2021-MNG101-1

Exam to be done on Sunday Aug 30 Period 1 (45 mins.)

Sample Questions Exam

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1. Given f  x   .2
x x
What whole number is equal to f   0.25 ?

2. Given f  x   4x3  9x2 19x  429 .

What whole number is equal to f   9  ?

3. Consider the curve C whose equation is f  x   4 x2  6 x .

If l is the line tangent to C at (0, 0) and P(9, k) is a point on l, what must the value of k
be?
[Hint: Find the equation of the tangent to C at (0, 0) and substitute 9 for x to find the
y-coordinate of P.]

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4. Given f  x   .
x4
What whole number is equal to f   2  ?

5. Given f  x    x 2  4 x  .
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What whole number is equal to f  1 ?

6. Given f  x   24 x3 11 .
What whole number is equal to f   3 ?

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7. The radius of a sphere is increasing at a rate ofcm/sec. When the radius is 3 cm,

the rate of change of the volume is k cm3/sec. What whole number is equal to k?
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The volume of a sphere of radius r is r 3 .
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Note that, no units are required in your answer.

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8. Consider the curve C whose equation is given by y  f  x   x3  2 x 2  77 x  95 .
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If this curve has exactly one local maximum, give the x-coordinate of this local
maximum. If it has no local maximum or more than one local maximum, enter 999 for
your answer.

9. Consider the curve C whose equation is given by

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y  f  x   x3  25x 2  48x  196 .
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What is the x-coordinate of the point of inflection of the curve C?

10. The volume V of an open box with a square base of side x cm is 640 cm3.
What is the height of the box if x = 8 cm?
Give your answer without the centimeter unit for the height.

11. Which of the following is true about the sense of variation in y  6 x 2  2 ?

Select all that apply and enter their labels in the same order as they appear (ascending
order).
Enter the labels without any spaces or commas.
1. It is increasing for all values of x > 0.
2. It is decreasing for all values of x > 0.
3. It is increasing for all values of x < 0.

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4. It is decreasing for all values of x < 0.
5. It is increasing for all real values of x.
6. It is decreasing for all real values of x.

12. Consider the function f given by y  f  x   4 x3  x4 ?

Which of the following is true about its graph?
Select all that apply and enter their labels in the same order as they appear (ascending
order).
Enter the labels without any spaces or commas.
1. It is increasing on the interval (3, +).
2. It is increasing on the interval (0, +) only.
3. It is decreasing on the interval (, 3) and on the interval (0, +).
4. It is decreasing on the interval (, 3).
5. It is increasing on the interval (, 3) and on the interval (0, +).

8x
13. Which of the following is true about the function f given by y  f  x   ?
x  64
2

Select all that apply and enter their labels in the same order as they appear (ascending
order).
Enter the labels without any spaces or commas.
1. x = 8 is a vertical asymptote for its graph.
2. x = 8 is a vertical asymptote for its graph.
3. y = 8 is a horizontal asymptote for its graph.
4. y = 0 is a horizontal asymptote for its graph.
5. y = 0 is a vertical asymptote for its graph.

14. Given E  x    7 x 3 x dx .
What is the value of E  27   E 8 ?

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15. Given F  x   
108
 4 dx .
 x
What is the value of F  3  F 1 ?

16. Given L  x    175  9 x 2  2  3x3  2 x  dx .

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What is the value of L 1  L  0 ?

 x2  9 x
17. Given F  x    dx .
 2
What is the value of F  6   F  0  ?

 x  15 x 2  dx ?
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18. What whole number is equal to
2

x3
19. The region bounded by the x-axis and y   2 x3/ 2 , 0  x  4 , is shaded in the
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diagram below.
2 y

1
1 2 3 4 x
0
5 6

1

2

3

4

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 k
If its area is expressed as , then what whole number is equal to k?
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20. Consider the sequence U n  which is defined explicitly by U n  n 2  8n  11 .

Find the value of k if Uk = 20?

21. Consider the sequence U n  which is defined recursively by U n  4U n1  U n2 ,

with U1  2 and U 2  5 . What is the value of U 4 ?

22. The 32nd term of an arithmetic progression is 301. The common difference is 9.
What is the first term of this progression?

23. {An} is an arithmetic progression in which A24  A8  176 .

What is the common difference of this progression?

24. What is the sum of the first 20 terms of the arithmetic progression
9,  4, 1, 6, ... ?

25. The first term of an arithmetic progression is 4 and the 14th term is 61.
What is the sum of the first 20 terms of this progression?

