M251 WW2A

Due May 31
Summer 2016

Name:

Instructions. (78 points) After completing the WebAssign Quizzes, write out the solutions to the following
problems on separate paper and attach a copy of this to the front as a cover sheet. This assignment covers
section 2.1 of the text. Please review the written assignment requirements, before submitting your work.
Your submitted assignment should be no more than 4 pages. Once graded, your score will be given in the
box.

(10pts )

1. A cardiac monitor is used to measure the heart rate of a patient after surgery. it compiles the number of
heartbeats after t minutes. When the data in the table are graphed, the slope of the tangent line represents the heart rate in beats per minute.
t min
36
38
40
42
44
Heartbeats 2460 2481 2676 2788 2880
The monitor estimates this value by calculating the slope of the secant line. Use the data to estimate the
patients heart rate after 42 minutes using the secant line between the points with the given values of t.
(d) (2 pts) t = 42 and t = 44
(e) (2 pts) Patients estimated heart rate after 42
minutes is:

(a) (2 pts) t = 36 and t = 42

(b) (2 pts) t = 38 and t = 42
(c) (2 pts) t = 40 and t = 42

(18pts )

2. The point P (0.5, 0) lies on the curve y = cos x. If Q is the point (x, cos x), find the slope of the secant
line P Q correct to six decimal places for the following values of x:
(a) (2 pts) 0
(b) (2 pts) 0.4

(c) (2 pts) 0.49

(d) (2 pts) 0.499

(e) (2 pts) 1
(f) (2 pts) 0.6

(g) (2 pts) 0.51

(h) (2 pts) 0.501

( i ) (2 pts) Guess the value of the slope of the tangent line to the curve at P (0.5, 0). Then find the equation of the tangent line at the point P (0.5, 0).

(14pts )

3. (14pts)3. The displacement (in centimeters) of a particle moving back and forth along a straight line is
given by the equation of motion s = 2 sin t + 3 cos t, where t is measured in seconds. Find the average
velocity during each time period:
(a) (2 pts) [1,2]
(b) (2 pts) [1,1.5]

(c) (2 pts) [1,1.1]

(d) (2 pts) [1,1.01]

(e) (2 pts) [1,1.001]

(f) (2 pts) [1,1.0001]

(g) (2 pts) Estimate the instantaneous velocity of the particle when t = 1.

(10pts )

4. For the function A whose graph is given, find the following:

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(d) (2 pts) lim A(x)

(a) (2 pts) lim A(x)
x3

(b) (2 pts) lim A(x)

x 1

(e) (2 pts) Find the vertical asymptotes.

x 2

(c) (2 pts) lim+ A(x)

x 2

(3pts )

5. Sketch the graph of f that satisfies the given conditions:

lim f (x) = 2

x 3+

f (0) = 1

lim f (x) = 1

x 0

lim f (x) = 2

f (3) = 1

(3pts )

x 3

6. Sketch the graph of f that satisfies the given conditions:

lim f (x) = 0

x 0+

lim f (x) = 2

f (0) = 2

lim f (x) = 0

x 4

x 0
x 4+

lim f (x) = 3

f (4) = 1

(10pts )

7. Use a table of values to estimate the value of each function:

ln x ln 2
(a) (5 pts) lim
x 2
x2

(10pts )

5t 1
t 0
t

(b) (5 pts) lim

8. Find the value of each function:

1
(a) (5 pts) lim ( ln x)
+
x
x 0

(b) (5 pts) lim

x

x
(x 3)5