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Spring 2023 Math 101 Exam 1 Solutions

1. Find the points on the curve x3 −y3 = 2xy where the tangent line is perpendicular to y+x = 0.

3x2 − 2y
3x2 − 3y2 y ′ = 2y + 2xy ′ =⇒ y ′ =
2x + 3y2

Note that y ′ = 1 if 3(x2 − y2 ) = 2(y + x), which then gives x = −y or 3(x − y) = 2.


Since

3(x − y) = 2 =⇒ x2 + xy + y2 = 3xy =⇒ (x − y)2 = 0 =⇒ x = y

gives a contradiction, we must have x = −y. This gives 2x3 = −2x2 , thus the point
(−1, 1).

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2. A function f(x), continuous everywhere and twice-differentiable for x ̸= A, B, satisfies

• f(0) = f(27) = 0
• The line y = x − 18 is a slant asymptote as x → ±∞
• lim f ′ (x) = ∞ = lim+ f ′ (x); lim f ′ (x) = −∞
x→A x→B x→B−

• f ′ (x) > 0 for x > 27, and for x < 9 and x ̸= A; f ′ (x) < 0 for 9 < x < 27
• xf ′′ (x) < 0 for x ̸= 0, 27.

(a) Sketch the graph of f(x)

(b) Find constants a, b, c, d for which f(x) = axb (c − x)d satisfies the conditions above for
suitable real numbers A, B.

a= 1 b= 1/3 c= 27 d= 2/3

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3. Determine whether the following statements are true, in which case only write True. Other-
wise, give a counter example for which the statement is false.

(a) If f is differentiable in (−1, 1) and f(−1) = f(1), then f ′ (c) = 0 for some c ∈ (−1, 1).
False. Take f = x on (−1, 1) and f(−1) = f(1) = 0.

(b) If a differentiable function has a horizontal asymptote, then so does its derivative.
sin(x2 ) sin(x2 )
False. → 0, yet the derivative 2 cos(x2 ) − has no limit as x → ∞.
x x2

(c) For a twice continuously differentiable function f(x) (meaning f ′′ is continuous), f(x) −
L(x) has a local extrema at x = 3, where L(x) is the linearization of f(x) at x = 3.
False. (x − 3)3

(d) If f(x)2 is continuous everywhere, then so is f(x).


False. f = −1 for x < 0, and 1 for x ⩾ 0.

(e) If f(x)3 is continuous everywhere, then so is f(x).

√
True since the continuity of 3
x and f3 implies that the composite f(x) is also
continuous.

(f) If f(x)3 is differentiable everywhere, then so is f(x).


False. Take f = x1/3 .

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sin x if x ⩾ 0
4. Let f(x) =
x + x2 if x < 0.

(a) Determine whether f(x) is differentiable at x = 0?


Yes, since
 sin x

 lim
f(x) x→0+ x
f ′ (0) = lim =
x→0 x 
 2
 lim x + x
x→0− x
= 1.

(b) Compute f ′ (x) for any x ∈ R


cos x if x ⩾ 0
f ′ (x) =
1 + 2x if x < 0.

(c) Is f ′ (x) differentiable at x = 0?


Since
 
 cos x − 1

 lim+ 
0
f (x) − f (0)
′ ′ x→0 x
lim = =
 
 lim 1 + 2x − 1
x→0 x  2
x→0− x
does not exist, f ′ is not differentiable at x = 0.

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5. What is the shortest possible length of the line segment that is cut off by the first quadrant
and is tangent to the curve y = 3/x at some point?

Tangent line at x = c is

3 3
y=− 2
(x − c) + .
c c
The x and y intercepts of this line are (2c, 0) and (0, 6/c). It is enough to minimize
the square of the line segment joining these points for c > 0; that is, the function

36
f(c) = 4c2 + .
c2
√
The critical points are c = 0, ± 3 since

72 8c4 − 72
f (c) = 8c − 3 =
′
.
c c3
√
Investigating sign of f ′ we see that q
f is decreasing on (0, 3) and increasing for
√ √ √
c > 3. Hence, the absolute min is f( 3) = 24.

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