Bilkent Calculus I Exams 1989 – 2020 35
a . How fast is the distance from the television camera to the rocket changing at that
moment?
b . If the television camera is always kept aimed at the rocket, how fast is the camera’s angle
of elevation changing at that same moment? Express your answer in degrees per second.
4 . Consider the following conditions:
1 f is differentiable on the entire real line.
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2 y = 3x + 7 is an equation of the tangent line to the graph of y = f (x) at the point with
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x = −1.
3 y = 5x − 9 is an equation of the tangent line to the graph of y = f (x) at the point with
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x = 2.
1 ○.
a . Determine the following values for a function f satisfying ○– 3
f (−1) = f (2) = f ′ (−1) = f ′ (2) =
In parts (b) and (c), show all your work and explain your reasoning fully and in detail.
b . Estimate the value of of f (15/8) .
c . Indicate whether each of the following statements is True or False by putting a 7 in
the corresponding box. Then if True, prove it; and if False , give a counterexample.
Ê Every function f satisfying ○–
1 ○3 takes on the value π at some point.
True False
Ë Derivative f ′ of every function f satisfying ○–
1 ○3 takes on the value −1 at some point.
True False
Fall 2013 Midterm II
1 . A continuous function f that is twice-differentiable for x ̸= 0, 3 satisfies the following
conditions:
√
○1 f (0) = 0, f (1) = 3 4, f (3) = 0
2 f ′ (1) = 0 , lim f ′ (x) = ∞ , lim f ′ (x) = −∞ , lim f ′ (x) = ∞
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x→0 x→3 − x→3+
3 f (x) > 0 for x < 1 and x ̸= 0 ; f (x) < 0 for 1 < x < 3; f ′ (x) > 0 for 3 < x
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4 f ′′ (x) > 0 for x < 0 ; f ′′ (x) < 0 for 0 < x and x ̸= 3
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5 The line y = x − 2 is a slant asymptote of the graph of y = f (x) both as x → ∞
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and as x → −∞
a . Sketch the graph of y = f (x).