UNIVERISTY OF GONDER

Collage of Natural and Computational Science

Department of Mathematics

Department: INFORMATICS Course Title:- Applied mathematics

WORKSHEET I on CHAPTERS III AND IV

1.Evaluate the following limits If it exists

√𝑥𝑥 2 +4−2 𝑥𝑥 4 −16 √𝑥𝑥 2 +2

a).limx → 0( ) e)lim I) lim
𝑥𝑥 2 𝑥𝑥→2 𝑥𝑥 2 −2 𝑥𝑥→∞ 3𝑥𝑥−6

(3+𝑥𝑥)−1 +3−1 √𝑥𝑥−𝑥𝑥 2

b)lim � � f)lim J)lim �√𝑥𝑥 2 − 3𝑥𝑥 − 𝑥𝑥�
𝑥𝑥→0 𝑥𝑥 →2 𝑥𝑥−2 𝑥𝑥→∞

𝑥𝑥 2 +6𝑥𝑥+5 √𝑥𝑥−√2
c) lim � � g)lim
𝑥𝑥→−1 𝑥𝑥 2 −3𝑥𝑥−4 𝑥𝑥→2 𝑥𝑥 2 −2𝑥𝑥

|𝑥𝑥+2| 2𝑥𝑥 2 −3𝑥𝑥

d) lim � � h)lim
𝑥𝑥→−2 𝑥𝑥+2 →1.5 |2𝑥𝑥−3|

2 .Find the asymptotes of the following functions using limit

𝑥𝑥 2 +4
a) 𝑦𝑦 = d) 𝑦𝑦 = √𝑥𝑥 + 1 − 𝑥𝑥
𝑥𝑥+1
2−𝑥𝑥
b) 𝑦𝑦 = (𝑥𝑥−4)(𝑥𝑥+2)
𝑥𝑥−9
c) 𝑦𝑦 =
√4𝑥𝑥 2 +3𝑥𝑥+2

3.Determine whether the following functions are continuous at the given point:

1−√𝑥𝑥
a)𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = at x=1 :
1−𝑥𝑥

𝑥𝑥 2 −2𝑥𝑥
2 , 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑥𝑥 ≠ 2 1 + 𝑥𝑥 2 , 𝑥𝑥 < −1
b)𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = � 𝑥𝑥 1−4 at x=2 c)𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = � at x=-1
, 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 = 2 4 − 𝑥𝑥 , 𝑥𝑥 ≥ −1
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4.Find the numbers at which f is discontinuous. at which f is discontinuous ,at which of these
numbers is f is continuous from the right, from left,or neither plot the graph of f

𝑥𝑥 + 1, 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 1 𝑥𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑥, 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 0
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a)𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = � 𝑥𝑥 , 1 < 𝑥𝑥 < 3 b) 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = �√𝑥𝑥 , 0 < 𝑥𝑥 < 1
√𝑥𝑥 − 3 , 𝑥𝑥 ≥ 3 1 , 𝑥𝑥 ≥ 1

5. which of the following functions f has removable discontinuous at ‘a’ if the the discontinuous
is removable find a function g such that agree with f for𝑥𝑥 ≠ 𝑎𝑎 and continuous in IR

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 𝑥𝑥 2 −2𝑥𝑥−8 3−√𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥−7
a) . 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = ,at a=2 b)𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = ,at a=9 c)𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = |𝑥𝑥−7| , 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑎𝑎 = 7
𝑥𝑥+2 9−𝑥𝑥

6.Find the value of constant K if the function f is continuous in (−∞, ∞)

𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡
𝑘𝑘𝑥𝑥 2 , 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 2 , 𝑥𝑥 < 0
a) 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = � b) 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = � 𝑥𝑥
2𝑥𝑥 + 𝑘𝑘 , 𝑥𝑥 > 2 3𝑥𝑥 + 2𝑘𝑘 2 , 𝑥𝑥 ≥ 0

7. Use Intermediate value theorem show that the given equation have a root in the intervals
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a) 𝑥𝑥 4 + 𝑥𝑥 − 3 = 0 [1,2] b) 𝑒𝑒 −𝑥𝑥 = 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 [1,2] c) √𝑥𝑥 =1-x ,[0,1]

