Calculus 1 International University, Vietnam National University-HCM

CALCULUS 1 (MA001IU) – MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Semester 1, 2023-24 • Duration: 90 minutes • Date: November 13, 2023
SUBJECT: CALCULUS 1
Department of Mathematics Lecturers

Prof. Pham Huu Anh Ngoc N. Dinh, P.T. Duong, T.V. Khanh, N.M. Quan, M.D. Thanh, N.T.T. Van
INSTRUCTIONS:
• Use of calculator is allowed. Each student is allowed one double-sided sheet of reference
material (size A4 or similar). All other documents and electronic devices are forbidden.
• You must explain your answers in detail; no points will be given for the answer alone.
• There is a total of 10 (ten) questions. Each one carries 10 points.

1. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to prove that there is a solution to the equation x3 cos x = 4.
 
5 1
2. Apply the Squeeze Theorem to evaluate lim x sin √ 3
.
x→0 x
√
3. Let f (x) = x2 − 1 and g(x) = x − 1. Find the functions f ◦ g and g ◦ f and their domains.
4. Find a formula for the inverse of the function f (x) = x2 − 2x for x ≥ 1 and find its domain.
5. Let (
x if x ≤ 1
f (x) =
(x − 1)2 + x if x > 1.
(a) [5 points] Show that f (x) is continuous at x = 1.
(b) [5 points] Is f (x) differentiable at x = 1? Explain your answer.
6. Calculate f ′ (x) where p 
f (x) = ln 2
x + 2x + 3 .
√
7. Let f (x) = e2x−2 + x where x ≥ 0. Find f ′ (x) and ( f −1 )′ (2).

√the tangent line(s) to the curve C : x + y = 25 at the point(s) (x0 , y0 ) on

8. Write the equation(s) of 4 4

this curve where x0 = 3.

9. An object moves on a straight road with a positive direction from left to right. The displacement
(in kilometers) relative to an origin O is s(t) = t 4 − 2t 3 + t 2 , where t is in hours (0 ≤ t ≤ 3).
(a) [5 points] What is the direction that the object moves on the time interval ( 21 , 1)?
(b) [5 points] What is the distance that the object covers after 2 hours?
10. Use the fact that the world population was 6144 millions in 2000 and was 7821 millions in 2020
to model the population of the world in the first half of the 21th century. Assume that the growth
rate is proportional to the population size. Use the model to estimate the population in 2023. At
what rate is the world population increasing in 2023?
Hint: Measure the time t in years and let t = 0 in the year 2000.

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Calculus 1 International University, Vietnam National University-HCM

CALCULUS 1 (MA001IU) – MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Semester 2, 2023-24 • Duration: 90 minutes • Date: April 19, 2024
SUBJECT: CALCULUS 1
Department of Mathematics Lecturers

Prof. Pham Huu Anh Ngoc Nguyen Dinh, Mai Duc Thanh, Nguyen Minh Quan
INSTRUCTIONS:
• Use of calculator is allowed. Each student is allowed one double-sided sheet of reference
material (size A4 or similar). All other documents and electronic devices are forbidden.
• You must explain your answers in detail; no points will be given for the answer alone.
• There is a total of 10 (ten) questions. Each one carries 10 points.
2
−3x+2
1. Let f (x) = x |x−1| .
(a) [5 points] Find lim f (x) and lim f (x).
x→1+ x→1−
(b) [5 points] Does lim f (x) exist?
x→1

2. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show that the equation e−x − x2 + 4x − 2 = 0 has at least
three roots.
√
3. Find a formula for the inverse of the function f (x) = 2 − 3x − 1, x ≥ 1/3.
4. In a certain country, income is taxed as follows. There is no tax on the income up to $10,000.
Any income over $10,000 is taxed at a rate of 10%, up to an income of $20,000. Any income
over $ 20,000 is taxed 15%.
(a) [5 points] How much tax is assessed on an income of $25,000?
(b) [5 points] Write the total tax assessed T as a function of income I.
(
x2 − 10 x ≤ c
5. Let f (x) =
4x − 14 x > c.
Find c such that the function f (x) is continuous everywhere.
1
6. Let f (x) = √ 3 + ln(x4 + sin(x2 ) + 1). Find f ′ (x).
(2x2 + x)
p
7. Find the linear approximation of the function y = f (x) = (x − 1)2 + 3 near x0 = 0.
8. Let f and g be the differentiable functions and h = f −1 ◦ g. Given that g′ (1) = 2, g(1) = 3,
f (1) = 3, and f ′ (1) = 5. Find ( f −1 )′ (3) and h′ (1).
9. The radius of a sphere was measured and found to be 30 cm with a possible error in measurement
of at most 0.02 cm. What is the maximum error in using this value of the radius to compute the
volume of the sphere?
10. Consider the folium of Descartes given by x3 + y3 = 6xy.
dy
(a) [5 points] Consider y as a function of x. Find the derivative .
dx
(b) [5 points] Write the equation of the tangent to the folium of Descartes at the point (3, 3).

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INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IU) – VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HCMC

CALCULUS 1 – MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Semester 1, 2020-21 • Mon 28 Dec 2020 • Duration: 90 minutes

Chair of Dept. of Mathematics: Lecturers:

Prof. Pham Anh Huu Ngoc Prof. Nguyen Dinh, Dr. Janet C. Harris, Dr. Nguyen Anh Tu

INSTRUCTIONS:
• Each student is allowed one double-sided A4 sheet of reference material marked with their name
and ID. Calculators are forbidden. All other documents and electronic devices are also forbidden.
• Attempt all questions. Each question carries 10 points. (Total 100 points.)
• Write out your answers in detail, presenting and explaining each step.

1. The piecewise function f comprises two straight line segments and a semi-circle, as shown in the
figure below. Write a formula for the function f .

2. The graph below shows a function g with domain [0, 2] and range [0, 1]. Suppose h(x) = 2g(x−1).
Sketch the graph of h and state its domain and range.

3. Let f be a function defined by (

x2 −x
3x if x 6= 0
f (x) =
k if x = 0
where k is a constant.
a) Find the value of k such that f is continuous at x = 0.
b) With the value of k found in part a), is function f differentiable at x = 0? Explain your answer
clearly. If f 0 (0) exists, find its value.

4. Prove that lim x2 esin(π/x) = 0.

x→0

PLEASE TURN OVER

 5. Find the point on the curve y = 1 + 2ex − 3x at which the tangent line is parallel to the line
x + y = −5.

6. Suppose f (x) and g(x) are differentiable functions, and h = f −1 ◦ g. Assume f (2) = g(1) = 2,
f 0 (2) = 3 and g0 (1) = 6. Find h0 (1).

7. Find the derivative of y = (x2 + 1)sin x .

8. Find the tangent line to the curve y sin x + x cos y = π/2 at the point (π/2, π).

9. A runner exercises on a straight road. His displacement (in kilometers) relative to an origin O is
s(t) = 2t 3 − 9t 2 + 12t, 0 ≤ t ≤ 3, where time t is measured in hours.
a) When is the velocity of the runner zero?
b) Find the total distance traveled by the runner between t = 0 and t = 2.

10. Consider the equation:

2x − 1 = sin x. (1)
a) Show that equation (1) has at least one solution on the interval (0, 2).
b) Show that equation (1) has no solution on [2, ∞) and no solution on (−∞, 0].

Optional Bonus Question (+5 points):

10. c) Show that equation (1) has only one solution in R.
Hint: To answer this you may use anything you have learned in Calculus 1 or in high school.

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Solutions

2 2
 (x − 3) + (y − 2) = 4. The semi-circle shown
1. A circle of radius 2 centred at (3, 2) has equation
 2x p if 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
is the lower half of this circle. Hence f (x) = 2
2 − 4 − (x − 3) if 1 < x ≤ 5
7−x if 5 < x < 7.


2. • g has domain [0, 2] and range [0, 1].

