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High School Math Exam Duration : 150 mins

Name: BS(E) Date:

Exercise one:
Answer the following independent questions.

A) Calculate the following limits


 x 2 9 2x 2  8x  6
2x  1  x
1) lim x 2  3) xlim
 x  1
2) lim
3 x 
3
x 3 1
 x  x

B) 1) Prove that : x 2  x  3  0 for every x in ℝ.


x 2  5x  14  0
 2
2) Solve , in ℝ the system :  3x  3x
 2 2
x  x  3
x 5
C) Show that the graph (C) of a function g defined by : g (x )  admits three
x 2 4
asymptotes whose equations are to be determined.
D) Show that the set of solutions of the equation x  1  2  3 x  1 is given by
S = {0 ,3}.
Exercise two:
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Below is the table of sign of second degree polynomial: P(x)=ax +bx+c .
1) Compare , with justification, the real
numbers P  1 and P  2 .
2) Determine the sign of c. Justify.
3) Solve in ℝ the inequality:
5x 2

 4x  1 P (x )  0 .
4) a) Suppose that P (1)  12 . Determine the real numbers a , b and c.

b) Solve in ℝ the inequality : 2x 2  7 x  3  x  3 .

Exercise three:

Consider the equation (E): (m - 1)x - 4mx +m - 6 = 0 where m   {1}


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1) Show that the discriminant is given by : ∆′ = (3m – 2)(m +3).


2) a- Determine the set of values of m so the (E) admits two distinct roots x' and x''.
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b- Find m so that   4 .
x ' x ''
c- Determine the set of values of m so that the equation (E) admits two roots of
opposite signs.
3) Find a relation between the roots x' and x'' of (E) independent of m.
Exercise four:

2x+9 if x <- 3


Consider the function: h(x)= 3  9  x 2 if - 3  x  3
x 2  6x  a 2 if x > 3

a) Calculate lim h (x ) , lim h (x ) . Deduce an asymptote of h


x  x 

b) Prove that h is continuous at x = -3.


c) Find a so that h is continuous at x = 3.

Exercise five:

Consider the function f defined over ℝ such that : f (x )  2 f (x )  x  2x .


6 2

1) Show that the function f is even.


2) Determine f (x ).

Exercise six:
The adjacent figure represents the curve (C)
of a function f in an orthonormal system
 
(O , i , j ) .
1) Determine the domain of definition of f.
2) Find xlim f (x ) , lim f (x ) and lim f (x ) .
 x  x 1

Interpret the result graphically.


3) Draw the table of variations of f.
4) Study the sign of f.
b 1
5) Let f(x) = a - 2 . Prove that a = and b = c =1.
x c  4

6) Let g be a function defined by (C g ) : g (x )  x  f (x ) .


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a) Prove that (d) : y = x + is an oblique asymptote to (C g ) at ±∞.
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b) Prove that (C g ) is always below (d).

GOOD WORK

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