THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

Department of Mathematics
MATH1020 General Mathematics (Fall 2023)
Midterm Exam

Name: Student No.:

Class:

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Signature Date

• The testing time of this midterm is 80 minutes.

• There are a total of 100 points, 12 answer-only questions and 6 long questions.

• Please go to the class indicated by your registered course code via the CUSIS system.
Failure to comply will result in a 3-point deduction of the final score.

• For the answer-only questions, write down the answers in the given boxes. No
justification is required. Partial credit is available for some of the questions.

• For the long questions, points will only be awarded for answers with sufficient jus-
tifications.

• Express your answers in exact values unless otherwise stated.

• You are only allowed to use CUHK and HKEAA permitted calculator. You are not
allowed to use graphing calculator, cell phone, tablet or laptop.

1-4 13 16

5-8 14 17

9-12 15 18

Total / 100
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Answer-Only Questions
For question 1-12 below, write down the answers in the given boxes. No step is required.
Each question is worth 3 points. Partial credit is available for some of the questions.

1. Suppose
~u = 2î − 3ĵ + 3k̂ and ~v = 3î + ĵ − tk̂.
Find t such that ~u and ~v are perpendicular.

Answer:

2. Find the domain of  

x+1
f (x) = log2 .
x−1
Express your answer as an interval or a union of intervals.

Answer:

3. Factorize x4 − 64 into a product of linear and/or irreducible quadratic factors.

Answer:

4. Let f (x) = x2 + x. Simplify the difference quotient

f (−3 + h) − f (−3)
, for h 6= 0.
h

Answer:
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For Question 5-7 below, consider the function

3x2 − 12
f (x) = .
x2 + x − 6

5. Find the equation(s) of all the horizontal asymptote(s) of the graph of f (x). If no
such asymptotes exist, write NONE.

Answer:

6. Find the equation(s) of all the vertical asymptote(s) of the graph of f (x). If no such
asymptotes exist, write NONE.

Answer:

7. Find the coordinates of all the hole(s) of the graph of f (x). If no holes exist, write
NONE.

Answer:

8. Determine which of the following functions is/are even? Write NONE if none of
them is even.
1
(a) f (x) = √
−1x2
3
x −x
(b) g(x) = 4
x +7
(c) h(x) = | sin(cos x) |

Answer:
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7π
9. Find the exact value of cos .
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Answer:

10. Solve
1
sin θ =for 0 ≤ θ < 2π.
3
Express your answer in exact values using an inverse trigonometric function.

Answer:

3 3π
11. Suppose sin θ = − and π < θ < . Find the exact value of cos θ.
5 2

Answer:

12. Which of the following functions defined on R is/are one-to-one (injective)? Write
NONE if none of them is one-to-one.

(a) f (x) = −27x3

(b) g(x) = sin(2x − 1) + 1020
(c) h(x) = log(x2 + 1)

Answer:
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Long Questions
13. (8 pts) Consider the vector-valued function

~r(t) = (5t + 2)î + (t − 1)ĵ

in the xy-plane.

(a) Write the component functions x(t), y(t) and find the equation of y in terms
of x.
(b) Plot the graph of ~r(t) in the xy-plane and label the direction as t increases.
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14. (14 pts) Let A = (2, −1, 2), B = (1, 3, 1), C = (7, 1, 0), D = (4, 2, 4) in R3 . Suppose
X is a point in R3 such that ABXC is a parallelogram.

(a) Find the coordinates of X.

−→ −→
(b) Compute AB × AC.
(c) Find the area of the parallelogram ABXC.
(d) Find the volume of the parallelepiped with adjacent sides AB, AC and AD.
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15. (10 pts) Solve the following equations.

(a) log4 (3x − 1) = log4 (x − 1) + log4 (3 + x).

(b) sin 2x = sin x for x ∈ R.
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16. (12 pts) Answer the following questions.

(a) Suppose cos a, cos b and cos c are non-zero. Prove the following identity.

sin(a − b) sin(b − c) sin(c − a)

+ + =0
cos a cos b cos b cos c cos c cos a

(b) Express cos(3x) in terms of cos x.

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17. (8 pts) Find the domain of the function

p
4 − |x2 + 2x − 4|

Express your answer as an interval or a union of intervals.

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18. (12 pts) Consider the one-to-one (injective) function

(
−x2 if − 1 ≤ x < 0;
f (x) =
4x if 0 ≤ x < 1.

(a) Graph y = f (x) and y = f −1 (x) on two different diagrams.

(b) State the range of f (x). No justification is needed.
(c) Find f −1 (x). Your answer should be a piecewise-defined function.
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Some Trigonometric Formulas:

sin(A ± B) = sin A cos B ± cos A sin B

cos(A ± B) = cos A cos B ∓ sin A sin B
tan A ± tan B
tan(A ± B) =
1 ∓ tan A tan B

   
A+B A−B
sin A + sin B = 2 sin cos
2 2
   
A+B A−B
sin A − sin B = 2 cos sin
2 2
   
A+B A−B
cos A + cos B = 2 cos cos
2 2
   
A+B A−B
cos A − cos B = −2 sin sin
2 2

1
sin A cos B = [ sin(A + B) + sin(A − B)]
2
1
cos A sin B = [ sin(A + B) − sin(A − B)]
2
1
cos A cos B = [ cos(A + B) + cos(A − B)]
2
1
sin A sin B = − [ cos(A + B) − cos(A − B)]
2
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Please tear out this piece of paper to use as your scratch paper.
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