Chapter 1 Review (Calculus 1)
Chapter 1 Review (Calculus 1)
CHAPTER 1
PRECALCULUS REVIEW
Exercises
The exercises in this section should be done using a graphing calculator
or computer algebra system.
1. Plot f (x) = 2x 4 + 3x 3 14x 2 9x + 18 in the appropriate
viewing rectangles and determine its roots.
2. How many solutions does x 3 4x + 8 = 0 have?
3. How many positive solutions does x 3 12x + 8 = 0 have?
4. Does cos x + x = 0 have a solution? A positive solution?
4n + 1
6n 5
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x+6 x
16. f (x) =
x4
14. f (n) =
$ 2
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1 x
18. f (x) = x tan
x
20. Find the maximum value of f ( ) for the graphs produced in Exercise 19. Can you guess the formula for the maximum value in terms
of A and B?
24. Set P0 (x) = 1 and P1 (x) = x. The Chebyshev polynomials (useful in approximation theory) are defined inductively by the formula
Pn+1 (x) = 2xPn (x) Pn1 (x).
2. Express as an interval:
(a) {x : |x 5| < 4}
(b) {x : |5x + 3| 2}
26. Let h(z) = 2z2 + 12z + 3. Complete the square and find the minimum value of h(z).
3
2
27. Let f (x) be the square of the distance from the point (2, 1) to a
point (x, 3x + 2) on the line y = 3x + 2. Show that f (x) is a quadratic
function, and find its minimum value by completing the square.
1
0
2
3
FIGURE 1
x+1
13. f (x) =
2
3x
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4
12. f (x) = 4
x +1
14. f (x) =
'
31. y = sin
x2 x + 5
29. y = t 4
(d) g(t) = t 3 + t
32. y = 10x
1
34. y = 2
x
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&
35. Show that the graph of y = f 13 x b is obtained by shifting the
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graph of y = f 13 x to the right 3b units. Use this observation to sketch
(
(
the graph of y = ( 13 x 4(.
33. y = x 1/3
36. Let h(x) = cos x and g(x) = x 1 . Compute the composite functions h(g(x)) and g(h(x)), and find their domains.
37. Find functions f and g such that the function
f (g(t)) = (12t + 9)4
30. y = t 5
38. Sketch the points on the unit circle corresponding to the following three angles, and find the values of the six standard trigonometric
functions at each angle:
2
7
7
(a)
(b)
(c)
3
4
6
(a) tan
180
195
220
240
127
118
103
91
24. Does the following table of revenue data for a computer manufacturer suggest a linear relation between revenue and time? Explain.
Revenue (billions of $)
(c) csc
Year
(b) sin 2
2001
2005
2007
2010
13
18
15
11
25. Find the roots of f (x) = x 4 4x 2 and sketch its graph. On which
intervals is f (x) decreasing?
cos a
a
=
2
2
"
!
42. Let f (x) = cos x. Sketch the graph of y = 2f 13 x 4 for
0 x 6.
(a) cos(a + b) = cos a + cos b
(b) cos
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47. Match each quantity (a)(d) with (i), (ii), or (iii) if possible, or state
that no match exists.
2a
(a) 2a 3b
(b) b
3
(c) (2a )b
(d) 2ab 3ba
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(i) 2ab
(ii) 6a+b
(iii) 23
48. Match each quantity (a)(d) with (i), (ii), or (iii) if possible, or state
that no match exists.
!a "
ln a
(a) ln
(b)
b
ln b
(d) (ln a)(ln b)
(c) eln aln b
a
(ii) ln a ln b
(iii)
b
'
3
49. Find the inverse of f (x) = x 8 and determine its domain and
range.
(i) ln a + ln b
x2
50. Find the inverse of f (x) =
and determine its domain and
x1
range.
51. Find a domain on which h(t) = (t 3)2 is one-to-one and determine the inverse on this domain.
52. Show that g(x) =
{x : x = 1}.
x
is equal to its inverse on the domain
x1
53. Suppose that g(x) is the inverse of f (x). Match the functions
(a)(d) with their inverses (i)(iv).
(a) f (x) + 1
(b) f (x + 1)
(c) 4f (x)
(d) f (4x)
(i) g(x)/4
(ii) g(x/4)
(iii) g(x 1)
(iv) g(x) 1
54.
Plot f (x) = xex and use the zoom feature to find two
solutions of f (x) = 0.5.