THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY(IU) - VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HCMC

MIDTERM TEST
Make-up test
Duration: 90 minutes

SUBJECT: CALCULUS I
Head of Department of Mathematics Lecturers: Dr. P.H.A. Ngoc

Signature: Dr. T.T. Duong

Full name: Prof. Phan Quoc Khanh Signature:

INSTRUCTIONS: Text books, Lecture notes, Dictionaries and Scientific

Calculators are allowed. Laptop computers, Text messaging, and communi-
cation with each other are not allowed.

PART I. Long-answer questions

Problem 1 a. (10 pts) Define a function f on the whole real line (−∞, ∞)
so that f is not continuous at 1 and not continuous at -1.

b. (10 pts) Find the limit

1 − cos 2x
lim .
x→0 sin x2

Problem 2 (15 pts) Prove that the equation ex = x + 2 has a solution in

(0, ∞)

Problem 3 (10 pts) Given xy 2 − x2 y = 6. Find an equation of the tangent

line with the curve at (2,-1).

Problem 4 (15 pts) Find the derivative of f (x) = x2x for x > 0

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PART II. Multiple-choice questions In each of the following questions,
choose the best answer a), b), c), d), or e).

Problem 5 (10 pts) What is the following limit?

 
1 − cos x
lim sin
x→0 x2

a. 0.7479 b. 0.4794 c. 0.3479 d. 0.4241 e. 0

Problem 6 (10 pts) Suppose w(x) = u(v(x)) and

u(0) = 1, v(0) = 2, u0 (0) = 3, u0 (2) = 4, v 0 (0) = 5, v 0 (2) = 6. Find w0 (0)

a. 12 b. 15 c. 18 d. 20 e. 24

Problem 7 (10 pts) Let f (x) = (sin−1 x)2 . What is f 0 (0.5)?

√
π 3 π 2π
a. 1.21 b. 6
c. 0.907 d. 2
e. √
3 3

Problem 8 (10 pts) Suppose f (x) and f −1 (x) are both defined and differ-
entiable everywhere, and the line y = x−5
3
is the tangent line to the graph of
−1 0
f at (8,1). What is f (1)?

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a. 1 b. 5 c. 3 d. 8 e. 3

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 Answers for Calculus I Midterm Makeup test
Problem 1 a. Define

0 f or x 6= ±1
f (x) =
1 f or x = 1 or x = −1

Then f is not continuous at 1 and -1 because

lim f (x) = lim f (x) = 0 6= 1 = f (1) = f (−1)

x→1 x→−1

b.
1 − cos 2x 2 sin2 x sin2 x x2
lim = lim = 2 lim lim = 2.
x→0 sin x2 x→0 sin x2 x→0 x2 x→0 sin x2

Problem 2 Let f (x) = ex − x − 2, then f is continuous, f (0) < 0, f (2) > 0.

Therefore, there exists c ∈ (0, 2) ⊂ (0, ∞) such that f (c) = 0. This number
c is a solution of the equation.

Problem 3 Let f (x, y) = xy 2 −x2 y, then fx (2, −1) = (−1)2 −2(2)(−1) = 5,

fy (2, −1) = 2(2)(−1) − (2)2 = −8, and y 0 (2) = − −8
5
= 58 . Thus the equation
of the tangent at (2,-1) is y = 85 x − 94

Problem 4

f 0 (x) = f (x)(ln f (x))0 = x2x (2x ln x)0 = 2x2x (1 + ln x)

Problems 5. b, 6. d, 7. e, 8. c