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MATH 170 Exam 2 Review

The document is a review guide for MATH 170-05 at the University of Idaho, detailing various exercises and theorems related to calculus. It includes problems on implicit differentiation, volume rates, linear approximation, critical numbers, and the Mean Value Theorem, among others. Additionally, it outlines key concepts such as the Intermediate Value Theorem, definitions of maxima and minima, and methods for optimization and finding antiderivatives.

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MATH 170 Exam 2 Review

The document is a review guide for MATH 170-05 at the University of Idaho, detailing various exercises and theorems related to calculus. It includes problems on implicit differentiation, volume rates, linear approximation, critical numbers, and the Mean Value Theorem, among others. Additionally, it outlines key concepts such as the Intermediate Value Theorem, definitions of maxima and minima, and methods for optimization and finding antiderivatives.

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MATH 170-05 Recitation Fall 2024, University of Idaho

Exam 2 Review Exercises


▶ Exercise 1. Use implicit differentiation to find the equation of the tangent line to the
π π
curve tan(x + y) + sec(x − y) = 2 at the point , .
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▶ Exercise 2. The radius of a sphere is increasing at a rate of 4 mm/s. How fast is the
4
volume increasing when the diameter is 80 mm? (Note: the volume of a sphere is πr3 )
3
√
▶ Exercise 3. Find the linear approximation of f (x) = 1 − x at a = 0 and use it to
√ √
approximate the numbers 0.9 and 0.99.

▶ Exercise 4. Find the differential of the function y = θ2 sin 2θ.

▶ Exercise 5. Find the critical numbers of the function h(t) = t3/4 − 2t1/4 .

▶ Exercise 6. Find the absolute maximum and absolute minimum of the function
f (x) = 2x3 − 3x2 − 12x + 1 on the interval [−2, 3].
√
▶ Exercise 7. Verify that the function f (x) = 3 x satisfies the hypotheses of the Mean
Value Theorem on the interval [0, 1], then find all numbers c that satisfy the conclusion of
the Mean Value Theorem.

▶ Exercise 8. If f (1) = 10 and f ′ (x) ≥ 2 for 1 ≤ x ≤ 4, how small can f (4) possibly be?

▶ Exercise 9. Let f (x) = sin x + cos x, where 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π. (a) Find the intervals on which
f is increasing or decreasing; (b) find the local maximum and minimum values of f ; (c) find
the intervals of concavity and the inflection points.
t+3
▶ Exercise 10. Evaluate the limit lim √ . What is the limit when t → −∞? What
t→∞ 2t2 − 1
are the asympotes of this function?
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▶ Exercise 11. Sketch the curve y = 1 + + 2.
x x
x2
▶ Exercise 12. Find the equation of the slant asymptote for y = . Use the limit
x−1
criterion to show that that the line you found is actually the slant asymptote.
√
▶ Exercise 13. Find the point on the curve y = x that is closest to the point (3, 0).

▶ Exercise 14. Let f (x) = x3 − x4 + x. Set up the equation that defines xn+1 in terms of
xn when applying Newton’s Method.

▶ Exercise 15. Find the general antiderivative of the function f (x) = (x − 5)2 .

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MATH 170-05 Recitation Fall 2024, University of Idaho

Theorems, definitions, and concepts to know

• Intermediate Value Theorem. What are the hypotheses and conclusion? What can you
use it for?

• Linearization of a function. Remember that this is just the equation of the tangent line at
the point (a, f (a)). How can you use the linearization to approximate a function value?

• Definition of differential. What is the difference between dx, ∆x, dy, and ∆y? Can you
illustrate this with a sketch?

• Extreme Value Theorem. What are the hypotheses and conclusion? How can you use it?

• Definition of local maximum/minimum, absolute maximum/minimum.

• Rolle’s Theorem. What are the hypotheses and conclusion? How can you use it?

• Mean Value Theorem. What are the hypotheses and conclusion? How can you use it?
How is this theorem similar and different to Rolle’s Theorem?

• Definition of critical number. Given a function f , what are the steps you need to take to
find the critical numbers for f ?

• First Derivative Test. What does this test help you find? When should you use it?

• Definition of concave up/down, points of inflection.

• Second Derivative Test. What does this test help you find? When should you use it?

• How do you find intervals where a function is increasing or decreasing? How do you find
intervals where it is concave up or concave down? How do you find inflection points?

• How do you evaluate a limit at infinity? What do you do if you get an expression of the
form ∞ − ∞ or ∞ · 0? If lim f (x) = c for some finite number c, what does that tell you
x→∞
about the graph of f ?

• What are the steps for sketching a curve?

• What does it mean to optimize a function? What is an objective function? What is a


constraint? What are the steps for optimizing a function?

• What does Newton’s Method help you find? What is the formula for xn+1 in terms of xn ?
Where does this formula come from? Can you derive it?

• What is an antiderivative? Can a function have more than one antiderivative? How do
we write the most general antiderivative?

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