CALAMBA DOCTORS’ COLLEGE

Km. 49 National Highway, Brgy. Parian, Calamba City

Laguna, Philippines 4027

DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
Prelim Examination

I. Given f(x) = -x2 + 6x – 11, find each of the following:

1. f(2) 4. f(t-3)
2. f(-10) 5. f(x+5)
3. f(t) 6. f(4x – 1)
II. Find the domain and the range of the following functions:
1. f(x)= 6x – 1 4. g(x) = 8
𝑥−4
2. f(x) = √4 − 7𝑥 5. f(x) = 2
2 𝑥 −2𝑥−15
3. f(x) = -2x + 12x + 5
III. Given f(x) = 3x2 – x + 10 and g(x) = 1 – 20x, find each of the following
1. ( f ○ g ) (5) 4. ( g ○ g ) (x)
2. ( f ○ g ) (x) 5. ( f ○ f ) (-3)
3. ( g ○ f ) (x)
1 2
IV. Given f(x) = 3x – 2 and g(x) = 3 𝑥 + 3 find each of the following:
1. ( f ○ g ) (x) 2. ( g ○ f ) (x)
𝑓(𝑥+ℎ)− 𝑓(𝑥)
V. Compute ℎ
, h ≠ 0, if
2
1. f(x) = x -1
2. f(x) = x2 + 2
VI. Find the inverse of y = f(x).
1. y = 4x + 1 1
5. 𝑦 = 𝑥
2. y = -7x + 5 4
𝑥 𝑦 6. 𝑦 = 2𝑥−1
3. + =4
2 3
4. 𝑦= x3 – 1 7. 𝑦 = √𝑥 − 4
VII. If f(x) = 2x – 7, find f(-2) and f-1(-2)
1
VIII. If h(x) = -x - 2, find h(-1) and h-1(-1)
IX. Evaluate the following:
𝑥 3 −1 𝑥 2 −81
1. lim 6. lim
𝑥→1 𝑥−1 𝑥→9 √𝑥−3

𝑥 2 −6𝑥 3− √5+𝑥
2. lim 𝑥 2 −7𝑥+6 7. lim
𝑥→6 𝑥→4 𝑥−4

√𝑡 𝑥 2 −𝑥−2
3. lim 8. lim
𝑡→1 𝑡 2 +𝑡−2 𝑥→−1 𝑥 2 +3𝑥+2

1 (1+𝑥)2 −1
4. lim 9. lim
𝑥→5 𝑥−5 𝑥→0 𝑥

𝑥 4 −16 𝑥−3
5. lim 10. lim
𝑥→2 𝑥−2 𝑥→3 √𝑥 2 −9