United International University

School of Science and Engineering

Practice Problems for Final Exam, Spring-2024
Course Code: Math 1151, Course Title: Fundamental Calculus

1. The following Figure 1 represents a position function of a particle at time t.

Figure 1:

(a) Find the average velocities over the time intervals [1, 3] and [5, 8].
(b) Find the value(s) of t at which the instantaneous velocity is zero.
(c) On what interval(s), is the position graph increasing, decreasing, and stand-
still?
(d) Roughly sketch the velocity graph of the particle.

2. The graph in Figure 2 of the function g(x) is given.

Figure 2:
′
(a) Sate the sign of g (x) at the specified points.
′
(b) Find the values of x at which g (x) = 0. Explain the reason.
′
(c) Roughly sketch the graph of g (x).
3. The position function of a moving particle is given by s(t) = t2 − 2, where s is in
meters and t is in seconds.
(a) Find the average velocity of the particle over the time interval [2 3].
(b) Find the particle’s instantaneous velocity at time t = 2 s.
(c) Draw the position function s(t), and velocity function v(t) in the same plot.

4. Consider the following functions:

(a) f (x) = x3 + 3 (b) g(x) = 6x − x2

i. Find the instantaneous rate of change of f (x) and g(x) with respect to x
at an arbitrary value of x.
ii. Use (i) to find the slope of the tangent lines for x = 1.
iii. Find the equation of the tangent lines to the graphs at x = 1.
iv. Find the equation of the secant lines in the interval [−1, 1].
v. Draw the graph of f (x) and g(x) together with the tangent lines and secant
lines.

5. Consider the following functions:

(a) f (x) = −3x2 (b) g(x) = x3 − 4

i. Find the derivative of the functions with respect to x by using the formula
f (x+h)−f (x)
f ′ (x) = lim h
.
h→0
ii. Find the equation of the tangent lines to the functions at x = −1.
iii. Draw the functions and the tangents on the same plot.

6. The equation of motion of a particle is s = t4 − 2t3 + t2 − t, where s is in meters and

t is in seconds.
(a) Find the velocity and acceleration as functions of t.
(b) Find the acceleration after 1 s.

7. Consider the function f (x) = 2 − |x|.

(a) Determine whether f (x) is differentiable or, not at x = 0.
′
(b) Find a formula for f (x).

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 8. The graph of f (x) is given in Figure 3. State, with reasons, the numbers at which
f (x) is not differentiable.

Figure 3:
9. Match the graphs of the functions shown in (a–d) (Figure 4) with the graphs of their
derivatives in (I–IV) (Figure 4).
Figure 4:

10. Sketch the graph of the derivative of each function in Figure 5.

Figure 5:

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11. Consider the function

4 − x if x < 0
f (x) =
4 − x2 if x ≥ 0

(a) Determine whether the function f (x) is continuous and differentiable at x = 0.

(b) Sketch the graph of f (x) and f ′ (x).

12. (a) At what point(s) on the curve y = x3 − 3x2 + 7 is the tangent line parallel to
the line y = 9x − 1?
(b) Find all points on the graph of the function f (x) = x3 + 3x2 − 9x + 10 at which
the tangent line is horizontal.
√
(c) At what point on the curve y = 2 x is the tangent line perpendicular to the
line y = 3 − 2x?
′ ′ ′
13. Suppose f (3) = 7, f (3) = 6, g(3) = −5, and g (3) = −2. Find h (3) for the
followings.

(a) h(x) = 3f (x) − 2g(x) + f (x)g(x) (c) h(x) = ex g(x)

√
f (x) 1+ xf (x)
(b) h(x) = ln x
(d) h(x) = 2
x +g(x)

14. (a) Consider f (x) = sec3 (x5 ) − x2 cos 3x − 5. find f ′ (x).

dt
(b) If t = ln(sin(y 2 + 1)) and y = cos(x2 ex ), find dx
.

