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Goal 1. Differentiation.
1.1 Find the equation of every tangent line to the curve y = e containing the point (−1,
0). This is not a point on the curve
1.2 Let a and b be positive real numbers. Find the equation of every tangent line to the
ellipse with implicit equation,
containing the point (2a, 2b). This is not a point on the ellipse.
1.3 Let a be a real number different from 0. Use the definition of the derivative as a
limit of difference quotients to find the derivative to the following function,
at the point x = a.
1.4 Use the definition of the derivative as a limit of difference quotients to find the
derivative of the following function,
f(x) = tan(x),
at the point x = 0. You may use without proof that the following limits exist and have
the given values,
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1.5 For x > 0, let f(x) be the function,
Thus the inverse function,
satisfies the equations,
e √y = x, and √y = ln(x).
Compute the derivative,
Goal 2. Sketching graphs.
2.1 Sketch the graph of the function,
2.2 Sketch the implicit function,

2.3 Sketch the graph of the function,
Goal 3. Applications of differentiation.
3.1 A sculpture has the form of a right triangle. The material used for the vertical leg has
twice the cost of the material used for the horizontal leg. The length of the hypotenuse is
fixed (thus its cost is irrelevant). What ratio of vertical leg to horizontal leg minimizes the
total cost of the material?
3.2 A farmer has a fence running diagonally across her property at a 45 degree angle to
the northsouth and eastwest lines. She decides to build a corral by adding a length b − a
of fence running northsouth, a length b − a of fence running eastwest, and then connect
the two corners with 2 length b of fence running northsouth and eastwest. Thus, the total
new length of fence needed is 4b − 2a, and the corral has the form of a square of length
b, with a small isosceles triangle of leg length a removed from one corner (where the
square corral meets the preexisting diagonal fence). What ratio of a to b gives maximal
area of the corral for a fixed length of new fence?

3.3 An icicle has the shape of a right circular cone whose ratio of length to base radius is
10. Assuming the icicle melts at a rate of 1 cubic centimeter per hour, how fast is the length
of the icicle decreasing when it is 10 centimeters long?
3.4 A cube of ice rests on the ground. The cube of ice melts at a rate proportional to the
surface area of the cube exposed to the air (thus, the area of the 5 sides other than the side
sitting on the ground). Assuming it takes 5 hours before the volume of the melted cube
equals 1/2 the initial volume, how much longer does it take for the cube to melt entirely?
Goal 4. Integration.
4.1 An integrable function f(x) is defined on the interval [0, 1]. Give the formula for the
Riemann sum of f(x) on [0, 1] with respect to the partition of [0, 1] into n subintervals of
equal length, evaluating the function f(x) at the right endpoint of each subinterval.
4.2 Let r be a positive real number. Use your formula for the Riemann sum to reduce the
following limit,
to a Riemann integral. Then evaluate that Riemann integral (using whatever integration
technique you like), and determine the limit.

4.3 Use your formula for the Riemann sum to reduce the following limit,
to a Riemann integral. Use an inverse hyperbolic substitution to evaluate the Riemann
integral, and determine the limit. You are free to use the following formulas,
See also Problem 6.1.
4.4 Compute the following integral,
Hint: It is not possible to write down the antiderivatives of either of the seperate integrands.
4.5 Compute the following integral,

Goal 5. Applications of integration.
5.1 Denote by a the unique angle in the range 0 < a < π/2 satisfying
Compute the area bounded by the curve,
y = tan(x), −π/2 < x < π/2,
and the tangent line to the curve at (x, y) = (−π/4, −1).
5.2 Find the unique, positive value of h making the area of the region bounded by the
parabola,
and the parabola,
equal one half the area of the region bounded by the parabola,
and the parabola

