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Problem Set 5

This document provides the practice problems for Math 101 and 111 from Calculus: One and Several Variables. It lists the exercise problems students should complete from chapters 3.1 and 3.2 of the textbook. It then provides 10 additional practice questions covering topics like: finding derivatives using the definition; determining if a function is continuous or differentiable at a point; applying the product rule; differentiating various functions; and finding the rate of change of a product of functions.

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Problem Set 5

This document provides the practice problems for Math 101 and 111 from Calculus: One and Several Variables. It lists the exercise problems students should complete from chapters 3.1 and 3.2 of the textbook. It then provides 10 additional practice questions covering topics like: finding derivatives using the definition; determining if a function is continuous or differentiable at a point; applying the product rule; differentiating various functions; and finding the rate of change of a product of functions.

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Math 101 and 111 Problem Set 5

Instructor: Elcim Elgun

Practice Questions:

The following questions can be found in Calculus: One and Several Variables,
by Salas, Hille and Etgen, Tenth edition.
Exercises 3.1 (p 112): 1, 3, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 31, 41, 45, 48, 50, 52
Exercises 3.2 (p 122): 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 20, 23, 25, 28, 31, 35, 51,
53, 58, 61

Questions:

1. By using the definition of derivatives find f 0 (a) in the following:

(a) f (x) = x2 − 8x + 9 and a = 3.


(b) f (x) = x3 − x and a = 1.
√
2. If f (x) = x − 1 and x denotes an arbitrary positive real number, use the
definition of derivatives to find f 0 (x).

3. Each limit represents the derivative of some function f at some number


a. State f and a in each case.

(2+h)3 −8 x9 −1
(a) limh→0 h . (b) limx→1 x−1 .

4. A particle moves along a straight line with equation of motion s = f (t) =


t2 − 6t − 5, where s is measured in meters and t in seconds. Find the
velocity when t = 2. Assuming that the particle starts moving when t = 0
find the distance traveled until t = 2.

5. Consider the function


(
x2 sin( x1 ) if x 6= 0
f (x) =
0 if x = 0.

(a) Is f continuous at 0?
(b) Is f differentiable at 0?

1
6. (Product Rule) In this question, we will prove step by step that: if f
and g are differentiable at x, then so is their product, with

(f g) 0 (x) = f 0 (x)g(x) + f (x)g 0 (x).

(a) Which limit do we need to evaluate to check whether f g is differen-


tiable at x, or not?
To the numerator of the function in the limit of part (a), add and
subtract the term f (x + h)g(x) to get the limit

f (x + h)g(x + h) − f (x + h)g(x) + f (x + h)g(x) − f (x)g(x)


lim .
h→0 h

(b) Explain the following sentence: By our assumption, we can rewrite


the above limit as a sum of two limits.
Hence we can write the above limit as
   
g(x + h) − g(x) f (x + h) − f (x)
lim f (x + h) lim + g(x) lim .
h→0 h→0 h h→0 h

(c) Evaluate these limits to get the result.

7. Differentiate the following functions:


√ x
(a) f (x) = x(1 − x). (c) f (x) = 2
x+ x
.
√
(b) f (x) = √x−1 . (d) f (x) = (x2 + x + 1)(x2 + 2).
x+1

8. Find A and B given that the function


(
x2 − 2 if x ≤ 2
f (x) = 2
Bx + Ax if x > 2

is differentiable at x.

9. Give an example of a function f that is defined for all real numbers,


f 0 (x) = 0 for all x 6= 0 and f 0 (0) does not exist.
10. Find the rate of change of the product f (x)g(x)h(x) with respect to x at
x = 1 given that

f (1) = 0 g(1) = 2 h(1) = −2


0 0
f (1) = 1 g (1) = −1 h 0 (1) = 0.

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