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CALCULUS 1 (MA001IU) – FINAL EXAMINATION

Semester 1, 2023-24 • Duration: 120 minutes • Date: February 01, 2024
SUBJECT: CALCULUS 1
Department of Mathematics Lecturers

Pham Huu Anh Ngoc N. Dinh, P.T. Duong, T.V. Khanh, N.M. Quan, M.D. Thanh, N.T.T. Van
INSTRUCTIONS:

• Use of calculator is allowed. Each student is allowed one double-sided sheet of reference
material (size A4 or similar). All other documents and electronic devices are forbidden.

• You must explain your answers in detail; no points will be given for the answer alone.

• There is a total of 10 (ten) questions. Each one carries 10 points.

1. Evaluate the following limit

sin x − ex + 1
lim 2 .
x→0 1 − ex
2. A circle is inside a square (as Figure 1) and both are changing size. The radius of the circle is
decreasing at a rate of 3 cm per minute and the sides of the square are increasing at a rate of 4 cm
per minute. When the radius of the circle is 6 cm, and the sides of the square are 15 cm, then how
fast is the AREA outside the circle but inside the square changing?

Figure 1: A circle of radius r inside a square of side x

√
7
3. Use Newton’s method to approximate 1000 correct to seven decimal places with the initial
approximation x0 = 3.

4. Evaluate the integral

Z 1
2 − 5x
dx.
0 2x2 + 11x + 5
5. Evaluate the improper integral
dx
Z ∞
.
e x (ln x)3
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6. Use the trapezoidal rule to approximate the following integral by dividing the interval [0, 1] into
5 equal subintervals
Z 1p
1 + x3 dx.
0

x2
7. A rectangle is to be inscribed in the ellipse +y2 = 1 (see Figure 2). What should the dimensions
4
of the rectangle be to maximize its area? What is the maximum area?

Figure 2: A rectangle inscribed in an ellipse

8. Let g(x) = 0x f (t)dt, where f is the function whose graph is shown in Figure 3. The graph of
R

y = f (t) intersects Ot at t = 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.

(a) [6 points] At which values of x do the local maximum and local minimum values of g occur?
(b) [4 points] Where does g attain its absolute maximum value?

Figure 3

4 3
9. Find the arc length of the graph of y = x 2 between x = 0 and x = 1.
3
10. Let R be the region enclosed by the graph of f (x) = 2x − x2 and the x-axis. Find the volume of
the solid of revolution formed by revolving R around the y-axis.

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ANSWERS
1. Using l’Hospital’s rule for the form of 0/0 twice, one obtains

sin x − ex + 1 (sin x − ex + 1)′ cos x − ex (cos x − ex )′ − sin x − ex

lim 2 = lim 2 = lim 2 = lim 2 = lim 2 2 = 1/2.
x→0 1 − ex x→0 (1 − ex )′ x→0 −2xex x→0 (−2xex )′ x→0 −2ex − 4x2 ex

(5pts +5 pts. That is, 5pts for each time of using the L’Hospital’s rule)
2. The area outside the circle but inside the square is A = x2 − πr2 [3pts]. Thus,
dA dx dr
= 2x − 2πr = 2 × 15 × 4 − 2π × 6 × (−3) = 233.0973 cm2 /min
dt dt dt
[5pts for differentiating and 2pts for the final answer]
√
3. Observe that 7 1000 is a solution of the equation x7 = 1000 or x7 − 1000 = 0. Let f (x) =
x7 − 1000 [2pts].
Using Newton’s method, we have
f (xn ) xn7 − 1000
xn+1 = xn − ′ = xn − [4pts]
f (xn ) 7xn6
By choosing, x0 = 3, we get the sequence of
x1 = 2.76739173
x2 = 2.69008741
x3 = 2.68275645
x4 = 2.68269580
x5 = 2.68269580
√
7
Since x4 and x5 agree to seven decimal places, we deduce that 1000 ≈ 2.6826958 [4pts].
4.
Z 1 Z 1   
2 − 5x 1 3 1
2
dx = − dx = ln |2x + 1| − 3 ln |x + 5| |10
0 2x + 11x + 5 0 2x + 1 x + 5 2
1
= ln 3 − 3 ln 6 + 3 ln 5.
2
[5pts for partial fraction decomposition + 5 pts for integrating]
5.
Z t Z lnt    
dx dx du −1 lnt 1 1 1
Z ∞
= lim = lim = lim |1 = lim − = .
e x (ln x)3 t→∞ e x (ln x)3 t→∞ 1 u3 t→∞ 2u2 t→∞ 2 2(lnt)2 2
[5pts for substitution + 5 pts for integrating and obtainning the answer]
1−0
6. With n = 5, we have ∆x = 5 = 0.2 and
x0 = 0, x1 = 0.2, x2 = 0.4, x3 = 0.6, x4 = 0.8, x5 = 1. [3pts]