5.3 Let a and b be positive real numbers. Find the volume of the solid obtained by
rotating about the yaxis the region in the first quadrant of the xyplane bounded by the x-
axis, the yaxis, the line x = aπ and the curve,
y = b sin(x/a).
You may use either the washer method or the shell method
5.4 Compute the arc length of the segment of the curve,
y = ln(x),
bounded by (x, y) = (1, 0) and (x, y) = (e, 1). At some point, it will help to make an inverse
substitution. You may make either an inverse trigonometric substitution or an inverse
hyperbolic substitution (the resulting integrals are comparable). See also Problem 6.2.
5.5 Compute the area of the surface obtained by rotating about the yaxis the segment of the
curve, y = ln(x),
bounded by (x, y) = (1, 0) and (x, y) = (e, 1). At some point, it will help to make an
inverse substitution. It is best to make an inverse hyperbolic substitution. You are free to
use the following formulas,

See also Problem 6.3.
Goal 6. Techniques of integration.
6.1 Do the inverse substitution part of Problem 4.3.
6.4 Compute the following antiderivative,
Hint: Use the halfangle formula and integration by parts.

Goal 7. L’Hospital’s rule.
7.1 Compute the following limit
7.2 Compute the following limit,
7.3 Try to find nonzero, analytic functions f(x) and g(x) defined near x = 0 such that
f(0) = g(0) = 0 but
does not equal 1. Remark. Don’t try too hard! No problem on the final will ask
anything this vague. Also, functions f(x) and g(x) satsifying the conditions do not exist
:)

7.4 Denote,
and denote,
Compute the limit,
7.5 Compute the limit
Goal 8. Improper integrals.
8.1 Determine whether the following improper integral converges or diverges. If it
converges, evaluate it.
8.2 Determine whether the following improper integral converges or diverges. If it
converges, evaluate it

Goal 9. Taylor series.
9.1 Compute the Taylor series expansion about x = 0 of,
f(x) = ln(1 + x).
9.2 Let a > −1 be a real number. Compute the Taylor series expansion about x = a of,
f(x) = ln(1 + x).
9.3 Let a be a real number. Compute the Taylor series expansion about x = a of,
f(x) = sin(x).
9.4 Let a be a real number. Compute the Taylor series expansion about x = a of,
f(x) = cos(x).

Solutions
Solution to 1.1 Denote by (a, ea) a point on the curve. The tangent line to the curve has
slope,
Therefore the equation of the tangent line is
The tangent line contains (−1, 0) if and only if,
Simplifying gives,
Since ea is always nonzero, the equation holds if and only if a equals 0. Therefore, the
equation of the unique tangent line to the curve containing (−1, 0) is,
Solution to 1.2 Implicit differentiation with respect to x gives,

Solving gives,
So for a point (x0, y0) on the ellipse, the equation of the tangent line to the ellipse is,
Multiplying both sides by a2y0 and simplifying gives,
Because the point (x0, y0) lies on the ellipse, the righthand side is,
Therefore the equation of the tangent line is
Plugging in (x, y) = (2a, 2b), the tangent line contains (2a, 2b) if and only if,

Solving for y0 gives,
2ay0 = −2bx0 + ab.
Because (x0, y0) is contained in the ellipse, the pair satisfies the equation,
which is equivalent to,
Substituting the equation for 2ay0 gives the quadratic equation in x0,
Simplifying, this becomes,
By the quadratic formula, the solutions are,
The corresponding solutions for y0 are,

The corresponding equations of the tangent lines are,
and,
Solution to 1.3 The difference quotient at x = a is,
Clearing denominators gives
Cancelling gives,
Simplifying gives,

Taking the limit as h → 0 gives,
Therefore the derivative function is,
Solution to 1.4 By definition, the difference quotient at x = 0 is,
Since tan(0) = 0, this simplifies to,
Taking the limit h → 0 gives,
Evaluating gives,

Therefore the derivative at 0 is,
Solution to 1.5 Directly
Therefore, by the chain rule,
Alternatively, implicitly differentiating,
e √y = x,
gives,
Plugging in e √y = x and √y = ln(x) gives,
Solving gives,

