Simplify your answers as much as possible in Questions 1 and 2.
9 marks
1. Determine whether each of the following limits exists, and find the value if they do. If a
limit below does not exist, determine whether it “equals” ∞, −∞, or neither.
(a)
x2 − x − 6
lim
x→3
x2 − 9
Answer:
(b)
lim
√
x→−2
x2 + 5 − 3
2+x
Answer:
(c)
lim
h→0
1
1
−
h |h|
Answer:
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2. (a) If f (x) = ex + x3 + eπ , find f ′ (x).
Answer:
(b) Find the equation of the line tangent to f (x) = ecos x at the point x = π2 .
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(c) Let h(x) =
√
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x + 1 + tan x. Determine where h(x) is differentiable.
Answer:
(d) Let
f (x) =
xg(x)
sin x
where g(π/2) = π and g ′ (π/2) = 2. Compute f ′ (π/2).
Answer:
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Full-Solution Problems. In questions 3–6, justify your answers and show all your work. If
a box is provided, write your final answer there. Unless otherwise indicated, simplification of
answers is not required in these questions.
5 marks
3. Sketch the graph of a function satisfying the following properties:
• The domain of f (x) is [−4, 4]
• f (x) is left continuous at x = 2
• f (x) is not right continuous at x = 2
• f (x) has a vertical asymptote at x = −1
•
lim f (x) = 2
x→−1+
You do not need to find an equation for your function. Use the axes below.
4
3
2
1
−4
−3
−2
−1
1
2
3
−1
−2
−3
−4
There is another set of a axes on the following page (in case you ruin the first one).
4
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Extra axes:
4
3
2
1
−4
−3
−2
−1
1
−1
−2
−3
−4
2
3
4
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4. Let f (x) =
4 marks
√
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2x2 + 3
x+1
(a) Determine the horizontal asymptotes of the graph y = f (x)
Answer:
3 marks
(b) Determine the vertical asymptote(s) of the graph y = f (x). For each vertical asymptote
x = a, determine whether each of the one-sided limits “equals” +∞ or −∞ as x
approaches a.
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5. Show that the following equation has at least one solution:
cos x − tan x = 0
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6. Let g(x) be a function satisfying
3x ≤ g(x) ≤ x3 − 3x + 4
for all x. Now let
f (x) =
(√
3−x x≤2
g(x) − c x > 2
where c is a constant. Find the value of c that makes f (x) continuous at x = 2. Ensure that
your answer is fully justified; unjustified answers will not recieve credit.