Calculus 1 Exercises

Dr. Phan Thi Huong

HoChiMinh City University of Technology
Faculty of Applied Science, Department of Applied Mathematics
Email: [email protected]
October 18, 2023

Exercise 1. Find domain of the given functions.

x+4
(a) f (x) = x2 −9
√ √
(b) f (x) = 3−t− 2+t
√
3
(c) f (t) = 2t − 1
2x3 −5
(d) f (x) = x2 +x−6

Exercise 2. In a certain state the maximum speed permitted on freeways is 65 mi/h and
the minimum speed is 40 mi/h . The fine for violating these limits is $15 for every mile per
hour above the maximum speed or below the minimum speed. Express the amount of the
fine F as a function of the driving speed x and graph for F (x) for 0 ≤ x ≤ 100.

Exercise 3. In a certain country, income tax is assessed as follows. There is no tax on

income up to $10 000. Any income over $10 000 is taxed at a rate of 10%, up to an income
of $20 000. Any income over $20 000 is taxed at 15%.

(a) Sketch the graph of the tax rate R as a function of the income I.

(b) How much tax is assessed on an income of $14 000? On $26 000?

(c) Sketch the graph of the total assessed tax T as a function of the income I.

Exercise 4. Determine if the following functions have the inverse. Find a formula for the
inverse of the function if it is possible, otherwise find the condition.
4x − 1
(a) f (x) =
2x + 3
1
(b) f (x) = x2 − x, x ≥
2
1
 √
1− x
(c) f (x) = √
1+ x
Exercise 5. Determine whether f is even, odd or neither.
x
(a) f (x) = 2
x +1
x
(b) f (x) =
x+1
(c) f (x) = x|x|

(d) f (x) = 1 + 3x3 − x5

(e) f (x) = sin(x) + 2 tan(x)

Exercise 6. Biologists have noticed that the chirping rate of crickets of a certain species
is related to temperature, and the relationship appears to be very nearly linear. A cricket
produces 113 chirps per minute at 70◦ F and 173 chirps per minute at 80◦ F
(a) Find a linear equation that models the temperature T as a function of the number of
chirps per minute N .

(b) What is the slope of the graph? What does it represent?

(c) If the crickets are chirping at 150 chirps per minute, estimate the temperature.
Exercise 7. Find the discontinuities of the function belows.

2
1 + x , x ≤ 0

(a) f (x) = 2 − x, 0 < x ≤ 2

(x − 2)2 , x > 2


x + 2, x < 0

(b) f (x) = 2x2 , 0 ≤ x ≤ 1

2 − x, x > 1


Exercise 8. Find the values of a and b that makes f continuous everywhere.

 2
x −4
 x−2 , x<2


f (x) = ax2 − bx + 3, 2 ≤ x < 3


2x − a + b, x ≥ 3


Exercise 9. Investigate continuities, right continuities and left continuities of the following
functions.
 sin(x) , x 6= 0,


(a) f(x) = |x|

1, x = 0.


2
 (
x exp(x), x < 0
(b) f (x) =
x2 − 2x, x ≥ 0.
Exercise 10. Find all asymptotes of the following functions.
√
x+4
(a) y = 2
x −9
5x4 + x2 + x
(b) y =
x3 − x2 + 2
 2 
x +3
(c) y = arctan
x−1
ln(x)
(d) y = 2x + 1 +
x
Exercise 11. Find extreme values of the following functions.
x
(A) f (x) =
ln(x)
p
(B) f (x) = 3 (x − 1)(x + 2)2
 
1−x
Exercise 12. (a) Find minimum and maximum values of function f (x) = arctan
1+x
for x ∈ [0, 1].
(b) A farmer has 2400 ft of fencing and wants to fence off a rectangular field that borders a
straight river. He needs no fence along the river. What are the dimensions of the field
that has the largest area?
Exercise 13. In a theater, the screen is 2.4m high, located 8.5m above the ground. How
far back from the screen should we stand in order to view the screen under the maximum
angle?

Exercise 14. An importer of Rwandan coffee estimates that local consumers will buy
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approximately D(p) = pounds of the coffee per week when the price is p dollars
p2
per pound. It is estimated that t weeks from now, the price of Rwandan coffee will be
p(t) = 0.02t2 + 0.01t + 6 dollars per pound. At what rate will the weekly demand for the
coffee be changing with respect to time 10 weeks from now? Will the demand be increasing
or decreasing?

