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CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Limits, Continuity, Rates of Change, Derivatives

MATH 1325 CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Lab 1 - Limits, Continuity, Rates of Change, Derivatives NAME__________________________ Instructions: Please show all work, and write your solutions to the problems neatly on this handout. Draw box around your final answer. If you need help, please feel free to consult with me or go to the Math Lab and ask for assistance. 1. For the graphed function, answer the following. a. lim y f ( x) = 8 x0 7 b. lim f ( x) = 6 x0+ c. lim 5 f ( x) = 4 x0 d. 3 2 f (0) = 1 e. lim x f ( x) = x 2 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 f. lim f ( x) = 2 x 2+ 3 g. lim f ( x) = 4 x2 h. f (2) = i. lim 5 6 7 f ( x) = x 5 8 9 j. lim f ( x) = x k. lim f ( x) = x l. List the values of x where the function does not have a derivative. 1 of 3 2 3 4 5 6 3 2. Use your calculator to complete the table for f ( x) = x f ( x) 3 lim x 1 1.1 1.01 1.001 x +1 , and then use it to predict lim f ( x ) . x 1 x +1 1 DNE .999 x +1 = __________ x +1 3. Use the properties of limits to find the following limits, if the limit exists. x 2 4 x 12 lim x6 (a) x 6 (b) lim x 25 x 5 x 25 x2 2x 1 x 4 x2 + 3 (c) lim 5x 2 9 x 3 x 3 2 (d) lim 4. If lim f ( x ) = 8 and lim g ( x) = 16 , then find lim x 3 x3 x 3 2 f ( x) . f ( x) g ( x) 5. Find all values x = a where the function is discontinuous. f ( x ) = 2 of 3 x +1 x2 + x .99 .9 6. Find the average rate of change of the function y = 3x 3 + 2x2 4x + 1 between x = 5 and x = 8. 7. Use the definition of derivative to find f ( x ) for the function f ( x ) = 3 x 8. Using the result from 7 to find the equation of the tangent line to the curve f ( x ) = 3 x at x = 4 2 9. The cost (in cents) of producing x tacos is given by C(x) = 1000 + 0.24x . (a) Find the marginal cost function. (b) Calculate the marginal cost at a production level of 200 tacos. Interpret this result using a complete sentence. 3 of 3