Department of Mathematics

MATHS 108 Assignment 1 Due: 4pm, Tuesday August 17th

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1. Given A = [−4, 9) and N, (the set of natural numbers) write down the set A ∪ N. [2 marks]

2. Which of the following relations are functions of the form y = f (x) on R:

√
(a) 3x2 + y = 6 (c) y − x − x = 17
4x − 2
(b) x = sin2 (y) (d) y =
3x − 1

[4 marks]

1
3. (a) Given g(x) = 3x + 2 and h(x) = defined on their natural domains, give a formula and the
2x
domain for:

(i) (g + h)(x) (ii) (h ◦ g)(x)

√
(b) What is the natural domain of f (x) = ln( x + 4)
[7 marks]

4. Why is the following piecewise function not continuous on R?


sin(x)
 x≤π
Let f (x) = 0 π<x≤4

2x − 7 x>4


[2 marks]

5. Evaluate the following limits:

x2 − x − 6
p
(x2 + 4) − 2
(a) lim (c) lim
x→3 x2 − 9 x→−∞ x
r !
3x2 + 2x x−2
(b) lim (d) lim 3x +
x→+∞ 5x2 − 5
x→2 x2 − 4

[8 marks]

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 6. Explain why the following limits do not exist:
1 |x|
(a) lim (b) lim
x→3 x − 3 x→0 |x| + x

[5 marks]

7. Given the constant c = 3, and the vectors v = (2, 3, 1) and w = (−1, 0, 4), evaluate the following:

(a) cv (c) v − cw (e) v · w

(b) v + w (d) ||v|| (f) c(w · v)

[9 marks]

8. Consider the two points A and B with the coordinates (2, 1, 6) and (4, −1, 5) respectively

(a) Write down the vector from B to A.

(b) Calculate the distance between the two points A and B.

[5 marks]

9. Calculate the angle between the vectors u = (1, 1, 0) and v = (4, 2, 4) [5 marks]

2 −3
10. Let f (x) = e2x .

(a) What Matlab command would you use to find an expression for lim f (x)?
x→1
(b) Use Matlab and the command you found in (a) to find the expression for the limit in (a).

Print out and hand in the Matlab code and output for this question.
[2 marks]

Did you include a correctly completed assignment cover sheet? [1 mark]

Total Marks: 50

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