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Math 113/114, Midterm Exam, Version I Solutions: X 4 4 X 5 X +9 - 3 X - X X 6

This document contains solutions to math exam problems: 1) It evaluates limits, finding one limit to be 5/4 and explaining another does not exist. 2) It finds the constants a=-13/3 and b=10 that make a piecewise function continuous at x=-2. 3) It uses the definition of the derivative to find the derivative of a function f(x), and finds the equation of the tangent line to f(x) at a point. 4) It finds the derivative of a composite function g(x) and solves an exponential equation. 5) It takes derivatives of three functions, leaving the results unsimplified.

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Math 113/114, Midterm Exam, Version I Solutions: X 4 4 X 5 X +9 - 3 X - X X 6

This document contains solutions to math exam problems: 1) It evaluates limits, finding one limit to be 5/4 and explaining another does not exist. 2) It finds the constants a=-13/3 and b=10 that make a piecewise function continuous at x=-2. 3) It uses the definition of the derivative to find the derivative of a function f(x), and finds the equation of the tangent line to f(x) at a point. 4) It finds the derivative of a composite function g(x) and solves an exponential equation. 5) It takes derivatives of three functions, leaving the results unsimplified.

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Math 113/114, Midterm Exam, Version I

Solutions
1. Evaluate the limit or explain why it does not exist:
a) lim
x4
4x
5

x
2
+9
b) lim
x3
|3x|
x
2
x6
Solution:
a) lim
x4
4 x
5

x
2
+ 9
= lim
x4
4 x
5

x
2
+ 9

5 +

x
2
+ 9
5 +

x
2
+ 9
= lim
x4
(4 x)(5 +

x
2
+ 9)
16 x
2
=
= lim
x4
5 +

x
2
+ 9
4 + x
=
5
4
.
b) Since |3x| = 3x if x 3 and |3x| = (3x) if x > 3, we consider
one sided limits at x = 3.
lim
x3

|3 x|
x
2
x 6
= lim
x3

3 x
(x 3)(x + 2)
= lim
x3

1
x + 2
=
1
5
lim
x3
+
|3 x|
x
2
x 6
= lim
x3
+
(3 x)
(x 3)(x + 2)
= lim
x3

1
x + 2
=
1
5
Since lim
x3

|3x|
x
2
x6
= lim
x3
+
|3x|
x
2
x6
, the limit lim
x3
|3x|
x
2
x6
does not
exist.
2. Find constants a and b so that the given function is continuous at x = 2.
f(x) =

3a + b +
x
2
4
x+2
if x < 2
7 if x = 2
3x
2
+ bx + 1 if x > 2
Solution: First note, that f is continuous at x = 2 if and only if
f(2) = lim
x(2)

f(x) = lim
x(2)
+
f(x).
Now,
f(2) = 7
lim
x(2)

f(x) = lim
x(2)

(3a+b+
x
2
4
x + 2
) = 3a+b+ lim
x(2)

x
2
4
x + 2
= 3a+b+ lim
x(2)

(x2) = 3a+b4
lim
x(2)
+
f(x) = lim
x(2)
+
(3x
2
+ bx + 1) = 13 2b.
Thus,
3a + b 4 = 7 = 13 2b,
and f is continuous at x = 2 if and only if a =
13
3
and b = 10.
3. Let f(x) =
2
x
2
+2
.
a) Use only the denition of the derivative as the limit to nd f

(x). No marks
will be given if the denition is not used.
b) Find an equation of the tangent line to the graph of f at the point P(2,
1
3
).
Solution:
(a)
f

(x) = lim
h0
f(x + h) f(x)
h
= lim
h0
2
(x+h)
2
+2

2
x
2
+2
h
=
lim
h0
h(4x 2h)
h[(x + h)
2
+ 2](x
2
+ 2)
= lim
h0
4x 2h
[(x + h)
2
+ 2](x
2
+ 2)
=
4x
(x
2
+ 2)
2
.
(b) The equation of the tangent line to the graph of f at the point P(2,
1
3
) is:
y
1
3
= f

(2)(x 2).
Since f

(2) =
2
9
, an equation of the tangent line is:
y
1
3
=
2
9
(x 2),
or y =
2
9
x +
7
9
.
4.
(a) Let g(x) = e
3x+1
f(x
2
). Find g

(2) if f(4) = 1, f

(4) = 2 .
(b) Solve the equation e
ln(1+e
x
)
= e
3
.
Solution:
5. Dierentiate.Do not simplify your result.
a) y = (1 + cos
2
x)
1/3
+ tan
3
(5x).
b) y =

x
2
1
x
2
+1

3
c) y =

7
x
cos x + 2

10
.
Solution:
a)
dy
dx
= (1/3)(1 + cos
2
x)
(2/3)
2 cos x (sin x) + 3 tan
2
(5x) sec
2
(5x) 5
b)
dy
dx
= 3

x
2
1
x
2
+ 1

2
2x(x
2
+ 1) (x
2
1)2x
(x
2
+ 1)
2
c) y

= 10

7
x
cos x + 2

9
7
x
ln 7(cos x + 2) 7
x
(sin x)
(cos x + 2)
2
.

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