MAT 131 Test 3

Fall 1997

Show all work for credit. Do all your work neatly on the paper provided. Write your name on each sheet you turn in. I will not grade any work done on the test sheet. When you are finished turn in all sheets including the test. Good Luck.



1.
A sailor standing on the edge of a dock 15 feet above the lakes surface is pulling in her boat by means of a line attached to the boats bow. She pulls in the line at a rate of 5 \fracftsec. How fast is the boat approaching the foot of the dock when the boat is 20 feet away.


2.
Given f(x) = x3-12x+10
a.
Find the intervals on which f is increasing.
b.
Find the intervals on which f is decreasing.
c.
Find the intervals on which f is concave up.
d.
Find the intervals on which f is concave down.


3.
Find all critical points of f(x) = x2-1/x2-x-2.


4.
How many real roots does x3/3-x2/2-2x+1 = 0 have?


5.
Find all horizontal and vertical asymptotes of y = x2-4/x2-3x+2.


6.
Graph f(x) = x2+1/x2-1.


7.
Given g(x) = 1/x2+1, g¢(x) = -2x/(x2+1)2, and g¢¢(x) = 2(3x2-1)/(x2+1)3 graph g. Please
label all max's/min's and points of inflection.


8.
A cylindrical tin can is to hold 50 cm3 of fluid. How should it be constructed in order to minimize the amount of material needed in its construction? (Note: Tin cans have tops and bottoms)


9.
Given an example of a function and an interval for which the mean value theorem does not hold and explain why not.


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