# 009C Sample Final 1

This is a sample, and is meant to represent the material usually covered in Math 9C for the final. An actual test may or may not be similar.

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## Problem 1

Compute

a) ${\displaystyle \lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {3-2n^{2}}{5n^{2}+n+1}}}$
b) ${\displaystyle \lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {\ln n}{\ln 3n}}}$

## Problem 2

Find the sum of the following series:

a) ${\displaystyle \sum _{n=0}^{\infty }(-2)^{n}e^{-n}}$
b) ${\displaystyle \sum _{n=1}^{\infty }{\bigg (}{\frac {1}{2^{n}}}-{\frac {1}{2^{n+1}}}{\bigg )}}$

## Problem 3

Determine whether the following series converges or diverges.

${\displaystyle \sum _{n=0}^{\infty }(-1)^{n}{\frac {n!}{n^{n}}}}$

## Problem 4

Find the interval of convergence of the following series.

${\displaystyle \sum _{n=0}^{\infty }(-1)^{n}{\frac {(x+2)^{n}}{n^{2}}}}$

## Problem 5

Let

${\displaystyle f(x)=\sum _{n=1}^{\infty }nx^{n}}$
a) Find the radius of convergence of the power series.
b) Determine the interval of convergence of the power series.
c) Obtain an explicit formula for the function ${\displaystyle f(x)}$.

## Problem 6

Find the Taylor polynomial of degree 4 of ${\displaystyle f(x)=\cos ^{2}x}$ at ${\displaystyle a={\frac {\pi }{4}}}$.

## Problem 7

A curve is given in polar coordinates by

${\displaystyle r=1+\sin \theta }$
a) Sketch the curve.
b) Compute ${\displaystyle y'={\frac {dy}{dx}}}$.
c) Compute ${\displaystyle y''={\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}}$.

## Problem 8

A curve is given in polar coordinates by

${\displaystyle r=1+\sin 2\theta }$
${\displaystyle 0\leq \theta \leq 2\pi }$
a) Sketch the curve.
b) Find the area enclosed by the curve.

## Problem 9

A curve is given in polar coordinates by

${\displaystyle r=\theta }$
${\displaystyle 0\leq \theta \leq 2\pi }$

Find the length of the curve.

## Problem 10

A curve is given parametrically by

${\displaystyle x(t)=3\sin t}$
${\displaystyle y(t)=4\cos t}$
${\displaystyle 0\leq t\leq 2\pi }$
a) Sketch the curve.
b) Compute the equation of the tangent line at ${\displaystyle t_{0}={\frac {\pi }{4}}}$.