The Copperbelt University School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Department of Mathematics
The Copperbelt University School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Department of Mathematics
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
LIMITS
x3 2 2 x2 5x 2
(a)
x2
lim 2 x 2 x 7 (b) lim
t 3
(c) lim
x 2 x 2 9 x 14
x
x x2 x
(a) lim 2 (b) lim (c) lim
x 0 3x 2 x x 0 2 x 2 x 0 5x 2 x2
3
x x3 3x3 2 x
(d) lim (e) lim (f) lim
x x x2
3 x 2 x 2 x x 4 2 x 2 7 x3
3 2 x 5 x √𝑥 2 +𝑥+4−2
(g) lim f) lim √𝑥 + 1 − √𝑥 h) lim
x 2 4 x 𝑥→∞ 𝑥→0 𝑥 2 +𝑥
3 𝑥+1
(i) lim √2𝑥 + 1 j) lim(𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑥) k) lim 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 ( )
𝑥→2 𝑥→0 𝑥→0 2
𝑥 2 −1
(l) lim m) lim 𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥
𝑥→1 1−𝑥 𝑥→∞
xh x
(a)
h
sin( x h) sin x
(b)
h
2𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < −1
d) lim 𝑓(𝑥) Where 𝑓(𝑥) = { 3 𝑖𝑓 − 1 < 𝑥 < 1
𝑥→−1
2𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 1
2𝑥 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 2
e) lim 𝑓(𝑥) Where 𝑓(𝑥) = {
𝑥→1 𝑥 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≥ 2
𝑥 2 + 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < −1
f) lim 𝑓(𝑥) Where 𝑓(𝑥) = {
𝑥→0 3𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≥ −1
𝑠𝑖𝑛|𝑥|
g)lim
𝑥→0 𝑥
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 1 √1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥
7. a) Given that lim+ = 2 , Evaluate lim+ .
𝑥→0 𝑥2 𝑥→0 𝑥
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 1−𝑐𝑜𝑠2 𝑥
b) Given that lim , Evaluate lim
𝑥→0 𝑥 𝑥→0 𝑥2
x 2 if 0 x 1
8. (a) Let f ( x)
2 x if 1 x 3
x
(b) Let f ( x) . Determine giving reasons whether or not the function is
x
continuous at x = 0.
CONTINUITY
1. Explain why each function is discontinuous at the given point by indicating which of the
three conditions in the definition of continuity.
𝑥 1 𝑥 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 2
a) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥−1 at 𝑥 = 1 b) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 at 𝑥 = 0 c) 𝑓(𝑥) = { at
3𝑥 − 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 2
𝑥=2
1⁄
d) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥 at 𝑥 = 2
2. Find all discontinuities of 𝑓(𝑥). For each discontinuity that is removable, define a new
function that removes the discontinuity.
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥
𝑥−1 4𝑥 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≠ 0
a) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 −1 b) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 +𝑥−2 c) 𝑓(𝑥) = { 𝑥 d) 𝑓(𝑥) =
1 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 0
2𝑥 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 1
{
𝑥 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≥ 1
3. Determine the intervals on which 𝑓(𝑥) is continuous.
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a) 𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 + 3 b) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (𝑥) c) 𝑓(𝑥) = ln(𝑥 + 1) d) 𝑓(𝑥) =
sin(𝑥 2 + 2)
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e) 𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 2 − 1 f) 𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 2 − 1 g) 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑥
2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥
𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 0 𝑎𝑒 𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 0
𝑥 𝑥
a) 𝑓(𝑥) = { 𝑎 𝑖𝑓 = 0 b) 𝑓(𝑥) = {𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 2 𝑖𝑓 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2
𝑏𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 0 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 𝑏 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 0
DEFFERENTIATION
x3 2
h) y ln
5
x 3
e) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 2𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥
𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝑥 𝑥2
e) 𝑦 = f) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑐𝑠𝑐 4 𝑥
𝑥
8. Show that the given functions are differentiable or not at given value of 𝑥.
4 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 2
a) 𝑓(𝑥) = { at 𝑥 = 2
2𝑥 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≥ 2
2𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 0
b) 𝑓(𝑥) = { at 𝑥 = 0
3𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≥ 0
𝑥 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 0
c) 𝑓(𝑥) = { at 𝑥 = 0
𝑥 3 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≥ 0
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b) 𝑓 ′′′ (𝑡) for 𝑓(𝑡) = 4𝑡 2 − 12 + 𝑡 2
c) 𝑓 4 (𝑥) for 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 4 + 3𝑥 2 − 2
𝑑2 𝑓
d) 𝑑𝑥 2 for 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 6 − √𝑥
9. Show that
𝑑 𝑑
a) 𝑑𝑥 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 = 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝑥 b) 𝑑𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑥 = −𝑐𝑠𝑐 2 𝑥
𝑑 −1
c) 𝑑𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 𝑥 = √1−𝑥 2 for −1 < 𝑥 < 1
𝑑 1 𝑑 1 𝑑
d) 𝑑𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥 = √1−𝑥 2 for −1 < 𝑥 < 1 e) 𝑑𝑥 𝑡𝑎𝑛ℎ𝑥 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠ℎ2 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠ℎ𝑥 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑥
𝑑𝑥
a) 𝑥𝑒 𝑦 − 3𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 = 1 b) 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 + 3𝑦 = 4𝑥 c) 3𝑥 + 𝑦 3 − 4𝑦 = 10𝑥 2
d)𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑦 − 𝑦 2 = 8
e) √𝑥𝑦 − 4𝑦 2 = 12 f) 3x 2 4 y 2 7 g) x x y y 2
h) 3x 2 7 y 2 4 xy 8 x 0
(a) 𝑦 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛ℎ𝑥 (b) 𝑓(𝑥) = sinh(𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥) (c) 𝑓(𝑥) = cosh(𝑥 2 ) − sinh(𝑥 2 ) d) 𝑓(𝑥) =
coth(2𝑥)
13. a) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve with parametric equations
𝜋
i) 𝑥 = 3𝑡 − 2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡, 𝑦 = 𝑡 2 + 𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑃, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡 = 2
14 a) Find the equation of the tangent to the curves i) 𝑦 = 4√𝑥 at the point (9,12)
2𝑥−1
ii) 𝑦 = at the point (1,1)
𝑥
b) Find the equation of the normal to the curves i) 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 at the point (6,6)
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ii) 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − at the point
√𝑥
(4,12)
c) Find the coordinates of the point where the tangent to the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 1 at the
point
(2,5) meets the normal to the same curve at the point (1,2).
d) Find the equations of the normals to the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 𝑥 3 at the points (0,0) and
(1,2), and find the coordinates of the points where these normals meet.
e) Find the equations of the tangent and the normal to the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 3 at
the point where it meets the positive 𝑥 −axis.
1 𝑥 2 −2
d) 𝑓(𝑥) = 2 (𝑒 𝑥 + 𝑒 −𝑥 ) e) 𝑓(𝑥) = f) 𝑓(𝑥) = √3𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥
𝑥+2
(ii) Find the tangent to the graph of the function at a point where x .
16. Find all the critical numbers and use the First Derivative Test to classify each as the
location of a local maximum, local minimum or neither
4⁄ 1⁄
f) 𝑦 = √𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 g) 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 3 h) 𝑦 = 𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 3 − 2 i) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥𝑒 −2𝑥
17. Find the intervals where the function is increasing and decreasing
e) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 1 f) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 4 − 6𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 3
19. Find all critical numbers and use the second Derivative Test to determine all local extrema
𝑥 2 −1 2
a) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 3 − 1 b) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥𝑒 −𝑥 c) 𝑓(𝑥) = d) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 −𝑥
𝑥
𝑥 2 −5𝑥+4
e) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥
2𝑥 𝑥 2 −3 𝑥 2 +1
e) 𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 2 f) 𝑓(𝑥)= g) 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 2 −1
+4 𝑥3
3 2
h) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 3𝑥
21. a) A minor sector OMN of a circle with centre O and radius 𝑟 cm has the perimeter of
100 cm.
ii) The value of 𝑟 for which 𝐴 is maximum and show that 𝐴 is a maximum.
b) A closed cylinder has total surface area equal to 600𝜋 . Show that the Volume , 𝑉
𝑐𝑚3 , of this cylinder is given by the formula 𝑉 = 300𝜋𝑟 − 𝜋𝑟 3 , where 𝑟 cm is the
radius of the cylinder . Find the maximum volume of such a cylinder.
c) Two numbers 𝑥 and 𝑦 are connected by the relation 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 6. Find the values of 𝑥
and 𝑦
which give a stationary point of the function 𝑇 = 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑦 2 and determine whether
they make 𝑇 a maximum or minimum.
