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    1) Find the expression g ◦ h ◦ f where f(x) = x^2 - 4, g(x) = x^3, h(x) = 1/(x-3). The domain is all real numbers except ±7. 2) Find the third order polynomial y(x) such that y(1) = 1, y'(1) = 3, y"(1) = 6, y'"(1) = 12. 3) Prove the equation x = e^-x has a solution, and find the value of k such that g(x) = kx is a tangent line to f(x) = e^-x at

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    1) Find the expression g ◦ h ◦ f where f(x) = x^2 - 4, g(x) = x^3, h(x) = 1/(x-3). The domain is all real numbers except ±7. 2) Find the third order polynomial y(x) such that y(1) = 1, y'(1) = 3, y"(1) = 6, y'"(1) = 12. 3) Prove the equation x = e^-x has a solution, and find the value of k such that g(x) = kx is a tangent line to f(x) = e^-x at

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    1) Find the expression g ◦ h ◦ f where f(x) = x^2 - 4, g(x) = x^3, h(x) = 1/(x-3). The domain is all real numbers except ±7. 2) Find the third order polynomial y(x) such that y(1) = 1, y'(1) = 3, y"(1) = 6, y'"(1) = 12. 3) Prove the equation x = e^-x has a solution, and find the value of k such that g(x) = kx is a tangent line to f(x) = e^-x at

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    ZPEM1301 — Practice Class Test C

    1
    1. (a) If f (x) = x2 − 4, g(x) = x3 and h(x) = find the expression
    x−3
    for g ◦ h ◦ f and state its domain.
    (b) If g(x) = x2 + 3 find the function f such that f (g(x)) = x4 +
    6x2 + 9.

    2. Suppose that f is differentiable at 0 and

    f (x) g(x)
    lim = 4, lim =2
    x→0 x x→0 x

    (a) Find f (0).


    (b) Find f 0 (0).
    g(x)
    (c) Find lim
    x→0 f (x)

    3. Evaluate the limits.

    (a)
    √
    q
    lim x + x
    x→4

    (b)
    x2 − x + 12
    lim
    x→−3 x+3

    4. Find a third order polynomial y(x) such that y(1) = 1, y 0 (1) = 3,


    y 00 (1) = 6 and y 000 (1) = 12.

    5. (a) Prove that the equation x = e−x has a solution.


    (b) Consider the functions f (x) = e−x and g(x) = kx where k is a
    parameter. Find the value of k such that g is a tangent line to f
    and the point of intersection.
    Solutions
    1
    1. (a) g(h(f (x))) = where is domain is all real numbers except
    √ (x − 7)3
    2

    ± 7.
    (b) f (x) = x2

    2. As we are told that f is differentiable at 0 then by definition the


    following limit exists

    f (x) − f (a) f (x) − f (0)


    f 0 (a) = lim = lim
    x→a x−a x→0 x−0
    (a) As
    f (x) f (x) − 0
    lim = =4
    x→0 x x−0
    it implies that f (0) = 0 when we compare to the f 0 (a) expression.
    (b) Using the same argument then f 0 (0) = 4.
    (c)

    g(x) g(x) x g(x) x 2 1


    lim = lim = lim lim = =
    x→0 f (x) x→0 x f (x) x→0 x x→0 f (x) 4 2

    3. (a)
    √ √ √
    q q
    lim x+ x= 4+ 4= 6
    x→4

    (b) The numerator is not factorisable unless we introduce complex


    values. As such the rational function can’t be simplified and we
    have a discontinuity of the second kind. The limit, therefore, does
    not exist.

    50 y

    25

    x
    −12 −9 −6 −3 3 6

    −25

    −50
    4. A general 3rd order polynomial is

    y(x) = Ax3 + Bx2 + Cx + D

    If we take the 1st through to the 3rd derivatives of y we have

    y 0 = 3Ax2 + 2Bx + C
    y 00 = 6Ax + 2B
    y 000 = 6A

    Now

    y 000 (1) = 12
    = 6A
    =⇒ A = 2
    y 00 (1) = 6
    = 6A + 2B
    = 12 + 2B
    =⇒ B = −3
    y 0 (1) = 3
    = 3A + 2B + C
    =6−6+C
    =⇒ C = 3
    y(1) = 1 = A + B + C + D
    =2−3+3+D
    =⇒ D = 1

    So the third order polynomial must be

    y = 2x3 − 3x2 + 3x + 1

    5. (a) Let h(x) = x − e−x . Note that h(x) is continuous for all x ∈ R.
    At x = 0 we have h(0) = −1 < 0 and at x = 1 we have h(1) =
    1 − e−1 ≈ 0.63 > 0. Thus by the Intermediate Value Theorem
    there is a value of x = c where 0 < c < 1 such that h(c) = 0.
    Thus at x = c we have x = e−x .
    (b) The function f and g must have same gradient at the point of
    intersection if g is a tangent to f . Let the point of intersection
    be a. Thus we have

    f 0 (a) = g 0 (a)
    −e−a = k
    Further, at x = a we must have f (a) = g(a), so

    f (a) = g(a)
    e−a = −e−a a
    =⇒ a = −1

    Therefore the point of intersection is (a, f (a)) = (−1, e) and the


    tangent line is
    g(x) = −ex

    5 y

    1
    x
    −2 −1 1 2
    −1

    −2

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