007A Sample Midterm 3

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.

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 Problem 1 

Find the following limits:

(a) If  $\lim _{x\rightarrow 3}{\bigg (}{\frac {f(x)}{2x}}+1{\bigg )}=2,$  find  $\lim _{x\rightarrow 3}f(x).$

(b) Evaluate  $\lim _{x\rightarrow 2}{\frac {2-x}{x^{2}-4}}.$

(c) Find  $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{\frac {\tan(4x)}{\sin(6x)}}.$

 Problem 2 

Suppose the size of a population at time  $t$  is given by

$N(t)={\frac {1000t}{5+t}},~t\geq 0.$

(a) Determine the size of the population as  $t\rightarrow \infty .$  We call this the limiting population size.

(b) Show that at time  $t=5,$  the size of the population is half its limiting size.

 Problem 3 

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

(a)  $f(x)={\frac {(3x-5)(-x^{-2}+4x)}{x^{\frac {4}{5}}}}$

(b)  $g(x)={\sqrt {x}}+{\frac {1}{\sqrt {x}}}+{\sqrt {\pi }}$  for  $x>0.$

(c)  $h(x)={\bigg (}{\frac {3x^{2}}{x+1}}{\bigg )}^{4}$

 Problem 4 

Consider the circle  $x^{2}+y^{2}=25.$

(a)  Find  ${\frac {dy}{dx}}.$

(b)  Find the equation of the tangent line at the point  $(4,-3).$

 Problem 5 

At time  $t,$  the position of a body moving along the  $s-$axis is given by  $s=t^{3}-6t^{2}+9t$ (in meters and seconds).

(a)  Find the times when the velocity of the body is equal to  $0.$

(b)  Find the body's acceleration each time the velocity is  $0.$

(c)  Find the total distance traveled by the body from time  $t=0$ second to  $t=2$  seconds.

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