• To obtain g(x − 1) we shift 1 unit right, so this curve has domain [1, 3] and range [0, 1].
• To obtain 2g(x − 1) we then stretch vertically by a factor of 2, so h has domain [1, 3], range
[0, 2].

3. a) f is continuous at x = 0 if limx→0 f (x) = f (0). We have

x−1 1
lim f (x) = lim =− .
x→0 x→0 3 3

So, the function is continuous for f (0) = k = − 13 .

b) Taking f (0) = − 13 , we have

f (x) − f (0) h (x − 1)/3 − (−1/3) i 1

lim = lim = .
x→0 x−0 x→0 x 3

Thus, f is differentiable at x = 0, and f 0 (0) = 31 .

4. We use the squeeze theorem. Note that: −1 ≤ sin(π/x) ≤ 1 so e−1 ≤ esin(π/x) ≤ e1 and

e−1 x2 ≤ x2 esin(π/x) ≤ ex2 . (2)

As x → 0, x2 → 0, so from (2) and the squeeze theorem, the given conclusion follows.

5. Let y = f (x) = 1 + 2ex − 3x. Then f 0 (x) = 2ex − 3.

Lines which are parallel have the same slope. The slope of the straight line x + y = −5 is k = −1.
The tangent line at a point on the curve with x-coordinate x0 has slope f 0 (x0 ) = 2ex0 − 3. Hence
we require 2ex0 − 3 = −1, yielding x0 = 0. Thus, the point on the curve at which the tangent line
is parallel to the aforementioned straight line is (0, 3).

6. By chain rule,
h0 (x) = ( f −1 )0 (g(x)) · g0 (x)
Hence using the given data,

h0 (1) = ( f −1 )0 (g(1)) · g0 (1) = 6( f −1 )0 (2)

We also have f (2) = 2 so ( f −1 )0 (2) = 1

f 0 (2) = 13 , giving h0 (1) = 6
3 = 2.
 7. We have
ln y = ln(x2 + 1)sin x = sin x ln(x2 + 1)
Differentiating both sides w.r.t. x gives:
1 0 2x
y = sin x · 2 + cos x ln(x2 + 1)
y x +1
 
0 2x sin x
Hence y = 2 + cos x ln(x + 1) (x2 + 1)sin x .
2
x +1
8. Differentiating both sides w.r.t. x gives:

y cos x + y0 sin x + cos y − xy0 sin y = 0

Substituting x = π/2, y = π gives y0 = 1. So the tangent passes through (π/2, π) with slope 1
and hence has equation y − π/2 = 1(x − π), that is y = x + π2 .

9. a) The velocity is v(t) = s0 (t) = 6t 2 − 18t + 12 = 6(t 2 − 3t + 2) = 6(t − 1)(t − 2),

so v = 0 when t = 1 and t = 2.
b) The runner moves forwards on (0, 1) and backwards on (1, 2), with s(0) = 0, s(1) = 5, s(2) =
4, so the total distance traveled is:



s(1) − s(0) + s(1) − s(2) = 5 + 1 = 6 (km).

10. a) Let f (x) = 2x − 1 − sin x. Then f is continuous on R, and so is continuous on [0, 2]. Moreover,
f (0) = −1 < 0 while f (2) = 3 − sin 2 > 0. So, by the intermediate value theorem, there is
c ∈ (0, 2) such that f (c) = 0, which means that c ∈ (0, 2) is a solution of (1).
b) • It is clear that x = 0 and x = 2 are not solutions of (1) (see part a)).
• If x > 2 then we have 2x − 1 > 3 while the right hand side of (1) is sin x ≤ 1. So no x > 2 can
be a solution of (1).
• If x < 0 then 2x − 1 < −1 while the right hand side of (1) is sin x ≥ −1. Consequently, no x < 0
can be a solution of (1).
c) Note that f 0 (x) = 2 − cos x > 0 for all x ∈ R. So the function is strictly increasing on the whole
real line and consequently the graph of f intersects the Ox-axis at only one point, which means
that (1) has only one solution in R.

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