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    Curve Sketching Questions

    Waleed

    Note
    The questions in this document have been compiled from various sources both
    published and unpublished. I take no credit for any of these questions as none
    are originally mine.

    The purpose of these questions is to get students to be comfortable with


    sketching curves and graphs, and ultimately to prepare for Oxbridge interviews
    for those applying for courses such as Maths, Computer Science, and JMC,
    which have maths-heavy entry requirements.

    The questions have been laid out in no particular order and may vary in diffi-
    culty.

    1. Sketch the graphs of sin(x2 ) and sin2 (x). What shape is the first graph near
    the origin?

    2. Define cosh x and sinh x. Sketch both on the same set of axes. Where do both
    graphs cut the axes? What is the gradient of sinh x at x = 0?

    3. (a) Sketch the graphs of:


    i. |x|2 + |y|2 = 1
    ii. |x| + |y| = 1
    iii. |x|5 + |y|5 = 1
    (b) Hence sketch the graph of |x|100 + |y|100 = 1
    1
    4. Sketch the graph of y = e x
    Hint: What is the gradient close to 0 in the second quadrant?

    5. (a) Find f 0 (x) when f (x) = xx


    (b) Hence sketch the graph of f (x) for x > 0. (Consider the graph below
    y = 1)
    1
    (c) Sketch the graph of y = x x
    6. Sketch the graph of
    (x − 3)(x − 2)
    y=
    (x + 2)(x − 1)
    7. Sketch the graph of
    1
    y=
    (1 − x)2
    8. Imagine an octagon with unit edges, centred at the origin. What are the coor-
    dinates of its corners?

    9. Sketch the graph of y = x2 + 3x3

    10. Sketch the graph of


    ln x
    y=
    x
    and hence find all natural solutions of the equation ab = ba .
    (Problem 84 of TBO Problem Solving Booklet)

    11. Sketch the graph of


    1+x
    y=
    x−1
    12. Sketch the graph of
    1
    y=
    (x + 1)(x − 1)

    13. Sketch the graph of y = xn e−x for:

    (a) n is even
    (b) n is odd

    14. Sketch the graph of


    x2 + 1
    y=
    x+1
    15. Sketch f (x) = x3 + Ax2 + B for:

    (a) A > 0, B > 0


    (b) A < 0, B > 0

    16. On the same set of axes:

    (a) sketch the graphs of:


    i. y = ln x
    ii. y = log10 x
    iii. y = log2 x
    (b) Why do they look the way they do?
    (c) Now sketch y = logx e on a new set of axes and reason what you do.
    (d) Hence compute
    1 n
    lim (1 + )
    x→∞ n
    17. Sketch the graph of x(x2 + y 2 ) = 2ay 2 , a > 0

    18. (a) Sketch the graph of x2 − ny 2 = 0, n ∈ Z


    (b) Find all natural solution pairs (x, y) in the case n = 9.
    (c) Find all natural solution pairs (x, y) in the case n = 10.
    (Problem 34 of TBO Problem Solving Booklet)

    19. Sketch the graph of y = x ln x

    20. Sketch the graphs of:

    (a)
    sin x
    y=
    x
    (b)
    sin x
    y=
    x−1
    21. Sketch the graphs of:

    (a)
    1
    y = sin
    x
    (b)
    1
    y = cos
    x
    22. Sketch the graphs of:

    (a)
    x + sin x
    y=
    x − sin x
    (b)
    y = cos (x + |x|), − 2π < x < 2π
    (c) √
    y= x3 − x
    (d)
    y 2 = x3 − x
    (e)
    x4 − 7x2 + 12
    y=
    x4 − 4x2 + 4
    (f)
    x2 + 1
    y=
    x2 − 1
    (Problems 88-92 of TBO Problem Solving Booklet)

    23. Sketch the graphs of the following and comment on their derivatives:

    (a) y = |x2 − 1|
    1
    (b) y = x 3
    2
    (c) y = x 3
    (d) y = x2 − x4
    (e) y 2 = x2 − x4

    (Problems 93-94 of TBO Problem Solving Booklet)


    2 2
    24. Sketch the graph of y = e−x − e−3x
    (Problem 95 of TBO Problem Solving Booklet)

    25. (a) By sketching the appropriate graphs, find all solutions to the equation
    x − 1 = (e − 1) ln (x).
    (b) Hence sketch the graph with equation y = ex − xe .
    (Problem 96 of TBO Problem Solving Booklet)

    26. Write
    3ex − e−x
    ex + e−x
    in the form
    b
    a+
    e2x +1
    and hence sketch the graph of

    3ex − e−x
    y=
    ex + e−x

    (Problem 97 of TBO Problem Solving Booklet)

    27. Sketch the graphs of:

    (a) x2n + y 2n = 1 for n = 2, 4 and explain what happens to the graph as


    n → ∞.
    (b) |3x2 + y 2 − 12| = |x2 − y 2 + |
    √ √
    (c) y = 1 − x2 + 4 − x2
    (d) 1 = |x| + |y|
    (e) 1 = |x| − |y|
    (f) 1 = |y − x|

    (Problems 98-101 of TBO Problem Solving Booklet)

    28. (a) Solve the differential equation

    dy
    = ky, x > 0
    dx
    subject to the initial condition x = 0, y = 1 and k > 0.
    (b) Sketch the solution to the differential equation

    dy y
    = ky(1 − )
    dx M
    where M is a large constant and the same initial conditions apply (without
    directly finding y).
    (Problem 104 of TBO Problem Solving Booklet)

    29. Sketch the graph of


    ln x
    y= ,
    x−1
    x>0
    For values of y near x = 1, it may help to treat y(1) as the limit associated with
    a derivative.
    (Problem 1314 of Towards Higher Mathematics by Earl)

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