Recitation - Week - 8 9

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Math 119 Recitation - 8 & 9 Spring 2021-2022

Note that some questions given below may NOT be solved during recitation.

1. Evaluate the following - if any - limits:

• lim xsin x
x→0+

• lim (ln x)1/x


x→∞
• lim x(ln x)2
x→0+
 3 x
• lim 1 +
x→∞ x

2. Determine whether the following functions have any local or absolute extreme values. If they
exist, find.

(a) f (x) = x4 + 2x3 − 2x2 − 6x + 1 on (−∞, ∞)



(b) f (x) = arctan(x − x) on [0, 5]
−(x2 +1)
(c) f (x) = e x on (0, ∞)
x−1
(d) f (x) = on [1, 2]
x2 − 4x
 1i
(e) f (x) = x ln x on 0,
e
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3. Find the intervals of concavity of f (x) = x2 e−x , and locate any inflection points.

2x2 + 1
4. Find all asymptotes of f (x) = .
3x + 1

5. Sketch the graph of f (x) where


3x2 + 1
(a) f (x) =
x2 − 1
(b) f (x) = 2x5/3 − 5x4/3
x
(c) f (x) =
ln x
x2 − 2x + 2
(d) f (x) =
x−1

6. Find all points on the curve y = 1 + x3/2 farthest from or closest to the point (8, 1).

7. Find the dimensions of the rectangle of largest area which can be inscribed in the closed region
bounded by the x-axis, y-axis, and graph of y = 8 − x3 .

8. A box is to be made from a rectangular sheet of cardboard 70 cm × 150 cm by cutting equal


squares out of the four corners and bending up the resulting four flaps to make the sides of the
box. (The box has no top.) What is the largest volume of the box?

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9. Let f (x) be a differentiable function where f (−8) = −2, f ′ (−8) = 1/12. Approximate the value
of f (−7, 98).

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10. Using the linearization of a suitable function about a suitable value, approximate √
4
.
0, 0083

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