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The answers and solutions to the sample final exam questions for a university-level mathematics course, covering topics such as derivatives, limits, integrals, and optimization. Students can use this document as a study resource to review concepts and prepare for exams. Questions with functions, tangent lines, limits, and definite integrals.
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will receive zero credit in the test.
(a). f (x) = x 4 − 3 x 2
Answer: f ′(x) = 4x^3 − 6 x.
(b). g(x) =
4 x^2 + 1 − sin(2x),
Answer: g′(x) =
8 x−2 cos(2x) 2
√ 4 x^2 +1−sin 2x
(c). h(x) = ln(tan x),
Answer: h′(x) = sec^2 x tan x.
(d). k(x) = (x+1)
1 (^2) (x+2) 1 (^3) (x+3) 1 (^4) (x+4) 1 5 2 ex^2 − 1
Answer: k ′ (x) =
(x+1)
1 (^2) (x+2) 1 (^3) (x+3) 1 (^4) (x+4) 1 5 2 ex^2 − 1
1 2(x+1) +^
1 3(x+2) +^
1 4(x+3) +^
1 5(x+4) −^
2 ex 2 · 2 x 2 ex^2 − 1
(e). f (x) = x 2 e (ln(x^2 +1))^2 ,
Answer: f ′ (x) = 2xe (ln(x^2 +1))^2
(f). g(x) = arcsin(ex),
Answer: g′(x) = e
x √ 1 −e^2 x^
(g). h(x) = ln(arctan x + x),
Answer: h′(x) =
1 1+x^2 + arctan x+x.
(h). k(x) = arctan(x 2 ) + arctan(x − 2 ).
Answer: k ′ (x) = 2 x 1+x^4 +^
− 2 x−^3 1+x−^4 = 0.
(i). f (x) =
∫ (^) ln x ex^ cos
tdt.
Answer: f ′(x) = cos
ln x · 1 x −^ cos^
ex^ · ex.
x 2 y − sin(2y) + x 3 = 1
at the point ( 1 , 0 ).
Answer: y = 3x − 3.
(a). lim x→ 1
x^2 − 5 x + 4
x^2 − 1
(b). lim x→+∞
5 x^2 − 100 x
1 − x^2
(c). lim x→ 0
cos(2x) − 1
x^2
(d). lim x→0+
tan x ln x
Answers: (a). −^32 ; (b). − 5 ; (c). − 2 ; (d). 0.
x^3 + 1 on [0, 2].
Answer: 26
If the radius of a circle is increasing at a constant rate of 5cm/sec, how fast is the area
of the circle changing when the radius is 2 cm?
Answer: 20 π cm 2 /s.
(a). find (the x-coordinates of) the critical points of f (x);
Answers: x = −^13 , 1
(b). determine the intervals where f (x) is increasing or decreasing;
Answers: increasing on (−∞, − 1 /3) and (1, +∞), decreasing on (− 1 / 3 , 1).
(c). determine the intervals where f (x) is concave up or concave down;
Answers: concave up on (1/ 3 , +∞), concave down on (−∞, 1 /3).
(d). determine the x-coordinates of the local maximum, local minimum and inflection
points;
Answers: local max. at x = − 1 / 3 , local min at x = 1, inflection point at x = 1
(e). find the global maximum and global minimum of f (x) on the interval [0, 2].