MATHEMATICS 21

Sample First Long Exam

FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS! Use only either black or blue pen.

I. PROBLEM SOLVING. Work on the following problems intelligently and carefully. Justify
all your answers by showing complete, clear and coherent solutions. Box your final anwers. (5
pts. each)
1. Evaluate the following limits.
√
sin 3x 16x2 + 3 + 7x 1 + cos 2x
(a) lim √ (c) lim √ (e) limπ
x→0 x+4−2 x→−∞ 2x − 9x 2+5 x→ 2 x − π2
5x2
 
√ 3x + 1
(b) lim x2 + x − 5 − x (d) lim +
x→∞ x→2 x−2 4 − x2 [Hint: Let y = x − π2 ]
 
1
[[x + 4]] + cos
x
2. Use the squeeze theorem to evaluate lim √ .
x→−∞ 3−x 2

II. CONTINUITY. Discuss the continuity of


 |x − 5| ,
 x ≤ −1
f (x) = [[x]] + 1 , −1 < x < 2 (10 pts.)
 −x2 + 6 ,

x≥2

III. PROVING. Do as indicated.

1. State the Intermediate Value Theorem. (2 pts.)
2. Show that f (x) = x4 − 5x2 + x + 1 has a zero in the inteval [0, 2]. (3 pts.)
3. Prove that lim 7 − 2x = 1 using the  − δ defintion of the limit. (5 pts.)
x→3

*********************** 50 points total ***********************

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1. Limits:
4
(a)
3
1
(b)
2
3
(c)
5
4
(d)
3
(e) 2
(f) 0
 
1
[[x + 4]] + cos
x+2 x x+5
2. Squeeze Thm: √ ≤ √ ≤√ . So, limit is equal to 1.
3 − x2 3 − x2 3 − x2
3. Continuity: f is con’t on R − {−1, 0, 1}, while f has a jump essential dicontinuities at
x = −1, 0, 1.
4. IVT: Let f (x) be con’t on [a, b] such that f (a) 6= f (b). Assuming that f (a) < f (b), then
for all k ∈ (f (a), f (b)), there exists c ∈ (a, b) for which f (c) = k.
5. Roots. (i) f is con’t on [0, 2]. (ii) f (0) = 1, f (2) = −1. So by IVT, 0 ∈ (−1, 1) so there
exists c ∈ (0, 2) such that f (c) = 0.
6. Let  > 0. Take δ = /2. So that if 0 < |x − 3| < δ, then
|(7 − 2x) − 1| = |6 − 2x| = |2x − 6| = 2|x − 3| < 2δ < 2(/2) =