St.

Mary’s University
Faculty of Informatics
Calculus I worksheet -III
1. Determine the extreme values, monotonicity and concavity of the following functions.

a. f ( x )=x 3−6 x2 9 x+ 1 1
d. f ( x )=e x
b. f ( x )=x 4−4 x3 1 1
x e. f ( x )=x 3 ( 6−x ) 3
c. f ( x )= 2
x −4

2. Sketch the graph of the following functions:

2
2x
a. f ( x )=2 x 3−3 x 2−12 x c. f ( x )= 2
x −1
b. f ( x )=3 x 5−5 x 3 +3
3. The parabola f ( x )=a x2 +bx + c passes through the points (1 , 0) and (2 , 0) and the tangent line to the
graph of f at (2 , 0) has slope 1 then find the values of a , b ,and c .
4. Find all points on x 2− y 2=1 closest to the point (0 , 2).
5. Find the dimension of an isosceles triangle of largest area that can be inscribed in a circle of radius 2
units.
6. A water tank has the shape of an inverted circular cone with base radius 4m and height 6m. If the water
is being pumped into the tank at a rate of 4 m 3 /min. find the rate at which the water level is rising when
the water is 5m deep.
3
x −2 x
7. Given is the function (x )= 2 .
3 x −9
a. Give the domain of f .
b. Is f an even function, odd function, or neither?
c. Find all the x and y -intercepts of the graph f .
d. Find all horizontal, vertical, and slant asymptotes of the graph of f . If asymptotes of a
certain kind are absent, explain why.
e. Find the intervals where the graph of f is increasing or decreasing and the locations and
values of the local maxima and minima.
f. Find the intervals where the graph of f is concave upward and concave downward and
the infection points.
8. If a and b are positive numbers, find the maximum value of (x )=x a ( 1−x )b .
9. Find all critical points of the function f (x)=¿ 3 x−5∨¿ on the interval [−3, 2]. Also find all
maxima and minima of this function on [−3, 2], both local and global.
10. The sum of two positive numbers is 12. What is the smallest possible value of the sum of their
squares? Show your reasoning.

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11. Verify that the function g ( x )= satisfies the hypothesis of the Mean Value Theorem on the
x +7
interval [−1, 2]. Then find all numbers c that satisfy the conclusion of the Mean Value
Theorem.
−1
12. Let f ( x)=x3 +3 x +1. Show that f has at least one root in the interval ( , 0) . Explain your
2
reasoning

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