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Exercise 15. A particle moving on the x-axis has position s(t) = t3 − 9t2 + 24t + 20 after
an elapsed time of t seconds. Find the velocity, acceleration of the particle at time t. What
is the total distance traveled by the particle during the first 8 seconds?

Exercise 16. (a) Let f (x) = sinh(x). Find (f −1 )0 (0).

(b) Let f (x) = x + e( x). Find (f −1 )0 (1).

Exercise 17. The population of Americans age 55 year and older as a percentage of the
total population is approximated by the function

f (t) = 10.72 (0.9t + 10)0.3 , 0 ≤ t ≤ 20

where t is measured in the years and t = 0 corresponds to the year 2000.

(a) Find f −1 (25) and interpret the result.

(b) Find (f −1 )0 (25) and interpret the result.

Exercise 18. Suppose that the moon is really spherical. The radius of the moon is estimated
by 1737 km with a possible error 0.02. Use differential to approximate the maximum error
in calculating the surface area of the moon.

Exercise 19. Let functions f (x) and g(x) be differentiable at any values in their domains
,and h(x) = xf (x2 + 1), k(x) = f (x) + g(3x − 1). Compute h0 (1) and k 0 (0) given that

f (0) = 1, f 0 (0) = 2, g(−2) = 2, g 0 (−2) = 1.

Exercise 20. A balloon is rising at a constant speed of 5ft/s. A boy is cycling along a
straight road at a speed of 15ft/s. When he passes under the balloon, it is 45 ft above him.
How fast is the distance between the boy and the balloon increasing 3 s later?

Exercise 21. Find constants A and B such that

 3
x + 2x2 + 1

lim − ax − b = 0
x→inf 4x2 + 1

Exercise 22. Suppose that f is differentiable everywhere and F (x) = ex f (x2 + 1). Find
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F 0 (1) given that f (2) = f 0 (2) = .
2e
Exercise 23. An observer stands at a point, one unit away from a track. Two runners start
at the point in the figure and run along the track. One runner runs three times as fast as
the other. Find the maximum value of the observer?s angle of sight between the runners.

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Exercise 24. A ladder 10 (ft) long rests against a vertical wall. If the bottom of the ladder
slides away from the wall at a rate of 0.5 (ft/s) , how fast is the top of the ladder sliding
down the wall when the bottom of the ladder is 5 (ft) from the wall?

Exercise 25. A cylindrical can is to be made to hold 1 litter of oil. Use differentials to
approximate the change of the cost (cent) when the radius (cm) is increased from 5 to 10?

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Exercise 26. Find the 3th degree Taylor polynomial of functions

(a) f (x) = 1/x at x = 1

(b) f (x) = tan(x) at x = 0.

Exercise 27. (b) Let y = (x2 + x)|x|, find y 0 (0).

(b) Let y 2 + 1 = 9x2 , find y 0 (1).

Exercise 28. Find an equation of the tangent to the curve at the point corresponding to
the given value of the parameter.

(a) x = 1 + 4t − t2 , y = 2 − t3 , at t = 1.

(b) x = t cos t, y = t sin t, at t = π

Exercise 29. Find the points on the curve where the tangent is horizontal or vertical.

(a) x = t3 − 3t, y = t2 − 3

(b) x = esin θ , y = ecos θ .

Exercise 30. Determine where the curve is concave upward or downward.

√ 2
(a) x = 1 + t, y = et

(b) x = cos t + cos 2t, y = sin t + sin 2t.

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Exercise 31. Water pours into a conical tank of height 10(m) and radius 4(m) at a rate
of 7(m 3 /mi n). At what rate is the water level rising when the level is 5(m) high?

Exercise 32. Find m > 0 such that

ex − cos x ln(1 + x2 )
(a) (limx→0 f (x))m2 + (limx→0 g(x))m = 1, where f (x) = and g(x) = .
x 2x
3x
3x + m2

(b) limx→∞ = em
3x − 1
Exercise 33. (a) Let f (x) be a polynomial of order 3, given that f (2) = 0, f 0 (2) = −1,
f 00 (2) = 4 and f 000 (2) = 12. Find f (1) and f 0 (1).
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(b) Find f (12) and f (13) at x = 0 where f (x) = .
2 + x3