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MATH 137 Mid-term Examination Calculus 1

Monday, October 26, 2009 7–9 p.m.

Circle your INSTRUCTOR’S NAME and your TUTORIAL number.

Instructor Section Tutorials

J. Nissen 1 101 102
F. Zorzitto 2 103 104
A. Nica 3 105 106
J. Nissen 4 115 119
M. Eden 5 109 110
M. Eden 6 111 112
B.D. Park 7 113 114
C. Struthers 9 St. Jerome’s
S. Speziale 10 117 118

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Instructions
1. If you are in Prof. Stastna’s Section 8, then you are 1 /7
writing the wrong exam. Go to Prof. Stastna’s exam
in RCH 204. 2 /10

2. Put your name, signature, and ID number at the top of

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this page. To prevent loss of your exam, circle your
instructor’s name and your tutorial number up above.
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3. NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES other than your ”Pink-
Tie” Faculty Approved calculators are allowed at your 5 /8
examination desk.
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4. Answer the questions in the spaces provided, using the
backs of pages, or the blank page at the end, for over-
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flow or rough work.

5. Show all your work required to obtain answers. 8 /7

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press your ideas and organize your solutions.
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[3] 1. (a) Sketch the graph of the function y = |x2 − 3x + 2|

[4] (b) Sketch the set of points (x, y) in the plane that satisfy |x| + |y| ≤ 1.
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√
2. Let f (x) = x2 + 1 for x ∈ [0, ∞).

[2] (a) From the definition of one-to-one functions, prove that f is one-to-one the interval [0, ∞).

[3] (b) Find a formula for the inverse function of f as given on the interval [0, ∞). Specify the domain
of the inverse function.

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[3] (c) Using the limit rules, show that lim x2 + 1 − x = 0.
x→∞

[2] (d) Use all of the information obtained above to sketch the graphs of f over its domain [0, ∞) and
of its inverse function f −1 together on the same diagram below. Indicate any asymptotes that
may be present.
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[6] 3. Let f (x) = 5x − 6.

Using the formal ǫ-δ definition of limits, prove that lim f (x) = 4.
x→2
Your proof should be written so that it reflects a full understanding of the limit concept.
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tan x
[3] 4. (a) Evaluate lim , and justify your answer.
x→0 x

 
2/3 1
[3] (b) Find lim x cos , and justify your method.
x→0 x2

|x + 1| − |x − 1|
[3] (c) Find lim , and explain your reasoning.
x→0 x
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[5] 5. (a) Prove that if a function f has a derivative at a point a, then f is also continuous at a.

[3] (b) Give an example of a function f that is continuous at some point a but has no derivative at a.
Explain why your example is continuous but not differentiable.
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[4] 6. (a) Use the definition of derivatives to find the derivative of f (x) = at x = a.
x2

[4] (b) Find the point a between 0 and π at which f (x) = sin x and g(x) = cos x have tangents with
equal slopes.
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[5] 7. Find the equation of the tangent line to the function f (x) = e−x at the point (−1, 1/e).
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(
a + arctan x for x ≥ 1
[4] 8. (a) Let f (x) =
1 − ln x for x < 1
Find the value of the constant a that makes f be a continuous function for all x in (0, ∞).
On the axes below sketch the graph of f for the value of a that makes it continuous, and
indicate all asymptotes that arise.

(
1 if x ≥ 0
[3] (b) Recall that the Heaviside function H is given by H(x) = ,
0 if x < 0
and consider f (x) = (x + 1)H(x) + (x − 1)H(−x).
Determine whether f satisfies the conditions of the Intermediate Value Theorem over the in-
terval [−1, 1], and justify your answer.

[1] (c) Does the function f have a solution to the equation f (x) = 0 for some x in the interval [−1, 1]?
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