MASSEY UNIVERSITY

Institute of Fundamental Sciences

Mathematics

160.101 CALCULUS 1 (Internal)

Assignment 1

Semester Two, 2018

There are 10 questions altogether. Read each question carefully, and show your work to
receive full credit.

1. Let √
f (x) = 2x + 1, g(x) = 3x + 7.
Find f (g(x)) and state its domain.

2. An electricity company charges its customers a base rate of $10 a month, plus 6 cents
per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for the first 1200 kWh and 7 cents per kWh for all usage over
1200 kWh. Express the monthly cost E as a function of the amount x of electricity used.
Graph the function E for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2000.

3. Solve the equation

x
3e 2 − 80 = 0.

4. Recall that
sin x
lim = 1,
x→0 x

where x is measured in radians.

Let
tan x π π
f (x) = , − <x< .
x 2 2
(a) Find limx→0 f (x).
(b) Write down the equation of all vertical asymptotes of f (x) if there are any.

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5. Find the following limits if they exist.

(a)
lim (x + 1) cos 2x.
x→0

(b) √
x+1−1
lim .
x→0 x
(c)
|x − 2|
lim .
x→2 x − 2

6. Let
x − 25
f (x) = √ .
x−5
(a) Find the domain of f (x).
(b) Evaluate
lim f (x).
x→25+

(c) Find all vertical asymptotes if they exist.

7. Find the derivative of f (x) = 3x2 − 2 by definition, and write down the equation of the
tangent at x = 1 in the form of y = mx + b.

8. Find the derivatives of the following functions:

(a)
2 √
f (x) = 3x7 − + x + π.
x
(b)
ex
g(x) = sin x cos x − √ .
x
(c)
1
y(x) = sin2 (3x) − + e.
x2
(d)
1
h(t) = .
3t2 + 1
(e)
w(z) = ecos z + sin(cos2 z).
(f)  
t
r(t) = 5 arc tan
5

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 9. Show that the point P = (2, 4) lies on the curve given by the equation

x3 + y 3 = 9xy.

Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at P .

10. Find the derivatives of the following functions:

(a)
y(x) = (sin x)ln x .
(b)
2
g(t) = et ln(t4 + 7).