Below are some solutions to the sample final exam questions.

1. (a) y = -3x + 7,     (b) y = (1/3)x + 2
2. (a) Domain: [-1, 1], Range: [-π/2, π/2],     (b) 3/4,     (c) Period: 6π, Amplitude: 7
3. (a) Domain: (-3, ∞), Range: All real numbers,     (b) x = -3     (c) x-intercept: e² - 3, y-intercept: ln(3) - 2     (d) f^-1(x) = e^x+2 - 3
4. y = -1/2 x + 3. Use implicit differentiation. Note that you don't have to waste time on excessive algebra to get a formula for dy/dx; just plug in x=0, and y=3 once you have differentiated implicitly, and then solve for dy/dx.
5. (a) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 1/2 (corner). (b) For f'(x), the graph will be zero at x = -1 and also between 1/2 and 2. It is negative (f is decreasing) for -2 < x < -1 and 2 < x < 4, and positive (f is increasing) for -1 < x < 1/2. For g'(x), note that g(x) looks very much like a shifted logarithmic function, (e.g., ln(x+ 0.6)), so the graph of g'(x) should look something like the graph of 1/x with x > 0.
6. (a) 5/4. Factor and cancel, or use L'Hopital's Rule.   (b) 4/5. Use L'Hopital's Rule.   (c) -9/10. Use L'Hopital's Rule twice.   (d) -Infinity.   (e) Pi/4.
7. -4/9. Use one of the two limit definitions of the derivative and simplify by adding the fractions in the numerator. Something should cancel (either h or x+3) before you can plug in to take the limit.
8. It's all about the Chain Rule.   (a) x e^{tan x} (2 + x sec²x)   (b) -2t²(t + 3)(t⁴ + 4t³)^-3/2   (c) -ln(2) 2^x sin(2^x)   (d) 1/[x(1 + (ln 5x)²)]
9. (a) f is an odd function since f(-x) = -f(x).
   (b) There is a horizontal asymptote at y = 0, both to the left and right. There are no vertical asymptotes; the denominator is always positive.
   (c) f'(x) = (1 - x²)/(x² + 1)²,   f''(x) = (2x(x² - 3))/(x² + 1)³.
   (d) There are two critical points at x = -1 and x = 1. The point (-1,-1/2) is a minimum while the point (1,1/2) is a maximum.
   (e) There are three inflection points at (0, 0), (√3, √3/4), and (-√3, -√3/4).
   (f) Click here for the graph. Note that since f(x) is an odd function, its graph is symmetric with respect to the origin.
10. 2/3 by 5/3 by 20/3. If x represents the side length of the square removed from each corner, then the volume of the box is given by V(x) = x(8 - 2x)(3 - 2x). Expanding this expression out, computing V'(x) and solving V'(x) = 0 leads to a maximum at x = 2/3.
11. (a) False. Consider f(x) = |x|, which is continuous at x = 0, but is not differentiable there because it has a corner.
    (b) True.
    (c) False. The acceleration is really 25e⁵ + 1.
    (d) True. The curves intersect at the point (0, 1) with slopes 1 and -1, respectively.
    (e) False. It is true that h'(π) = -3, but h''(π) = 5, not 2.