26. What is the common ratio of a geometric progression in which the second term is
6 and the 5th term is 162?

27. What is the sum to infinity of a geometric series if its 1st term is 48 and its 2nd
term is 36?

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28. What is the value of R if 4cos x  2 21sin x  R cos  x    , R  0 ?

Sample question answer:

5 5 5  27
1. f   x    7 / 2 , f   0.25      5  64  320
2x 2  0.257 / 2 2

2. f   x   12 x 2  18 x  19 , f   9  12(81)  18(9)  19  791 .

3. f ( x)  8 x  6  the slope of the tangent to the curve is f (0)  6.

The equation of the line with a slope 6 and passing through the origin is y  6 x.
Therefore, k  6  9  54 .
Answer: 54

1536 1536
4. f   x    , f   2     48.
x 5
32

5. f   x   4  x 2  4 x  (2 x  4), f   1  4  5   6  3, 000.
3 3

Answer: 3,000

36 x 2 36  9 36  9
6. f   x   , f   3    81.
x 3  11 16 4

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 dr 4 4
7. As  cm/sec and V  πr 3 , we obtain
dt  3

dV dV dr dr 4
   4πr 2   4πr 2   16r 2 .
dt dr dt dt π

When the radius r = 3 cm, the rate of change of the volume is

dV
 16r 2  16  32  144 cm3/sec, hence, k = 144.
dt

8. f   x   x 2  4 x  77  ( x  11)( x  7)  0 for x = 11 or x = 7.

f   x   2 x  4, f   11  0, so x = 11 is a local maximum of the function f.

Answer: –11

9. f   x   50  10 x

f   x   50  10 x  0  x  5,

f   x   0  x  5, f   x   0  x  5.

Therefore, the curve has an inflection point at x = 5.

V 640 640
10. The volume of the box is V  hx 2 . Then h   2   10 cm.
x2 8 64

Answer: 10

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11. The function is increasing for all values of x < 0 and decreasing for all values
of x > 0, so the answer is 23.

12. f   x   12 x 2  4 x 3  4 x 2  3  x   0 for x  0 or x  3.

Then f   x   0 for x  3 and f   x   0 for x  3 which means that the

function f is decreasing on the interval (, 3) and increasing on the interval

(3, +).

Hence, the answer is 14.

13. f ( x)   as x  8, so x = 8 is a vertical asymptote for the graph of f.

f ( x)   as x  8, so x = 8 is also a vertical asymptote for the graph of f.
f ( x)  0 as x  , so y = 0 is a horizontal asymptote for the graph of f.
Hence, the answer is 124.

14. E  x   3 x 7/3  C

E  27   E(8)  3  37  3  27  6,177

Answer: 6,177

36 36 104
15. F  x    3
 C , F  3   F (1)    36  .
x 27 3

16. L  x    175  3 x 3  2 x  d (3 x 3  2 x )  35  3 x 3  2 x   C ,
4 5

L 1  L  0  35  0  35.

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 1  9 x2 x3  1  9  36 63 
17. F  x        C , F  6   F (0)      45.
2 2 3  2 2 3

2
2
 x4 
x  15 x  dx    5 x 3   5  16  80
3 2
18.
2  4  2

4
4
  x3   x4 4 5/ 2  44 4 5 48
19.    2 x 3 / 2  dx    x    2  
 4   16 5  0 16 5 5
0

48
Therefore, the shaded area is and k = 48.
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20. k 2  8k  11  20  k 2  8k  9  0  ( k  1)( k  9)  0
Since k is positive we obtain that k  9.

21. U 3  4U 2  U1  4  5  2  22, U 4  4U 3  U 2  4  22  5  93

Answer: 93

22. Using a32 = 301, n = 32, and d = 9 in an = a1 + (n  1)d yields,

a32  a1  9  31  a1  301  9  31  22.

23. An  Am = (n  m)d yields,

(24  8)d = 176
d = 11

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Answer: 11

24. The common difference is 5, a1 = 9, hence,

n
S20   2a1  d ( n  1)   10(2  ( 9)  5  19)  770.
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25. A14  A1 = (14  1)d yields,

(61  (4)) = 13d
d = 5.
n
Then S20   2a1  d ( n  1)   10(2  ( 4)  5  19)  870.
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26. Substituting an = 6, n = 2, am = –162, m = 5 in am / an = rm  n yields

162
r3   27  r  3 .
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Answer: –3

a2 36 3
27. The common ratio is r    . Then
a1 48 4

a1 48
S   48  4  192.
1 r 3
1
4

28. R  42  (2 21)2  100  10

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