Exam 5: Applications of Derivatives

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Find the extreme values of the function and where they occur. - y=x312x+2y = x ^ { 3 } - 12 x + 2

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Find a value of c that makes the function continuous at the given value of x. If it is impossible, state this. - f(x)={x+35x+3x3c,x=3;x=3f ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c c } \frac { x + 3 } { 5 | x + 3 | ^ { \prime } } & x \neq - 3 \\c , & x = - 3\end{array} ; x = - 3 \right.

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Use l'H^opital's rule to find the limit. - limx(x2+6xx)\lim _ { x \rightarrow \infty } \left( \sqrt { x ^ { 2 } + 6 x } - x \right)

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Solve the problem. -A private shipping company will accept a box for domestic shipment only if the sum of its length and girth (distance around) does not exceed 90 in. What dimensions will give a box with a square end the largest possible Volume? Solve the problem. -A private shipping company will accept a box for domestic shipment only if the sum of its length and girth (distance around) does not exceed 90 in. What dimensions will give a box with a square end the largest possible Volume?

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Find the most general antiderivative. - (6x3+9x+2)dx\int \left( 6 x ^ { 3 } + 9 x + 2 \right) d x

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Solve the problem. -Use Newton's method to estimate the solutions of the equation 2x4x2+3=02 x - 4 x ^ { 2 } + 3 = 0 . Start with x1=1.5x _ { 1 } = 1.5 for the right-hand solution and with x0=1x _ { 0 } = - 1 for the solution on the left. Then, in each case find x2x _ { 2 } .

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Estimate the limit by graphing the function for an appropriate domain. Confirm your estimate by using L'Hopital's rule. Show each step of your calculation. -Find the error in the following incorrect application of L'Hôpital's Rule. limx2x32x2+13x26x=limx23x24x6x6=limx26x46=166\lim _ { x \rightarrow 2 } \frac { x ^ { 3 } - 2 x ^ { 2 } + 1 } { 3 x ^ { 2 } - 6 x } = \lim _ { x \rightarrow 2 } \frac { 3 x ^ { 2 } - 4 x } { 6 x - 6 } = \lim _ { x \rightarrow 2 } \frac { 6 x - 4 } { 6 } = \frac { - 16 } { 6 } .

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Plot the zeros of the given polynomial on the number line together with the zeros of the first derivative. - y=x2+8x+12y = x ^ { 2 } + 8 x + 12  Plot the zeros of the given polynomial on the number line together with the zeros of the first derivative. - y = x ^ { 2 } + 8 x + 12

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Solve the problem. -Show that if h>0h > 0 , applying Newton's method to f(x)={x8,x88x,x<8f ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { l l } \sqrt { x - 8 } , & x \geq 8 \\- \sqrt { 8 - x } , & x < 8\end{array} \right. leads to x2=hx _ { 2 } = h if x0=hx _ { 0 } = h and to x2=hx _ { 2 } = - h if x0=hx _ { 0 } = - h when 0<8<h0 < 8 < h .

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Solve the problem. -Find the inflection points (if any) on the graph of the function and the coordinates of the points on the graph whe function has a local maximum or local minimum value. Then graph the function in a region large enough to shor these points simultaneously. Add to your picture the graphs of the function's first and second derivatives. y=x54x4200y = x ^ { 5 } - 4 x ^ { 4 } - 200

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Sketch the graph and show all local extrema and inflection points. -Sketch the graph and show all local extrema and inflection points. -

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Determine all critical points for the function. - f(x)=(x6)7f ( x ) = ( x - 6 ) ^ { 7 }

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Find the most general antiderivative. - sinθ(cotθ+cscθ)dθ\int \sin \theta ( \cot \theta + \csc \theta ) d \theta

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Determine all critical points for the function. - f(x)=80x33x5f ( x ) = 80 x ^ { 3 } - 3 x ^ { 5 }

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Solve the problem. -How close does the semicircle y=16x2y = \sqrt { 16 - x ^ { 2 } } come to the point (1,5)( 1 , \sqrt { 5 } ) ?

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Graph the rational function. - y=  Graph the rational function. - \begin{array} { l }  y = \frac { x ^ { 2 } - 3 x - 4 } { x - 5 } \\ \end{array}

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Using the derivative of f(x) given below, determine the intervals on which f(x) is increasing or decreasing. - f(x)=(x+2)2exf ^ { \prime } ( x ) = ( x + 2 ) ^ { 2 } e ^ { - x }

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Solve the problem. -The positions of two particles on the s-axis are s1=sints _ { 1 } = \sin t and s2=sin(t+π4)s _ { 2 } = \sin \left( t + \frac { \pi } { 4 } \right) , with s1s _ { 1 } and s2s _ { 2 } in meters and tt in seconds. At what time(s) in the interval 0t2π0 \leq t \leq 2 \pi do the particles meet?

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Solve the problem. -A window is in the form of a rectangle surmounted by a semicircle. The rectangle is of clear glass, whereas the semicircle is of tinted glass that transmits only one-fourth as much light per unit area as clear glass does. The total perimeter is fixed. Find the proportions of the window that will admit the most light. Neglect the thickness of the frame. Solve the problem. -A window is in the form of a rectangle surmounted by a semicircle. The rectangle is of clear glass, whereas the semicircle is of tinted glass that transmits only one-fourth as much light per unit area as clear glass does. The total perimeter is fixed. Find the proportions of the window that will admit the most light. Neglect the thickness of the frame.

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Find the most general antiderivative. - (3x2+14x)dx\int \left( \frac { 3 } { x ^ { 2 } + 1 } - \frac { 4 } { x } \right) d x

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