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ASSIGNMENT GROUP 1
SECTION 1
1. Discuss the restrictions on the domain and range in the definition of the inverse
trigonometric functions.
2. Find the inverse (if it exists) of the function h(x) = (2x – 6)/(3x + 3).
3. Determine whether the pair of functions f(x) = (2/3)x + 2; g(x) = (3/2)x + 3, are
inverses of each other.
4. Suppose that α is an acute angle of a right triangle where sin α = (s2 – t2)/(s2 + t2) (s
> t > 0). Show that α = tan -1((s2 – t2)/(2st)).
5. Sketch the graph of f(x) = (1 – x2)1/2, on (-1,1).
6. A painting 3ft high is hung on a wall in such a way that its lower edge is 7 ft
above the floor. An observer whose eyes are 5ft above the floor stands x ft away
from the wall. Express the angle θ subtended by the painting as a function of x.
7. Show that if f -1 exists, it is unique.
8. Draw the line y = x. then use symmetry with respect to the line y = x to add the
graph of f -1 to your sketch. Identify the domain and range of f -1.
1
y
x2 1
0 . 0 0 0 0 8
0 . 0 0 0 0 6
0 . 0 0 0 0 4
0 . 0 0 0 0 2
2 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0
9. Graph the function f(x) = 1/x. What symmetry does the graph have? Show that f
is its own inverse.
10. For f(x) = x2 + 1, x ≥ 0, find a formula for f -1.
11. If f(x) = x5, find f -1(x) and identify the domain and range of f -1. Show that
.
12. Find the inverse, if it exists, of the function f = {(4, 3),(5, 6),(0, 7)}.
13. Use the horizontal line test to determine whether y = 2x has an inverse. If f-1
exists, draw its inverse.
14. Find the inverse of the function defined as .
15. Find the inverse of the function defined as .
18. How would you restrict the domain of the function so that a
unique inverse exists?
19.State ‘True’ or ‘False’. Justify your answer:
a. Inflection point must be on the graph of a function.
b. lim f ( x) = +∞ implies that the limit of f(x) is a large number.
x →c
1 2
c. The second derivative of f(x) = x - is .
x x3
d. The graph of the function y = x 3 − x 2 − 2 x will have at most 1
inflection point.
e. The range of sech x is the (0, ∞).
20.
5. Show that .
6. Express the inverse hyperbolic cosine functions in terms of the logarithmic
function.
7.
1. If , show that .
2. , show that
.
3. Find the nth derivatives, given that
(i) .
(ii) .
4. Find the equation of the tangent line to the ellipse 25x2 + y2 = 109.
1. Prove that:
(i) .
(ii) .
2. Find the nth derivative of .
3. Show that the nth derivative of the differential equation
is
.
4. If show that
.
5.
1. Identify the inflection points and local maxima and minima of the function
. Identify the intervals on which the functions are concave up
and concave down.
2. Graph the equation . Include the coordinates of any local
extreme points and inflection points.
3. is the first derivative of a continuous function . Find
and sketch the general shape of the graph of f.
4. Sketch a smooth connected curve with
5. Can anything be said about the graph of a function y = f(x) that has a continuous
second derivative that is never zero? Give reasons for your answer.
6. What is the relationship between concavity, point of inflection and the second
derivative?
7. For the function ,
(a) Find where the function is increasing and decreasing.
(b) Find the critical points and identify each as a relative maximum, relative
minimum or neither.
(c) Find the second order critical numbers and tell where the graph is concave up
and where it is concave down.
(d) Sketch the graph.
8. Determine the intervals of increase and decrease and concavity for the given
function , and then use those intervals to help you sketch its
graph.
9. Use the first order test to classify the critical points as a relative
(vi) Asymptotes
2. Find .
to the observer, m is the mass of the body when it moves with speed v in relation
to the observer and c is the speed of light. Sketch the graph of m as a function of
v. What happens as ?
11. Find the asymptotes of the following curve:
(i) x3 + 2x2y – xy2 – 2y3 + xy – y2 – 1 = 0.
(ii) (y – a)2(x2 – a2) = x4 + a4.
12. Find the position and nature of the double points on the following curves:
(i) y2 – x(x – a)2 = 0.
(ii) y6 – 3a4y3 + 2x3 – 3ax2 + a3 = 0.
13. Find .
3
14. Find whether f(x) = |x – 2| has vertical tangents or cusps.
15. Compute .
2. Find .
3. Find .
4. Which one is correct and which one is wrong? Give reasons for your answer.
(a) .
