Part I: Multiple Choice Questions (5 points each)

d 3 4x
1. (x e ) =
dx

(a) 12x2 e4x (b) 3x2 e4x + 4x4 e4x−1 (c) x3 e4x + 12x2 e4x
(d) 3x2 e4x + 4x3 e4x (e) 4x3 e4x−1

2. Suppose f (x) is a function which satisfies f 0 (3) = 0, f 0 (5) = 0, f 00 (3) = −4, and f 00 (5) = 5.
Which of the following statements is true?

(a) f (x) has a relative minimum at x = 3 and at x = 5.

(b) f (x) has a relative minimum at x = 3 and a relative maximum at x = 5.
(c) f (x) has a relative maximum at x = 3 and at x = 5.
(d) f (x) has a relative maximum at x = 3 and a relative minimum at x = 5.
(e) None of the above is true.

√
3. Let y = ln x. Then y 0 =

1 1 1 1 x
(a) (b) √ (c) √ (d) √ (e) √
2x 2x ln x 2 x 2 ln x 2 ln x

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Questions 4 - 5 involve the following table of values

x f (x) g(x) f 0 (x) g 0 (x)

0 1 2 −1 1/2
1 0 3 1/2 0
2 1/3 5/2 2 −1/3

f (x)
4. Let h(x) = . Then h0 (0) =
g(x)

(a) 2 (b) −3/8 (c) 5/8 (d) −2 (e) −5/8

5. Let k(x) = f (g(x)). Then k 0 (0) =

(a) 1/6 (b) −1/2 (c) 1 (d) 4 (e)−2/3

6. Let f (x) be a function with f 0 (2) = 0. Which of the following must be true about f ?

(a) At x = 2, f changes from increasing to decreasing or from decreasing to increasing.

(b) The tangent line to the graph of f at (2, f (2)) is the line x = 2.
(c) f has a local maximum or a local minimum at (2, f (2)).
(d) (2, f (2)) is an inflection point.
(e) The tangent line to the graph of f at (2, f (2)) is horizontal.

7. Suppose that f (x) is increasing and concave up everywhere. Further, f (2) = 2 and the
tangent line at the point (2, 2) is the line y = x. Which of the following can you conclude?

(a) f (5) > 5 (b) f (5) = 2 (c) f (5) < 5 (d) f (5) = 5 (e) none of the preceding

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8. The graph of a function f (x) is sketched below. Which of the following statements is
true?

(a) f (x) is increasing and f 0 (x) is decreasing.

(b) Both f (x) and f 0 (x) are increasing.
(c) f (x) is decreasing and f 0 (x) is increasing.
(d) Both f (x) and f 0 (x) are decreasing.
(e) None of the above is true.

9. Suppose that f (x) is a function with f 00 (x) > 0 on the interval (2, ∞) and f 00 (x) < 0 on
the interval (−∞, 2). Which of the following could be the graph of f (x)? (Use the letter to
the upper left of each graph.)

(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e)

10. Suppose that f (x) is a function whose derivative is f 0 (x) = x ln x. Identify the x-
value(s) of all inflection point(s) of f (x).

(a) e (b) 0, 1 (c) 0, e (d) 1/e (e) f (x) has no inflection points

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Part II: Partial Credit Questions
Show all work and put your final answer in the space provided. You will receive no credit if
the answer is not in the space provided and no partial credit for a wrong answer if you do
not show your work.
Answers may be approximated by decimals if desired, but full points will be also be awarded
for correct answers left in exact form in terms of logarithms or exponentials.

11. (7 points) A pot of boiling water (100◦ Celsius) is left to cool in a room whose temperature
is 20◦ Celsius so that after t minutes, the temperature of the water is H = 20 + Aekt for
some constants A and k. After 30 minutes, the water is 60◦ . At what rate (with respect to
time) is the temperature of the water changing after 90 minutes?

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12. (5 points) The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years, so carbon decays according to the
equation y = Ae−kt , where k = .000121. An ancient document written on papyrus is found
to have 37.5 % of the carbon-14 that a freshly cut sample has. How old is the document?

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ex +2x
13. (6 points) Find the the equation of the line tangent to y = at (0, 1).
x3 + 1

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14. (6 points) The period P in seconds of a simple pendulum is completely determined by

2π √
its length L according to the formula P = √ L, where π ≈ 3.14. Therefore, if the length
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of a pendulum increases, its period will increase. (That is why clocks with metal pendulums
tend to run slow in the summertime.) Find the rate (with respect to time) at which a simple
pendulum’s period is increasing when the pendulum is 4m long and its length is increasing
at a rate of .001m/day.

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15. (6 points) The demand q for Widgets is a function of the price p, i.e. q = f (p). When
the price p = $10, we have q = f (10) = 100 and f 0 (10) = −4.

dR
(a) The revenue R is determined by R = pq. Find when p = 10.
dp

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dC
(b) The cost of producing q Widgets is C(q) = 100q + 5000. Find when p = 10.
dp

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dP
(c) If P represents profit, find when p = 10.
dp

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16. (6 points) Consider the function f (x) = x − 3x 3 .
(a) Identify the intervals on which f (x) is increasing and those on which f (x) is decreasing.

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(b) Identify the x-value(s) of all relative extreme point(s) of f (x) and specify whether each
is a maximum or a minimum.

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17. (6 points) Consider the function f (x) = x4 − 54x2 + 27x − 17.

(a) Identify the intervals on which f (x) is concave up and those on which f (x) is concave
down.

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(b) Identify the x-value(s) of all inflection point(s) of f (x).

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18. (8 points) Suppose that f (x) is a function which satisfies the following list of properties:

• f (−3) = −1, f (0) = −3, f (2) = −5, and f (4) = 0.

• The only solutions to f 0 (x) = 0 are x = −3 and x = 2.
• f 0 (x) > 0 on the intervals (−∞, −3), (2, ∞).
• f 0 (x) < 0 on the interval (−3, 2).
• The only solution to f 00 (x) = 0 is x = 0.
• f 00 (x) > 0 on (0, ∞).
• f 00 (x) < 0 on (−∞, 0).

(a) List all the relative extreme points and inflection points of f (x).

(b) Sketch a possible graph of f (x), labeling the points you listed in part (a).