Math 1 Assignment 2
Math 1 Assignment 2
1. Describe LMVT. What is its geometrical interpretation? Show that Rolle's Theorem is a special case of
LMVT.
(a) If the derivative of a function vanishes for all values of 𝑥 in an interval, then the function must be a
constant function,
(b) If two functions 𝑓(𝑥) and 𝑔(𝑥) have the same derivative for all values of 𝑥 in an interval, then they
differ only by a constant in that interval,
(c) A function whose derivative is positive for every value of 𝑥 in an interval, then that function is
monotonically increasing in that interval,
(d) A function whose derivative is negative for every value of 𝑥 in an interval, then that function is
monotonically decreasing in that interval.
3. Verify Rolle’s Theorem for the ( 𝑥 − 𝑎)𝑚 ( 𝑥 − 𝑏)𝑛 in [a, b] where 𝑚 and 𝑛 are positive integers.
𝑥2 𝑥3
4. If 𝑓 (𝑥) = log (1+ 𝑥), 𝑥 >0, then show that log (1+ 𝑥) = 𝑥 − 2
+ 3(1+𝜃𝑥)3 , 0 < 𝜃 < 1.
𝑥2 𝑥3
Hence prove that: log (1 + 𝑥) < 𝑥 − 2
+ 3
𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥 > 0
6. Explain log 𝑥 in powers of (𝑥 -1) and hence evaluate log (1.1) correct to 4 decimal places.
7. If 𝑓, Ø , and 𝛹 are continuous on [a, b] and derivable on (a, b) , then show that there exists a point
c (a, b) such that
𝑎1 𝑎 𝑎
8. If 𝑎𝑜 + 2
+-----+ 𝑛−1
𝑛
𝑛
+ 𝑛+1 = 0, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑖′ 𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
10. Use Taylor’s series expansion to compute the value of cos32 , correct to four decimal places.
𝑥3 2 𝑥5 𝑥7
11. Show that log[𝑥 + √1 + 𝑥 2 ] = 𝑥 − 1 + (32 . 12 ) − (52 . 32 . 12 ) + −−−
3! 5! 7!
𝑥 𝑎 −𝑎𝑥 1−𝑙𝑜𝑔(𝑎)
(i) lim 𝑥 𝑥 −𝑎𝑎 = 1+log (𝑎)
𝑥→𝑎
1
(ii) lim ( 𝑥 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑥) = 0
𝑥→0
(iii) lim ( 𝑥 − 𝑎)𝑥−𝑎 = 1
𝑥→𝑎
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 12 1
(iv) lim ( )𝑥 = 𝑒 3
𝑥→0 𝑥
1 2
(v) lim ( − 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝑥) = 3
𝑥→0 𝑥 2
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