MATH 101 Calculus I 9 Nov 2015

MIDTERM EXAM-Version A

PART A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. MCQS ARE WORTH TWO MARKS EACH. ANSWER MULTIPLE
CHOICE QUESTIONS ON THE SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED. BE SURE TO WRITE YOUR
NAME AND ROLL NUMBER ON THE SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET. NEITHER THIS EXAM PAPER NOR
THE BLUE BOOKLETS WILL BE CHECKED.

1.
sin (πx)
lim =
x→1 x−1

(A) The limit does not exist

(B) −π
(C) -1
(D) +1
(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (B)
Topics: limit definition of derivative

2. Consider the function f : R → R defined by

f (x) = sin (x2 + x) + 1
The graph of f passes through the point (0, 1). The equation of the tangent line
to the graph of f at the point (0, 1) is

(A) y(x) = (2x + 1)cos(x2 + x)

(B) y(x) = 1
(C) y(x) = 2x + 1
(D) y(x) = x + 1
(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (D)
Topics: tangent lines, derivative of sin, derivative of polynomial, chain rule

3. Consider the function f : R → R defined by

f (x) = (3x2 + x + 1)100cos(2x)
′
f (0) =

(A) 100
(B) 300
(C) 600
(D) 900
(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (A)

Topics: chain rule, product rule, derivative of polynomial, derivative of cos

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4. Consider the function f : R → R defined by
x2 − 1
f (x) =
′
x2 + 1
Then f (1) =

(A) -1
(B) 0
(C) 1
(D) 3/4
(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (C)

Topics: quotient rule, derivative of polynomial

5. Suppose that y is defined implicitly as a function of x by the equation

x2tan(y) = 1
Then when x = 1 and y = π/4 the derivative of y with respect to x has the value

(A) -1
(B) 0
(C) 1
(D) 2
(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (A)

Topics: implicit differentiation, product rule, chain rule, derivative of tan

6. Consider the function f : R → R defined by

x−1
f (x) =
x+1
Note that f (4) = 3/5 = 0.6

We can use this to find a linear approximation of f (4.1) ≈

(A) 0.596
(B) 0.604
(C) 0.608
(D) 0.612
(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (C)

Topics: linear approximation, quotient rule

7. p p
1 + sin (x) − 1 − sin (x)
lim =
x→0 x
(A) 2

(B) 1

(C) 0

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(D) the limit does not exist

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (B)

Topics: limits, limits by conjugation

8. Consider the function f : R \ {3} → R defined by

|x − 3|
f (x) =
x−3
and the following statements:

i. limx→3− f (x) = 1

ii. limx→3+ f (x) = 1

iii. f is continuous at x = 3.

Then

(A) Only statement i is true.

(B) Statement i and statement ii are both true and statement iii is false.

(C) Statement ii and statement iii are both true and statement i is false.

(D) Statement ii is true and statement i and statement iii are both false.

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (D)

Topics: limits, continuity, absolute value

9. Suppose that f : R → R is defined by


 sin (x − a)
, x 3
f (x) = x−3
b , x=3


for some a ∈ R, b ∈ R. For what values of a and b is the function f continuous at

x = 3?

(A) a = 0 and b = 1

(B) a = 1 and b = 0

(C) a = 3 and b = 1

(D) a = 1 and b = 3

(E) none of the other choices is correct

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Answer: (C)

Topics: limits, sin(x)/x, continuity

10. The functions f : R → R, g: R → R, h: R → R are defined below. Which of the

functions are differentiable at every point of the interval (−1, 1)?

f (x) = |5 − 3x|
(
1 − x2 , x60
g(x) =
x2 , x>0

(
1 − x2 , x60
h(x) =
1 + x2 , x > 0

(A) only f

(B) only h

(C) both f and g but not h

(D) both g and h but not f

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (E)

Topics: derivatives, limit definition of derivative

11. Consider the function f : R → R defined by f (x) = x3. The points where the
value of the function and the value of the derivative are equal are:

(A) 0 and 3

(B) 0 and 1/3

(C) 0 only

(D) 3 and 1 3

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (A)

Topics: derivatives, derivatives of polynomials

12.
2x + 3x2 + 7
lim =
x→∞ x2 + π
(A) 0

(B) 3

(C) 5

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(D) 7

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (B)

Topics: limits at infinity

13. Suppose that |x/4 − 1| < 0.2 whenever x ∈ (16 − δ, 16 + δ) for some positive real
number δ. What is the largest such δ that this is true?

