UGCM 1653/UCCM1653 Mathematics for Engineering I

Tutorial 2
Limits
1) Find the limit for the function below:
5x 3 + 4 x 2 − 6x + 9 2x + 8
a) lim b) lim c) lim 2
x →2 x − 3 x →3 x−3 x → −4 x + x − 12

x −1 3x + 5 4x 2 − x
d) lim e) lim f) lim
x →1 x →∞ 6 x − 8 x → −∞ 2 x 3 − 5
x −1
2) Find the limit for the function below:

Derivative
3) Find the derivative of f ( x ) = x 2 by using first principle. After that, use it to find the
equation of the tangent line to y = x 2 at x=2.
4) Find the derivative of f ( x ) = x 3 − x by using first principle.
5) Find the derivative of the functions below:
x − 2x
a) y = 2 x 6 + x −9 b) y = c) y = ( 4 x 2 − 1)(7 x 3 + x)
x
x + 2x 2 − 1
3
x2 −1
d) s = t (1 + t ) e) y = f) y = 4
x+5 x +1
sin x
g) y = x sin x h) y = i) y = cos( x 3 )
1 + cos x
dw
j) w = tan x & x = 4t 3 + t . Find k) y = tan( x 2 + 1)
dt
3
(
l) y = x 2 − x + 2 ) 4

dy
6) Use implicit differentiation to find if 5 y 2 + sin y = x 2 .
dx
7) Find the slopes of the tangent lines to the curve y 2 − x + 1 = 0 at the points (2,-1)
and (2,1).
8) Assume that oil spilled from a ruptured tanker spreads in a circular pattern
whose radius increases at a constant rate of 2 ft/s. How fast is the area of the spill
increasing when the radius of the spill is 60 ft?
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9) Find the critical numbers of f ( x ) = x (4 − x )

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10) Find the absolute maximum and minimum values f ( x ) = x 2 on [-2,1].

11) Given y = 3 + 6 x 2 − 2 x 3 , find the local maximum and local minimum point of the
function y.

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Integration:
12) Solve the problems below:
cos θ 12
∫ (10 x ) ∫ sin ∫ (x − 12 sin x )dx
4
a) − 2 sec 2 x dx b) 2
dθ c)
θ 0
2 4
t − 2t 9
d) ∫ (4 cos x) dx
t4
e)
dt ∫ f) ∫
4
x 2 x dx
13) Solve the integration below by substitution
cos x
∫ (x )50
a) 2
+ 1 .2 xdx b) ∫ sin 2 x cos xdx c) ∫ dx
x
5
d) ∫ t 4 3 3 − 5t 5 dt e) ∫ cos 3 xdx ∫ (2 x − 5)(x − 3) dx
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f)
2
14) Solve the problem below by using integration by part.
a) ∫ x sin xdx b) ∫ x ln xdx c) ∫ x cos 3xdx
15) Solve the problem below by using partial fraction.
1 2x + 4
a) ∫ 2 dx b) ∫ 3 dx
x +x−2 x − 2x 2

Taylor and Maclaurin Series

16) Obtain the Taylor polynomial of degree 3 for e2 x about x = 1

17) Find the first three non-zero terms of Taylor polynomial for ln(x) about x = 2

18) Find the first four terms of Maclaurin series for ln(1+x).

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Answer

1) a) - 44 b) 0 c) -2/7 d) 2 e) ½ f) 0

2) a) b) -5 c) 4

3) ,

4)

5) a) b) c)

d) e)

f) g)

h) i) j)

k) l)

6)

7)

8)

9)

10)

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11)

12) a) b) c)

d) e) f)

13) a) b) c)

d) e)

f)

14) a) b)

c)

15) a) b)

16)

17)

18)