(b) .
5. An incorrect use of l’hopital’s rule is illustrated. Explain what is wrong and find
the correct value of the limit. .
6. Find .
7. Find .
8. Find A so that = 5.
9. Use l’hopital’s rule to determine all horizontal asymptotes to the graph of the
function .
(ii) .
12.
1. What is the largest possible area for a right triangle whose hypotenuse is 5cm
long?
2. An 1125 ft3 open top rectangular tank with a square base x ft on a side and y ft
deep is to be built with its top flush with the ground to catch runoff water. The costs
associated with the tank involve not only the material from which the tank is made
but also an excavation charge proportional to the product xy. If the cost is
, what values of x and y will minimize it?
3. A right triangle whose hypotenuse is long is revolved about one of its legs to
generate a right circular cone. Find the radius, height and volume of the cone of
greatest volume that can be made this way?
4. Suppose that at any given time t (sec) the current i (amp) in an alternating
current is I = 2 cos t + 2 sin t. what is the peak current for this circuit (largest
magnitude)?
5. Find the points on the curve nearest the point (c, 0) (a) if c ≥ 0 (b) if c <
0.
6. Find the amount of medicine to which the body is most sensitive by finding the
value of M that maximizes the derivative dR/dM, where and C is
a constant.
7. Find the dimension of the right circular cylinder of largest volume that can be
inscribed in a right circular cone of radius R and altitude H.
8. One end of a cantilever beam of length L is built into a wall and other end is
supported by a single post. The deflection, or sag, of the beam at a point located x
units from the built-in end is modeled by the formula D = k (2 x 4 − 5 Lx 3 + 3L2 x 2 )
where k is a positive constant. Where does the maximum deflection occur on the
beam?
9. It is known that water expand and contracts according to its temperature. Physical
experiments suggest that an amount of water that occupies 1 litre at C will occupy
V(T) = 1 – 6.42 × 10-5T + 8.51 × 10-6T2 – 6.79 × 10-8T3 litres when the temperature is
T C. at what temperature is V(T) minimized? How is this result related to the fact
that ice is formed only at the upper levels of a lake during winter?
10.
a. Find the total revenue function explicitly and use its first derivative to determine
the price at which revenue is maximized.
b. Graph the relevant portions of the demand and revenue function.
7. According to a certain logistic model, the world’s population (in billion) t years
after 1960 is modeled by the function .
a. If this model is correct, at what rate will the world’s population be increasing
with respect to time in the year 2010? At what percentage rate will it be increasing at
this time?
b. Sketch the graph of P. What feature on the graph corresponds to the time when
the population is growing most rapidly? What happens to P(t) as t → +∞?
8. An important quantity in economic analysis is elasticity of demand, defined by
, where x is the number of units of a commodity demanded when the
2. (i) Prove:
SECTION 2
1. For the given vectors, u = (4, –3, 1), v = (–2, 5. 3), find: a. u + v b. u – v
c. u d. 2u + 3v.
2. Find the standard form equation of the sphere with the given center C(0, 4, –5)
and radius r = 3.
3. If u = 2i – j + 3k, v = i + j – 5k, w = 5i + 7k, find u + v – 2w.
4. Sketch the cylindrical surface given by .
5. Let v = i – 2j + 2k and w = 2i + 4j – k; find ||v – w|| (v + w). Is it a vector or a
scalar?
6. Determine whether (2, 3, 2), (-1, 4, 0), (-4, 5, -2) are collinear.
7. Discuss how to find a dot product, and describe an application of dot product.
8. Let v = 3i – 2j + k and w = i +j – k. Evaluate the expression (v + w).(v – w).
9. Find the scalar and vector projections of v onto w for v = i + 2k; w = -3j.
10. Find the direction cosines and the direction angles for the vector, v = 2i – 3j – 5k.
11. Fred and his friend Sam are pulling a heavy log along flat horizontal ground by
ropes attached to the front of the log. The ropes are 8ft long. Fred holds his end
2ft above the log and 1 ft to the side, and Sam holds his end 1 ft above the log and
1 ft to the opposite side. If Fred exerts a force of 30 lb and Sam exerts a force of
20 lb, what is the resultant force on the log?
47. Find the area of the triangle with vertices P(-2, 4, 5), Q(0, 7, -4) and R(-1, 5, 0).
48. Find the equation of a plane through (-1, 2, -5) and that is perpendicular to the
planes and .
