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This document appears to be an exam for a mathematics course consisting of 4 questions worth a total of 40 marks. Question 1 involves surface area functions for deer based on weight and asks students to calculate areas, determine if a statement is true or false, find an inverse function, and graph functions. Question 2 asks students to find a limit as x approaches 2 of a piecewise defined function. Question 3 involves limits of a fraction function as x approaches various values. Question 4 asks students to show an equation has at least one real root and find all values of a such that a function is continuous on the real numbers. The exam provides space for students to write their full name, student ID, stream, and signature.

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This document appears to be an exam for a mathematics course consisting of 4 questions worth a total of 40 marks. Question 1 involves surface area functions for deer based on weight and asks students to calculate areas, determine if a statement is true or false, find an inverse function, and graph functions. Question 2 asks students to find a limit as x approaches 2 of a piecewise defined function. Question 3 involves limits of a fraction function as x approaches various values. Question 4 asks students to show an equation has at least one real root and find all values of a such that a function is continuous on the real numbers. The exam provides space for students to write their full name, student ID, stream, and signature.

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Mathematics 1

Examination
December 2020

Full Name

Student ID

Stream

Signature

Please answer all questions and provide detailed working. The total mark is 40.

Restrictions: Do not use correcting fluid and red ink ◦ All calculators are
permitted ◦ All other handheld devices are not allowed

Time limit: 60 minutes

Question Marks achieved Out of


1 10
2 10
3 10
4 10
Total 40
Question 1 (total 10 marks) The surface area of a deer’s body is approximately proportional
to the 23 power of the deer’s weight. (This is true because the area is proportional to the square of
the length and the weight is proportional to the cube of the length.) Suppose that the particular
equation for area as a function of weight is given by the power function

A(x) = 0.4x2/3

where x is the weight in pounds and A(x) is the surface area measured in square feet.

a) Find A(50), A(100), and A(150). Explain the real-world meaning of the answers.

b) True or false: “A deer twice the weight of another deer has a surface area twice that of the
other deer.” Give numerical evidence to support your answer.

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c) Find the inverse function A−1 (x), where x now stands for area instead of weight.

d) Graph the functions A and A−1 .

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Question 2 (total 10 marks) Find the limit (if it exists) as x approaches 2 of the function
(
−2x, x≤2
f (x) = 2
x − 4x + 1, x > 2.

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Question 3 (total 10 marks)
2 1
(a) For f (x) = − , find each of the following limits:
x ln x

(i) lim f (x) (ii) lim f (x)


x→∞ x→0+

(iii) lim f (x) (iv) lim f (x)


x→1− x→1+

(b) Use the above information to make a rough sketch of the graph of f .

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Question 4 (total 10 marks)
1. (5 marks) Show that the following equation has at least one real root

arctan x = 1 − x.

2. (5 marks) Find all values of a such that f is continuous on R:


(
x + 1 if x ≤ a,
f (x) =
x2 if x > a.

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Full name .................................................................... Signature ........................................................
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