Calculus & Linear Algebra

Calculus

1. It costs a toy retailer $10 to purchase a certain doll. He estimates that, if he charges x dollars per doll, he can sell 80 - 2x dolls per week. Find a function for his weekly profit.

(80-2*x)*(x-10);
[1] "Simplify & Pretty Form"

    /           2       \
2 * \ 50 * x - x  - 400 /

2. Given the following function: f (x) = 8x^3 + 7x^2 - 5

[1] 274
[1] -41
8*(x+c)^3+7*(x+c)^2-5;
[1] "Simplify & Pretty Form"

     3         2            2             2                
8 * x  + 24 * x  * c + 7 * x  + 24 * x * c  + 14 * x * c + 

     3        2    
8 * c  + 7 * c  - 5

3. Use the graph to find the indicated limits. If there is no limit, state “Does not exist”.

4. Find the derivative for the following function. f (x) = -2x^3

function (x) 
-(6 * x^2)

5. Find the derivative for the following function. f (x) = -8/x^2

function (x) 
16/x^3

6. Find the derivative for the following function. g(x) = 5∛x

function (x) 
1.66666666666667/x^0.666666666666667

7. Find the derivative for the following function. y = -2x^(9/8)

function (x) 
-(2.25 * x^0.125)

8. Consider the graph of f(x). What is the average rate of change of f(x) from x_1 = 0 to x_2 = 4 ? Please write your answer as an integer or simplified fraction.

-1.25

9. The cost of producing x baskets is given by C(x) = 630 + 2.4x. Determine the average cost function.

(630 + 2.4 * x) / x

10. Use the Product Rule or Quotient Rule to find the derivative. f(x) = (-2x^(-2) + 1) (-5x + 9)

(4*(9-5*x))/x^3-5*(1-2/x^2);

      5         3         2
-5 * x  - 10 * x  + 36 * x 
---------------------------
             5             
            x

11. Use the Product Rule or Quotient Rule to find the derivative. f(x) = (5x^(1/2) + 7)/(-x^3 + 1)

(2.5/Sqrt(x)+(3*x^2*(5*Sqrt(x)+7))/(1-x^3))/(1-x^3);

      3                     2           3      
15 * x  + 21 * Sqrt( x ) * x  + -2.5 * x  + 2.5
-----------------------------------------------
        /  6        3     \                    
        \ x  - 2 * x  + 1 / * Sqrt( x )

12. Find the derivative for the given function. Write your answer using positive and negative exponents and fractional exponents instead of radicals. f(x) = (3x^(-3) - 8x + 6)^(4/3)

-1.33333333333333*(3/x^3-8*x+6)^0.333333333333333*(9/x^4+8);

(-4/3) * (3 * x^-3 - 8 * x + 6)^(1/3) * (9 * x^-4+8)

13. After a sewage spill, the level of pollution in Sootville is estimated by f (t) = (550t^2)/√( &t^2 + 15), where t is the time in days since the spill occurred. How fast is the level changing after 3 days? Round to the nearest whole number.

[1] 547

14. The average home attendance per week at a Class AA baseball park varied according to the formula N(t) = 1000(6 + 0.1t)^(1/2) where t is the number of weeks into the season (0 <= t <= 14) and N represents the number of people.

[1] 2510
[1] 20

The attendance is increasing at a rate of 20 people during week 5.

15. Consider the following function: 3x^3 + 4y^3 = 77

function(x, y) -3 * x^2 / 4 * y^2
[1] -6.75

16. Find the intervals on which the following function is increasing and on which it is decreasing. f(x) = (x + 3)/(x - 8)

never increasing; decreasing on on (-Inf, 8) and (8, Inf)

17. A frozen pizza is placed in the oven at t = 0. The function F(t) = 14 + (367t2)/(t2 + 100) approximates the temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) of the pizza at time t.

never decreasing; increasing on (0, Inf)

[1] 381

18. A study says that the package flow in the East during the month of November follows f (x) = x^3/3340000 - (7x^2)/9475 + 42417727x/1265860000 + 1/33, where 1 <= x <= 30 is the day of the month and f (x) is in millions of packages. What is the maximum number of packages delivered in November? On which day are the most packages delivered? Round your final answer to the nearest hundredth.