49. Find the point P that lies of the distance from a point A(-1, 3, 9) to the midpoint
of the line segment joining B(-2, 3, 7) and C(4, 1, -3).
50. Find the velocity, speed and acceleration of a particle at a time t = 2 whose
position vector is .
51.
a. lim [ F (t ) × G (t ) ] =
lim F (t )
lim
× G (t )
t →t 0 t →t0 t →t 0
b. [F {h(t )}] = h' (t ) F '{h(t )}
'
3. Sketch the curve whose vector equation is r (t ) =(cos t )i +(sin t ) j +tk .
4. Find:
a. The derivative of r (t ) = (1 + t 3 )i + te −t j + sin 2tk .
b. The unit tangent vector at the point where t = 0.
5. To open the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, bronze medalist
archer Antonio Rebollo lit the Olympic torch with flaming arrow.
Suppose that Rebollo wanted the arrow to reach its maximum height
exactly 4 ft above the center of the cauldron.
a. If he shot the arrow at a height of 6 ft above ground level, express
ymax in terms of the initial speed v0 and firing angle α .
b. If ymax = 74 ft, use the results of part (a) to find the value of v0 sin
α.
c. When the arrow reaches ymax, the horizontal distance travelled to
the center of the cauldron is x = 90 ft. find the value of v0 cos α.
d. Find the initial firing angle of the arrow and hence find the initial
speed.
5. (a) At what angle should a projectile be fired from a ground level if its muzzle
speed is 167.1 ft/s and the desired range is 600 ft.
(b) Solve: .
(c) The position of an object moving in space is given by
. Find its velocity, acceleration,
speed and direction of motion when t = 0.
OR
6. (a) Find the tangential and normal components of acceleration, and the curvature
of a moving object with position vector
.
(b) Sketch the graph of the vector function: .
(c) Find the vector limit: .
7. (a) Find the equation of a plane through (-1, 2, -5) and that is perpendicular to the
planes and .
(b) Find equation, in both parametric and symmetric forms, of line passing
through P(1, 4, 0) with direction numbers [2, 0, 1].
(c) Find the distance between the lines and the line passing
through (1, 3, –2) and (0, 1, –1).
OR
8. (a) Find the point P that lies of the distance from a point A(-1, 3, 9) to the
midpoint of the line segment joining B(-2, 3, 7) and C(4, 1, -3).
(b) Define scalar triple product. What is its volume interpretation? Justify.
(c) Find parametric equations for the line that contains the point (3,1,4) and is
parallel to the vector v =−i + j −2k . Find where this line passes through the
coordinate planes.
31.
Section – 3
d
1. (a) Let f ( x, y, z ) = x 2 ye 2 x + ( x + y − z ) 2 . Find f ( x, x, x ) .
dx
( x 2 −1)( y 2 − 4)
(b) Find lim
( x , y ) →(1, 2 ) ( x −1)( y − 2)
, assuming it exists.
(c) Let f ( x, y, z ) = xyz , and letu be a unit vector perpendicular to both
v =i −2 j +3k and w =2i + j −k . Find the directional derivative of f at P0 (1, -1,
2) in the direction of u .
OR
2. (a) Use an incremental approximation to estimate f ( x, y ) = sin( x + y ) at
π π
f + 0.01, − 0.01 . Check by using the calculator.
2 2
(b) Let f ( x, y ) be a differentiable function of x and y, and let
x = r cos θ, y = r sin θ for r > 0 and 0 < θ < 2π . Show that:
2 2 2 2
∂z 1 ∂z ∂z ∂z
+ 2 = + .
∂r r ∂θ ∂x ∂y
(c) Determine x y z for f ( x, y, z ) = ln( x + y 2 + z 3 ) .
f , f , f
9. (a) Classify each point of f ( x, y ) = ( x − 2) 2 + ( y − 3) 4 as a relative maximum, a
relative minimum, or a saddle point.
(b) Compute the slope of the tangent line to the graph of f ( x, y ) = xy 3 + x 3 y at
the point P0 (1,-1, -2) in the direction plane parallel to the xz-plane.
(c) State and prove chain rule for one independent parameter.
OR
10. (a) Describe the level curves of the given quadratic surface 9 x 2 + 4 y 2 + z 2 = 1 in
each coordinate plane.
3x 3 − 3 y 3 2 2
2 2 ,x ≠ y
(b) Given that the function f ( x, y) = x − y is continuous at the origin, what is
B, o t h e r w i s e
B?
(c) State and prove the normal property of the gradient.