Calculus with Applications to Economics —Exercises

1. Give the domain of the following functions

√
 
q
x+1 cos(ln x) x+1
1−2x , ln x, √ , arcsin
x− x 2x − 1

x3 +1
2. Show that the function f (x) = x3 −1
is one-to-one. Find its inverse, and state the domain and
range of the inverse.

3. Is the function f : R → R defined by f (x) = sin(x2 ) one-to-one?

4. Compute sin−1 (sin( 23π −1 25π

6 ) and cos (cos( 3 ) .

5. Show that the function f : R → R defined by f (x) = x3 + x + 1 is strictly increasing.

6. Find the limit when it exists

ex − 1
(a) lim
x→0 sin x
(b) lim x3 − x
x→−∞
x3 − x2 + 8x − 8
(c) lim
x→1 x2 − 1
p
(d) lim x 1 + x2 − x)
x→∞
(e) lim x2 − x sin(x)
x→∞
x2 + 2x + 1
(f) lim
x→∞ x3 − x2 − x − 1
(g) lim x3 sin( x1 )
x→0

(h) lim |x−1|

2
x→1 x −1