009C Sample Final 2

This is a sample, and is meant to represent the material usually covered in Math 9C for the final. An actual test may or may not be similar.

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 Problem 1 

Test if the following sequences converge or diverge. Also find the limit of each convergent sequence.

a) $a_{n}={\frac {\ln(n)}{\ln(n+1)}}$

b) $a_{n}={\bigg (}{\frac {n}{n+1}}{\bigg )}^{n}$

 Problem 2 

For each of the following series, find the sum if it converges. If it diverges, explain why.

a) $4-2+1-{\frac {1}{2}}+{\frac {1}{4}}-{\frac {1}{8}}+\cdots$

b) $\sum _{n=1}^{+\infty }{\frac {1}{(2n-1)(2n+1)}}$

 Problem 3 

Determine if the following series converges or diverges. Please give your reason(s).

a)$\sum _{n=0}^{+\infty }{\frac {n!}{(2n)!}}$

b)$\sum _{n=0}^{+\infty }(-1)^{n}{\frac {1}{n+1}}$

 Problem 4 

a) Find the radius of convergence for the power series

$\sum _{n=1}^{+\infty }(-1)^{n}{\frac {x^{n}}{n}}.$

b) Find the interval of convergence of the above series.

 Problem 5 

Find the Taylor Polynomials of order 0, 1, 2, 3 generated by $f(x)=\cos(x)$ at $x={\frac {\pi }{4}}.$

 Problem 6 

a) Express the indefinite integral $\int \sin(x^{2})~dx$ as a power series.

b) Express the definite integral $\int _{0}^{1}\sin(x^{2})~dx$ as a number series.

 Problem 7 

a) Consider the function $f(x)={\bigg (}1-{\frac {1}{2}}x{\bigg )}^{-2}.$ Find the first three terms of its Binomial Series.

b) Find its radius of convergence.

 Problem 8 

A curve is given in polar coordinates by

$r=1+\sin 2\theta$

$0\leq \theta \leq 2\pi$

a) Sketch the curve.

b) Find the area enclosed by the curve.

 Problem 9 

A curve is given in polar coordinates by

$r=\theta$

$0\leq \theta \leq 2\pi$

Find the length of the curve.

 Problem 10 

A curve is given in polar parametrically by

$x(t)=3\sin t$

$y(t)=4\cos t$

$0\leq t\leq 2\pi$

a) Sketch the curve.

b) Compute the equation of the tangent line at $t_{0}={\frac {\pi }{4}}$.