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Practice Quiz 1
MATH1001: Differential Calculus Semester 1, 2011

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1. Express the set Answer:

{ x ∈ R  |x + 2|  4 and |x| > 2 }
as an interval or union of intervals.

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2. Compute Re . Answer:
1 − 2i

  
3. Compute (2 + i) cos( π6 ) − i sin( π6 ) . Answer:

4. Write down a condition on the real Answer:

numbers x and y that is equivalent to
 z = x + iy belongs to
saying that
{ z ∈ C  |z| < |z + i| }.

5. Find the modulus and principal Answer:

argument of the complex number 1 − i.

6. Compute (1 − i)6 . Answer:

7. Given z = i is one solution, find all the Answer:

other solutions of
z 3 − (2 + i)z 2 + (2 + 2i)z − 2i = 0.

8. Find all solutions of ez = 1 + i, writing Answer:

them in Cartesian form.

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 9. −1 is not in the range of the function Answer:
f : C → C defined by f (z) = z 2 + 1.
True or false?

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10. Find all solutions of z 3 = , writing Answer:
i
them in Cartesian form.

11. Find the centre of the circle given by Answer:

x = 2 − sin t and y = cos t for t ∈ R.

12. The parametric curve given by x = t − 2 Answer:

and y = 2t + 1 for t ∈ R is also the graph
of a function f (x). Find the formula for
f (x).

13. Let S be the surface z = ex+y − 2, Answer:

defined on the domain
D = { (x, y) ∈ R2 | x  0 and y  0 }.
What is the minimal value of z for
points on S?

14. Let f (x, y) = xex cos y. Find fx at the Answer:

point (x, y) = (1, 0).

15. Find the equation of the tangent plane Answer:

to the surface z = cos(x + y) + 1 at
(0, 0, 2).

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 Answers
Question 1: [−6, −2)
Question 2: 15
√
Question 3: 5
Question 4: y > − 12
√
Question 5: 2(cos(− π4 ) + i sin(− π4 ))
Question 6: 8i
Question 7: 1 + i, 1 − i
Question 8: ln22 + ( π4 + 2kπ)i, k ∈ Z
Question 9: False
√ √
Question 10: 23 − 12 i, i, − 23 − 12 i
Question 11: (2, 0)
Question 12: 2x + 5
Question 13: −1
Question 14: 2e
Question 15: z = 2