Problem Set #1

CALENG1

I. Determine the Domain, Range and Sketch the following

1. f (x)=|x−3|
2. y= ( x −3 )2+ 4
3. y= √−x
4.( x +1 ) + ( y−5 ) =9
2 2

5. y=‖x+ 1‖

II. Limits: Determine the limits

A. Given: lim f ( x )=−9 lim g ( x )=2 lim h ( x )=4
x →8 x →8 x →8

1. lim [ 2 f ( x ) −12 g ( x ) ] 2. lim [ 3 h ( x )−6 ]

x →8 x →8

3. lim [ g ( x ) h ( x )−f ( x ) ] 4. lim [ f ( x )−g ( x )+ h ( x ) ]

x →8 x →8

B. lim f ( x )=1
Given: x→−4 lim g ( x )=10 lim h ( x )=−7
x→−4 x→−4

1. lim
x→−4 g ( x )[
f (x) h(x)
+
f ( x) ] lim [ f ( x ) g ( x ) h ( x ) ]
2. x→−4

3. lim
1
x→−4 h ( x )[+
3−f ( x )
g ( x )+ h ( x ) ] [
lim 2 h ( x )−
4. x→−4
1
h ( x ) +7 f ( x ) ]
C. Given: lim f ( x )=6 lim g ( x )=−4 lim h ( x )=−1
x →0 x →0 x →0

1. lim
3
[ f ( x )+ h ( x ) ] 2. lim √g ( x ) h (x )
x →0 x →0

√11+[ g ( x ) ] √ f (x)
3 2
3. lim 4. lim
x →0 x →0 h ( x )−g ( x )

D. Sketch of f(x)
Determine the lim f (x)
x→ a

1. a = -3
2. a = -1
3. a = 2
 4. a = 4

E. Sketch of g(x)
lim g ( x )
Determine the x →a

1. a = -8
2. a = -2
3. a = 6
4. a = 10

F. Evaluate the limit

lim 2−√ t +3
3 2
lim 8−x
1. x→ 2
2. t →−1 3. lim ( 14−6 t−t 3 )
2 t →2
x −4 t+1
2
lim w −8 w lim x+ 7
4. w →3 5. x→−5
6. lim ¿
−¿
2 x→ 0 ¿¿
4−7 w x +3 x−10
2 2
lim 2 y − y −6 lim tan 3 x
7. y →2
8. x→0

y + y2 − y−10
3
1−cos 2 x

lim √ x 6 + x 5−2 x 3−3 x +7

9. x →−∞

3 x 3−4 x 2 +5 x −9

lim ¿
10. x→ 4
−¿
2
|x−4|
¿
(x −8 x+16)(x+3 )

lim f ( x )& lim f ( x ) ) and determine its

G. Evaluate the limit at infinity ( x→+∞ x→−∞

horizontal asymptote.
2 7 2 3
8−4 x 3 x −4 x +1 x −2 x+ 11
1. f ( x )= 2 2. f ( x )= 2 3. f ( x )= 5
9 x +5x 5−10 x 3−6 x
4 3 2
20 x −7 x ( ) 8+ x −4 x
4. f ( x )= 5. f x =
2
2 x+ 9 x +5 x
4
√ 6+ x 2 +7 x 4
III. Squeeze Theorem
 2 2 2
lim sin x 2. lim φ sec φ 3. lim sin θ 4. lim sin 2 x 5. lim tan x
x→0 θ→0 x→0 x→0
1. x
φ →0
1−cos 4 θ sin 3 x x

IV. Continuity:
a. Determine the points of discontinuity and classify them.
b. Give the domain and range of f(x).
c. Give the equation of the vertical and horizontal asymptotes if they
exist.
d. Define the function at the point where there is removable
discontinuity.
e. Sketch the graph of the function.

{ {
¿ x +3 , x <1 x +3
2 ¿ 2 , x <2
x −2 x−15 x +2 x−3
¿ , 1≤ x <5
1. f ( x )= x +3 2. f ( x )= ¿ 2 x−1 ,2 ≤ x <5
3 x +1
¿ , x≥5 ¿ , x≥5
x −7 x−3

V. Derivatives: Determine the derivative of the following using the

definition (4 step rule).
2. f ( x )= 1−9 x 3. s ( x )= 3−x
1. q ( t )=10+ 5t−t
2
√ 2
x +4
4. f ( x )=tan 3 x 5. f ( x )=x 2 cos ( x 2 +1 )
VI. Basic Derivatives: Find the derivative

1. f ( x )= √ x +8 √3 x−2 √4 x 2. g ( x )=10 √5 x 3− √ x 7 +6 √3 x 8−3

3. h ( z )= 6 + 1 + 1 4. 2
f ( x )=x ( 3 x −9 )
2

√z
5 3 4
8z 3 z
10

6. ( ) x 5−5 x 3+2 x
g ( y )=( y −4 ) ( 2 y + y )2
f x= 2 2
5. ( x−3 ) ( x+ 3 )
√ x +2 x
7. y=( 1+ √ x 3 ) ( x −3 −2 √3 x ) 8. f ( x )=
7 x−4 x 2