22. a) 𝑦 = (2𝑟 − 𝑟 + 1)2 and 𝑥 = 4𝑟. At what rate is 𝑦 changing with respect to 𝑥 when
𝑟 = 0.5 ?
b) A closed cylinder is of fixed length 10 cm but its radius is increasing at the rate of
1.5cm𝑠 −1 . Find the rate of increase of its total surface area when the radius is 4cm.
d) Show that the rectangle that has maximum area for a given perimeter is a square.
23 A large tank in the shape of a cubiod is to be made from 54𝑚2 of sheet metal .
The tank has a base and no top. T he height of the tank is x meters. Two of the
opposite vertical faces are squres
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a) Show that the volume , V 𝑚2 of the tank is given by 𝑣 = 18𝑥 − 3 𝑥 3
a) Given that x varies , use differentiation to find the maximum or minimum value of
V.
b) Justify that the value of V you have found is a maximum or minimum
More Questions
dy
5. Find given that
dx
(i)
y 3x3 1 .
3
(ii) y tan x .
(iii) y x 2 cos x .
6. Evaluate the following limits
3 x
(i) lim .
x 3 2 x 5 x 3
2
3x 2 2 x 1
(ii) lim .
x 5 8x2
x x3 3x3 2 x
(d) lim 3 (e) lim 2 (f) lim
x x x2 x 2 x x x 4 2 x 2 7 x3
3 2 x 5 x
(g) lim
x 2 4 x
x 2 if 0 x 1
9. (a) Let f ( x)
2 x if 1 x 3
(i) Is the function continuous at x = 1?
(ii) Find lim f ( x)
x 2
(a)
x h x2
2
(b)
xh x
h h
sin( x h) sin x
(c)
h
11. Differentiate the following functions from the first principal:
1
(a) f ( x) x 3 (b) f ( x) (c) f ( x) cos x
x
sin x
(d) y 3 sin x 5 cos x (e) y 5 sin3 x (f) y
1 cos x
1
y e3 x ln 2 x y 3x 2 x (i) y a x cos
2
(g) (h)
x
14. (a) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y x 3 at the point 2,8
(b) Let f ( x) 4 x 1 . Find the coordinates of P such that the tangent line at P the
graph passes through 0,0 .
15. Let h( x) x3 4 x 2 18x . Find the coordinates of a point P ( p, h( p )) such that the tangent
line at P to the graph of h(x) passes through the origin
18. i) Find the equation of the tangent and the equation of the normal to
the graph of the function f ( x) x at the point P1 , 2 .
1
x
dy
(ii) Find given that x 2 y y 2 x 2
dx
dy
20. Use implicit differentiation to find of each function below
dx
(a) 3x 2 4 y 2 7 (b) x x y y 2
(c) 3x 7 y 4 xy 8 x 0
2 2
(d) y sin 1 x (e) y tan 1 x
dy
21. Find for each of the following
dx
0.83
P .
1 e 0.2 n
Find the rate at which P is changing after n = 3 trials and n = 10 trials.
(b) If the annual rate of inflation averages 5% over the next 10 years, the approximate
cost C of goods or services during any year in that decade is
C (t ) P 1.05
t
23. Differentiate
(i) f ( x) cosh3 2 x (ii) f ( x) x 2 tanh 2 2 x
(iii) f ( x) e x sinh x (iv) f ( x) ecosh x
24(a) Find the equation of the tangent and the normal line to the graph of the given
function at the indicated point
f ( x) x at 1 , 2
1
(i) f ( x) x at (1 , 1) (ii)
x
(b) Find the equation of the tangent to each curve below at its point of inflection
1
f ( x) x 2 x 3 f ( x) x 2x 2
3
(i) (ii)
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(b) Determine the constants a and b so that the function f ( x) x3 ax2 bx c will
have a relative maximum at x 1 and a relative minimum at x = 3
(c) On a given day, the flow rate F ( cars per hour ) on a congested roadway is
v
F , where v is the speed of traffic in kilometers per hour. What
22 0.02v 2
speed will maximize the flow rate on the road?.