009A Sample Midterm 3

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

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 Problem 1 

Find the following limits:

(a) If  $\lim _{x\rightarrow 3}{\bigg (}{\frac {f(x)}{2x}}+1{\bigg )}=2,$  find  $\lim _{x\rightarrow 3}f(x).$

(b) Find  $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{\frac {\tan(4x)}{\sin(6x)}}.$

(c) Evaluate  $\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {-2x^{3}-2x+3}{3x^{3}+3x^{2}-3}}.$

 Problem 2 

Sketch the graph of  $f.$  At each point of discontinuity, state whether  $f$  is left or right continuous.

$f(x)={\begin{array}{cc}{\Bigg \{}&{\begin{array}{cc}x^{3}+1&x\leq 0\\-x+1&0<x<2\\-x^{2}+10x-15&x\geq 2\end{array}}\end{array}}$

 Problem 3 

Let  $y=3{\sqrt {2x+5}},x\geq 0.$

(a) Use the definition of the derivative to compute   ${\frac {dy}{dx}}.$

(b) Find the equation of the tangent line to  $y=3{\sqrt {2x+5}}$  at  $(2,9).$

 Problem 4 

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

(a)  $f(x)={\frac {(3x-5)(-x^{-2}+4x)}{x^{\frac {4}{5}}}}$

(b)  $g(x)={\sqrt {x}}+{\frac {1}{\sqrt {x}}}+{\sqrt {\pi }}$  for  $x>0.$

 Problem 5 

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

(a)  $f(x)=\sin {\bigg (}{\frac {x^{-3}}{e^{-x}}}{\bigg )}$

(b)  $g(x)={\sqrt {\frac {x^{2}+2}{x^{2}+4}}}$

(c)  $h(x)=(x+\cos ^{2}x)^{8}$

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