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Part 1
1. Calculate the limits, showing all your work. Numerical answers without ex-
|x2 − 9| 7x4 − 5x + 11
c. lim d. lim
x→3 x − 3 x→∞ 2x
sin 4x
e. lim
x→0 3x2
2. Calculate the derivative of
x2 sin x 2
f (x) = g(x) = (2x + 3)x h(x) = sin4 (3x − 2)
ex
3. Using the definition of the derivative, find the equation of the tangent line
√
to the curve y = 2x + 1 when x = 4.
5. What does the Intermediate Value Theorem (Darboux’ Theorem) say? Give
Part 2
For the word problems, you need to do all the non-star questions, and only 1 of
1. A particle is moving along the x-axis. Its distance from the origin is given
by x(t) = 4t3 − 24t2 + 21t, where t is the time. If 0 6 t 6 3, what is the largest
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distance between the particle and the origin, and when is the point moving the
fastest?
Z 3
2 1
2. Calculate x + dx.
1 2x − 3
3. ** Two carts A and B are connected with a rope 15 m long, which passes over
a pulley P, placed at 3 meters of the ground. Cart A moves away from point Q
4. ** In a rugby game, a try was scored 15 meters to the right of the center
of the goal, which is 6 meters wide. How far from the goal line should a kicker
put the ball down for his try, in order to maximize his chance to score 2 extra
points?
5. Consider a cube of variable size. Assume that the volume of the cube is
increasing at the rate of 10 cubic cm per minute. How fast is the surface area
20◦ C. In 5 minutes, the liquid reached a temperature of 65◦ C. How long before
7. A ladder 5 meters long is put against a wall and it starts sliding away at a
rate of 0.3 m/sec. How fast is the height reached by the ladder decreasing when
the foot of the ladder is exactly 2 meters away from the wall? What comment
8. Find the area between the curve y = x2 − 1, the x-axis, and the vertical lines
x = 0 and x = 3.
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a(t) = 2t − 5. Find the position of the solid at the time t = 10sec if at time
10. What is the maximum area of a triangle with two of its sides being 10 cm
and 14 cm long?
11. On a certain beach a low tide of 4 meters is recorded at 3 a.m. The next
high tide of 15 meters takes place 9 a.m. At what point in time during the day is
the tide rising the fastest, and what is that particular value? Bonus: Complete
this question with more info and change it to make it more challenging, without
changing the given data. Explain why is the ”new” question more challenging?
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No Calculator Section
1. Point A(m, n) is on the intersection of the unit circle and the terminal arm
6. What is the radius of the circle for which an arc of length 20 cm is subtended
by an angle of ?
2 120 40
a. 40π b. c. d.
9 π π
7. Solve
π π
6, 5π 3, 2π
6, 7π π π 3, 4π
6, 11π π 2π 3, 2π π 5π 6, 5π 3, 5π
a. b. − , − , c. − , − , d.
6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3
8. Solve logx 27 = 3
a. ± 3 b. 3 c. no solution d. 1
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10. If m = −2 ln , n = ln 625, which one is true?
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a. m = n b. n < m c. m > n d. m = −n
11. The graph of y = log x is labelled as VI. Which is the graph of y = log (x − 3)
a. I b. III c. IV d. V
a. 8, −7 b. 8 c. − 8, 7 d. 7
13. If the function y = −x2 + 4x becomes y = −x2 − 4x, the reflection that
a. y = 0 b. x = 0 c. y = x d. y = −x
15. How many different paths are there that reach from the top to exit 5?
a. 15 b. 19 c. 20 d. 32
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Calculator Section
(a sin x − b)(b cos x + a)(b sin x + cos x), 0 < a < b have in the interval [0, 2π)?
a. none b. 6 c. 4 d. 2
25. An Earthquake in Math 101 measures 5.2 on the Richter scale. What would
27. A football team recorded 8 wins, 6 losses and 4 ties. In how many different
28. A water polo team is made of 5 field players, one being the captain of the
team. In how many different ways can the players line up if the captain is always
in the middle?
a. 12 b. 24 c. 16 d. 120
29. In how many ways can you deal exactly 3 kings when dealing a 7 cards hand
30. A team has 5 men and 6 women on it. Only 6 players can play at the time,
and there have to be at least 2 players of each gender. In how many different
31. What is the coefficient of the middle term for the expansion of (3x − y)6 ?
a. 14 b. -9 c. no reminder d. 9
a. x + 4 b. 6x − 1 c. 2x − 1 d. 3x + 1
2
x − 36
34. Solve the following equation: =0
x+6
a. x = ±6 b. x = −6 c. x = 6 d. no solution
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35. What are the asymptotes of the rational function f (x) = + 2?
x−3
a. x = −3, y = 2 b. x = 3, y = −2 c. x 6= 3, y 6= 2 d. x =
3, y = 2
36. In the following graph, what transformations must be applied to the blue
38. For a polynomial P (x), if P (6) = 0, then which of the following must be a
factor of P (x)?
a. x2 − 6 b. x + 6 c. x2 + 6 d. x − 6
2−k
39. What is the value of k in the function f (x) = if its graph passes
5x +k
2
through the point 3, − ?
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a. − b. 4 c. − 10 d. no such k exists
2
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40. Which function has a y-intercept of − ?
27
−8 8
a. f (x) = 2 b. f (x) =
x − 12x − 27 (−8x + 3)(x + 9)
−8
c. f (x) = 2 d. all of the above
x + 12x + 27
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Free Response
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1. Graph y = f x − 1 + 3 if y = f (x) is given.
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2. Solve algebraically, giving your answer in simplest radical form:
log3 (x − 3) + log3 (x − 1) = 2
3. Solve the equation 3 tan2 x + tan x − 2 = 0 for 0 6 x 6 2π. For full marks,
4. A radioactive element loses 30% of its mass over a period of 40 years. What
is the half-life of the element? Solve the problem using logarithms, round your