1. Use the definition of derivative to find the derivative of:

𝟏𝟏
(𝐚𝐚) 𝒚𝒚 = 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝟓𝟓 (𝐛𝐛) 𝒚𝒚 = 𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟏𝟏 𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟑𝟑
𝒙𝒙 − 𝟐𝟐
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 − 𝟑𝟑
(𝐜𝐜) 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) = (𝐝𝐝) 𝒚𝒚 = √𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝟒𝟒
2. Find the slope of the following curves at the point 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟏𝟏:
𝟐𝟐
𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟐
(𝐚𝐚) 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟖𝟖 − 𝟓𝟓𝒙𝒙 (𝐛𝐛) 𝒚𝒚 = (𝐜𝐜) 𝒚𝒚 = � �
𝒙𝒙 + 𝟏𝟏 𝒕𝒕 − 𝟑𝟑
3. Use the definition of derivatives to determine if the following functions differentiable at
𝒙𝒙 = 𝟎𝟎:
(𝐚𝐚) 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) = 𝒙𝒙𝟏𝟏⁄𝟑𝟑 (𝐛𝐛) 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) = |𝒙𝒙| (𝐜𝐜) 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) = 𝒙𝒙|𝒙𝒙| (𝐝𝐝) 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) = �𝟏𝟏 + |𝒙𝒙|
4. Suppose f and g are differentiable functions such that 𝒇𝒇(𝟏𝟏) = 𝟑𝟑, 𝒈𝒈(𝟏𝟏) = 𝟕𝟕, 𝒇𝒇′ (𝟏𝟏) =
𝒈𝒈 ′
−𝟐𝟐, and 𝒈𝒈′ (𝟏𝟏) = 𝟒𝟒. Find (𝐢𝐢) (𝒇𝒇 + 𝒈𝒈)′(𝟏𝟏), (𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢) (𝒈𝒈 − 𝒇𝒇)′(𝟏𝟏), (𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢) (𝒇𝒇𝒇𝒇)′(𝟏𝟏), (𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢) � � (𝟏𝟏),
𝒇𝒇

𝒇𝒇 ′
(𝐯𝐯) � � (𝟏𝟏).
𝒈𝒈

5. Suppose f and g are differentiable functions such that:

𝒇𝒇(𝟏𝟏) = 𝟗𝟗 𝒇𝒇(𝟐𝟐) = −𝟓𝟓 𝒈𝒈(𝟏𝟏) = 𝟐𝟐 𝒈𝒈(𝟗𝟗) = 𝟑𝟑
𝒇𝒇′ (𝟏𝟏) = −𝟐𝟐 𝒇𝒇′ (𝟐𝟐) = −𝟔𝟔 𝒈𝒈′ (𝟏𝟏) = 𝟒𝟒 𝒈𝒈′ (𝟗𝟗) = 𝟕𝟕
Find each of the following: (𝐢𝐢) (𝒇𝒇 ∘ 𝒈𝒈)′(𝟏𝟏), (𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢) (𝒈𝒈 ∘ 𝒇𝒇)′(𝟏𝟏), (𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢) 𝒉𝒉′ (𝟏𝟏) 𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢 𝒉𝒉(𝒙𝒙) = �𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙)
𝟑𝟑
(𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢) 𝒋𝒋′ (𝟏𝟏) 𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢 𝒋𝒋(𝒙𝒙) = [𝒈𝒈(𝒙𝒙)]𝟓𝟓 , (𝐯𝐯) 𝒍𝒍′ (𝟏𝟏) 𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢 𝒍𝒍(𝒙𝒙) = 𝟐𝟐 ,
(𝐯𝐯𝐯𝐯) 𝒔𝒔′ (𝟏𝟏) 𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢 𝒔𝒔(𝒙𝒙) = 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬[𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙)],
[𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙)]
(𝐯𝐯𝐯𝐯𝐯𝐯) 𝒎𝒎′ (𝟏𝟏) 𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢 𝒎𝒎(𝒙𝒙) = 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬[𝒈𝒈(𝒙𝒙)].
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
6. Find � if 𝒚𝒚 = 𝒙𝒙𝟑𝟑 − 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 − 𝟒𝟒.
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒙𝒙=−𝟏𝟏

7. Given 𝒚𝒚 = 𝒖𝒖𝟐𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏 and 𝒖𝒖 = 𝒙𝒙𝟑𝟑 + 𝟒𝟒, find 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅⁄𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 by two methods: (a) using the Chain
Rule, and (b) using the composition notation.
8. Find the derivative of each of the following:
𝟐𝟐 𝟔𝟔 𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏
(𝐚𝐚) 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) = + (𝐛𝐛) 𝒚𝒚 = �𝟑𝟑𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 −
𝒙𝒙𝟏𝟏⁄𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙𝟏𝟏⁄𝟑𝟑 √𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓

