Name ________________________________ Summer 2024

Anderle/Bode/Kahan/Yoo

Calculus Summer Assignment 2024

No Calculator Allowed
To Be Completed by: Friday, August 30th, 2024

The problems in this assignment are to be completed without the use of a calculator of any kind.
Show all of your work and clearly indicate final answers; any form of a correct answer will receive full
credit. You may use your notes from Precalculus, textbooks, online sources or a peer as needed. Your work
must be completed by the date above, as your first exam will include questions on the topics included in this
assignment.

These topics are:

1. Limits
a) by substitution
b) using algebraic simplification then substitution
c) one-sided limits and piecewise functions
d) around a vertical asymptote
e) trigonometric limits
f) as x approaches  
g) graphically

2. Derivatives
a) Definition of the Derivative
b) Power Rule
c) Equation of a tangent line
d) Horizontal tangent line
e) Product rule
f) Quotient rule
g) Trigonometric Functions
h) Chain Rule

3. Continuity of a Function
a) Definition of Continuity
b) Types of discontinuities – P.O.D., Vertical Asymptote, Jump
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I. Calculate each limit:

x −1 x −3
1. lim 2. lim
x →0 x 2 −1 x →3 1 1
−
x 3
I. Calculate each limit (cont.)

x −3 ( x − 1) 2 − 1
3. lim 4. lim
x →9 x −9 x →0 x

Remember: lim f ( x ) exists if and only if lim− f ( x) = lim+ f ( x) .

x→ a x →a x →a

x x
5. lim f ( x) if f ( x) = 6. lim g ( x) if g ( x) =
x→3 x −3 x→3 ( x − 3) 2

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 x 2 + 3, x  −2
7. Let f ( x) = 
5 − x, x  −2

Find: a) lim − f ( x) b) lim + f ( x) c) lim f ( x)

x→ −2 x→ −2 x→ −2
I. Calculate each limit (cont.)

 x + 2, x  0

8. Let f ( x) =  x + 2, 0  x  1
ln x, x 1


Find: a) f (0) b) lim f ( x )

x→ 0

c) f (1) d) lim f ( x )
x→1

e) Is f (x) continuous at x = 0 ? Justify your answer.

f) Is f (x) continuous at x = 1 ? Justify your answer.

Some special trigonometric limits

sin x 5 sin x
9. lim 10. lim
x →0 x x →0 4x

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sin x − x cos x tan x
11. lim 12. lim
x →0 3x x →0 x
Calculate each limit based on the graph of f (x) is shown below:

13 a) lim − f ( x) b) lim + f ( x) c) lim f ( x)

x→ − 2 x→ − 2 x→ − 2

d) lim − f ( x) e) lim+ f ( x) f) lim f ( x)

x→ 4 x→ 4 x→ 4

g) lim − f ( x) h) lim+ f ( x) i) lim f ( x)

x→ 2 x→ 2 x→ 2

j) lim f ( x) k) lim f ( x) l) lim f ( x)

x→ − 7 x→ − 5 x→1

m) lim f ( x) n) lim f ( x)
x→ −  x→ 

p) State each value of x at which f (x) is not continuous and state the type of discontinuity.
 Limits as x → 

1− x2 − x4 1 − x2 − x3
14. lim 15. lim
x → 3x 4 + 1 x → 3x 4 + 1

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1− x2 − x4 1− x2 − x4
16. lim 17. lim
x → 3x 3 + 1 x→ −  3x 3 + 1

II. Derivatives

Limits involving the definition of the derivative…each limit is not calculated as a limit!

tan( x + h) − tan( x) x −3
18. lim 19. lim
h →0 h x →9 x−9
 Derivatives Power Rule
Find y’ for each:

5 3
20. y = 3 21. y = −3x 2 + 5 x − 7 22. y = x − +
x x3

Derivatives Product Rule

dy dy
23. Find using the product rule. Verify by distributing first then finding if y = ( x 2 + 3x)( x + 5) .
dx dx

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dy
24. Find if y = x 2 sin x
dx
 Derivatives Quotient Rule

Find y’ for each:

3x − 2 x +1
25. y = 26. y =
2x − 3 x

Derivatives Trigonometric Functions

Find y’ for each:

cos( x )
27. y = sin(x) cot(x) 28. y = sec(x) tan(x) 29. y =
sec( x )
 Derivatives Using the Chain Rule
Find y’ for each:

30. y = (4 x 2 + 1) 3 31. y = cos( x 2 )

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32. y = sin 3 (cos( x 2 )) 33. y = x + tan x

Tangent Line Equations

x
34. Find the slope of the normal line of f ( x) = at (2, 2) .
x −1

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35. Write an equation of the tangent line of f ( x) = −3x 2 + 5 x − 7 at x =1.
 x 3 3x 2
36. State the coordinates of each point(s) at which the graph of the equation y = − + 2 x has
3 2
horizontal tangent line(s).

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x2 + x − 2
37. Given f ( x) = 2 , find:
x + 3x − 4

a) the coordinates of all points of discontinuity,

b) an equation of all vertical asymptotes and

c) an equation of the horizontal asymptotes.