CHAPTER 1: FUNCTIONS AND LIMITS

1. A rectangle has perimeter 20m. Express the area of the rectangle as a function of the

length of one of its sides.

2. Express the area of an equilateral triangle as a function of the length of a side.

3. An open rectangular box with volume 2m3 has a square base. Express the surface

area of the box as a function of the length of a side of the base.

4. A Norman window has the shape of a rectangle

surmounted by a semicircle. If the perimeter of the

window is 30f t, express the area A of the window as a

function of the width x of the window.

5. A cell phone plan has a basic charge of $35 a month. The plan includes 400 free

minutes and charges 10 cents for each additional minute of usage. Write the monthly

cost C as a function of the number x of minutes used and graph C as a function of x

for 0 ¤ x ¤ 600.

6. In a certain state the maximum speed permitted on freeways is 65mi{h and the minimum

speed is 40mi{h. The fine for violating these limits is $15 for every mile per hour above

the maximum speed or below the minimum speed. Express the amount of the fine F

as a function of the driving speed x and graph F pxq for 0 ¤ x ¤ 100.

7. In a certain country, income tax is assessed as follows. There is no tax on income

up to $10, 000. Any income over $10, 000 is taxed at a rate of 10%, up to an income of

$20, 000. Any income over $20, 000 is taxed at 15%.

(a) Sketch the graph of the tax rate R as a function of the income I.

(b) How much tax is assessed on an income of $14, 000? On $26, 000?

(c) Sketch the graph of the total assessed tax T as a function of the income I.

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 Find the domain and range and sketch the graph of the function
? ?
8. f pxq  2x x2 10. f pxq  x 1 3
x
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|x| if x ¤
1
11. f pxq 
x 2,
9. f pxq 
3x
x x2 , if x ¡
1

Determine whether f pxq is even, odd, or neither?

12. f pxq  2 14. f pxq 
x x
x 1 x 1
x
1
15. f pxq  ln
2
13. f pxq  4
x
x 1 x 1

16. Find expressions for the quadratic functions whose graphs are shown.

Find the functions f  g, g  f, f  f, g  g and their domains

f pxq 
1, gpxq  2x 1 ? ?
17. x2 19. f pxq  x, g pxq  1
x 3

f pxq  x , g p xq  20. f pxq  , g pxq  sin 2x

1 x 1 x
18.
x x 2 1 x

21. Find f  g  h if
(a) f pxq  3x
2, g pxq  sin x, hpxq  x2
?
(b) f pxq  x
3, g pxq  x2 , hpxq  x3 2

Find inverse functions of:

 
24. f pxq  sin x in
π 3π
22. f pxq  ax
,
b 2 2
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23. f pxq 
1 in p
8,
1{2s x P p
8, 0s
25. f pxq 
x2 x,
2x, x P p0, 8q

26. Find the exact value of each expression.



(a) cos arcsin

1
? 
2 (d) sin 2 arctan 2


(e) cos parctan 2 arctan 3q

2
(b) tan arcsin
3


3 (f) cos parcsin xq

(c) sin arccos
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27. Prove the identity.
(c) tanhpx yq 
tanh x tanh y
(a) sinhpx y q  sinh x cosh y cosh x sinh y 1 tanh x tanh y
(b) coshpx y q  cosh x cosh y x2
1
sinh x sinh y (d) tanhpln xq 
x2 1

2
28. If tanh x 
12
, find the values of the other hyperbolic functions at x.
13

29. If cosh x  and x ¡ 0, find the values of the other hyperbolic functions at x.
5
3
Find the following limits:
x2
2 x2 3 x
Ñ
3 |x 3|
32. lim
xÑ0 3x2
5x xÑ 3 x 2
3
30. lim 31. lim x
1
x
2
2
x2
2x 1 xm
1
? x4 x2 1
33. lim 34. lim
xÑ 1 x3
x xÑ 1 x n
1
35. lim
xÑ 2

px hq3
x3 8x3
1 x2
pa 1qx a

6x2
5x 1
37. lim
x3
a3
36. lim 38. lim
Ñ0 h x Ñ 1
xÑ a
?
h 2


x3 x2
?1x x
1
3
Ñ8 2x2
1

3x
39. lim 40. lim
x
10
xÑ8 5x
41. lim
2x 1 3
Ñ10
?2 ? ?
x
?x
x

lim ?

x2
lim ?
x 4
2
lim ?
2 x
2
x
?
x
1
42.
x
32
x
43. 44.
xÑ 1 xÑ 0 2 9
3 xÑ 0 3

? ? ?x 
2
{ ? ? 
45. lim x
a
x 46. lim 4x2
7x 4
2x 47. lim x3 2 x3 2
x3
2
xÑ8 x Ñ8 x Ñ8
sin 7x 49. lim x cot πx 3 arcsin x
48. lim
Ñπ tan 3x x Ñ0 50. lim
Ñ0
x


x
?4x
cos αx
cos βx 2
2 cos x
51. lim
xÑ 0 x2
52. lim
x Ñ0
1
sin x

cot x 53. lim
xÑπ {4 π
4x

2x 
x2
56. lim pcos xq1{x
1
x 3 x2 5 2

x
2
54. lim
x2
5 Ñ0
Ñ8 55. lim
x x Ñ8 x

$
& x2 x
2
57. Given f pxq  , x  1 . Find A so that the function f pxq is continuous.
x
1
%
A, x1
"
x
1, x¤1
58. Given f pxq  . Find a so that the function f pxq is continuous.
ax2
2, x ¡ 1
"
x ¤ π {2
59. Given f pxq  . Find a and b so that the function f pxq is continuous.
ax 1,
sin x b, x ¡ π {2

60. Find all values of a such that f is continuous on R

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x 1, x ¤ a
f px q 
x2 , x¡a

61. Sketch the region in the plane consisting of all points px, y q such that

|x
y| |x|
|y| ¤ 2

62. If f0 pxq  2
1 x and fn 1  f0  fn for n  0, 1, 2, . . . , find an expression for fnpxq and

use mathematical induction to prove it. Graph f0 , f1 , f2 , f3 on the same screen and

describe the effects of repeated composition.