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 (𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏)𝟒𝟒 (𝐞𝐞) 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) = 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 𝒆𝒆𝟏𝟏⁄𝒙𝒙 (𝐟𝐟) 𝒉𝒉(𝒙𝒙) = 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝟐𝟐 (𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐) 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝟑𝟑 (𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐)
(𝐝𝐝) 𝒚𝒚 =
(𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏)𝟑𝟑 (𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 − 𝟏𝟏)𝟓𝟓
(𝐠𝐠) 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟐𝟐−𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 (𝐡𝐡) 𝒚𝒚 = 𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙 (𝐢𝐢) 𝒚𝒚 = (𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙)𝒙𝒙
𝒙𝒙
(𝐣𝐣) 𝒚𝒚 = 𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙 (𝐥𝐥) 𝒚𝒚 = 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 �𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 �𝟏𝟏 + 𝒙𝒙𝟑𝟑 �
(𝐤𝐤) 𝒚𝒚 = �𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 √𝒙𝒙

(𝐦𝐦) 𝒚𝒚 = 𝒙𝒙 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬(𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙) (𝐧𝐧) 𝒉𝒉(𝒙𝒙) 𝟏𝟏

(𝐨𝐨) 𝒈𝒈(𝒙𝒙) =
= 𝒇𝒇(𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜(𝒈𝒈(𝒙𝒙))) 𝒇𝒇(𝐥𝐥𝐥𝐥 𝒙𝒙)

(𝐩𝐩) 𝒚𝒚 = |𝒙𝒙| 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬|𝒙𝒙| (𝐪𝐪) 𝒉𝒉(𝒙𝒙) (𝐫𝐫) 𝑭𝑭(𝒙𝒙) = 𝒙𝒙�𝟏𝟏 − 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐

𝟏𝟏
= (𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐)𝟐𝟐
𝟒𝟒
9. Use the Chain Rule to find 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅⁄𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅:
𝒖𝒖𝟐𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏 𝟑𝟑
(𝐚𝐚) 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟐𝟐 , 𝒖𝒖 = �𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐 (𝐛𝐛) 𝒚𝒚 = √𝟏𝟏 + 𝒖𝒖, 𝒖𝒖 = √𝒙𝒙
𝒖𝒖 + 𝟏𝟏
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
(𝐜𝐜) 𝒚𝒚 = √𝒖𝒖, 𝒖𝒖 = 𝒗𝒗(𝟑𝟑 − 𝒗𝒗) , 𝒗𝒗 = 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 (𝐇𝐇𝐇𝐇𝐇𝐇𝐇𝐇: = .)
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
𝟏𝟏
10. A point moves along the curve 𝒚𝒚 = 𝒙𝒙𝟑𝟑 − 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝟓𝟓 so that 𝒙𝒙 = √𝒕𝒕 + 𝟑𝟑, where 𝒕𝒕 is time. At
𝟐𝟐
what rate is 𝒚𝒚 changing when 𝒕𝒕 = 𝟒𝟒?
11. A point moves in the plane according to the equations 𝒙𝒙 = 𝒕𝒕𝟐𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 and 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟐𝟐𝒕𝒕𝟑𝟑 − 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔.
Find 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅⁄𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 when 𝒕𝒕 = 𝟎𝟎, 𝟐𝟐, 𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚 𝟓𝟓.
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
12. (a) Find if 𝒚𝒚 = 𝒙𝒙𝟓𝟓 + 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 (b) Find (𝒇𝒇−𝟏𝟏 )′ (𝟒𝟒) , given 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) = 𝟓𝟓𝒙𝒙𝟑𝟑 + 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 − 𝟗𝟗.
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
𝟐𝟐
13. Given 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) = = 𝟐𝟐(𝟏𝟏 − 𝒙𝒙)−𝟏𝟏 , find 𝒇𝒇(𝒏𝒏) (𝒙𝒙).
𝟏𝟏−𝒙𝒙

