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Calculus Practice Questions & Formulas

This document contains calculus practice questions along with a list of useful limit formulas. It includes exercises to find tangent lines, derivatives, and velocity for various functions and scenarios. Additionally, it presents problems involving limits that represent derivatives and displacement of particles.

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Calculus Practice Questions & Formulas

This document contains calculus practice questions along with a list of useful limit formulas. It includes exercises to find tangent lines, derivatives, and velocity for various functions and scenarios. Additionally, it presents problems involving limits that represent derivatives and displacement of particles.

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Calculus Practice Questions

With List of Useful Formulas

Useful Formulas
Here are the limit formulas needed for these exercises:
f (a + h) − f (a)
• lim = f ′ (a)
h→0 h
• lim c = c (constant function limit)
x→a

• lim x = a
x→a

• lim [f (x) + g(x)] = lim f (x) + lim g(x)


x→a x→a x→a

• lim [f (x)g(x)] = (lim f )(lim g)


x→a

f (x) lim f
• lim = , provided denominator nonzero
x→a g(x) lim g
• lim xn = an for any integer n
x→a

Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.

x−1
1. y = , at (3, 2).
x−2
2. y = 2x3 − 5x, at (−1, 3).
√
3. y = x, at (1, 1).
2x
4. y = , at (0, 0).
(x + 1)2

Find f ′ (a).

5. f (x) = 3 − 2x + 4x2

6. f (t) = t4 − 5t
2t + 1
7. f (t) =
t+3
x2 + 1
8. f (x) =
x−2
1
9. f (x) = √
x+2
√
10. f (x) = 3x + 1

1
Each limit represents the derivative of some function f at some number a. State such
an f and a.

(1 + h)10 − 1
11. lim
h→0 h
√4
16 + h − 2
12. lim
h→0 h
13. A ball is thrown into the air with velocity 40 ft/s. Its height is given by y =
40t − 16t2 . Find the velocity when t = 2.

14. A rock is thrown upward on Mars with initial velocity 10 m/s. Its height is H =
10t − 1.86t2 .
(a) Find the velocity after one second.
(b) Find the velocity at time t = a.
(c) When will the rock hit the surface?
(d) With what velocity will it hit the surface?
1
15. The displacement of a particle is s = . Find velocity at t = a, 1, 2, 3.
t2
16. The displacement is s = t2 − 8t + 18.
(a) Find average velocity on intervals:
(i) [3, 4] (ii) [3.5, 4] (iii) [4, 5] (iv) [4, 4.5]

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