007A Sample Midterm 2

This is a sample, and is meant to represent the material usually covered in Math 7A for the midterm. An actual test may or may not be similar.

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 Problem 1 

Evaluate the following limits.

(a) Find  $\lim _{x\rightarrow 2}{\frac {{\sqrt {x^{2}+12}}-4}{x-2}}$

(b) Find  $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{\frac {\sin(3x)}{\sin(7x)}}$

(c) Evaluate  $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}x^{2}\cos {\bigg (}{\frac {1}{x}}{\bigg )}$

 Problem 2 

Use the definition of the derivative to find   ${\frac {dy}{dx}}$   for the function  $y={\frac {1+x}{3x}}.$

 Problem 3 

Find the derivatives of the following functions. Do not simplify.

(a)   $f(x)=x^{3}(x^{\frac {4}{3}}-1)$

(b)   $f(x)={\frac {x^{3}+x^{-3}}{1+6x}}$  where  $x>0$

(c)   $f(x)={\sqrt {3x^{2}+5x-7}}$  where  $x>0$

 Problem 4 

Assume  $N(t)$  denotes the size of a population at time  $t$  and that  $N(t)$  satisfies the equation:

${\frac {dN}{dt}}=3N{\bigg (}1-{\frac {N}{20}}{\bigg )}.$

Let  $f(N)=3N{\bigg (}1-{\frac {N}{20}}{\bigg )},~N\geq 0.$  Graph  $f(N)$  as a function of  $N$  and identify all equilibria. That is, all points where  ${\frac {dN}{dt}}=0.$

 Problem 5 

A kite 30 (meters) above the ground moves horizontally at a speed of 6 (m/s). At what rate is the length of the string increasing when 50 (meters) of the string has been let out?

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