Department of Mathematics

2014 Summer School MATHS 108 - Assignment 1 Due: 4pm, Tuesday, January 14th
Hand your completed assignment into the correct box in the Student Resource Centre, 301.G38, before
the due date. Please use a Mathematics Department coversheet available from the 301.G38.
Show all working and note that late assignments will not be marked.
This assignment was written by Angela Tsai. The tutors in the Mathematics Assistance Room 303.G16
can give you help and advice on the concepts covered, but all work submitted must be your own.
1. Consider the following relation,
S :=

(x, y) R
2
: y
2
x = 0

.
Is S a function? Explain your answer. [2 marks]
2. Let A = [5, 0), B = (0, 4], C = [1, ) and D be the set of all the digits in your student ID number.
Write each of the following sets using set notation.
(a) A B (b) A C (c) B \ D
[3 marks]
3. Let f(x) =

x
2
+ 1, g(x) = sin(x) and h(x) = ln(x) be dened on their natural domains.
Dene the following functions and state their domains (showing all working).
(a) f g (b) g h (c) f/g
[6 marks]
4. Use the unit circle to demonstrate that cos() = sin( +/2). [4 marks]
5. Sketch the following piecewise function. You may use Matlab to help you, but please sketch the
function by hand.
f(x) =

(x + 2)
2
, x < 0

4 x
2
, 0 x 2
x + 2, x > 2
Find each of the following limits; if the limit does not exist please state your reason
(a) lim
x0
f(x).
(b) lim
x2
f(x).
(c) Is f continuous at x = 0 and x = 2? Explain your answers.
[10 marks]
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6. Evaluate each of the following limits, using the limit laws.
Show all working note that numerical investigations may be useful but are not sucient.
(a) lim
x2
x
3
8
x 2
.
(b) lim
t2
+

4 t
2
. (c) lim
t2

4 t
2
.
[6 marks]
7. (a) Find all the vertical asymptotes of the function f(x) =
x
cos(2x)
.
(b) Find all the horizontal asymptotes of the function f(x) =
x

x
2
+ 4
.
[4 marks]
8. Consider a triangle with vertices A, B and C, with midpoint D, E and F as shown in the diagram.
A
B
C
D
E
F
(a) Use coordinate free vector equations to show that the perimeter of the triangle ABC is twice the
perimeter of the triangle DEF.
(b) In the following questions, use the coordinates (1, 1), (4, 3) and (7, 0) for the points A, B and C
respectively.
(i) Find the coordinates of the point D.
(ii) Find the components of the vector

AB.
(iii) Calculate the length of

AB.
(iv) Find the angle between

AB and

AC.
[10 marks]
9. Consider the points x
1
, x
2
and x
3
in R
3
, with components (a, 1, 1), (1, 2, 3) and (3, 2, 1) respec-
tively, where a R.
(a) For what value(s) of a are the vectors

x
1
x
2
and

x
1
x
3
perpendicular to each other?
(b) Find a vector equation and parametric equations for the line through the points x
1
and x
2
.
[5 marks]
Total Marks: 50
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