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Exam 1 solutions

1.(a) m = 5 and y-intercept b = 4, so


y = 5x  4.

(b) m = 2 and P(1, 3), so


y  3 = 2(x  1), or y = 2x + 5.

(c) 2x + y = 3  y = 2x + 3, so m = 2 and P(5, 4).


y  4 = 2(x  5), or y = 2x + 14
 2x + y = 14.

(d) 5x  3 y  7
3 y  5 x  7
5 7
y x
3 3
3
Slope of a perpendicular line is  .
5
y  y1  m( x  x1 )
3
y  3   [ x  (1)]
5
3 12
y x
5 5
or
3x  5 y  12

2. (a) If g (u )  u 2  2u  1 and h(x) = 1  x then g (h( x))  g (1  x)


 (1  x)2  2(1  x)  1
 x 2  4 x  4.

1
(b) If g (u )  and h(x) = x + 2, then g (h( x ))  g ( x  2)
2u  1 1

2( x  2)  1
1
 .
2x  5

3. Answers may vary.

(a) Let h(x) = x  1 and g (u )  u 2  3u  1.

2u
(b) Let h(x) = x + 4 and g (u)  .
2u  11
x2  x  2 ( x  2)( x  1)
4. a) lim  lim
x 1 x 12 x 1 ( x  1)( x  1)
x2
 lim
x 1 x  1
lim( x  2)
 x1
lim( x  1)
x 1
1 2

11
3

2

x 4  3x 2  2 x  7
b) lim
x x3  x  1
x  3x  22  7
 lim x x3
x 1 1  1
x2 x3
 3 2 7   1 1 
Since lim  x    3    and lim 1  2  3   1, then
x  2
x x x  x  x x 
x 4  3x 2  2 x  7
lim  .
x x3  x  1

 1  1
c) lim x 1  2   lim x   
 
x 0  x  x0 x

x2  1 10
5 a) f ( x)  is not continuous at x = 3 since f (3)  and division by 0 is undefined.
x3 0

b) f ( x)  5 x3  3x  x is not continuous for x  0 since square roots of negative numbers do not


exist in the real numbers.

 x3  2 x  33 if x  3

c). h( x)   x 2  6 x  9
 if x  3
 x3
x2  6 x  9
The denominator in will never be zero, since x = 3 is not included in its domain.
x 3
However, in checking the break point (the only point in question), h(3)  (3)3  2(3)  33  0.
x2  6 x  9
lim h( x)  lim
x3 x3 x3
( x  3)( x  3)
 lim
x3 x3
Further, lim h( x)  lim ( x3  2 x  33)  0 and  lim ( x  3)
x3 x3 x3
 33
 0.
Since h(3)  lim h( x), h is continuous for all x.
x 3

x3  5 x 3
d. g ( x)  is not continuous at x  2 and x   since the denominator in the
( x  2)(2 x  3) 2
definition of g ( x) is 0.

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