Thus, both methods give the answer,
Solution to 2.1 From the form of the function, it is clear the function has vertical
asymptotes at x = −1, x = 0 and x = +1. Also, the function has a horizontal asymptote
y = 0. Observe that,
Similarly,
Therefore the only critical points are,
The corresponding points on the curve are

The function f(x) is decreasing for x < −1/ √3, increasing for −1/ √3 < x < 1/ √3, and
decreasing for x > 1/ √3 (except, of course, where f(x) is undefined at x = −1, 0, +1). It is
clear from the form of the derivative that x = −1/ √3 is a local minimum and x = +1/ √3 is
a local maximum. The second derivative is,
The numerator is a quadratic equation in x2. However, there are no real solutions of the
quadratic equation. Therefore there are no inflection points. The function is concave
down for x < −1,
concave up for −1 < x < 0, concave down for 0 < x < +1, and concave up for x > +1.
Finally, f(x) is an odd function. This is more than enough to sketch the graph. A sketch
is included on the course webpage.
Solution to 2.2 This is the equation of a hyperbola. The asymptotes of the hyperbola are
the lines with equations,
and,
2y + ( √ 5 − 1)x = 0.
2y − ( √ 5 + 1)x = 0,
Implicit differentiation gives,

or,
Thus the critical points are the intersection points of the hyperbola with the line,
y = −2x.
Solving gives a local minimum at,
and a local maximum at,
There are no inflection points. A sketch of the hyperbola is included on the course webpage.
Solution to 2.3 Clearly there are vertical asymptotes at x = −1 and x = +1. Simplifying,

In particular, y = f(x) is asymptotic to the line y = 2x as x goes to ±∞. Also, f(x) is an
odd function that clearly has an inflection point at (0, 0). The derivative is,
Thus the critical points are x = − √3, x = 0 and x = +√3. The function is increasing for x
< − √3, it is decreasing for − √3 < x < −1, it is decreasing for −1 < x < +1, it is
decreasing for +1 < x < + √3, and it is increasing for x > + √3. Therefore x = − √3 is a
local maximum, and x = + √3 is a local minimum. Finally, the second derivative is,
In particular, the only inflection point is x = 0. The function is concave down for x < −1, it
is concave up for −1 < x < 0, it is concave down for 0 < x < +1, and it is concave up for x
> +1. This is more than enough to sketch the graph. A sketch is included on the course
webpage.
Solution to 3.1 Denote by x the length of the horizontal leg. Denote by y the length of the
vertical leg. Denote by s the length of the hypotenuse. The constraint is that,

is a constant. The cost function is
C = x + 2y.
Take x as the independent variable. The endpoints are x = 0 and x = s. Implicitly
differentiating with respect to x gives,
Thus, at every critical point of C,
Implicitly differentiating the constraint equation with respect to x gives,
Plugging in dy/dx = −1/2 at a critical point gives the linear equation,
2x − y = 0.
In other words, y = 2x. Substituting in to the constraint, the one critical point of C is,

The cost at this point is,
In fact, this critical point is a local maximum. At the endpoint x = 0, y equals s and the cost
is C = 2s.
At the endpoint x = s, y equals 0 and the cost is,
C = s.
Therefore, the ratio of vertical leg to horizontal leg minimizing the total cost is,
Solution to 3.2 The total length of fence is
L = 4b − 2a.
The area of the corral is,

Choose b as the independent variable. From the constraint equation,
Since a must be between 0 and b, the endpoints of b are b = L/4 and b = L/2. Substituting 2b
− L 2 for a in the equation for A gives,
Differentiating
Thus the only critical point is at b = L/2, which is also an endpoint. This gives a local
maximum for A,
The value of A at the other endpoint is,
Thus the global maximum is when b = L/2, and thus a = L/2. Therefore, the ratio of a to b
giving the maximal area of the corral is,

