High School Math Exam Duration : 150 mins
Name: BS(E) Date:
Exercise one:
Answer the following independent questions.
A) Calculate the following limits
x 2 9 2x 2 8x 6
2x 1 x
1) lim x 2 3) xlim
x 1
2) lim
3 x
3
x 3 1
x x
B) 1) Prove that : x 2 x 3 0 for every x in ℝ.
x 2 5x 14 0
2
2) Solve , in ℝ the system : 3x 3x
2 2
x x 3
x 5
C) Show that the graph (C) of a function g defined by : g (x ) admits three
x 2 4
asymptotes whose equations are to be determined.
D) Show that the set of solutions of the equation x 1 2 3 x 1 is given by
S = {0 ,3}.
Exercise two:
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Below is the table of sign of second degree polynomial: P(x)=ax +bx+c .
1) Compare , with justification, the real
numbers P 1 and P 2 .
2) Determine the sign of c. Justify.
3) Solve in ℝ the inequality:
5x 2
4x 1 P (x ) 0 .
4) a) Suppose that P (1) 12 . Determine the real numbers a , b and c.
b) Solve in ℝ the inequality : 2x 2 7 x 3 x 3 .
Exercise three:
Consider the equation (E): (m - 1)x - 4mx +m - 6 = 0 where m {1}
2
1) Show that the discriminant is given by : ∆′ = (3m – 2)(m +3).
2) a- Determine the set of values of m so the (E) admits two distinct roots x' and x''.
1 1
b- Find m so that 4 .
x ' x ''
c- Determine the set of values of m so that the equation (E) admits two roots of
opposite signs.
3) Find a relation between the roots x' and x'' of (E) independent of m.
Exercise four:
2x+9 if x <- 3
Consider the function: h(x)= 3 9 x 2 if - 3 x 3
x 2 6x a 2 if x > 3
a) Calculate lim h (x ) , lim h (x ) . Deduce an asymptote of h
x x
b) Prove that h is continuous at x = -3.
c) Find a so that h is continuous at x = 3.
Exercise five:
Consider the function f defined over ℝ such that : f (x ) 2 f (x ) x 2x .
6 2
1) Show that the function f is even.
2) Determine f (x ).
Exercise six:
The adjacent figure represents the curve (C)
of a function f in an orthonormal system
(O , i , j ) .
1) Determine the domain of definition of f.
2) Find xlim f (x ) , lim f (x ) and lim f (x ) .
x x 1
Interpret the result graphically.
3) Draw the table of variations of f.
4) Study the sign of f.
b 1
5) Let f(x) = a - 2 . Prove that a = and b = c =1.
x c 4
6) Let g be a function defined by (C g ) : g (x ) x f (x ) .
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a) Prove that (d) : y = x + is an oblique asymptote to (C g ) at ±∞.
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b) Prove that (C g ) is always below (d).
GOOD WORK