14. Show that the function 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) = 𝒙𝒙𝟑𝟑 + 𝟑𝟑𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 − 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 + 𝟐𝟐 has derivatives of all orders at 𝒙𝒙 = 𝒄𝒄.
15. Investigate the successive derivative of 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) = 𝒙𝒙𝟒𝟒⁄𝟑𝟑 at 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟎𝟎.
16. Find 𝒚𝒚′ (𝒙𝒙), given 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝒚𝒚𝟐𝟐 = 𝟏𝟏. What is 𝒚𝒚′ (𝟏𝟏⁄𝟐𝟐)?
17. Find 𝒚𝒚′ (𝒙𝒙) and 𝒚𝒚′′ (𝒙𝒙): (a) 𝒙𝒙𝟔𝟔 + 𝒚𝒚𝟔𝟔 = 𝟏𝟏 (b) 𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚𝟑𝟑 = 𝟑𝟑
18. Calculate 𝒚𝒚′: (a) 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 + 𝒚𝒚𝟐𝟐 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 (b) 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒚𝒚 + 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 = 𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙
19. Find 𝒚𝒚′, 𝒚𝒚′′, and 𝒚𝒚′′′ at (a) the point (𝟐𝟐, 𝟏𝟏) on 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 − 𝒚𝒚𝟐𝟐 − 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟏𝟏; (b) the point (𝟏𝟏, 𝟏𝟏)
on 𝒙𝒙𝟑𝟑 + 𝟑𝟑𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 𝒚𝒚 − 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝒚𝒚𝟐𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐𝒚𝒚𝟑𝟑 = 𝟎𝟎.
20. Find the slope at the point (𝒙𝒙𝟎𝟎 , 𝒚𝒚𝟎𝟎 ) of (a) 𝒃𝒃𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝒂𝒂𝟐𝟐 𝒚𝒚𝟐𝟐 = 𝒂𝒂𝟐𝟐 𝒃𝒃𝟐𝟐 ; (b) 𝒃𝒃𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 − 𝒂𝒂𝟐𝟐 𝒚𝒚𝟐𝟐 =
𝒂𝒂𝟐𝟐 𝒃𝒃𝟐𝟐 ;
(c) 𝒙𝒙𝟑𝟑 + 𝒚𝒚𝟑𝟑 − 𝟔𝟔𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟎𝟎.
21. Find the equations of the tangents with slope 𝒎𝒎 = − 𝟐𝟐⁄𝟗𝟗 to the ellipse 𝟒𝟒𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝟗𝟗𝒚𝒚𝟐𝟐 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒.
22. Find the equations of the tangent and normal lines to the curve at the given point.
𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 −𝟏𝟏
(𝐚𝐚) 𝒚𝒚 = √𝟏𝟏 + 𝟒𝟒 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙, (𝟎𝟎, 𝟏𝟏) (𝐛𝐛) 𝒚𝒚 = , (𝟎𝟎, −𝟏𝟏) (𝐜𝐜) 𝒚𝒚 = (𝟐𝟐 + 𝒙𝒙)𝒆𝒆−𝒙𝒙 , (𝟎𝟎, 𝟐𝟐)
𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 +𝟏𝟏

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 (𝐝𝐝) 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 + 𝒚𝒚𝟐𝟐 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏, (𝟐𝟐, 𝟏𝟏)
23. For the equation 𝒚𝒚 = 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 − 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 − 𝟑𝟑 find:
(a) The equation of the slope of its tangent line at any point.
(b) The equation of the tangent line at a point (𝟒𝟒, 𝟑𝟑) using point-slope form.
24. A particle undergoes straight-line motion with its displacement at any time given by the
following equation:
𝒚𝒚(𝒕𝒕) = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟑𝟑 − 𝟒𝟒𝒕𝒕𝟐𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏
(a) Find the times when the particle is motionless.
(b) Find the time when the particle is moving to the right.
(c) Find the time when the particle is moving to the left.
25. The velocity of a particle moving along the 𝒙𝒙-axis for 𝒕𝒕 ≥ 𝟎𝟎 is given by 𝒗𝒗𝒙𝒙 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 − 𝟑𝟑𝒕𝒕𝟑𝟑 .
(a) What is the particle’s acceleration when it first achieves a velocity of zero?
(b) What is the particle’s acceleration when it achieves its maximum displacement in
the +𝒙𝒙-direction?
26. The position of a particle moving along the 𝒙𝒙-axis is given by 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟔𝟔𝒕𝒕𝟐𝟐 − 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝟒𝟒.
(a) What is the particle’s velocity at times, 𝒕𝒕 = 𝟐𝟐 and 𝒕𝒕 = 𝟒𝟒?
(b) What is the particle’s average acceleration from 𝒕𝒕 = 𝟐𝟐 to 𝒕𝒕 = 𝟒𝟒?