MATH 180 FALL 1996


ASSIGNMENT #19


3.4, #10. Change in income =∫120 r(t)dt = ∫120 40(1.002)t dt = $485.80


3.4, #14. Notice that each square on the graph represents 10/6, or 5/3 miles. At t=1/3 hours, v=0. The area between the v graph and the t-axis over the interval 0 < t < 1/3 is −∫01/3v dt which is about one square or 5/3 miles. At t=1/3 she is about 5−5/3 or about 10/3 miles from the lake. v is positive on the interval 1/3 ≤ t ≤ 1, so she is moving away from the lake on that interval. About 8 squares are between the v graph and the t−axis. At t=1,


1

0 
v  dt =
1/3

0 
v  dt+
1

1/3 
v  dt ≈ − 5

3
+8· 10

6
= 35

3
,
and the cyclist is about 5+[35/3]=[50/3] = 162/3 miles from the lake. Since, starting from the moment t=1/3, she moves away from the lake, the cyclist will be farthest away from the lake at t=1. The maximal distance is 162/3 miles.



















3.5, #2.

lim
t→∞ 
t3e−t=0
A viewing window with 0 ≤ x ≤ 20 (or larger x) and 0 ≤ y ≤ 2 suggests these limits. (In fact, tne−1→ 0 as t→∞ for any n > 0. This expresses in another way the fact that exponential functions dominate power functions.)


3.5, #3.

lim
x→ ∞ 
sinx

x
=0
A viewing window with 0 ≤ x ≤ 20 (or larger x) and −2 ≤ y ≤ 2 suggests these limits. It is easy to give a direct argument why the limit is 0. The numerator sinx is always between −1 and 1 while the denominator x gets arbitrarily large as x→∞.


3.5, #5. If the exponent were a fixed number, like 3, we could bring the limit inside the expression that is raised to the exponent. However, the exponent n is not fixed, but rather is going to infinity at the same time that the 1+1/n is going to one. So we cannot bring the limit inside the exponent.
Now, if we were to ask the calculator to evaluate (1+1/n)n for n= say 1020, it will try to evaluate 1+[1/(1020)] and it will have no choice but to round off the answer to exactly 1. Then it will take 11020, which is 1.


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