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SOLUTIONS TO EXAM 1, MATH 10550
1. Compute
lim
x1
x2
x2 1
.
+ 2x + 1
Answer: .
Solution:
lim
x1
x2 1
x2 +2x+1
= lim
x1
(x1)(x+1)
(x+1)(x+1)
= lim
x1
2. All the vertical asymptotes of the function f (x) =

Answer: x = 0 and x = 3
x1
x+1
= .
x2 1
are at
x3 9x
g(x)
where g(x) = x2 1 and h(x) = x3 9x. Since f (x) is a
h(x)
rational function, its vertical asymptotes are among those lines x = a where a R satisfies h(a) = 0. Since h(x) = x3 9x = x(x2 9) = x(x 3)(x + 3), we have a = 0, 3, 3.
Finally, we must check that for each a {0, 3, 3}, one of the one-sided limits lim f (x)
Solution: Write f (x) =
xa
or lim f (x) is . For a = 0, lim f (x) = +. For a = 3, lim f (x) = +. For

xa+
a = 3,
x0+
x3+
lim f (x) = +. Thus the asymptotes of f (x) are the lines x = 0, x = 3,
x3+
and x = 3.
3. For what value a is the function f given by
( 2
f (x) =
9+x 3
x2
x 6= 0
x=0
continuous everywhere?
1
Answer:
6
Solution: For f (x) to be continuous at x = 0, we must choose a so that:
9 + x2 3
lim f (x) = lim
= f (0) = a.
x0
x0
x2
So we have
9 + x2 3
( 9 + x2 3) ( 9 + x2 + 3)
9 + x2 9
a = lim
=
lim
=
lim
=
x0
x0
x2
x2
( 9 + x2 + 3) x0 x2 ( 9 + x2 + 3)
x2
1
1
1
lim
= lim
=
= .
2
2
2
x0 ( 9 + x + 3)
x0 x ( 9 + x + 3)
6
9+3
SOLUTIONS TO EXAM 1
4. Find f 0 (2) if
16
.
f (x) = 4 x + 2
x+2
Answer: 2
Solution: First write f (x) as a rational function:
4(x + 2) 16
4x 8
16
f (x) = 4 x + 2
=
=
.
x+2
x+2
x+2
Using the Quotient Rule, we have the formula
4( x + 2) 24x8
x+2
0
f (x) =
.
x+2
Evaluating at x = 2 yields
4 4 428
420
4
=
= 2.
f 0 (2) =
2+2
4
5. Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve y = 6 x + 2 at x = 9.

Answer: y = x + 11
Solution: y 0 =
y 0 at x = 9:
6
3
= . To find the slope m of the tangent line, we evaluate
2 x
x
3
m = = 1.
9
When x = 9, y = 20, so to find the tangent line, we use the point-slope formula with
slope m = 1 and point (9, 20):
y 20 = 1(x 9), or y = x + 11.
6. Find the derivative of f (x) = (3 + x3 )2/3 .
Answer: 2x2 (3 + x3 )1/3
Solution: We apply chain rule with g(x) = x2/3 , h(x) = (3 + x3 ). So f (x) = g(h(x)),
and it follows that
f 0 (x) = g 0 (h(x)) h0 (x)
2
= (3 + x3 )1/3 3x2
3
= 2x2 (3 + x3 )1/3 .
SOLUTIONS TO EXAM 1
7. Compute the derivative of

x2 + cos x
.
x + cos2 x
(2x sin x)(x + cos2 x) (1 2 sin x cos x)(x2 + cos x)
Answer:
(x + cos2 x)2
f (x) =
g(x)
, where g(x) = x2 + cos x and h(x) =
Solution: Using quotient rule with f (x) = h(x)
x + cos2 x, we obtain
h(x)g 0 (x) g(x)h0 (x)
f 0 (x) =
[h(x)]2
(x + cos2 x)(2x sin x) (x2 + cos x)(1 2 cos x sin x)
=
.
(x + cos2 x)2
8. If f (x) = cos(x2 ), find f 00 (x).

Answer: f 00 (x) = 2 sin(x2 ) 4x2 cos(x2 )
Solution: We apply the chain rule to obtain the first derivative:
f 0 (x) = sin(x2 ) 2x
= 2x sin(x2 ).
Next, we differentiate the first derivative to obtain f 00 (x):
d 0
f (x)
f 00 (x) =
dx

d
=
2x sin(x2 )
dx

d
d
=
[2x] (sin(x2 )) + (2x)
sin(x2 )
dx
dx

d
[x2 ]
= 2 sin(x2 ) 2x cos(x2 )
dx
= 2 sin(x2 ) 2x cos(x2 ) 2x
= 2 sin(x2 ) 4x2 cos(x2 ).
(Product Rule)
(Chain Rule)
SOLUTIONS TO EXAM 1
9. Compute
sin(4x)
.
x0 tan(9x)
lim
Answer:
4
9
sin
Solution: We note that lim0

lim
x0
= 1 and evaluate the limit as follows:
sin(4x)
sin(4x)
= lim
tan(9x) x0 sin(9x)
cos(9x)
= lim
x0
sin(4x)
4x cos(9x)
x0
9 6 x sin(9x)
9x
sin(4x)
4 4x cos(9x)
lim
x0
9 sin(9x)
9x
sin(4x)
4 limx0 4x limx0 cos(9x)
9 limx0 sin(9x)
9x
= lim
sin(4x) cos(9x)
sin(9x)
46x
411
91
4
= .
9
10. The graph of the function f (x) is shown below:

10
-4
-2
-5
-10
Which of the following gives the graph of f 0 (x)?

