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Exam 1 Review

Math 148

The following is a list of suggested problems to practice for the exam. If any of these give you
difficulties, I suggest that you find similar problems and work out several of them until you feel
confident about your ability to solve that particular type of problem.

Problems:
(1) Let f (x) = x3 + 3 sin x + 2 cos x. Compute (f −1 )0 (2).

(2) Compute the derivative.


2 √
(a) y = ln(e−x ) (b) y = e2x + e−2x (c) y = [ln(x)]arctan x

(d) y = ln | sec 5x + tan 5x| (e) y = x tan−1 (4x) e1/x


(f) y =
x2
(g) y = 3x ln x (h) y = ln sin x − 21 sin2 x (i) y = ln(cosh 3x)
R 2x 2
(j) f (x) = ln x e−t dt

(3) Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve y = ex that passes through the origin.
(4) Evaluate the given integral.
Z Z Z
1 arctan 2x 1
(a) dx (b) dx (c) dx
x ln(3x) 1 + 4x2 e2x + e−2x
Z √ Z
Z
e x x
(d) x tan x2 dx (e) √ dx (f) √ dx
x 1 − x4
2−x
Z 5
Z
1 √
(g) √ dx (h) dx
2 1 + 2x 4 − x2
√
In part (h) recall that a2 − b2 6= a − b.

(5) Evaluate the given limit.

(ln x)2 (b) lim x2 e−x


2
tan 2x
(a) lim x→∞ (c) lim
x→1 x − 1 x→0 x
 
2 2 (e) lim (x − 1)ln x (f) lim− e2/(x−3)
(d) lim+ − x→1 x→3
x→1 ln x x − 1
n
1 + 2x ex − 1

0.09
(g) lim 1000 1 + (h) lim (i) lim
n→∞ n x→∞ 1 − 2x x→0 tan x

(6) Under ideal conditions the rate of change of the air pressure, with respect to the height
above sea level, is proportional to the pressure at the given height. The air pressure is 30
inches at sea level and 15 inches at 18,000 feet. Find the altitude above sea level at which
the pressure will be 7 inches.
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Concept Checklist:
(1) Section 6.1:
• Know how to find the inverse of a given function.
• Know how to sketch the graph of an inverse function from the graph of a given function.
• Understand how to compute the inverse of a particular value without finding the inverse
function.
• Memorized the formula for the derivative of the inverse.
(2) Section 6.2*:
• Know the Laws of Logarithms (product, quotient and power rule).
• Know the basic properties of the natural log: limits at 0+ and ∞ and what the graph
looks like.
• Know the derivative and integral formulas computed in the section and how to apply
in chain rule applications.
• Understand logarithmic differentiation.
(3) Section 6.3*:
• Know the relationship between the natural log and natural exponential (inverse prop-
erties).
• Know the basic properties of the natural exponential and what the graph looks like,
including limits at ±∞.
• Memorized the derivative and integral formulas in the section and know how to apply
them in chain rule applications.
(4) Section 6.4*:
• Know the relationship between the log and exponential functions (inverse properties).
• Know the basic properties of the exponential and what the graph looks like, including
limits at ±∞.
• Know the change of base formula, or how to figure it out quickly.
• Memorized the derivative and integral formulas in the section and know how to apply
them in chain rule applications.
• Can recognize the limit formulas for e on page 443.

(5) Section 6.5:


• Comfortable solving exponential growth and decay problems in the applications involv-
ing population and bacteria growth, radioactive decay, Newton’s Law of Cooling, and
continuously compounded interest.
(6) Section 6.6:
• Memorized the derivative and integral formulas that we discussed in class and know
how to apply them to differentiating and integrating basic functions.
• Know the what the limit of arctan is at ±∞, or how to figure it out from the graph.

(7) Section 6.7:


• Know the basic derivative and integral formulas mentioned in class and how to apply
them.
(8) Section 6.8:
• Know how to apply L’Hospital’s Rule to find the limit if you are given functions which
have the indeterminate form 00 , ∞
∞
, 00 , ∞0 , 1∞ , and ∞ − ∞.
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