15. Write the composite function in the form of f (g(x)). [Identify the inner function
dy
u = g(x) and the outer function y = f (u)]. Then, find dx
.
√
(a) y = ln(cos x) (b) y = 3 2x
e +1 (c) y = (x5 + 3x2 + 1)−10

16. Find an equation for the tangent line to the graph of y = cos(cos x) at the point
x = π2 .

17. Differentiate the following functions:

x
(a) f (x) = sec3 ( √1−x 2) (b) g(x) = (x7 − 3)−2 tan( x3 )

18. The following table gives some information about f (x), f ′ (x), g(x) and g ′ (x) at x.

x f (x) f ′ (x) g(x) g ′ (x)

-3 4 7 -2 -1
0 7 -1 3 -2
2 -1 2 -3 5

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 f (x)
If u(x) = f (x)g(x), v(x) = g(x)
, w(x) = f (g(x)), and z(x) = g(x3 − 2x − 2), then
use the Chain Rule to evaluate u′ (−3), v ′ (0), w′ (2), and z ′ (2).

19. Graph the function over the specified interval. Then use simple area formula from
geometry to find the area function A(x) that gives the area between the graph of
the specified function f (x) and the interval [a, x]. Confirm that A′ (x) = f (x). Also,
verify your answer by direct integration.
(a) f (x) = 6 − x; [a, x] = [−2, x]
(b) f (x) = 10; [a, x] = [2, x]
(c) f (x) = 2x + 4; [a, x] = [ 21 , x]

20. Use the anti-derivative method to find the area under the graph of y = x3 − 1 over
the interval [0, 2].

21. Sketch the region whose signed area is represented by the definite integral, and
evaluate the integral using an appropriate formula from geometry, where needed:
R2 R3 √
(a) 0
|3x − 6| dx (c) −3
9 − x2 dx
R0 R4 √
(b) −5
|2x + 5| dx (d) 0 − 16 − x2 dx
R3 √
22. Evaluate 0
(2x + 9 − x2 ) dx

23. Consider the function:


|x + 4| if x ≤ 0
f (x) =
−x + 4 if x > 0

Use f (x) evaluate the following integrals:

R −5 R4 R6
(a) −8
f (x) dx (b) −4
f (x) dx (c) 4
f (x) dx

24. Consider the function:


2x + 3 if x ≤ 0
f (x) =
3 if x > 0

R2
Use f (x) to evaluate: −3/2
f (x) dx

25. The graph of f is shown in Figure 6. Evaluate the following integrals.

R3 R8 R7
(a) 0
f (x) dx (b) 5
f (x) dx (c) 3
|f (x)| dx

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 Figure 6:

R8 R4 R8
26. If 2
f (x) dx = 7.3 and 2
f (x) dx = 5.9, find 4
f (x) dx.

27. Evaluate the following integrals:

R 1 R 1
R4
(a) x 3 (1 + x2 ) dx (h) 4+25x2
dx (o) 0
3s ds
R1 R x
R ex +e−x
(b) −1
t(1 − t)2 dt (i) 3+7x2
dx (p) ex −e−x
dx
4
x3 +2x−5 √x
R
sin x
R R
(c) x2
dx (j) 2+x5
dx (q) cos2 x+1
dx
R sin x
R cos( x5 ) R
(d) cos2 x
dx (k) 3x2
dx (r) sin(sin x) cos x dx
R 3
√ R √
e− 2x
R
(e) x 3 − 2x4 dx (l) √
2 2x
dx (s) csc x(sin x + cot x) dx
√
R −2/ 3 1
2
√ sec x sin3 x cos x dx
R R
(f) 1−tan2 x
dx (m) √
− 2
√
x x2 −1
dx (t)
ex
R √
√ x
R R
(g) 3+e2x
dx (n) 4−5x2
dx (u) x x + 1 dx

28. Find the area of the following couple of curves by:

(a) integrating with respect to x (b) integrating with respect to y

i. y 2 = x and y = 6 − x iii. y = x2 − 4x and y = 2x

ii. y = 2x2 and y = 4 − 2x iv. y = 2x, y = −2 and x = 3

29. Questions from 7.2 and 7.4

Evaluate the following integrals:
R Re R 1
(a) x2 cos x dx (e) 1
x2 ln x dx (i) √
x2 +4x+5
dx
2 R x
√x
R
x tan−1 (3x) dx
R
(b) (f) 9−x2
dx (j) dx
x2 +2x+2
√ R4p
4+x2
R
e−2x sin 3x dx (g) dx (k) 0 x(4 − x) dx
R
(c) x
R2
1
(l) 1 √ 1
R
(d)
R xex
dx (h) 3 dx dx
(1+x)2 (9−25x2 ) 2 x(4−x)

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30. Find the area of the shaded region in the following figures (Figure 7):

Figure 7:

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