Wetzel                                                                                                                                                                              Summer 2006

Math 130

Test #1

                                                                                                                                                            Name:________________________

Read all of the directions carefully and CIRCLE your answers.  If I cannot read your writing, no credit will be given.  Good Luck!!!

 

Find the following limits in problems 1-4.  If the limit does not exist, state “limit does not exist.”

 1.)                                                     2.)                  

 

 

3.)                                  

 

 

 

4.)  f(x) =    5 – x      x ≥ 2

                   2x + 7    x < 2

 

a.)  Find  .

 

 

B.) Find  .

 

 

C.)  Find  .

  

For each function in 5 and 6, state whether the function is continuous or discontinuous.  If it is discontinuous, state the values of x at which the function is discontinuous.

 

5.)                                         6.) 

 

 

 

7.)  Find the average rate of change given the function,

      f(x) = between the values x = 1 and x = 4.      

 

 

 

8.)  Use the LIMIT PROCESS to find the first derivative of f(x) = 7x + 3.

 

 

 

9.)  Find the slope of the tangent line of  at x = 5.

 

 

 

Find the first derivative of the following functions in problems 10 – 17. 

10.)  f(x) =                                  11.) f(x) =                      

 

 

 

12.)  f(x) =                               13,)  f(x) =    

 

 

 

 14.)  f(x) =                                                    15.)  f(x) =                  

 

 

 

 

16.)  f(x) =                                         17.)  f(x) =          

 

 

 

 

18.)  f(x) = ,  find f ’’(4).                            19.) find f ’(-8).

 

 

 

20.)  A model rocket is launched in the air from the ground.  Its height, t seconds after it is launched will be (neglecting air resistance) for 0 ≤ t ≤ 80.

 

a.)     Find the velocity function.

 

 

 

b.)    Find the time, t, when the rocket will be at its maximum height.

 

 

 

c.)    Find the maximum height the rocket will reach.

 

 

21.)            A company manufactures cordless telephones and finds that its cost function is  dollars where x is the number of telephones produced.

 

a.)      Find the marginal cost function.

 

 

b.)      Use this function to determine how much it will cost to produce the 101st telephone.