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MTH121 Course Review 1

This document provides a review of calculus concepts including differentiation rules, antiderivatives, implicit differentiation, finding maximums and minimums, sketching graphs, computing areas between curves, solving optimization problems, and computing present values. The review covers a wide range of calculus techniques and examples to demonstrate their applications.

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MTH121 Course Review 1

This document provides a review of calculus concepts including differentiation rules, antiderivatives, implicit differentiation, finding maximums and minimums, sketching graphs, computing areas between curves, solving optimization problems, and computing present values. The review covers a wide range of calculus techniques and examples to demonstrate their applications.

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MTH 121 Course Review

Constant Multiple Rule


If k is a constant and f is a differentiable function, then
d d
[k(f(x)]  k f(x)
dx dx
Sum and Difference Rules
If f and g are both differentiable, then
d d d
[f(x)  g(x)]  f(x)  g(x)
dx dx dx
General Power Rule
d n n1
g(x)  n g(x) g'(x)
dx
Product Rule
(uv)’ = u’v + uv’

Quotient Rule
'
 u  u ' v  uv '
v  v2
 

Chain Rule
d
f(g(x))  [f ' g(x)]g'(x)
dx
Derivative of the Natural Exponential Function
d x
(e )  ex
dx
Chain Rule for Exponential Functions
d u du
(e )  eu 
dx dx
Derivative of ln x
d 1
[ln x]  , x  0
dx x
Chain Rule for ln x
d 1
[ln(g(x))]  g'(x)
dx g(x)

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1. Differentiate the functions. Do not simplify your answers.
a. f(x)  x  x 2

1
b. h(x) 
(x  x  1)2
2

3 x 2  9x  11
c. y 
2x  4

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d. y  (x  10)3 1 x 2

2
e. y  e4 x 3 x  5

1 x
f. y
1  ln( x)

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Antiderivative Rules
a.  kdx =kx + C
1
 x dx = k +1x
k k+1
b. +C (k  1)
1
c.  e dx = e
x x
+ C and  ekx dx = ekx +C,k  0
k
1
d.  x dx = ln x +C
e.  kf(x)dx = k  f(x)dx
f.  [f(x)  g(x)]dx =  f(x)dx   g(x)dx
2. Compute the following indefinite integrals.
(10x
4
a. +2x2 - 3ex )dx

3
b.  (3 x + )dx
3

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3. Compute the following definite integrals. Do not simplify your answer.
1

(2x
3
a. +10x +1)dx
0

 (3e
x
b. + 3x 2 )dx
1

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4. Let x3 – 3x2 – 9x + 3. Find the intervals on which f is increasing or decreasing.
Find the x-values of the relative maximum and minimum values of f. Find the
intervals of concavity and the x-values of the inflection points. Then neatly
sketch the graph of y = f(x).

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Steps for Implicit Differentiation
a. Differentiate x terms as usual.
dy
b. Differentiate y terms as usual but include a .
dx

5. Use implicit differentiation to determine the slope of the graph at the given
point.
x3 + y3 = 6xy – 1; x = 2, y = 3

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Area Between Two Curves
If y = f(x) lies above y = g(x) from x = a to x = b, the area of the region between f(x)
and g(x) from x = a to x = b is:
b

[f(x)- g(x)]dx
a

6. Sketch the region bounded by y = x2 + 2x + 1 and y = 2x + 5, labeling all


necessary intersection points and the graphs. Then, find the area of the
region. You must show all work/steps.

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7. Find two positive numbers that satisfy the given requirements. The sum of the
first number cubed and the second number is 500 and the product is a
maximum.

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8. A canvas wind shelter for the beach has a back, two square sides, and a
top. Find the dimensions for which the volume will be 250 cubic feet and that
requires the least amount of canvas.

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9. After t hours there are P(t) cells present in a culture, where P(t) = 5000e0.2t.
a. How many cells were present initially?
b. Find the differential equation satisfied by P(t). Simplify your equation.
c. When will the initial number of cells double? Write your answer as an
exact value and label your units.

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10. Find the present value of $2000 to be received in 10 years, if money may be
invested at 8% with interest compounded continuously. Leave your answer
as an exact value.

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