Exercise 1

Compute the limits

1) lim y→1 6 y4 - 7 y3 + 12 y + 25; Answer : 36;

t 2 +6
2) limt→0 ; Answer : -2;
t 2 -3

5 x2 -16 x+3
3) limx→ 3 ; Answer : - 73 ;
9- x 2

w +2 1
4) limw→ -2 ; Answer : - 10 ;
w2 -6 w-16

3 - 1 -4 z
5) limz→ -2 2 z +4
; Answer: 13 ;

x -2
6) limx→2 2- x
; Answer: -2 2;

7) limx→∞ 8 x + 9 x3 - 11 x5; Answer:-∞;

8) limt→ -∞ 10 t 2 + t 4 + 6 t - 2; Answer: ∞;

10 x3 -6 x 10
9) limx→∞ ; Answer: 7
;
7 x 3 +9

x 5 +3 x 1
10) limx→ -∞ ; Answer : 5
;
5 x5

12+x
11) limx→∞ ; Answer: 0;
3 x2 -8 x+23

5- x 8
12) limx→∞ 3 ; Answer: -∞;
2 x -7 x +1

5- x 8
13) limx→ -∞ 3 ; Answer: ∞;
2 x -7 x +1

6+ x 3
14) limx→ ∞ 6
; Answer: 12 ;
8 +4 x

6+ x 3
15) limx→-∞ ; Answer: - 12 ;
8 +4 x 6
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Exercise 2
Compute the derivatives of the following functions:

1) f (x) = x3 - 3;
4 4

1 1 1
2) f (x) = - + ;
x 2 x2 3 x3

1
3) f (x) =  x + 1  x
- 1;

4) f (x) = 1 + x3  x-3 - 2
3
x ;

x +2 x
5) f (x) = ;
7 x -4 x 2

6) g(z) = 10 tg(z) - 2 cotg(z);

7) f (t) = t 3 - t 2 sin(t);

8) f (x) = x2 cotg (x);

9) f (x) = x arcsin x;

10) f (z) = z5 - ez ln(z);

arctan x
11) f (x) = x
;

1 +5 t
12) f (t) = ln(t )
;

13) f (x) = arccos x3;

14) h(u) = tg(4 + 10 u);

15) h(z) = sinz6 + sin6(z);

16) f (x) = ex/3 cos2 3x ;

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17) f (x) = arccot 11+-xx ;

10
18) f (x) = ln(sin(x)) - x4 - 3 x ;

sin(3 t )
19) f (t) = ;
1 +t 2

20) f (x) = lnarctan  1 + x2 .

Answers to Exercise 2
3
1) f ' (x) = ;
4 x 1/4

1 1 1
2) f ' (x) = - + - ;
x4 x3 x2

- x -1
3) f ' (x) = ;
2 x 3/2

9  x3 +2+22 x3 +4 x10/3

4) f ' (x) = - ;
6 x4

16 x3/2 +12 x-7

5) f ' (x) = ;
2 ( 7 -4 x ) 2 x 3 / 2

1 5
6) g' (z) = 2  + ;
sin2 z cos2 z

7) f ' (t) = -t (-3 t + 2 sin(t) + t cos(t));

x
8) f ' (x) = x 2 cot(x) - ;
sin2 x

2x
+arcsin(x)
1- x 2
9) f ' (x) = 2 x
;

5
10) f ' (z) = - -5 z +ⅇz +ⅇz z ln(z)
z
;

x
-arctan(x)
11) f ' (x) = x 2 +1
2 ;
x

-5 t +5 t ln(t )-1
12) f ' (t) = ;
t ln2 (t )
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3 x2
13) f ' (x) = - ;
1- x 6

10
14) h' (u) = ;
cos2 (10 u+4)

15) h' (z) = 6 z5 cosz6 + sin5(z) cos(z) ;

1
16) f ' (x) = 3
ⅇx/3 cos 3x  cos 3x  - 2 sin 3x ;

1
17) f ' (x) = - ;
x 2 +1

9
18) f ' (x) = cot(x) - 10 4 x3 - 3 x4 - 3 x ;

3 t 2 +1 cos(3 t )-2 t sin(3 t )

19) f ' (t) = 2 ;
 t 2 +1 

x
20) f ' (x) = .
x +1 x +2 arctan x2 +1 
2 2

Exercise 3
Compute the limits

1-cos x
1) limx→0 ; Answer: 12 ;
x2

x-arctan x
2) limx→0 ; Answer: 13 ;
x3

x2
3) limx→∞ ex
; Answer: 0;

ln x
4) limx→0+ 1+2 ln (sin x)
; Answer: 12 ;

5) limx→1  x-11 - ln1x ; Answer: - 12 ;

1
6) limx→ 0 cotg x - x
; Answer: 0;

7) limx→0 x e 1/x ; Answer: ∞;

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8) limt→∞ t ln1 + 3t ; Answer: 3

z 2 + e4 z
9) limz→∞ 2 z -e z
; Answer: -∞;

sin(π z)
10) limz→ 6 ln (z-5)
; Answer: π