(A) 0.8

(B) 1.2

(C) 2.0

(D) 8.0

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (A)

Topics: limits, formal limits

14. Suppose that f is differentiable at x = 1 and f (1) = f ′(1) = 5. Suppose that

g is defined by g(x) = 1/f (x2). The g ′(1) =

(A) -1

(B) -2/25

(C) -2/5

(D) -1/25

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (C)

Topics: reciprocal rule, chain rule

15. Suppose that the function f is such that for all x it obeys the inequality
1−x −x
> f (x) >
x 4

Then
lim f (x) =
x→2
(A) -1/2

(B) 0

(C) 2

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(D) the limit cannot be determined from the information given

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (A)

Topics: limits, squeeze theorem

16. Consider the function f : R → R definded by f (x) = sin (x2 + 2x). The
linearization L of this function near x = 0 is given by

(A) L(x) = 2x + 1

(B) L(x) = 2x

(C) L(x) = (2x + 1)cos(x2 + x)

(D) L(x) = x

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (B)

Topics: linear approximation

PART B.

DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS. ANSWERS THESE QUESTIONS ON THE ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED FOR
PART B. BE SURE TO PUT YOUR NAME AND ROLL NUMBER ON THE ANSWER SHEET. EACH OF
THE DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS IS WORTH SIX MARKS. NEITHER THIS PAPER NOR THE BLUE
BOOKLETS WILL BE CHECKED.

1. Consider the function f : R → R defined by

f (x) = x2sin(x)
Find f ′(0) using the limit definition of the derivative. You must use the limit
definition of the derivative and no other formula to answer this question.

Answer:

x2sin(x) − 02sin(0) x2sin(x)

f ′(0) = lim = lim = lim x sin (x) = 0 · 0 = 0
x→0 x−0 x→0 x x→0

Topics: Limit defn of derivative

2. Consider the function f : R → R defined by


−x , x < 0
f (x) =
0 , x>0
Is the function f continuous at x = 0? Justify your answer.

Answer:

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The function is defined at 0, f (0) = 0

The limit of the function exists at 0,

lim f (x) = lim − x = −0 = 0

x→0 − x→0 −

lim f (x) = lim 0 = 0

x→0+ x→0+

The direction limits exist and agree so the regular limit is also 0.

The limit at 0 and the function value at 0 are the same.

We have checked all the necessary conditions and so f is continuous at 0.

Topics: continuity

3. Show that the equation x101 + x57 = 0 has a solution on the interval [−1, 1].

Answer: Consider f (x) = x101 + x57 defined on the closed interval [−1, 1]. This is a
polynomial function and so is continuous on the closed interval. Thus it has the
intermediate value property, and f will take all values between f (−1) = −2 and
f (+1) = 2 on the interval. In particular, it will take the value 0 at some point
on the interval. Thus the equation has a solution somewhere on the interval.

Topics: continuity, intermediate value property/theorem.

4. Consider the function f : R → R defined by

f (x) = 3x + 7
Give a formal ε − δ proof that

lim f (x) = 13
x→2
Solution:

Note that |3x + 7 − 13| = |3x − 6| = |3| ·|x − 2| = 3|x − 2|

Then for all ε > 0, there is a δ = ε/3 such that

0 < |x − 2| < δ = ǫ/3 implies that |(3x + 7) − 13| = 3|x − 2| < 3δ = ε

Topics: formal limits

5. Suppose that a particle moves along the ellipse whose equation is given

4x2 + 6y 2 = 10
At time t = 5, x = 1, y = 1, and dy/dt = 2. What is dx/dt when t = 5?

Solution:

Differentiating wrt t
8x · dx/dt + 12y · dy/dt = 0
At t = 5, we have

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 8 · 1 · dx/dt + 12 · 1 · 2 = 0

8dx/dt + 24 = 0
dx/dt = −24/8 = −3

Topics: implicit differentiation, related rates