Question 1.
Consider the functions f(x) = 4x2 + 9, g(x) =~and
h(x) = 4x 2 - 3; x 0.
Y- a) Find the sum of the smallest and the largest numbers in the domain of
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b) Determine whether g is even, odd or neither.
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c) Determine whether h- 1 exists. If it does, find it.
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Question 2.
a) Find the following limits, if they exist.
(I.)
11. 111
4x + 12
x 3 + 3x 2 - 4x -
12 .
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{ii) lim (ex+ x)xI
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b) Use the c - 8 method to show that lim (lOx - 6) = 14.
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Question 3.
a) Use the definition
(first principle)
to find the derivative of f(x)
l
= 27f
-
x-
X+
1l 22 .
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b) Differentiate the function f(x) = (ln3)secx + tan- 1(ln4x).
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c) If the equation x 2y+siny = 2n determines a differentiable function f such that y = f(x), find
the equation of the tangent line to the graph of the given equation at the point P(l, 2n).
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Question 4.
Let f (x) = I2x - 10I+ 2 .
a) Show that f is continuous at x = 5.
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b) Show that f is not differentiable at x = 5.
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Question 5.
Let f(x)
x4
=4
- 2x2 + 4 and g(x) = 2x4 -
8x 3 + 3l6x -
172.
a) Find the intervals on which f is increasing and on which it is decreasing.
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b) Find the intervals on which the graph of y = g(x) is concave upwards and on which it is
concave downwards.
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END OF EXAMINATION.QUESTION PAPER
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