Name: __________________________________________________

Business Calculus
Summer 2005
Exam 1 - May 23, 2005
Instructions: Do all questions. Write your name on each page.
For Section A: Choose the best answer circle your answer on your question paper. Record
your answer choices in the spaces provided at the end of the section (Page 2). Use the back of
the question paper to do scratch work.
For Section B: Show all work. Credit will only be given in Section B for work shown.
CHEATING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!
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Part A: Multiple Choice
1. Find an equation of the line passing through point 1, 1 and parallel to the line
2x  3y  3
2 2 1 3 5 2 1
(A) y   x (B) y   x (C) y   x (D) y  x
3 3 3 2 2 3 3
(E) None of the above.

2. Given that fx  x 2  1 and gx  x  1, find the values of fgx and gfx.
(A) gfx  x 2  2x  2; fgx  x 2 (B) fgx  x 2  2x  2; gfx  x 2
(C) fgx  x  1; gfx  x 2  1 (D) fgx  x  1 ; gfx  x  1
(E) None of the above.

3. Find the derivative of the function fx  4 x

2 2
(A)  (B) 2x (C) 2 x (D) (E) None of the above.
x x

x2  1
4. Calculate the limit: lim .
x 2 2x
3 3
(A)  4
(B) 0 (C)
4
(D) Does not exist (E) None of the above.

5. Differentiate the function st  t 3  2t  4

(A) s  t  t 3  2t  4 (B) s  t  3t 2  2 (C) s  t  3t 2
(D) s  t  4 (E) None of the above.

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6. Find the equation of the tangent line to the graph of the function y  at the point
3 x2
1, 1.
2 5 3 5
(A) y  x  2 (B) y  x (C) y  x (D) y  x
3 3 2 2
(E) None of the above.

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2x  1
7. Find the derivative of y  at the point 6, 13.
x5
(A) 0 (B) 13 (C) 11 (D) 11 (E) None of the above.

d x 2  4x  3
8. Compute dx
where it is defined.
x1
2x  4
(A) 1 (B) x  3 (C) 2x  4 (D) (E) None of the above.
x1

9. Find the derivative of the function fx  3 x x 1

5 1
(A) f  x  x 16  x 23 (B) f  x  x 16  x 23
6 3
5
(C) f  x  x  x 23 (D) f  x  0 (E) None of the above.
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10. What is the derivative of fx  2
?
2
x  3x
2 2 2x  3 2
(A) f  x  3
(B) f  x  3
(C) f  x  3
2x  3 x 2  3x 2x  3
2
(D) f  x  3
(E) None of the above.
2
x  3x

Record your letter choices in the space provided below:

1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___

6. ___ 7. ___ 8. ___ 9. ___ 10. ___

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Part B: Free Response (Show all work!!!)

11.
a. Given that lim
xc
fx  3 and lim
xc
gx  9, calculate each limit:
i. lim
xc
4 fx  gx

ii. lim
xc
fx  gx  7

fx
iii. lim
xc gx

iv. lim
xc
gx

t2  t  2
b. Compute the limit lim
t1 t2  1

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12. Find the indicated derivative for each function.

a. f  x if fx  x 3 x

b. h  2 if hx  x 2 3x 2  3x  4

13. Suppose ft  3t  1 5 .

a. Find the equation of the tangent line to ft at t  3.

b. Find all points for which ft has a horizontal tangent line.

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14. Use the limit definition to find the derivative of the function fx  x 2  4

15. Find the derivative of each of the following functions:

3 x3  1
a. fx  x

2
6  5x
b. y 
x2  1

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