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.

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

 Problem 1 

Find the following limits:

(a) If  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle \lim _{x\rightarrow 3}{\bigg (}{\frac {f(x)}{2x}}+1{\bigg )}=2,}   find  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle \lim _{x\rightarrow 3}f(x).}

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

(c) Find  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle \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  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle 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  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 0.}

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

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

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