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Friday, February 10, 2012 Calculus 1501B First Midterm Examination

This document appears to be a practice exam for a Calculus 1501B course. It contains 8 multi-part questions testing various calculus concepts like Rolle's theorem, the mean value theorem, integration techniques, partial fraction decomposition, and properties of the Gamma function. Students are asked to prove theorems, evaluate definite integrals, and perform other calculus operations.

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Friday, February 10, 2012 Calculus 1501B First Midterm Examination

This document appears to be a practice exam for a Calculus 1501B course. It contains 8 multi-part questions testing various calculus concepts like Rolle's theorem, the mean value theorem, integration techniques, partial fraction decomposition, and properties of the Gamma function. Students are asked to prove theorems, evaluate definite integrals, and perform other calculus operations.

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Friday, February 10, 2012 Calculus 1501B

Page 1 First Midterm Examination

4 1. (a) State Rolle’s Theorem.


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4 (b) State the Mean Value Theorem.


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6 (c) Use Rolle’s Theorem to prove the Mean Value Theorem.


marks Hint: Consider the function h(x) = f (x)−g(x), where g(x) is the secant line connecting
(a, f (a)) to (b, f (b)).
Calculus 1501B Friday, February 10, 2012
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8 2. Suppose f is continuous on [0, 2], differentiable on (0, 2) and satisfies f (0) = 0, f (2) = 2.
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Prove that there exists a point x ∈ (0, 2) such that f ! (x) = .
f (x)
Hint: Consider the function g(x) = [f (x)]2 .
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6 3. (a) Evaluate ln x dx.
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8x − 3
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6 (b) Evaluate dx.
marks x2 − x
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8 4. Evaluate e2x cos x dx.
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Friday, February 10, 2012 Calculus 1501B
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8x3 + 19x2 + 10x + 5


9 5. Find the partial fraction decomposition of 2 . Form alone is not suffi-
marks (x + 2x + 1)(x2 + 1)
cient (that is, make sure you determine the numerical values of all coefficents).
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6. Assess the convergence of the following integrals. If an integral converges, either evaluate
it or provide an upper bound on its value.
! ∞
2
5 (a) xe−x dx
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∞
1 −x2
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5 (b) e dx
marks 1 x
Friday, February 10, 2012 Calculus 1501B
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3
2x
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6 7. Evaluate dx.
marks 0 x2−1
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8 8. Show that Γ(n + 1) = nΓ(n) for any integer n ≥ 1. Be precise (i.e. carefully justify each
marks step/calculation). You may assume that the integral defining Γ(n) is convergent for any
integer n.

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