MATHEMATICS 21 ES15 1ST SEMESTER, AY 2018-2019

CURVE SKETCHING 2018 OCTOBER 09

Exercises for Discussion

A. Explain why the following functions do not have a linear asymptote and sketch their graphs.

1. y = x3 − 3x2 + 1 3. y = x1/3 (x + 4)
2. y = −x4 + 8x3 − 18x2 + 10 4. y = sin x cos x

B. Find all vertical, horizontal and oblique asymptotes of the following functions using limits.
√
x2 + 1 x+1−1
1. f (x) = 4. f (x) =
x+1 x
sin x 2
x − 4x + 4
2. f (x) = 5. f (x) = 2
x x +x−6
x2 − 1 4
3. f (x) = 2 6. f (x) = x + 1 +
5x + 1 x−4

C. Sketch the graph of the following functions analytically.

x x2 + 1
1. f (x) = 4. f (x) =
(2x + 1)2 x+1
12x2 x3 − 1
2. f (x) = 5. f (x) = 2
(x − 2)2 x −1
2x3 (x + 1)3
3. f (x) = 6. f (x) =
x2 − 4 x2

D. Sketch a possible graph of the function f given the graph of f 0 . Assume that f is continuous
everywhere.

1. 2.

(−1, 2) 2 3
(0, 2.6)
2
1
(−2, 1) (0, 1)
(−2, 0) (0, 0) (3 −
√
2, 0)
1
(−1, −0.6) (3, 0)
−3 −2 −1 1 2
−4 −3 −2 −1 1 2
−1
−1

−2 (1, −2)
−2
MATHEMATICS 21 ES15 1ST SEMESTER, AY 2018-2019
CURVE SKETCHING 2018 OCTOBER 09

Supplementary Exercises

A. Explain why the following functions do not have a linear asymptote and sketch their graphs.

1. y = 3x4 − 4x3 3. y = x4/3 − x1/3

2. y = x4 − 8x2 + 16 4. y = cosh x

B. Find all vertical, horizontal and oblique asymptotes of the following functions using limits.
2x + 3 1
1. f (x) = 3. f (x) =
x+4 |x − 3|
1
4. f (x) = ln(1 + )
x−9 x2
2. f (x) = √ 5. f (x) = coth x
x−3

C. Sketch the graph of the following functions analytically. Provide corresponding expressions for f 0 (x)
and f 00 (x):

1. f (x) = 4x3 + 12x2 (x + 1)3

5. f (x) =
x2
(x − 1)2
2. f (x) = (x − 2)(3x + 2)
x2 6. f (x) =
x+1
4(2x + 3)(x + 3) (2x − 1)2
3. f (x) = 7. f (x) =
(x + 2)2 (x − 2)2
x2 + 3x + 2 x3
4. f (x) = 8. f (x) =
3x + 2 x2 − 4

D. Sketch a possible graph of the function f given the table of signs of f 0 and f 00 . Assume that f is
continuous everywhere.

1. 2.

x f 0 (x) f 00 (x) x f 0 (x) f 00 (x)

− − + −
x = −1 und und x=0 0 0
− + + +
x=0 0 + x = 1 und und
+ + − +
x=1 + 0 x=4 0 +
+ − + +