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18.01 Practice Questions For Exam 1

The document provides 10 practice questions for an exam on calculus concepts including: evaluating limits, derivatives, continuity, differentiability, tangent lines, rates of change, and exponential decay. Students are informed that solutions will be posted online and that no outside materials will be allowed during the exam.

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18.01 Practice Questions For Exam 1

The document provides 10 practice questions for an exam on calculus concepts including: evaluating limits, derivatives, continuity, differentiability, tangent lines, rates of change, and exponential decay. Students are informed that solutions will be posted online and that no outside materials will be allowed during the exam.

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18.

01 Practice Questions for Exam 1


Solutions will be posted on the 18.01 website.

No books, notes, or calculators will be allowed at the exam.

1. Evaluate each of the following, simplifying where possible; for (b) indicate reasoning.
The letters a and k represent constants.

d3
� ��
d 3t � 3u d 3�
a) � b) lim c) sin kx d) a + k sin2 �
dt ln t �e2 u�0 tan 2u dx3 d�
d 3
2. Derive the formula for x at the point x = x0 directly from the definition of
dx
derivative.
�
1−3 1+h
3. Find lim by relating it to a derivative. (Indicate reasoning.)
h�0 h
4. Sketch the curve y = sin−1 x, −1 � x � 1, and derive the formula for its
derivative from that for the derivative of sin x.

5. For the function


ax + b, x>0
�
f (x) = 2
, a and b constants,
1 − x + x , x � 0,
a) find all values of a and b for which the function will be continuous;

b) find all values of a and b for which the function will be differentiable.

6. For the curve given by the equation


x2 y + y 3 + x2 = 8,
find all points on the curve where its tangent line is horizontal.

7. Where does the tangent line to the graph of y = f (x) at the point (x0 , y0 ) intersect
the x-axis?

8. The volume of a spherical balloon is decreasing at the instantaneous rate of −10 cm 3 /sec,
at the moment when its radius is 20 cm. At that moment, how rapidly is its radius
decreasing?

9. Where are the following functions discontinuous?


1 + x2 d
a) sec x b) c) |x|
1 − x2 dx

10. A radioactive substance decays according to a law A = A0 e−rt , where A(t) is the
amount in present at time t, and r is a positive constant.
a) Derive an expression in terms of r for the time it takes for the amount to fall to
one-quarter of the initial amount A0 .
b) At the moment when the amount has fallen to 1/4 the initial amount, how rapidly
is the amount falling? (Units: grams, seconds.)

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