Solution to 3.3 Denote the radius by r and the length by l. The volume of the icicle is
Using the constraint that l = 10r, the volume is,
Therefore the rate of change of V is
By hypothesis, dV/dt equals −1 cubic centimeter per hour. Thus solving gives,
When the length is l = 10cm, the radius is r = 1cm. Plugging in, the radius of the icicle
is decreasing at the rate,
Therefore the length is decreasing at the rate,

To summarize, the length of the icicle is decreasing at the rate,
Solution to 3.4 Denote by x the edge length of the cube. Then the volume is,
Also, the area of the 5 exposed sides is
By hypothesis, the rate of change of the volume is proportional to the area of the exposed
sides, i.e.,
for some constant C. Differentiating gives,
Substituting gives,

But this is just another constant. Because dx/dt is a constant, x(t) is a linear function,
x(t) = x0 − at,
for some constant a. By hypothesis, V (x(5)) = V (x0)/2. Solving gives,
Solving for a gives,
Therefore the cube is completely melted at time,
So the additional time from t = 5 before the ice cube melts is,
Solution to 4.1 The endpoints of the kth interval are xk−1 = (k −1)/n and xk = k/n. The
length of each interval is Δxk = 1/n. Thus the formula for the Riemann sum is

Solution to 4.2 Plugging in k = nxk gives,
Therefore the function is f(x) = x . The Riemann integral is,
Therefore the limit equals,
Solution to 4.3 Plugging in k = nxk gives,
Thus the function is,

So the limit of the Riemann sums equals the Riemann integral
To evaluate this integral, make the inverse hyperbolic substitution,
The new integral is
In fact,
Therefore, the limit is,
Solution to 4.4 To simplify the second integral, make the substitution,
v = 2u, dv = 2du.

The new integral is,
But this equals the first integral. Therefore the difference is,
Solution to 4.5 To simplify the integral, multiply numerator and denominator by cos(θ),
Substituting,
gives the new integral,
Thus the integral equals,

Solution to 5.1 The derivative of tan(x) is,
In particular, the slope of the tangent line to the curve at x = −π/4 is,
So the equation of the tangent line is,
Therefore the other intersection point of the line with the curve y = tan(x) occurs at the
unique point x such that,
This is precisely the equation defining a. The area of the region is thus

The first 2 integrals give,
and,
For the third integral, substitute,
u = cos(x), du = − sin(x)dx,
to get,
Therefore,
Altogether, the area is,

Solution to 5.2 The parabola y = x2 intersects the parabola y = h − x at (x, y) only if
Equivalently,
or,
In particular, when h = 1, the intersection points are
Therefore the area of the bigger region is,
Evaluating gives

Thus the goal is to find the unique value of h so that,
equals √2/3. Simplifying gives,
Evaluating gives
So the equation is,
Simplifying and squaring gives,

Thus the solution is,
Solution to 5.3 Using the shell method, the infinitesimal volume of a shell with inner
radius x, outer radius x + dx, and height y = b sin(x/a) is,
dV = 2π(radius)(height)(width) = 2πxydx = 2bπx sin(x/a)dx
Therefore the total volume equals,
To compute this integral, use integration by parts
This gives,

For the second integral, notice that cos(x/a) is positive for 0 < x < aπ/2, and then for
aπ/2 < x < aπ, cos(x/a) is the negative of cos(x/a) on the first interval. Therefore the
integral from 0 to aπ/2 cancels exactly the integral from aπ/2 to aπ. Therefore,
Observe that the volume of the cylinder with base radius aπ and height b is π3a2b. Thus
the fraction of the volume of the cylinder taken up by the solid is 2/π2.
Solution to 5.4 The infinitesimal element of arc length, ds, satisfies the equation,
In this case,
Therefore, the infinitesimal element of arc length equals,
So the arc length of the curve is

To solve this integral, use an inverse substitution. The goal is that x2 + 1 equals a square.
This occurs for
x = tan(θ), dx = sec2 (θ)dθ.
Inverse substitution gives,
To simplify this, write it in terms of sin(θ) and cos(θ) as,
This simplifies by making the direct substitution,
u = cos(θ), du = − sin(θ)dθ.
Drawing a right triangle gives,

