009A Sample Final 2

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

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

 Problem 1 

Compute

a) $\lim _{x\rightarrow 4}{\frac {{\sqrt {x+5}}-3}{x-4}}$

b) $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{\frac {\sin ^{2}x}{3x}}$

c) $\lim _{x\rightarrow -\infty }{\frac {\sqrt {x^{2}+2}}{2x-1}}$

 Problem 2 

Let

$f(x)=\left\{{\begin{array}{lr}{\frac {x^{2}-2x-3}{x-3}}&{\text{if }}x\neq 3\\5&{\text{if }}x=3\end{array}}\right.$

For what values of $x$ is $f$ continuous?

 Problem 3 

Compute ${\frac {dy}{dx}}.$

a) $y={\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}+3}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg )}^{3}$

b) $y=x\cos({\sqrt {x+1}})$

c) $y=\sin ^{-1}x$

 Problem 4 

Use implicit differentiation to find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.

$3x^{2}+xy+y^{2}=5$ at the point $(1,-2)$

 Problem 5 

A lighthouse is located on a small island 3km away from the nearest point $P$ on a straight shoreline and its light makes 4 revolutions per minute. How fast is the beam of light moving along the shoreline on a point 1km away from $P?$

 Problem 6 

Find the absolute maximum and absolute minimum values of the function

$f(x)={\frac {1-x}{1+x}}$

on the interval $[0,2].$

 Problem 7 

Show that the equation $x^{3}+2x-2=0$ has exactly one real root.

 Problem 8 

Compute

a) $\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {x^{-1}+x}{1+{\sqrt {1+x}}}}$

b) $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{\frac {\sin x}{\cos x-1}}$

c) $\lim _{x\rightarrow 1}{\frac {x^{3}-1}{x^{10}-1}}$

 Problem 9 

Given the function $f(x)=x^{3}-6x^{2}+5$,

a) Find the intervals in which the function increases or decreases.

b) Find the local maximum and local minimum values.

c) Find the intervals in which the function concaves upward or concaves downward.

d) Find the inflection point(s).

e) Use the above information (a) to (d) to sketch the graph of $y=f(x)$.

 Problem 10 

Consider the following continuous function:

$f(x)=x^{1/3}(x-8)$

defined on the closed, bounded interval $[-8,8]$.

a) Find all the critical points for $f(x)$.

b) Determine the absolute maximum and absolute minimum values for $f(x)$ on the interval $[-8,8]$.