UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

Test Two S1 2023

Prescription Number: MATH199-23W

Paper Title: AIMS

Time allowed: One Hour

Number of pages: 11 Pages

Answer all three questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

There is a total of 36 marks.

Only UC approved calculators (non-graphic) are allowed.

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You are allowed a hand-written double sided sheet of A4 paper.

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1. [12 marks]

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(a) Consider f (x) = x + 7 and g(x) = + 2.
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i. Find (f ◦ g)(x) and (g ◦ f )(x).

ii. What is the domain and range of f (x)?

iii. Find f −1 (x).

iv. What is the domain and range of f −1 (x)?

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(b) Simplify sin(cos−1 (x)) such that it no longer contains any trig functions.

(c) i. Show algebraically that sinh(x) is an odd function.

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ii. On the below axes, sketch an odd, invertible function that passes through the point
(2, 1).

−5 −4 −3 −2 −1 1 2 3 4 5 x
−1

−2

−3

−4

−5

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2. [13 marks]

(a) Evaluate the following limits (without using L’Hopitals rule).

4x3 + 7x − 5
i. lim
x→∞ 6x4 − 100x3 − 200x

x2 + x − 20
ii. lim
x→4 x−4

7x
iii. lim
x→0 3 tan(x)

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(b) Consider (
x2 + 1 x ≤ −1
f (x) =
1 − 2x x > −1
i. Evaluate lim − f (x) and lim + f (x).
x→−1 x→−1

ii. Is the function continuous at x = −1? Explain why or why not.

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(
x2 + 1 x ≤ −1
Recall: f (x) = .
1 − 2x x > −1

f (−1 + h) − f (−1) f (−1 + h) − f (−1)

iii. Evaluate lim+ and lim− .
h→0 h h→0 h

iv. Is f (x) differentiable at x = −1? Explain why or why not.

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3. [11 marks]

(a) Differentiate the following functions.

√3
i. f (x) = x4 + 2 ln(x)

ii. g(x) = 3 cos(ex + 4)

iii. h(x) = e2x sin(x)

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(b) Consider the graph described by x2 − y 2 + 4xy − 3x = 0.

dy 3 − 4y − 2x
i. Show that = .
dx 4x − 2y

ii. This graph has a vertical tangent at x = 0. Find the x-value of the other vertical
tangent.

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