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JIM101 Assignment (2022-2023)

This document outlines a calculus assignment for a distance learning university course. It provides instructions for submitting the assignment by May 1st and warns against academic dishonesty. The assignment consists of 7 questions assessing students' understanding of limits, derivatives, and their applications. Examples include computing limits, interpreting derivatives as rates of change, explaining limit failures, and differentiating polynomials. Students must also solve implicit differentiation and rate of change problems.

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JIM101 Assignment (2022-2023)

This document outlines a calculus assignment for a distance learning university course. It provides instructions for submitting the assignment by May 1st and warns against academic dishonesty. The assignment consists of 7 questions assessing students' understanding of limits, derivatives, and their applications. Examples include computing limits, interpreting derivatives as rates of change, explaining limit failures, and differentiating polynomials. Students must also solve implicit differentiation and rate of change problems.

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SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA


ACADEMIC SESSION 2022/2023

JIM 101 - CALCULUS

ASSIGNMENT (20%)

Answer all questions and submit your assignment to your instructor via e-Learning
portal submission platform before 1st May 2023. Late submission will not be
entertained.

Due Date: 1st May 2023.

Warning: The University has instituted serious penalties for academic dishonesty.
Copying assignment to be submitted for grade or allowing your work to be submitted
for grade to be copied, is considered academic dishonesty.

1. Explain the meaning (by using intuitive definition) of each of the following
equations.
tan x
(a). lim = 1.
x →0 x

x2 + 2x − 8
(b). lim− = −∞.
x →−2 x2 − 4
(3 marks)

2. State two examples of how the derivative can be interpreted as a rate of change
in physics, computer sciences, constructions, aviation, chemistry, biology,
economics, or any other field.

(2 marks)

3. Describe several ways in which a limit can fail to exist. Provide the appropriate
illustrations or sketches.

(3 marks)

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4. Explain how the following formula
d du du du
( u1 − u2 − ... − un )= 1 − 2 − ... − n ,
dx dx dx dx
enable us to differentiate any polynomial.

(2 marks)

5. Evaluate the following limits:

 x2 + 2x − 8 
(a). lim  2 ,
x→ 2
 x − x − 2 

2x + 9 − 3
(b). lim ,
x →0 x

7t − 49t 2 − 8t
(c). lim .
t →−∞
7t + t 2 − 6t

(3 marks)

dy
6. Compute of the following function by using implicit differentiation.
dx

x3 + y 3 − 6 xy + 1 =0.
(3 marks)

3
7. A spherical balloon is inflated at a rate of 12 cm3 s -1 . Compute the rate at which
5
the radius of the balloon is increasing when the radius, r of the balloon, is 3cm .
4
[Hint: Volume of a sphere, V = π r 3 .]
3

(4 marks)

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