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This document outlines an assignment for a calculus course. It contains 6 questions covering limits, derivatives, integrals, and other calculus topics. Students are asked to answer all questions, showing work, and the assignment is due on November 13, 2023.

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Cumt101 Ass 1

This document outlines an assignment for a calculus course. It contains 6 questions covering limits, derivatives, integrals, and other calculus topics. Students are asked to answer all questions, showing work, and the assignment is due on November 13, 2023.

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CHINHOYI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Single Variable Calculus CUMT101

DUE: 13 NOVEMBER 2023 GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1


DURATION: 1400 hours

Each group should have at least 10 and at most 13 students.


CUMT 101

[40 marks]
SECTION A

Answer ALL Questions being careful to number them A1 to A4.


 
2x
(a) Find the domain of the function f (x) = cos(x) sec . [6]
p
A1.
1−x
1
(b) (i) Use the denition of a limit to prove that lim = ∞. [6]
x→1 (x − 1)2
 n
n+1
(ii) Evaluate lim . [6]
n→∞ n
(c) Let f : R → R be the function dened by
x2 + x + a,

x≤0
f (x) =
bx + 2, x > 0,

where a and b are constants.


(i) Find the values of a and b for which the function will be continuous, [4]
(ii) Find all values of a and b for which the function will be dierentiable. [3]
(d) Use the properties of limits to evaluate the following limit.
4 − 2n − 3n2
lim
n→∞ 2n2 + n
[5]

d √ 1
A2. (a) Show from denition that ( x − 1) = √ . [6]
dx 2 x−1
√
(b) Dene a sequence {xn } recursively by x1 = 1 and xn+1 = 2 + xn .
(i) Show that {xn } is a monotone increasing sequence. [5]
(ii) Show that the sequence is bounded above by 2. [7]
(iii) State why the sequence converges. [3]
(iv) Find the limit of the sequence. [6]
(c) Given that a < b , does it necessarily imply that a < b? If so, prove it and if not
2 2

give an example that illustrates your answer. [3]

Z
A3. (a) Let In = (1 + ax2 )n dx. Show that (2n + 1)In = 2nIn−1 + x(1 + ax2 )n . [8]
(b) Find the area of the region bounded by the graph of f (x) = 1 + 2x3 , x = 0, x = 5
and the x−axis by calculating the limit of the Riemann Sums. [10]
x2 − 2x + 2
(c) Determine the relative extrema of f (x) = [5]
x−1
1
e − x2 ,

x 6= 0
(d) Let f (x) = Prove that f 0 (0) = 0. [7]
0, x=0

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CUMT 101

b−a b−a
(e) Show that if 0 < a < b, then √ 2
< sin−1 (b) − sin−1 (a) < √ . [9]
1−a 1 − b2
√ !  
π 3 π 1
(f) Hence or otherwise show that + −1
< sin (0.6) < + . [4]
6 15 6 8

END OF EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER

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