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Midterm Solution

The document is a midterm exam for MATH 1010 – Calculus 1, consisting of five problems covering topics such as continuity, limits, local extrema, the Intermediate Value Theorem, and related rates. Each problem includes a solution outline and calculations, demonstrating the application of calculus concepts. The exam is timed for 75 minutes and is graded on a scale of 100 points.

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Midterm Solution

The document is a midterm exam for MATH 1010 – Calculus 1, consisting of five problems covering topics such as continuity, limits, local extrema, the Intermediate Value Theorem, and related rates. Each problem includes a solution outline and calculations, demonstrating the application of calculus concepts. The exam is timed for 75 minutes and is graded on a scale of 100 points.

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MATH 1010 – Calculus 1, Fall 2024 – October 24

Midterm
Time: 75 minutes. Scale: 100 points.

Student Name

Student ID

1. (20 points) Consider the function


 3
 x + 3x2 − 2cx
x ̸= 0,
f (x) = −x
 3
c x = 0.
(a) Find the values c such that f is continuous at x = 0.
√
(b) For c = 2, find f ′ (0).
Solution. (a) We have
x3 + 3x2 − 2cx
lim = lim − x2 − 3x + 2c
x →0 −x x →0
= 2c.
The function f is continuous at 0, hence
f (0) = 2c
⇒ c3 = 2c
√
⇒ c = 0 or ± 2.
√
(b) For c = 2,
(
− x2 − 3x + 2c x ̸= 0,
f (x) =
c3 x = 0.
Thus
f ( x ) − f (0)
f ′ (0) = lim
x →0 x−0
√ √
(− x2 − 3x + 2 2) − 2 2
= lim
x →0 x−0
...
= −3.
2. (20 points) Evaluate the limit

2 sin x − sin 2x
lim .
x →0 x − sin x
Solution. Use L’Hospital rule 3 times, we get the limit is 6 (You need to write down
your answer concretely).

3. (20 points) Let y = x3 − 3x2 + 1.

(a) Find the local minimum, local maximum values of this function.
(b) Find the tangent line of this curve at x = −1.

Solution. (a) We have y′ = 3x2 − 6x = 0 ⇒ x = 0,2. Moreover, y′′ = 6x − 6 then

y′′ (0) = −6 < 0 and y′′ (2) = 6 > 0.

Thus y(0) = 1 is the local maximum value and y(2) = −3 is the local minimum value.
NOTE: You may also use fluctuation table of this function.
(b) At x = −1, we have y(−1) = −3 and y′ (−1) = 9. Thus the function of the tangent
line is

y = y(−1) + y′ (−1)( x + 1)
= ...
y = 9x + 6.

4. (20 points) A person drives a car from A to B in 50 hours, the distance between A and
B is 1670 kilometers. The car’s velocity function v(t) (in kilometers per hour) is contin-
uous. Assume that the velocity at both A and B are 0 km/h. Are there any moments
when that person drives at exactly 30 kilometers per hour?

Solution. Average velocity: vavg = 1670/50 = 33.4 km/h. By the hypothesis: v(0) =
v(50) = 0 and v(t) is continuous. Let t33.4 be the first time when the car’s velocity reach
33.4.
Consider the continuous function v(t) in the interval (0, t33.4 ), 0 < v(t) < v(33.4).
By Intermediate Value Theorem, there exist a point t0 ∈ (0, t33.4 ) such that

v(t0 ) = 30 km/h.

5. (20 points) A 200-feet tree is sawed at the root and falling down; the sun is directly over-
head. At the moment when the tree makes an angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal,
its shadow is lengthening at the rate of 50 feet/sec. How fast is the angle changing at
that moment?
Solution. Let t (seconds) denote the time and T be the moment when the tree lie down
in the ground, then 0 ≤ t ≤ T. By trinogometry, we have
l l
cos(α) = =
h 200
Since α and l change followed the time t, thus

l (t)
cos(α(t)) = . (1)
200
Let t0 be the time when α is equal to 30 degrees, equivalently, α(t0 ) = π/6. By the
hypothesis, l ′ (t0 ) = 50. Take derivative both sides of (1), using Chain Rule, we get

l ′ (t)
−α′ (t) · sin(α(t)) = .
200
Replacing t by t0 we get

α′ (t0 ) = −0.5.

Thus the change rate of the angle α at the time t0 is −0.5 radians per second.

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