Practice Test 1 (Differentiation)
Part I: Multiple Choice: No Calculator
ࢌሺ࢞ሻ ൌ ࢞ െ ૢ
െ࢞ൌ ࢞
This function has a discontinuity where the denominator is zero.
i.e., at ࢞ ൌ െ. If this discontinuity is removed, th
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Practice Test 1 (Differentiation)
Part I: Multiple Choice: No Calculator
ࢌሺ࢞ሻ ൌ ࢞ െ ૢ
െ࢞ൌ ࢞
This function has a discontinuity where the denominator is zero.
i.e., at ࢞ ൌ െ. If this discontinuity is removed, then, we have:
So, ࢌሺെሻ ൌ െ െ ൌ െ
Answer: E
For this rational function, the highest power of ࢞ takes over when
calculating a limit. Since the ࢞ term exists in the denominator and not
in the numerator, the ratio of the two polynomials gets smaller and
smaller as ࢞ , → eventually approaching .
Alternatively, apply L’Hospital’s rule repeatedly (5 times) until you have
a constant in the numerator and a linear term in the denominator. The
ratio can then be seen to approach zero as ࢞.∞ →
Answer: A
ሻ ࢞ ܖܑܛ ሺ ൌ ሻ࢞ሺࢌ
ൗ
ᇱࢌ
ሺ࢞ሻ ൌ
ିሻ ࢞ ܖܑܛ ሺ
ൗ ∙ ሺ ܛܗ܋ ࢞ሻ ∙
ൌ
ሻ࢞ ܛܗ܋ ሺ
࢞ ܖܑܛ √
ᇱࢌ
ሺሻ ൌ ሺ ܛܗ܋ ሻ
ܖܑܛ √
ൌ
√
ൌ √
Answer: D
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Use the chain rule in Lagrange (Prime) Notation.
ᇱࢎ
ሺ࢞ሻ ൌ ࢌᇱ
ࢍ ∘ ࢌ ൌ ࢎ :where, ሻ࢞ሺ′ࢍ ∙ ሻ൯࢞ሺࢍ൫
ᇱࢎ
ሺሻ ൌ ࢌᇱ
൫ࢍሺሻ൯ ∙ ࢍᇱ
ሺሻ ൌ ࢌᇱ
ሺሻ ∙ ࢍᇱ
ሺሻ ൌ ሺെሻ ∙ ሺെሻ ൌ
Answer: B
ܕܑܔ
→ࢎ
ቀ ܛܗ܋
࣊
ࢎቁ െ ܛܗ܋ ቀ
࣊
ቁ
ࢊ ൌ ࢎ
ቤ ሻ࢞ ܛܗ܋ሺ ࢞ࢊ
ൌ ࢞
࣊
This limit is the definition of a derivative.
ൌ ሺെ ܛܑܖ ࢞ሻ ฬ
࣊ୀ࢞
࣊ ܖܑܛ െ ൌ
ൌ െ
Answer: A
ࢌሺ࢞ሻ ൌ ܛܑܖሺ െ ࢞ሻ
ᇱࢌ
ሺ࢞ሻ ൌ ∙ ܛܑܖሺെ࢞ሻ ∙ ࢊ
ሻሿ࢞ െ ሺܖܑܛሾ ࢞ࢊ
ൌ ∙ ܛܑܖሺെ࢞ሻ ∙ ܛܗ܋ሺെ࢞ሻ ∙ ሺെሻ
ᇱࢌ
ሺሻ ൌ െ ∙ ܛܑܖሺሻ ∙ ܛܗ܋ሺሻ
ൌ ∙ ܛܑܖሺെ࢞ሻ ∙ ܛܗ܋ሺ െ ࢞ሻ ∙ ࢊ
࢞ࢊ ሺ െ ࢞ሻ
Answer: B
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۷. ࢌᇱ
ࢇ→࢞ܕܑܔ ൌ ሻ࢞ሺ
ࢌሺ࢞ሻ െ ࢌሺࢇሻ
ࢇെ࢞
ᇱࢌ
ሺሻ ൌ ܔܑ࢞ܕ→
ࢌሺ࢞ሻ െ ࢌሺሻ
െ࢞
ᇱࢌ ,ܑ
→࢞ ܕܑܔ ൌ ሻሺ
ሻ࢞ሺࢌ
→࢞ ܕܑܔ ൌ െ࢞
ࢌሺ࢞ሻ െ
െ࢞
۳܃܀܂ ܛܑ ۷ ൌ ሻሺࢌ ܜ܉ܐܜ ܍ܝܚܜ ܍܊ ܜܛܝܕ ܜܑ
Check the conditions one at a time.
II. ࢌ is differentiable at ࢞ൌ, and so must be continuous at ࢞ ൌ .
II is TRUE
III. The first derivative provides the slope of the tangent line. Since
ࢌ′ሺሻ ൌ , there must be a tangent of slope (horizontal) at ࢞ൌ.
III is TRUE
Answer: E
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