Difference between revisions of "009A Sample Midterm 1"

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

Click on the boxed problem numbers to go to a solution.

Problem 1

Find the following limits:

(a) Find Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim _{x\rightarrow 2} g(x),} provided that Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim _{x\rightarrow 2} \bigg[\frac{4-g(x)}{x}\bigg]=5.}

(b) Find Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim _{x\rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin(4x)}{5x} }

(c) Evaluate Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim _{x\rightarrow -3^+} \frac{x}{x^2-9} }

Problem 2

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Problem 3

Let Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y=\sqrt{3x-5}.}

(a) Use the definition of the derivative to compute Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dx}} for Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y=\sqrt{3x-5}.}

(b) Find the equation of the tangent line to Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y=\sqrt{3x-5}} at Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (2,1).}

Problem 4

Let Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y=\sqrt{3x-5}.}

(a) Use the definition of the derivative to compute Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dx}} for Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y=\sqrt{3x-5}.}

(b) Find the equation of the tangent line to Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y=\sqrt{3x-5}} at Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (2,1).}

Problem 5

Find the derivatives of the following functions. Do not simplify.

(a) Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x)=\sqrt{x}(x^2+2)}

(b) Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle g(x)=\frac{x+3}{x^{\frac{3}{2}}+2}} where Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x>0}

(c) Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle h(x)=\frac{e^{-5x^3}}{\sqrt{x^2+1}}}

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 == [[009A_Sample Midterm 1,_Problem_2|<span class="biglink"><span style="font-size:80%">&nbsp;Problem 2&nbsp;</span>]] ==
-<span class="exam">Consider the following function &nbsp;<math style="vertical-align: -5px"> f:</math>
+text
-::<math>f(x) = \left\{
-     \begin{array}{lr}
-       x^2 &  \text{if }x < 1\\
-      \sqrt{x} & \text{if }x \geq 1
-     \end{array}
-   \right.
-</math>
-<span class="exam">(a) Find &nbsp;<math style="vertical-align: -15px"> \lim_{x\rightarrow 1^-} f(x).</math>
-<span class="exam">(b) Find &nbsp;<math style="vertical-align: -15px"> \lim_{x\rightarrow 1^+} f(x).</math>
-<span class="exam">(c) Find &nbsp;<math style="vertical-align: -13px"> \lim_{x\rightarrow 1} f(x).</math>
-<span class="exam">(d) Is &nbsp;<math style="vertical-align: -5px">f</math>&nbsp; continuous at &nbsp;<math style="vertical-align: -1px">x=1?</math>&nbsp; Briefly explain.
 == [[009A_Sample Midterm 1,_Problem_3|<span class="biglink"><span style="font-size:80%">&nbsp;Problem 3&nbsp;</span>]] ==