Thus the new limits of integration are,
Substitution gives
The partial fraction decomposition of the integrand has the form,
Heaviside’s coverup method determines the first 3 coefficients,

For the last coefficient, observe that 1/ is an even function. Therefore the coefficient
D must be 0. So the partial fraction decomposition is,
So the integral is,
Therefore the total arclength is,
Solution to 5.5 By the Solution to 5.4,
The infinitesimal surface area is,
dA = 2π(radius)(slant height) = 2πxds =
Therefore the total area is,

To compute this, it is best to make an inverse hyperbolic substitution. Since the goal is
that x2 +1 is a square, it is best to use x = sinh(t), so that x2 + 1 = cosh2 (t). The
substitution is,
x = sinh(t), dx = cosh(t)dt.
Then the new integral is
To simplify this, use the halfangle formula for hyperbolic functions,
Substituting gives,
Using the doubleangle formula,
sinh(2t) = 2 sinh(t) cosh(t),
the antiderivative is

Backsubstituting gives
Therefore the total area is,
Evaluating gives,
Solution to 6.1 See Solution to 4.3.
Solution to 6.4 First make the inverse substitution,

x = sin(θ), dx = cos(θ)dθ.
To simplify this, use the halfangle formula,
Substituting gives,
Of course the first antiderivative is simply,
For the second antiderivative, use integration by parts,
Thus,

The last integral is straightforward, giving,
In total, the integral is,
Backsubstituting, the original integral is,
Solution to 6.5 First make the inverse substitution
x = sin(θ), dx = cos(θ)dθ.

This can be computed using integration by parts
Thus,
Backsubstituting gives
Solution to 6.7 Make the inverse substitution,
The new integral equals

Next use integration by parts,
Therefore,
For the second integral, rewrite it as,
Making the substitution,
u = cos(θ), du = − sin(θ)dθ,
the integral becomes,
Therefore the total integral is,

Using right triangles,
Backsubstituting for x gives,
Solution to 7.1 The limit is simply,
Solution to 7.2 Here it is best to first compute the linearization of the second factor,
Using the linearization,
gives the linearization,

Therefore, the limit is,
Applying L’Hospital’s rule,
Therefore the limit is,
Therefore the real limit needed is,

This leaves only the first limit,
Applying L’Hospital’s rule,
Thus, altogether,
Therefore,
Solution to 7.4 By definition,

Solution to 7.5 Write the limit as,
Using the Taylor series expansion
and,
the Taylor series expansion of the ratio is
Therefore,
So the limit is,

Solution to 8.1 Using integration by parts,
Therefore the improper integral is,
As computed above, using L’Hospital’s rule,
Therefore the limit is 1 − 0 + 0 = 1. So the improper integral converges to,
Solution to 8.2 By comparison to 1/x2, the improper integral converges. To evaluate it,
make the inverse trigonometric substitution,

Now make the substitution
u = cos(θ), du = − sin(θ)dθ
Using right triangles,
So the new limits of integration are,
So the integral is,

Using the Heaviside coverup method,
and,
Thus the integral is,
Evaluating gives,
Solution to 9.1 The Taylor series expansion is,
The simplest way to see this is to observe,

Using the Taylor series expansion,
with u = (−t) gives,
Integrating termbyterm
Finally, substituting n = k + 1 gives the result.
The easiest way to see this is to write,
ln(1 + x) = ln(1 + a + (x − a)) = ln((1 + a)(1 + (x − a)/(1 + a))).
Because ln(AB) = ln(A) + ln(B), this gives,

Using the expansion,
The easiest way to see this is to use the angleaddition formulas,
sin(x) = sin(a + (x − a)) = cos(a)sin(x − a) + sin(a) cos(x − a),
together with the Taylor series expansions,
with the substitution u = x − a.

This follows similarly to Solution to 9.3.
The easiest way to see this is to write,
This is similar to Solution to 9.5.

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