Name: Math 8: Practice Test 1 Please write neatly and clearly. On all problems, you must show your work and identify your final answer. Partial credit will be given. You may use a calculator. However, no cell phones or books may be used. 1. Calculate the derivative of the following functions. r x2 + 4 a. f (x) = ln x2 − 4 b. f (x) = x2 e3x c. y = arcsin(4x + 2) 2. Calculate the following anti-derivatives. Z 2 a. xe−3x dx Z 4 b. dx 3x − 1 Z x+3 c. dx x−1 Z dx d. 9 + 4x2 3. Find the critical points and points of inflection of y = e−x 2 /b , where b > 0 is a constant. 4. In 2009, the population of Mexico as 111 million and growing 1.13% annually, while the population of the US was 307 million and growing .975% annually. If we measure growth rates in people/year, which population was growing faster in 2009? 5. A yam is put in a hot oven, maintained at a constant temperature of 200◦ C. At time t = 30 minutes, the temperature T of the yam is 120◦ and is increasing at an (instantaneous) rate of 2◦ /min. Newton’s law of cooling (or, in our case, warming) implies that the temperature T at time t satisfies the differential equation dT = −k(T − 200). dt a. Determine the temperature function T (t). b. When will the yam reach a temperature of 135◦ ? 6. Let f (x) = log2 (x). a. Calculate f (5). b. Use the change of base formula to rewrite f (x) in terms of ln. c. Calculate the derivative f 0 (x).
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