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Year I-Unit 5 Test: IB Mathematics HL

This document is a test for IB Mathematics HL Year 1 - Unit 5. It contains 12 problems testing various calculus concepts such as: - Finding tangent lines to curves - Finding critical points of functions - Taking derivatives and solving related equations - Sketching graphs of functions and their derivatives - Solving inequalities involving derivatives - Finding periods and properties of trigonometric functions

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Year I-Unit 5 Test: IB Mathematics HL

This document is a test for IB Mathematics HL Year 1 - Unit 5. It contains 12 problems testing various calculus concepts such as: - Finding tangent lines to curves - Finding critical points of functions - Taking derivatives and solving related equations - Sketching graphs of functions and their derivatives - Solving inequalities involving derivatives - Finding periods and properties of trigonometric functions

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IB Mathematics HL

Year IUnit 5 Test


Name: Date: Period:

Instructions and Comments. No calculators allowed on any portion of this


test. This test is worth 100 points.

1. (8 points) The line y = 16x 9 is a tangent to the curve y = 2x3 + ax2 + bx 9


at the point (1, 7). Find the values of a and b.

2. (8 points) Given the function s(x) = xex/10 , determine the point P (a, s(a)),
where s0 (a) = 0.
x
3. Let y = , where x 0.
1 + x2
dy
(a) (4 points) Compute .
dx

(b) (5 points) Determine the maximum value of y and determine for which
value of x this maximum value occurs.

1 dy
4. (8 points) Given that y = , one can show that = y(1 y). (You
1 + 2ex dx
d2 y
dont need to show this.) Using this equation solve the equation 2 = 0
dx
for x.
k
5. (8 points) The normal to the curve y = + ln x2 , x 6= 0, k R, at the point
x
where x = 2, has equation 3x + 2y = b, where b R. Find the exact value
of k .

d2 y
6. (7 points) Given that y = x ln(2x 1), find .
dx2

7. Consider the function defined by y = tan x 8 sin x.


dy
(a) (4 points) Find .
dx

dy
(b) (4 points) Find the value of cos x for which = 0.
dx
5 y
8. (8 points) The figure to the right
4
depicts the graph of 3
2
1
y =x+ , 1 P(2,0)
x x
4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4
as well as two tangent lines to 1
this graph, both passing through 2
3
the point P (2, 0). Find the two 4
slopes of these tangent lines. 5
Equation 1: y=x+1/x

9. (8 points) Let f (x) = x3 + 3x2 9x + 4, and solve the inequality f 0 (x) < 0.
10. Let g(x) = x3 + 4x2 + x 6.

(a) (4 points) Find the equation of the tangent line ` to the graph of
y = g(x) where x = 1.

(b) (5 points) Find the coordinates of the point where ` meets the graph
of y = g(x) again.

11. (8 points) Given the graph of the rational function f below, give a sketch of
the graph of f 0 on the same coordinate axes. (Note: the graph of y = f (x)
has a vertical asymptote at x = 1.)
10 y

-4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4

-5

-10
12. Below is shown the graph of the function f (x) = sin2 x cos x.
y

x
|
x=a

(a) (3 points) What is the period of the function f ?

(b) (4 points) You are given that at the indicatedrvalue x = a, the tangent
1
to the graph is horizontal. Show that cos a = .
3

(c) (4 points) Compute f (a) exactly.

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