0.41 Million Packages
November 23

19. Use the Second Derivative Test to find all local extrema, if the test applies. Otherwise, use the First Derivative Test. Write any local extrema as an ordered pair. f(x) = 7x^2 + 28x - 35

[1] "Local Min:"
[1]  -2 -63

20. Use the Second Derivative Test to find all local extrema, if the test applies. Otherwise, use the First Derivative Test. Write any local extrema as an ordered pair. f(x) = -6x^3 + 27x^2 + 180x

[1] "Local Min:"
[1]   -2 -204
[1] "Local Max:"
[1]   5 825

21. A beauty supply store expects to sell 120 flat irons during the next year. It costs $1.60 to store one flat iron for one year. To reorder, there is a fixed cost of $6 , plus $4.50 for each flat iron ordered. In what lot size and how many times per year should an order be placed to minimize inventory costs?

function(orders_per_year) {
    120/orders_per_year * 1.6   + orders_per_year * (6 + 4.5 * 120/orders_per_year) 
}
6  orders of  20 each

22. A shipping company must design a closed rectangular shipping crate with a square base. The volume is 18432 ft^3. The material for the top and sides costs $3 per square foot and the material for the bottom costs $5 per square foot. Find the dimensions of the crate that will minimize the total cost of material.

function (h, L) 
c(h = 6, L = 221184/L^3)
function (h, L) 
c(h = 294912/h^3, L = 6)
[1] 32 24 24

23. A farmer wants to build a rectangular pen and then divide it with two interior fences. The total area inside of the pen will be 1056 square yards. The exterior fencing costs $14.40 per yard and the interior fencing costs $12.00 per yard . Find the dimensions of the pen that will minimize the cost.

[1] 24
[1] 44

24. It is determined that the value of a piece of machinery declines exponentially. A machine that was purchased 7 years ago for $67000 is worth $37000 today. What will be the value of the machine 9 years from now? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

[1] 17244.5

25. The demand function for a television is given by p = D(x) = 23.2 - 0.4x dollars. Find the level of production for which the revenue is maximized.

[1] 29

26. The amount of goods and services that costs $400 on January 1, 1995 costs $426.80 on January 1, 2006 . Estimate the cost of the same goods and services on January 1, 2017. Assume the cost is growing exponentially. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

[1] 455.4

27. A manufacturer has determined that the marginal profit from the production and sale of x clock radios is approximately 380 - 4x dollars per clock radio.

function(x) -9852 + 380 * x - 2 * x^2
[1] 5156

28. Use integration by substitution to solve the integral below.

\[ˆ«–’”œ (-5(ln(y) )^3)/y*dy\]

-1.25*(ln(y))^4 + C

29. It was discovered that after t years a certain population of wild animals will increase at a rate of P’(t) = 75 - 9t^(1/2) animals per year. Find the increase in the population during the first 9 years after the rate was discovered. Round your answer to the nearest whole animal.

[1] 513

30. Find the area of the region bounded by the graphs of the given equations. y = 6x^2,y = 6 * x^.5 Enter your answer below.

[1] 2

31. Solve the differential equation given below. dy/dx = x^3 * y

y = exp(x^4/4) + C

32. Use integration by parts to evaluate the definite integral below. ∫_(-7)^2▒├ x√( &x + 7) dx┤ Write your answer as a fraction.

[1] "-144/5"

33. The following can be answered by finding the sum of a finite or infinite geometric sequence. Round the solution to 2 decimal places. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 46 meters, and on each bounce it rebounds up 22 % of its previous height.

[1] 71.95
[1] 71.95

34. Find the Taylor polynomial of degree 5 near x = 4 for the following function. y = 3e^(5x - 3)

3e^17 + 15e^17 (x-4) + 75/2 e^17 (x-4)^2 + 125/2 e^17 (x-4)^3 + 625/8 e^17 (x-4)^4 + 625/8 e^17 (x-4)^5

Linear Algebra

1. Using matrix operations, describe the solutions for the following family of equations:

x + 2y - 3z = 5

2x + y - 3z = 13

-x + y + 2z= -8

           [,1]      [,2] [,3]
[1,] -0.8333333 1.1666667  0.5
[2,]  0.1666667 0.1666667  0.5
[3,] -0.5000000 0.5000000  0.5
[1]  7 -1  0
     [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]    1    5   -3
[2,]    2   13   -3
[3,]   -1   -8    2
[1] 0 1 0

2. Consider the matrix, q=matrix(c(3,1,4,4,3,3,2,3,2),nrow=3). Let b=c(1,4,5). Use Cramer’s rule and R to determine the solution, x, to qx=b, if one exists. Show all determinants.

[1]  13  19 -33  44
[1]  1.461538 -2.538462  3.384615