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Math 21 1st LE Samplex

1st sem AY1819

Work on the following problems intelligently and carefully. Justify all your answers by showing complete,
clear and coherent solutions. Box your final answers.

A. Evaluate the following limits.

x+tan(x) √9𝑥 6 −𝑥 2 +6
1. lim 4. lim
𝑥→0 sin(x) 𝑥→−∞ 𝑥 3 +1
2−√(x+1) 2−𝑥
2. lim 5. lim
x→3 3−x 𝑥→+∞ |𝑥 2 +2𝑥−8|
1 1
3. lim + (𝑥 2 +5𝑥 − 𝑥 2 −25)
𝑥→−5
B. Consider the function below
√1 − 𝑥 − 1, 𝑥<1
⟦2𝑥 − 3⟧, 1 ≤ 𝑥≤2
𝑓 (𝑥 ) =
1 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝑥 − 2)
{ , 𝑥>2
𝑥−2
3
Discuss continuity at x = 1, 2 , 2.

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C. Use Squeeze Theorem to evaluate lim+ x 3 [π + 2 cos ( )].
x→0 x

D. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show that f(x) = x 5 − 3x 2 + 1 has a zero in [0,1].

E. TRUE/FALSE
1. If the functions f and g are discontinuous at 𝑥 = 𝑎, then the function 𝑓 + 𝑔 is also
discontinuous at 𝑥 = 𝑎.
2. If 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 0 for any 𝑥 ϵ ℝ and lim+ 𝑔(𝑥 ) = +∞, then lim+ 𝑓 (𝑥 ) ⋅ 𝑔(𝑥 ) = 0.
𝑥→0 𝑥→0
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3. lim = +∞
𝑥→1 𝑥 3 −1
4. If both lim 𝑓 (𝑥 ) & lim 𝑔(𝑥 ) do not exist, then lim(𝑓𝑜𝑔)(𝑥 ) does not exist.
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎 x→a
F. Get the inverse of the following functions.
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1. 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑒 sin(2𝑥 −5) + 3, for 𝑥 > 3
2. 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 5, for 𝑥 ≤ 2
G. Solve for x.
1. 2 + log √1 + 𝑥 + 3 log √1 − 𝑥 = log √1 − 𝑥 2
2. 53𝑥 + 125𝑥+13 = 257𝑥+2
𝜋
3. 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝑥 ) − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1(𝑥 ) =
6
4. 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠ℎ(2𝑥 ) + 10 sinh(2𝑥 ) = 5
5. 𝑠𝑖𝑛ℎ−1 (𝑥 ) + 𝑐𝑜𝑠ℎ−1(𝑥 + 2) = 0