MATH 117 Section FG
Topics for Test 2

Section

Topics

Suggested Problems

2.5

  • Definition of continuity at a point
  • How continuity can fail
  • Examples of continuous functions
  • Intermediate Value Theorem
  • 10, 11, 13, 37
  • 5, 6, 15, 18
  • 21, 23, 24
  • 47, 49, 50

2.6

  • Calculating limits as x → ± ∞

  • Horizontal and vertical asymptotes
  • 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 30, 31, 33
  • 5, 6, 39, 40

2.7

  • Definition of derivative as limit of a difference quotient
  • Derivative equals rate of change
  • Slope of a curve; tangent lines
  • Velocity = derivative of position
  • 1

  • 40, 46
  • 5, 7, 9, 17
  • 11, 13, 14, 37

2.8

  • The derivative is a new function
  • Various notations for derivative
  • Differentiability implies continuity
  • How a function can fail to be differentiable
  • 3, 5, 6, 7, 14, 19, 20, 21, 41, 42
  • 35, 36

3.1

  • Basic derivative laws
  • 3 – 22, 33, 34, 37, 39, 42, 45

3.2

  • Calculating with the Product Rule
  • Calculating with the Quotient Rule
  • 3, 4, 9, 17, 27
  • 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 32

3.3

  • Derivatives of the six trig functions
  • Calculating derivatives that involve trig functions 
  • 1, 17, 18, 19
  • 1 – 10, 13, 16, 25, 28

3.4

  • Recognizing compositions in a function
  • Calculating with the Chain Rule
  • 1 – 6
  • 7 – 18, 23, 25, 29, 32, 34, 47, 49, 51

3.5

  • Calculating derivatives of implicit functions
  • Finding derivatives involving inverse tangent
  • 1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 12, 17, 20, 25, 29
  • 45, 46, 56