15.12.

2023

İzmir Institute of Technology

MATH 141 Basic Calculus I - Midterm II

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Duration: 90 Minutes

This exam contains 7 sheets (please check), including this sheet. Show your work in the space
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You cannot use any statement out of scope of this exam.

The exam consists of 6 questions of 20 points each, including 20 points bonus.

Good luck.

Grade Table

Question: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Points: 20 20 20 20 20 20 120
Score:
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1. (20 points) Answer the following questions by marking one of TRUE or FALSE. If you mark
both TRUE and FALSE together in one question, it will be considered as an invalid answer.
Each question is of 2 points.
df ( x) f ( x)
(a) TRUE FALSE If f is di⇥erentiable then = .
dx 2 x
d10x
(b) TRUE FALSE = x10x⇥1 .
dx
(c) TRUE FALSE If f (x) is defined and f (x) is not defined at x = a then a is a critical
point of f (x).
(d) TRUE FALSE If f is di⇥erentiable on [⇥1, 1] then f is continuous at x = 0.
(e) TRUE FALSE If both limx⇤a f (x) and limx⇤a+ f (x) exist, then f is continuous at a.
(f) TRUE FALSE The linear approximation L(x) of a function f (x) at the point x = a is
given by L(x) = f (a) + f (a)(x ⇥ a).
(g) TRUE FALSE If f (c) = 0 then f (x) has a local maximum or a local minimum at
x = c.
(h) TRUE FALSE The domain of f (x) = 1 + 2x is [0, ⇤).
(i) TRUE FALSE The Extreme Value Theorem: If f is a continuous function on the open
interval (a, b) then f attains an absolute maximum value f (c) and an
absolute minimum value f (d) at some numbers c, d ⌅ (a, b).
(j) TRUE FALSE ((f ⇧ g)(x)) = f (g(x)) · g (x)
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3. (a) (10 points) Let f (x) = . Find the equation of the tangent line to the graph of f
1 + x2
at the point P (2, 1).
(b) (10 points) Find dy/dx if
p
y = arccot (ln 1 x2 ) + sin(ex + x2 e2x+1 ).

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LUTIONS :
(a) D!fferent!ate f w!th respect to X :

(f)'(x)
= (x)

Subst!tute (f")' (2)

(2)
4 = 2 :
,

D!fferent!ate f w!th to X to f!nd f'll).

respect

f(x) =
4 . (1 + x4) = f(x) = 4 . ( 1)
-
.
(1 + x 25 2 (2x)

f'(l) 4
+
= = -
.
.
2 = - 2 -

Hence the
, slope of the tangent l!ne to the graph

of f"at the po!nt P12 , 1) !s

m =
(f ")' (2) = 1 = 1 -

f'(l) 2
-

The
equat!on tangent l!ne to the graph of f"
of the

at the P12 , 1)
po!nt !s

(x 2) ()
y - 1 = -

t . -

2y + X - 3 = .
0
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4. (20 points) A man of 1.8 m tall is walking at the rate of 1 m/s toward a streetlight of 5.4 m
high. At what rate is his shadow length changing?

Figure 1: A man walking toward a streetlight

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5. (20 points) Compute 3 63.7 approximately through the linearization technique for the function
f (x) = 3 x at an appropriate point.
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6. (a) (10 points) State the Mean Value Theorem. SOLUTİON KEY
(b) (10 points) Suppose that a function f satisfies the following conditions :
• f is di↵erentiable on ( 1, 1).
• f (x) = 5x + 5 for x  1 and f (x) = 2x for x 1.
Show that there exists a real number c 2 ( 1, 1) such that f 0 (c) = 1.

Solution:
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a) Suppose y = f(x) is continous over a closed interval [a, b] and differentiable on the interval's
interior (a, b). Then there is at least one point c in (a, b) at which

f(b) - f(a) 4
= f'(c)
b-a

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b) Since f is differentiable on(−∞,∞), f is continous over [-1, 1] and f is differentiable on (-1, 1).
Therefore f satisfies conditions of Mean Value Theorem. If we choose a = -1 and b = 1 (f(-1) = 0,
f(1) = 2),

f(b) - f(a) 2-0 5

f(1) - f(-1)
= = =1 by Mean Value Theorem, there is a reel number
b-a 1 - (-1) 2 c ∈ (−1, 1) such that f'(c) = 1.