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MATH1A03 Midterm 2011F Practice

This document contains a practice version of a midterm exam for a university math course. It includes 7 questions covering various calculus topics like: - Finding derivatives of functions - Proving theorems like the Increasing Test - Using Newton's method to find roots of equations - Analyzing functions for differentiability, continuity, and critical points - Estimating distances using velocity-time data - Analyzing properties of an absolute value function The midterm examines students' understanding of key calculus concepts through multiple choice and free response problems.

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MATH1A03 Midterm 2011F Practice

This document contains a practice version of a midterm exam for a university math course. It includes 7 questions covering various calculus topics like: - Finding derivatives of functions - Proving theorems like the Increasing Test - Using Newton's method to find roots of equations - Analyzing functions for differentiability, continuity, and critical points - Estimating distances using velocity-time data - Analyzing properties of an absolute value function The midterm examines students' understanding of key calculus concepts through multiple choice and free response problems.

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Math 1A03 Fall 201112 Practice version of Midterm 1

1) No partial credit will be given on this question.


a) Find the derivative of f(x) = arctan(1 + x
3
). Do not simplify your answer.
b) Find the derivative of f(x) =
2
x
+ 10
cos x
. Do not simplify your answer.
c) Find the derivative of f(x) = ln(2x) sec x. Do not simplify your answer.
d) If g(x) = (f(x) + x)
2
, where f(3) = 6, f

(3) = 8, f

(6) = 10, nd f

(3).
e) Find the derivative of the function f(x) =

x
2
0
sin(t) dt.
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McMaster University Math 1A03 Fall 2011 Midterm 1: Practice
2) State and prove the Increasing Test.
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McMaster University Math 1A03 Fall 2011 Midterm 1: Practice
3)
a) Sketch the graph of a function f(x) with a unique root x = 2 such that Newtons method
fails to nd the root when we choose the initial approximation x
1
= 4.
b) Use Newtons method to nd a root of the equation sin x = x
2
2 correct to 2 decimal
places.
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McMaster University Math 1A03 Fall 2011 Midterm 1: Practice
4) State the denition of a dierentiable function. Prove that if f is dierentiable at a then
f is continuous at a.
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McMaster University Math 1A03 Fall 2011 Midterm 1: Practice
5) Consider the function
f(x) =

x + 2, if 2 x 1,
1, if 1 x 1;
1
2
x +
3
2
, if 1 x 3.
a) Sketch the graph of y = f(x).
b) Find

0
2
f(x) dx,

3
0
f(x) dx.
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McMaster University Math 1A03 Fall 2011 Midterm 1: Practice
6) Consider the following table of velocity/time data over a period of one minute. Assume
that the velocity function is increasing over this time.
time in seconds 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
velocity in meters per second 0 1 3 4 6 9 12
a) Sketch a graph of y = v(t).
b) Using left endpoints of ten-second intervals, estimate the distance travelled during this
minute. State whether your estimate is too high or too low for the actual distance travelled,
and explain your reasoning.
c) Using the given data, calculate a better estimate of the distance travelled. Justify that
your method is an improvement.
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McMaster University Math 1A03 Fall 2011 Midterm 1: Practice
7) Let f(x) = 2
|x
3
+x|
.
a) Calculate f(1), f(0). Deduce that f

(x) = 3 for some x in (1, 0). Explain your reason-


ing.
b) Calculate f(1). Can you deduce that f

(x) = 0 for some x in (1, 1)? Explain your answer.


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