15
10
-4
-2
-5
Answer:
Solution: The function f (x) is increasing on the following (approximate) intervals:

(, 3.6), (1, 1), and (3.6, ). The graph of f 0 (x) must be positive on these intervals. The function f (x) is decreasing on the intervals (3.6, 1) and (1, 3.6). This means
that f 0 (x) must be negative on these intervals. f 0 (x) is zero when x = 3.6, 1, 1, 3.6.
SOLUTIONS TO EXAM 1
The above graph satisfies these requirements. Estimating slopes of tangent lines gives
us f 0 (4) 5, f 0 (2) 7, f (0) 5, f (2) 8 and f (4) 6 which also agrees with
the given graph. Note that the requirement that f (x) is increasing on the interval
(, 3.6) eliminates 3 of the 4 graphs.
11. Show that there are at least two solutions of the equation
x4 = 6x 1.
Be sure to check the hypotheses of any theorem you might use.
Solution: We must show that the equation
x4 6x + 1 = 0
has two solutions. Let f (x) = x4 6x + 1. Since f is a polynomial, f is continuous
everywhere, so we may use the Intermediate Value Theorem.
First, f (0) = 1 and f (1) = 4, so since f (0) > 0 > f (1), we conclude by the Intermediate
Value Theorem that f has at least one zero in the interval (0, 1).
Similarly, since f (1) = 4 < 0 and f (2) = 5 > 0, we conclude by the Intermediate Value
Theorem that f has at least one zero in the interval (1, 2).
Finally, since the intervals (0, 1) and (1, 2) are disjoint, f has at least two zeros.
12. Find the derivative of
y=
1
x+1
using the definition of the derivative.

Solution:
0
y = lim
1
x+h+1
1
x+1
x+1 x+h1
= lim
h0 h( x + h + 1)( x + 1)
( x x + h)
( x + x + h)
= lim
h0 h( x + h + 1)( x + 1) ( x + x + h)
x (x + h)
= lim
h0 h( x + h + 1)( x + 1)( x + x + h)
h
= lim
h0 h( x + h + 1)( x + 1)( x + x + h)
1
= lim
h0 ( x + h + 1)( x + 1)( x + x + h)
1
=
( x + 1)( x + 1)( x + x)
1
=
.
2 x( x + 1)2
h0
SOLUTIONS TO EXAM 1
13. At what point(s) on the ellipse 3x2 +y 2 = 21 is the tangent line at that point parallel
to the straight line y = 2x + 6?
dy
Solution: We first use implicit differentiation to find dx
. Differentiating both sides with
respect to x, we obtain

d
d
3x2 + y 2 =
(21) .
dx
dx
Using the product rule on the left-hand side, we get
dy
6x + 2y
= 0.
dx
dy
:
We solve for dx
dy
=0
dx
dy
= 6x
2y
dx
dy
3x
= .
dx
y
The tangent line to the ellipse is parallel to the straight line y = 2x + 6 whenever it
dy
dy
= 2. Setting dx
= 3x
has slope 2, or, equivalently, when dx
y = 2, we obtain the
3x
relation 3x = 2y, which reduces to y = 2 . So we need to find all points on the ellipse
3x
where y = 3x
2 . Substituting 2 for y into the equation for the ellipse, we obtain
6x + 2y
3x2 +
9x2
= 21
4
21x2
= 21
4
x2 = 4
x = 2
Since y = 3x
2 , the two points at which the tangent line to the curve has slope 2 are
(2, 3) and (2, 3).

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SOLUTIONS TO EXAM 1, MATH 10550

2. All the vertical asymptotes of the function f (x) =

Solution: Write f (x) =

or lim f (x) is . For a = 0, lim f (x) = +. For a = 3, lim f (x) = +. For

lim f (x) = +. Thus the asymptotes of f (x) are the lines x = 0, x = 3,

5. Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve y = 6 x + 2 at x = 9.

7. Compute the derivative of

8. If f (x) = cos(x2 ), find f 00 (x).

Solution: We note that lim0

= 1 and evaluate the limit as follows:

10. The graph of the function f (x) is shown below:

Which of the following gives the graph of f 0 (x)?

Solution: The function f (x) is increasing on the following (approximate) intervals:

using the definition of the derivative.

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