Math 242 : Exam 1 Review Questions

The following list are questions which span the material weve covered over the rst three weeks
of the semester. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list. Preparing solutions to these questions
will be helpful in your own studying for the exam.
1. Say in words the transformations of the base graph, and graph the function
f(x) = (x + 3)
2
+ 5
2. Use limit laws to evaluate:
lim
x
3x
3
+ 2x
2
1
2x
3
4x + 5
3. Find the domain of the function f(x) =

9 3x.
4. Use limit laws to evaluate:
lim
x5
x
2
10x + 25
x
2
25
5. Use limit laws to evaluate:
lim
h0
(5 + h)
2
25
h
6. Prove using the denition of the limit:
lim
x5
3x 4 = 11
7. Given the derivative, nd the original function and number a:
f

(a) = lim
h0

9 h 3
h
8. Given the graph of f(x) below (its range is (, )), nd the intervals on which the
following function is: increasing, decreasing, or constant?
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4
3
2
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
9. For the following function, identify:
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4
3
2
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
(a) lim
x3

f(x) =
(b) lim
x3
+
f(x) =
(c) lim
x3
f(x) =
(d) lim
x0

f(x) =
(e) lim
x0
+
f(x) =
(f) lim
x0
f(x) =
(g) lim
x2
f(x) =
(h) Identify all discontinuities of f. Why is it discontinuous for these x values?
10. Use limit laws to evaluate:
lim
x4
1
4
+
1
x
4 + x
11. Use continuity to evaluate the following:
lim
x1

3 x + 2
x + 2
12. If f(x) = 2x
2
3,
(a) Use the denition to nd f

(a)
(b) What is f

(1)?
(c) Find the equation of the tangent line to f(x) at the point (1, 1).
2
13. Use the denition of the derivative to nd f

(3) for
f(x) =
1
x
14. What value should f(3) be in order for f(x) =
x
2
+ x 12
x 3
to be continuous at x = 3?
15. Evaluate the limit:
lim
h0
(x + h)
3
+ (x + h) x
3
x
h
3