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MAT 1001 Midterm Exam, 10:00am -Noon, October 24, 2020

Your Name and Student ID:

Your Lecture Class(e.g, L1):

Instruction: (i) This is a closed-book and closed-notes exam; no calculators, no dictionaries

and no cell phones; (ii) Show your work unless otherwise instructed–a correct answer without
showing your work when required shall be given no credits; (iii) Write down ALL your work
and your answers(including the answers for short questions) in the Exam Book.

1. (45 points) Short Questions (for these questions, NO need to show your work, just
write down your answers in the Exam Book; NO partial credits for each question)

(i). For the function whose graph is displayed below, which of the following statements
are true? Choose all that apply.
(a) lim f (x) does not exist.
x→1
(b) lim f (x) exists for every c ∈ (−1, 1).
x→c
(c) lim f (x) exists for every c ∈ (1, 3).
x→c
(d) None of the above.

(ii). Let
2x2 − 2
f (x) = .
x−2
Find all possible asymptotes (horizontal, vertical and oblique) of f (x):
.
(iii). If function f (x) is differentiable at x = c, then f (x) is continuous at x = c.

True False
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f (x) + 7
(iv). If lim = 13, then lim f (x) = .
x→4 x − 4 x→4
(v). Suppose that f (x) and g(x) are polynomials in x and that lim (f (x)/g(x)) = 3.
x→∞
Then we must also have that lim (f (x)/g(x)) = 3.
x→−∞

True False
(vi). If f and g are functions defined for all real numbers, but neither f nor g is
continuous at x = 0, then the composite function f ◦ g is also not continuous at
x = 0.

True False
√
(vii). The equation of the tangent line of f (x) = x + 1 at point (8, 3) is .
d
(viii). dx
|x3 |, x ̸= 0, is equal to
(a) 3.
3
(b) 3x
|x|
.
(c) undefined.
3x
(d) |x| .
(ix). At time t ≥ 0, the location of an object moving on the horizontal s-axis is given
by t3 /3 − 5t2 /2 + 4t. Then the times when the object changes its direction are
.
(x). If a person runs 40 meters in 5 seconds, then his instantaneous velocity at some
point in time had to have been 8 meters per second.

True False
(xi). If f is defined on the interval (−1, 1) and is differentiable at the origin with
f (0) = 1 and f ′ (0) = 2020, then a reasonable estimate on f (0.01) would be
.
(xii). Let f be continuous on its domain [0, 1]. Which of the following statements are
true?
(a) Absolute maximum value of f must exist, but may not be a local maximum
value.
(b) Local minimum values of f cannot be attained at end of points of the interval
[0, 1].
(c) 0 cannot be a critical point of f .
(d) Local extreme values can only be attained at critical points.
(xiii). If a function f (x) is differentiable and nondecreasing on an open interval (a, b),
then its derivative f ′ (x) ≥ 0 on (a, b).

True False
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(xiv). If a function f (x) defined on interval I = (0, 2) has derivative f ′ (x) > 0 for
x ∈ (0, 1) and f ′ (x) < 0 for x ∈ (1, 2), then x = 1 is a local maximum point of
f (x).

True False
(xv). If function f (x) is differentiable on (−1, 1) and (0, f (0)) is an inflection point,
then the graph of f crosses the tangent line which passes through (0, f (0)).

True False

2. (4 points) Match the functions graphed as follows with the derivatives graphed in
figures (a)-(d).

f1 (x) : , f2 (x) : , f3 (x) : , f4 (x) : .

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3. (36 points) Find each of the following limits or explain why the limit does not exist
(the limit is allowed to be ∞ or −∞)
sin(3z) cot(5z)
(a) lim .
z→0 z cot(4z)
(b) lim f (x), where
x→2
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(x − 2)4 sin x−2 , if x < 2;
f (x) = 2
x + x − 6, if x ≥ 2.

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(c) lim− x , where for a real number a, ⌊a⌋ is the largest integer which is ≤ a.
x→0 x
sec x + 1
(d) lim
x→π x − π
π
(e) lim csc(sin x + π sin( ) − 1) (recall csc x = 1/ sin x)
x→π/2 6 csc x
√
(f) lim ( x2 + x + 2x).
x→−∞

4. (24 points) Find the derivatives of the following functions.

(a) Let f (x) and g(x) be differentiable at x = 2 such that

f (2) = 3, f ′ (2) = −3, g(2) = 5, g ′ (2) = 1.

Find the following derivative at x = 2:

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d d 3f (x)
(3f (x) + 4g(x) + 2π ) and ;
dx dx 4g(x)

(b)f (x) = (5x3 + x)(2 − x)(x + 5) (no need to simplify your answer);
π
(c) f (t) = sin(cos(2t − )), find f ′ (π/3);
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2 2
(d) Let x +4xy−3y = 1. Check that the point (−1, 0) is on the graph of the equation,
dy
and then find dx at the point.

5. (10 points) If a snowball melts so that its surface area decreases at a rate of 1cm2 /min,
find the rate at which the diameter decreases when the diameter is 10cm. Recall the
surface area of a sphere equals 4πR2 , where R is the radius.

6. (12 points) State the Chain Rule concerning the derivative of the composite function
f (g(x)) at x = a, then prove it precisely (by using either linearization or differentials).
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7. (12 points) Define a function f by
( 2
−x − 2x, −3 ≤ x < 0
f (x) =
sin x + cos x, 0 ≤ x ≤ π

(a) Find all critical points of f on [−3, π].

(b) Find the global (absolute) maximum and minimum values of f on [−3, π] (if they
exist).

8. (10 points) Let f (x) = 3x + sin2 2x − 10. Show that f (x) = 0 has exactly one solution
in (−∞, ∞).

9. (15 points) Given a function f (x) = 4x3 − 9x4/3 + 5 defined on (−∞, ∞), find
(a) the intervals on which f (x) is increasing or decreasing;
(b) the intervals on which f (x) is concave up or down;
(c) all local extreme points (give only their x-coordinates) and inflection points.

10. (10 points) Find the maximum surface area of a right circular cylinder that can be
inscribed in a sphere of radius 1.