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MAT175 Samplefinalexam

This document is a sample final exam for Calculus 1 that contains 20 multiple choice and free response problems testing concepts such as computing derivatives using basic rules and the definition of a derivative, evaluating limits, finding relative and absolute extrema, computing integrals using Riemann sums, and solving related rate, optimization, and accumulation problems. The student must show their work and clearly indicate final answers to receive partial credit for problems.

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MAT175 Samplefinalexam

This document is a sample final exam for Calculus 1 that contains 20 multiple choice and free response problems testing concepts such as computing derivatives using basic rules and the definition of a derivative, evaluating limits, finding relative and absolute extrema, computing integrals using Riemann sums, and solving related rate, optimization, and accumulation problems. The student must show their work and clearly indicate final answers to receive partial credit for problems.

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Sample Final Exam Calculus 1 - MAT 175


Instructions: This exam should be taken without text or notes or electronic devices. Show your work, and indicate answers
clearly. Cross out all work that you do not want to be graded.
dy
√ x5
1. (5pts.) Compute the derivative dx for y = 5+ 5 − 5 ln x.
2y+3
2. (5pts.) Compute the derivative p0 (y) of the function p(y) = 7y+5 .

3. (5pts.) Write down an equation of the tangent line to the graph of y = 1 + 2ex at the point where x = 0.
4. (5pts.) Determine the slope of the tangent line to the graph of the equation 5x2 + 3y 2 + xy = 15 at the point
(−1, 2).
√
5. (5pts.) Compute the derivative dw
dz of the function w = 1 + zez .

6. (5pts.) Find the limit:


3 sin 4θ
lim =
θ→0 5θ
7. (5pts.) Find the limit:
x2 − 4x + 3
lim =
x→1 x2 − 1
8. (5pts.) Find the limit:
6x2 + 100
lim =
x→∞ 7x2 − 100

9. (5pts.) For which constant k is the following function Q(x) continuous for all x? Justify your answer.
(
x2 + k if x ≤ 0
Q(x) =
cos x if 0 < x

−1
10. (6pts.) Show that the derivative of f (x) = 1
x is f 0 (x) = x2 by using the definition of the derivative as the limit
of a difference quotient.
11. (5pts.) If the volume V = s3 of an expanding cube is increasing at the constant rate of 120 cubic inches per
second, how fast is the length s of the sides increasing when the volume is 8 cubic inches?

12. (5pts.) Find where the graph of y = x3 − 6x2 is concave up and concave down, and find all inflection points.
13. (5pts.) Find and classify all the relative extrema of F (x) = x4 − 4x2 + 2.
14. (6pts.) Find the absolute maximum and minimum values of f (x) = 4x3 − 3x2 on the closed interval [−1, 1].
15. (6pts.) A particle moves along the x-axis with an acceleration given by a(t) = 6t + 2, where t is measured
in seconds and s (position) is measured in meters. If the initial position is given by s(0) = 3 and the initial
velocity is given by v(0) = 4 then find the position of the particle at t seconds.
16. (5pts.) A rectangular poster is to have an area of 100 square inches with a 1-inch margin on the right and left
sides and a 2-inch margin at the top and bottom. Find the dimensions of the poster with the largest printed
area.
R1√
17. (4pts.) Write (but DO NOT EVALUATE) a three term Riemann sum for the integral 0
1 + x2 dx
18. (5pts.) Find the area under the curve y = 5 − 2x2 from x = 0 to x = 1

19. (4pts.) Evaluate the derivative F 0 (x) of the function F (x) defined by:
Z x
1
F (x) = √ dt
0 1 + t3
at x = 2.

xsin(x2 ) dx
R
20. (4 pts.) Evaluate

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