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The document contains a tutorial for Calculus with two parts. Part I contains selected problems to be discussed in the tutorial session, including determining continuity and differentiability of functions, finding derivatives, and finding equations of tangent lines. Part II contains more difficult problems for independent study, including solving equations, determining continuity and differentiability, and finding derivatives. The document provides answers to the selected problems in Part I.

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MA2002 Tutorial3

The document contains a tutorial for Calculus with two parts. Part I contains selected problems to be discussed in the tutorial session, including determining continuity and differentiability of functions, finding derivatives, and finding equations of tangent lines. Part II contains more difficult problems for independent study, including solving equations, determining continuity and differentiability, and finding derivatives. The document provides answers to the selected problems in Part I.

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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

SEMESTER 2, 2023/2024

MA2002 Calculus Tutorial 3 (12/02 – 16/02)

T UTORIAL PART I

This part will be discussed during the tutorial session. Solution of selected questions (indi-
cated by ♦ ) from this part will be provided to demonstrate proper presentation of solution.


 2x, if 0 ≤ x < 1,


1. Consider the function f (x) = 1, if x = 1,


 −2x + 4, if 1 < x < 2.

♦
(i) Determine whether f (1) and lim f (x) exist. Is f continuous at x = 1?
x→1
(ii) Determine whether f (2) and lim− f (x) exist. Is f continuous at x = 2?
x→2

2. For each of the following functions, determine whether it is continuous at x = 1. Give a


proof if it is continuous, and state the type of discontinuity otherwise.
 2
1


 , if x 6= 1,  x − x , if x 6= 1,

(a) ♦ f (x) = x −1 (b) ♦ f (x) = x2 − 1

 2, 
if x = 1. 
1, if x = 1.

 x, if x is rational,
(c) f (x) =
 1, if x is irrational.

3. Show that each of the following equations has at least one real root.

♦
p 10
(a) sin x + x + 1 = 0. (b) x −3 = .
x −5

4. Using the definition of derivative, find the slope of the function’s graph at the given point.
Then find an equation for the tangent line of the graph there.

(a) ♦
f (x) = 4 − x 2 , at (−1, 3). (b) f (x) = x 3 , at (2, 8).

5. Is there a straight line that is tangent to both the curves y = x 2 and y = x 2 − 2x + 2? If so,
find its equation. If not, why not?

♦
6. Show that the function f (x) = |x + 2| is not differentiable at x = −2.

1
MA2002 CALCULUS TUTORIAL 3 2

♦
7. Let (
x2, if x ≤ 2,
f (x) =
mx + b, if x > 2.
Find the values of m and b that make f differentiable everywhere.

8. Find the derivatives of the following functions.


x2 − 4
µ
1

♦ 2
(a) y = (x + 1) x + 5 + , (b) ♦ g (x) = ,
x x + 0.5
p
1+x −4 x x3 + x
(c) v = , (d) f (x) = 4 .
x x −2

T UTORIAL PART II

This part consists of relatively difficult questions to promote independent learning and in-
culcate critical thinking abilities. The questions will not be discussed during the tutorial
session. You may attempt them after you have gained a good understanding of the ques-
tions in Part I. The complete solution of this part will be provided later.

1. If a and b are positive numbers, prove that the equation


a b
+ =0
x 3 + 2x 2 − 1 x 3 + x − 2
has at least one solution in the interval (−1, 1).

2. Find the value of a for which the function


(
x 2 − 1, if x < 3,
f (x) =
2ax, if x ≥ 3,
is continuous at x = 3. For this value of a, is f differentiable at x = 3? Justify your answer.

3. (i) Let g be a function satisfying |g (x)| ≤ x 2 for −1 ≤ x ≤ 1. Show that g is differentiable


at x = 0 and find g ′ (0).

(ii) Show that the function


(
x 2 sin(1/x), if x 6= 0,
g (x) =
0, if x = 0,
is differentiable at x = 0 and find g ′ (0).
MA2002 CALCULUS TUTORIAL 3 3

Answers to Part I:

1. (a) yes, yes, no, (b) no, yes, no.

2. (a) infinite discontinuity, (b) removable discontinuity, (c) continuous.

4. (a) m = 2, y = 2x + 5, (b) m = 12, y = 12x − 16.


1
5. yes, y = x − .
4
7. m = 4, b = −4.
1 x2 + x + 4 1 3
8. (a) 3x 2 + 10x + 2 − , (b) , (c) − + 2x − 2 ,
x2 (x + 0.5)2 x 2
x 6 + 3x 4 + 6x 2 + 2
(d) − .
(x 4 − 2)2

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