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MATH 112 Final Exam, Spring 2013
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This exam consists of this cover sheet followed by eight problems on eight pages.
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This exam is closed book. You may use one double-sided, handwritten 8
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11 page of notes,
a ruler, and a non-graphing calculator. Put everything else away. You may not share notes.
Unless otherwise indicated, you must show your work and use the methods of
this class. An answer with incomplete or missing supporting work may result in
no credit, even if correct.
Place your nal answer in the indicated spaces, or box your nal answer. Unless otherwise
specied, you may round your nal answer to two digits after the decimal.
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done so.
Problem Total Points Score
1 13
2 12
3 12
4 10
5 10
6 16
7 12
8 15
Total 100
Math 112 Final Exam Spring 2013
1. (13 points) The following is the graph of a function y = f(x).
Use this graph to answer the following questions. Draw and label on the graph
any lines you use, and be as precise as possible.
(a) Estimate
f(6.001) f(6)
0.001
.
ANSWER:
f(6.001) f(6)
0.001

(b) Find all values of x where f

(x) = 5.
ANSWER: At x =
(c) List the longest interval on which f(x) is concave down. No justication is needed.
ANSWER: From x = to x =
(d) For each part below, circle the correct answer. No justication is needed, but read each
part carefully!
i. The value of f(2) is POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, or ZERO
ii. The value of f

(2) is POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, or ZERO


iii. The value of f

(2) is POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, or ZERO


iv. The value of f(8) is POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, or ZERO
v. The value of f

(8) is POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, or ZERO


vi. The value of f

(8) is POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, or ZERO


vii. The value of

3
0
f(x)dx is POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, or ZERO
Math 112 Final Exam Spring 2013
2. (12 points)
(a) A car drives on a straight road. Its distance from a certain point is given by a function
D(t), where the time t is in seconds and the distance D(t) is in feet. We dont have the
formula for D(t), but we know that for all values of a and h,
D(a + h) D(a) =

h
2
+ 2ah + 4h

a + 2h
i. Compute the cars average speed over the interval from t = 1 to t = 5 seconds.
ANSWER: feet per second
ii. Compute the cars instantaneous speed at t = 2 seconds. Show all steps.
ANSWER: feet per second
(b) Suppose F(t) = t

t
2
+ 5 is the distance another object traveled, in meters, after t
minutes. Compute this objects instantaneous speed at t = 2 minutes.
ANSWER: meters per minute
Math 112 Final Exam Spring 2013
3. (12 pts) Box your nal answers to each of the following questions.
(a) Let f(x) =
x e
2x
3

x
2
+ ln(x)
. Compute f

(x). Do not simplify.


(b) Compute the following indenite integral. Simplify your answer.

7t
3
t
5
+ 2
3

dt
(c) Compute the following denite integral. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.

2
1

2
x
+ e
0.5x

dx
Math 112 Final Exam Spring 2013
4. (10 points) The demand function for a product is p =
78
x + 1
and the supply function is p = 1 + 0.5x,
where p is the price per unit, in dollars, and x is the number of units.
Compute the consumers surplus and the suppliers surplus under pure competition.
ANSWER: Consumers Surplus = $ ,
and Producers Surplus =$
(Round your answers to two decimal places.)
Math 112 Final Exam Spring 2013
5. (10 points)
(a) (4 pts) Let z =
3x
2
y

xy
2
x + 1
+ 2 ln(y). Find
z
x
.
ANSWER:
z
x
=
(b) (6 pts) An unknown multi-variable function y = f(r, s) has these two partial derivatives:
y
r
= r
2
s + 2s, and
y
s
=
r + s
3(

s + 1)
i. Compute the slope of the tangent to the graph of the function y = f(1, s) at s = 3.
ANSWER: slope =
ii. Estimate
f(1.0005, 3) f(1, 3)
0.0005
ANSWER:
f(1.0005, 3) f(1, 3)
0.0005

Math 112 Final Exam Spring 2013
6. (16 pts) You sell Things. You have xed costs of 2 thousand dollars. Your marginal revenue
and marginal cost at q thousand Things are given by:
MR(q) = q
2
+ 11q + 10 dollars per Thing
MC(q) = q + 30 dollars per Thing
(a) What are the critical values for the prot function?
ANSWER: q = thousand Things. (list all)
(b) Use the second derivative test to determine if each of the critical values from part (a)
are local maxima or local minima. Show all steps clearly, and box each answer.
(c) Compute the maximum prot.
ANSWER: Max prot = thousand dollars
(d) Use the closed interval method to determine the lowest total cost when you produce
between 10 and 40 thousand Things. Show all work/justications.
ANSWER: Lowest TC = thousand dollars
Math 112 Final Exam Spring 2013
7. (12 pts) The following is the instantaneous rate-of-ascent graph, r(t), for a hot air balloon,
over a 12 minute period.
Let A(t) denote the altitude of the balloon above the ground at t minutes.
(a) (2 pts) Find the longest time interval during which the balloons altitude is increasing.
ANSWER:From t = to t = minutes
(b) (2 pts) Recall that A(t) denotes the altitude of the balloon. Estimate A

(4) and A

(4).
ANSWER: A

(4) = , and A

(4) =
(c) (3 pts) Estimate the average rate of ascent of the balloon during the time interval from
2 to 7 minutes.
ANSWER: meters per minute
(d) (2 pts) Find the rst time past t = 6 minutes when the balloon returns to the same
altitude it had at 6 minutes.
ANSWER: At t = minutes.
(e) (3 pts) Suppose the balloon starts o at an intial altitude A(0) = 200 meters above
ground. Estimate the lowest altitude of the baloon, and at what time it is reached.
ANSWER: lowest altitude = meters, at t = minutes
Math 112 Final Exam Spring 2013
8. (15 points) The prot for a crop is related to fertilizer and labor. The prot per acre is:
P(x, y) = x
3
2y
2
+ 12xy 50 dollars
where x is the number of untis of fertilizer, and y is the number of work-hours.
(a) (4 pts) Compute the partial derivatives of P.
P
x
(x, y) =
P
y
(x, y) =
(b) (5 pts) Find all critical points of the prot.
ANSWER: (x, y) =
(list both coordinates of all points)
(c) (2 pts) Compute the prot at each critical point, and determine the maximum prot.
ANSWER: Max prot = $
(d) (4 pts) Suppose you are using 10 units of fertilizer and 20 work-hours per acre.
What would increase your prot more: an extra unit of fertilizer, or an extra work-hour?
(Circle one and justify your answer.)

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