MAT135H1: Calculus 1(A) – University of Toronto

Term Test – October 16, 2017 – Fall 2017

Full Name:
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Student Number:

Email: @mail.utoronto.ca

This test contains 9 pages (including this cover page) and 8 problems. Check to see if any pages
are missing.

• You have 1.5 hours to complete the test.

• Only the front of each page will be graded. You may use the back of the pages as
scratch paper.

• Organize your work in a reasonably neat and coherent way in the space provided. Work
scattered all over the page without a clear ordering will receive very little credit.

• Unsupported answers will not receive full credit. A correct answer without explanation
will receive no credit unless otherwise noted; an incorrect answer supported by substantially
correct calculations and explanations may receive partial credit.

• Include units in your answer where appropriate.

• You must use the methods learned in this course to solve all of the problems.
1. (10 points) Chatham-Kent is a municipality located in Southwestern Ontario.
According to census data, the population of Chatham-Kent was 103,671 people in 2011 and
101,647 people in 2016.
(a) (4 points) Suppose that the population of Chatham-Kent declined at a constant rate be-
tween 2011 and 2016. Find a formula for the function C(t) modelling the population of
Chatham-Kent t years after 2011.

Answer: C(t) =
(b) (4 points) In fact, Statistics Canada reports that the population of Chatham-Kent de-
clined by 0.4% each year between 2011 and 2016. Find a formula for the function K(t)
modelling the population of Chatham-Kent t years after 2011 under this new assumption.

Answer: K(t) =
(c) (2 points) What is the relationship between C 0 (0.1) and K 0 (0.1)? Write either >, <, or
= in the blank spot below to indicate the correct relationship. No explanation is required.
C 0 (0.1) K 0 (0.1)

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2. (10 points) Compute the following limits algebraically using limit laws. Be sure to fully justify
your answers. If the limit does not exist, explain why.
lim
(3 + h)2 − 9
(a) (3 points) h→0
h

lim
x + 7x2 + 13
(b) (3 points) x→∞
3x2 − 2x

(c) (4 points) lim

x→0
x4 cos(1/x) + 1

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3. (8 points) For the first two minutes after launch of a Space Shuttle, its solid rocket boosters
fired. During this time, the height above the ground (in metres) of the Space Shuttle t seconds
after the launch is given by the increasing function h(t).
(a) (2 points) Interpret the equation h(10) = 262.5 in the context of this problem. Use a
complete sentence and include units.

(b) (2 points) Given the description of h and the information in part (a), what you can you
say about the value of h−1 (200), other than that it is positive?

(c) (2 points) Suppose h(20) = 600. Use this information to complete the following sentence
to interpret the meaning of the the equation h0 (20) = 105 in the context of this problem:
21 seconds after launch, the rocket’s height was....

(d) (2 points) Suppose that h00 (20) = 5.25. If h0 (20) = 105, estimate the shuttle’s vertical
velocity 21 seconds after launch.

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4. (6 points) The graphs of two functions f (x) and g(x) are shown below.

x4 + 1
Also let h(x) = . Circle the best answer to the questions below.
ex−1

(a) (2 points) What is the value of f (h(1))?

A. 0 √
B. 1716 e
C. undefined

(b) (2 points) There is some number A so that f 0 (x) = g(x + A). What is the value of A?
A. -3
B. -2
C. 0
D. 2
E. 3

(c) (2 points) To which of the following families of function is f (x) most likely to belong?
A. power
B. polynomial
C. exponential
D. logarithmic

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5. (12 points) Suppose that a baker wants to determine how the amount of baking powder added
to a cake recipe affects the height of the finished cake. They use the exact same equipment,
baking time, and recipe to make several cakes, only varying the amount of baking powder added
to the recipe.
Let H = f (b) be the function that gives the finished height, in cm, of a cake baked with b
teaspoons of baking powder. The results of the baker’s experiments are given in the table
below.

b (tsp) 0 1 3 6
f (b) (cm) 2.0 2.4 3.0 3.5

(a) (3 points) Suppose that between b = 0 and b = 2, the average rate of change of cake
height with respect to baking powder is 0.4 cm/tsp. Find f (2) (include units).

(b) (4 points) Approximate (f −1 )0 (3.25) using a linear approximation (include units).

(c) (3 points) After doing many more tests, the baker estimates that f 0 (6) = 0.2. Use this
information to write an equation for the tangent line to f (b) at b = 6.

(d) (2 points) Use the information in part (c) to estimate the value of f (6.5).

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6. (9 points) Let ( 2
2cex −2x+1 x<1
f (x) =
4 cos(x − 1) x≥1
for a constant c.
(a) (4 points) Find all values of c that make f a continuous function. Justify your answer
carefully (a correct answer without justification will not receive any marks).

(b) (5 points) Use the limit definition of the derivative to write an explicit expression for
f 0 (3). Your answer should not involve the letter f . Do not attempt to evaluate or simplify
the limit. Please write your answer in the box below.

f 0 (3) =

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7. (8 points) On the axes below, sketch a well-labeled graph of a function h that satisfies each of
the properties below.

• limx→−2+ h(x) = 2
• h(−2) = 3
• h0 (x) = 0 for −1 < x < 0
• h(0) = −1
• h0 (x) = 2 for 0 < x < 1
• limx→2 h(x) = ∞
• h is decreasing for x > 2 and has a horizontal asymptote at y = 1

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8. (6 points) Circle the best answer to each of the following questions. Answer ‘True’ only if the
statement is always true.
(a) (2 points) A rational function r(x) is graphed below. Assume that A and B are positive
constants, with A 6= B. Which of the following could be the algebraic representation of
r(x)?
x
A. r(x) =
(x − A)(x − B)

x
B. r(x) =
(x + A)(x − B)

x2
C. r(x) =
(x + A)(x − B)

x2
D. r(x) =
(x − A)(x − B)

(b) (2 points) If w(x) is a function with a constant rate of change, then what can we say
about w00 (x)?
A. w00 (x) = 0
B. w00 (x) = 1
C. w00 (x) is not defined

(c) (2 points) True or False: If g(x) = π 2 then g 0 (x) = 2π.

A. True
B. False

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