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Exam 1 Review

1. The document provides practice problems for an exam on calculus concepts. The problems cover a range of topics including: evaluating limits, analyzing functions based on graphs of derivatives and second derivatives, finding maximum/minimum values, determining concavity, estimating rates of change, finding equations of tangent lines, and sketching functions. 2. Questions involve applying concepts such as limits, derivatives, integrals, continuity, differentiability, critical points, maxima/minima, and inflection points. Students must use these concepts along with algebraic, graphical, and analytical reasoning to solve the problems. 3. The practice problems prepare students to demonstrate their understanding of foundational calculus topics and their ability to apply mathematical

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Exam 1 Review

1. The document provides practice problems for an exam on calculus concepts. The problems cover a range of topics including: evaluating limits, analyzing functions based on graphs of derivatives and second derivatives, finding maximum/minimum values, determining concavity, estimating rates of change, finding equations of tangent lines, and sketching functions. 2. Questions involve applying concepts such as limits, derivatives, integrals, continuity, differentiability, critical points, maxima/minima, and inflection points. Students must use these concepts along with algebraic, graphical, and analytical reasoning to solve the problems. 3. The practice problems prepare students to demonstrate their understanding of foundational calculus topics and their ability to apply mathematical

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Practice for Exam 1

1. Use algebra to evaluate the limit exactly.


(x + 6 + h)2 − (x + 6)2
lim
h→0 h

2. Use the graph of f(x) to answer the questions below.

a. What is the sign of f (1)?

b. What is the sign of f ′(1)?

c. What is the sign of f ′′(1)?

d. Is f (x) increasing or decreasing?

e. Is f ′(x) increasing or decreasing?


Practice for Exam 1 2

3. Use the graph of w(x) to rank the values below from smallest to largest.

I The rate of change at x = 6


II The average rate of change over 3 ≤ x ≤ 10
III The slope of w(x) at x = 0.5
IV w ′(x) at x = 7

4. The height, in feet, of a ball thrown in the air after t seconds is given by s(t) = –16t2 + 72t.

a. When does the ball hit the ground?

b. What is the velocity when t = 4.5?

c. What is the acceleration when the ball hits the ground?


Practice for Exam 1 3

5. Suppose that we know the following about a function f and a function g.


f (1) = 2.5, f ′(1) = −3, f ′′(1) = 4, and let g(x) = 5 f (x)− x 3

a. Compute g ′(1).

b. Compute g ′′(1).

c. Which of the following is/are true about g(x) at x = 1? Select all that apply.
g(x) is
q increasing
q decreasing
q concave up
q concave down

6. Use the graph of a derivative, f ′(1), and the indicated letters A, B, C, D, and E to answer
the questions below. Pay close attention to the function in each question.

a. Over what open interval(s) is f ′(x) concave up?

b. Over what open interval(s) is f ′′(x) positive?

c. Where is f ′′(x) greatest?

d. Over what open interval(s) is f (x) concave up?

e. Where does f (x) have a horizontal tangent line?


Practice for Exam 1 4

7. The graph of f ′ (not f) is given in the figure. At which of the marked values of x are the
following true? Note: The graph is of the derivative of f, not of f itself.

a. f (x) is greatest. c. f ′(x) is greatest. e. f ′′(x) is greatest.

b. f (x) is least. d. f ′(x) is least. f. f ′′(x) is least.

8. Let H(t) be the cost of heating a building in dollars per hour when the outside
temperature is t degrees.

a. What are the units of H ′(t)?

b. What does the statement H ′(32) = –3.60 tell us?

c. If we know that H(32) = 14 and H ′(32) = –3.60, find the equation of the tangent
line to H(t) at t = 32.

d. Use your tangent line to estimate the cost of heating a building in dollars per hour
when the outside temperature is 34 degrees. Give an exact answer from your
tangent line.

e. If H ′′(t) < 0, would your answer in part (d) be an underestimate or overestimate?


Explain how you know.
Practice for Exam 1 5

9. Find each of the following. In some cases, you may need to rewrite the function first.

a. f ′(x) for f (x) = ax 9 + cx 2 + b

dy 10
b. for y = t + 6 π
dt

−6
c. g ′(x) for g(x) =
5x 7

10. Consider the piecewise defined function shown below.


⎧ 2
g(x) = ⎨ 8x + 9 x ≤ 1
⎩ −2x +19 x > 1

a. Is g continuous at x = 1? Explain how you know.

b. Is g differentiable at x = 1? Explain how you know.


Practice for Exam 1 6

11. At time t in seconds, an object’s distance from a point is given by s(t) = t 2 + 5 centimeters.

a. Find the average of the object between t = 2 and t = 4 seconds. Give an exact
answer and include units.

b. Use a difference quotient with h = 0.01 to estimate s′(3). Give your final answer to
three decimal places.

12. Sketch a possible graph of a continuous function f(x) with the following properties:
• f (4) = 5, f (6) = 2
• f ′(4) = 0
• f ′ is positive for x < 4, but negative for x > 4
• f ′′ is negative for x < 6, but positive for x > 6
Label all critical points, maxima, minima, inflection points, and asymptotes.

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