Then
Z 1p
∆x
1 + x3 dx ≈ [ f (x0 ) + 2 f (x1 ) + 2 f (x2 ) + 2 f (x3 ) + 2 f (x4 ) + f (x5 )]
0 2
0.2 p p p p p
= ( 1 + 03 + 2 1 + 0.23 + 2 1 + 0.43 + 2 1 + 0.63 + 2 1 + 0.83 ) ≈ 1.11499.
2
[4 pts + 3pts]
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Figure 2: A rectangle inscribed in an ellipse

7. Let L be the length of the rectangle and W be its width. Let A be the area of the rectangle.
Without loss of generality, we suppose that (x, y) is the corner of the rectangle that lies in the
first quadrant (x, y > 0). Since L = 2x and W = 2y, the area A can be calculated by
r
x2 p
A = LW = (2x)(2y) = 4x 1 − = 2x 4 − x2 . [5pts]
4
Note that
8 − 4x2
A′ (x) = √ , for x ∈ (0, 2).
4 − x2
√
We have A′ (x) = 0 when x = 2 (thus y = √12 ) [3pts]. By the first derivative test, the function
√ √
A(x) attains√its maximum√value of A( 2) = 4. Therefore, the maximum area is A( 2) = 4
when L = 2 2 and W = 2 [2pts].

8. (a) [6pts] • Consider the function g(x) on [0, 9]. By the Fundamental theorem of calculus (FTC)
g′ (x) is differentiable on (0, 9) and g′ (x) = f (x) for all x ∈ (0, 9). Note that, on (0, 9), the
equation f (x) = 0 has 4 roots of x = 1, 3, 5, 7. Therefore, on (0, 9), g′ (x) = 0 for x = 1, 3, 5, 7.
• By the Figure 3, we have the sign of g′ and the locations of min or max of g as in the chart
below:
x 0 1 3 5 7 9
g′ + 0 - 0 + 0 - 0 +
g 0 ↗ max ↘ min ↗ max ↘ min ↗
It implies that the local minima are g(3), g(7) and the local maxima are g(1), g(5).

Figure 3

(b) [4pts] We compare g(0) = 0, g(1) = R01 f (t)dt, g(5) = 05 f (t)dt, and g(9) = 09 f (t)dt. Note
R R R

that, for a ∈ [0, 9], the value of g(a) = 0a f (t)dt is the net area forming by f and the x−axis
over [0, a]. Based on the net areas showing in Figure 3, g(9) = 09 f (t)dt is the largest one and
R

hence, g(9) is a global maximum value of g.

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9. Note that √
y′ = 2 x [2pts].
Therefore, the arc length is
Z 1q Z 1√
L= 1 + (y′ )2 dx = 1 + 4x dx. [4pts]
0 0

It implies that
12 3 1 √
L= (1 + 4x) 2 |10 = (5 5 − 1) ≈ 1.6967. [4pts]
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10. The intersection points of f (x) = 2x − x2 and y = 0 are determined by 2x − x2 = 0, which gives
x = 0 and x = 2. By the method of cylinderical shells, the volume is
2
2x3 x4
Z 2 Z 2  
2 3 8π
V = 2π x f (x) dx = 2π (2x − x ) dx = 2π − = units3
0 0 3 4 0 3
R2 2 − x3 ) dx and 5pts for integrating and getting the
[5pts+5pts: 5pts for establishing V = 2π 0 (2x
answer.]

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