MATH1142 (Sam’s Stream) : Calculus I

University of the West Indies

Department of Mathematics
In-Semester Examination 02

Wednesday November 07, 2012 Duration 1 hour

Question 1
What is
cos 5x 1
lim ?
x!0 x2
(A) 0
(B) 5=2
(C) 25=2
(D) 25=2
(E) 1=2

Question 2
What is
x+2
lim ?
x!1 log (7 + 7ex )

(A) 1
(B) 2=7
(C) 0
(D) 2=7
(E) 1
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Question 3
What is
9x 3x
lim ?
x!0 4x 2x
(A) 3
(B) (log 3) = log (2)
(C) 4
(D) (log 6) = log (2)
(E) None

Question 4
By visualizing the graph of f (x) = log x; or otherwise, which of the following
is true for the function f (x) = log x?

(A) Its domain is R

(B) It is increasing for all values in its domain
(C) It has exactly one critical point.
(D) It is decreasing for all values in its domain
(E) None of A,B,C,D.

Question 5
The largest open interval(s) on which the function
2
f (x) = x2 9

is increasing is

(A) ( 3; 0)
(B) (3; 1)
(C) ( 1; 3)
(D) ( 1; 3) [ (0; 3)
(E) ( 3; 0) [ (3; 1)
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Question 6
The equation of the line tangent to the curve
1
f (x) = at x = e
(log x)2

is y = mx + c: The value of m is

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 1=e
(D) 2=e
(E) 2=e

Question 7
Let f (x) = ex 2x for all x 2 R.
Which of the following is true?

(A) f has a relative minimum f (log 2)

(B) f has a relative maximum f (log 2)
(C) f has a relative minimum f (2)
(D) f has a relative maximum f (2)
(E) f has a relative maximum f (e2 )

Question 8
The product of two numbers x and y is 900: Given that the sum x + y is a
minimum, what is x + y?

(A) 51
(B) 52
(C) 55
(D) 60
(E) 65
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Question 9
If the 2-nd degree Taylor Series polynomial approximation for f near x = a is
f 2 (a)
f (x) = f (a) + f 0 (a)(x a) + (x a)2 + R2 ;
2!
for a k 2 (x; a) or k 2 (a; x) ; then
f 2 (a)
(A) R2 = 2!
(x a)2
f 2 (k)
(B) R2 = 2!
(x a)2
f 2 (k)
(C) R2 = 2!
(x k)2
f 3 (a)
(D) R2 = 3!
(x a)3
f 3 (k)
(E) R2 = 3!
(x a)3

Question 10

Given that the Maclaurin Series for ex and sin x are

1 1 1
ex = 1 + x + x2 + x3 + x4 +
2 6 24
1 3 1 5
and sin x = x x + x +
6 120

What is the coe¢ cient of the term in x2 in the Maclaurin Series for e x
sin 2x?
(A) 2
(B) 2
(C) 1=3
(D) 1=3
(E) 1

Question 11
According the Taylor series, a linear approximation to the function
f (x) = 3x2 + 3x + 4
valid near x = 2 is
(A) g (x) = 3x + 4
(B) g (x) = 15x + 16
(C) g (x) = 15x 8
(D) g (x) = 9x + 16
(E) g (x) = 6x + 3
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Question 12
The equation 3x3 + 5x = 500 has a real root in the interval

(A) (0; 1)
(B) (3; 4)
(C) (5; 6)
(D) (7; 8)
(E) (9; 10)

Question 13
The function f is such that
1
f (x) = x + for x 6= 0:
x

The set of values of x for which f is increasing is

(A) ( 1; 1] [ [1; 1)
(B) [ 1; 1]
(C) ( 1; 1)
(D) (0; 1)
(E) ( 1; 0) [ (0; 1)

Question 14
The function f (x) = x2=3 : On the interval [ 1; 1] ;

f ( 1) = f (1)

There is no k 2 ( 1; 1) satisfying f 0 (k) = 0 (the conclusion of Rolle’s Theo-

rem). Why?

(A) f (x) is not continuous on the interval [ 1; 1] ;

(B) f (x) is not di¤erentiable on the interval ( 1; 1)
(C) This is an example of a contradiction to Rolle’s Theorem
(D) Rolle’s Theorem does not work for negative values of x
(E) f (x) is an odd function.
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Question 15
1
Consider the function f (x) = on the interval [1; 2] :
x
1
f (1) = 1; f (2) = 2

f is continuous on [1; 2] and is di¤erentiable on the interval (1; 2) :

According to the Mean Value Theorem, there exists at least one k 2 (1; 2)
such that
f (2) f (1)
f 0 (k) = :
2 1
What is/are the possible values of k?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
p
(C) 2 only
p p
(D) 2 or 3
p
(E) 1:5 or 3

See most of you tomorrow at 10!

Thanks,
S.A.M