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Tutorial week 2

Solve 2x2 x 1 = 0 for x.

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Tutorial week 3

Find the domain of the function

x1
f (x) = .
x

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Tutorial week 4

Solve the following equation for x:

log(x + 1) = 2 log 3.

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Tutorial week 5

For the function

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f (x) = ,
x
compute the difference quotient at x = 1 and find the derivative at x = 1 (ie, find the limit
as h 0).

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Tutorial week 6

Find the derivative of the function

f (x) = x + x2 .

What is the slope of this function at x = 1.

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Tutorial week 9

Find the intervals on which the function

f (x) = x3 3x + 1

is increasing or decreasing.

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Tutorial week 10

a) Find the derivative of

2x + 1
f (x) = .
3x 2

b) Find the derivative of

2 +1
g(x) = ex .

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Tutorial week 11

Let
f (x) = 2x3 3x2 + 2, for 0 x 2.

Find the maximum and minimum of the function on the given domain, as well as the values
of x where the maximum and minimum occur.

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Tutorial week 12

1 1 0 2 1
A= B= .
0 2 2 1 1
Find each matrix product, if possible:

(a) AB

(b) BA

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Tutorial week 13

Compute Z 2
x2 dx
0

Draw a sketch of the area this represents.

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