Revision – simple differentiation exercises1.
Differentiate with respect to
x
(a)
x
43
−
(b) esin
x
2.
Differentiate with respect to
x
: (a) (
x
2+ l)2(b) 1n(3
x
– 1).
3.
(a) Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve
y
= ln
x
at the point (e, 1), and verify that the origin ison this line.(b) Show that
x
dd
(
x
ln
x
–
x
) = ln
x
.(c)* The diagram shows the region enclosed by the curve y = ln
x
, the tangent line in part (a), and the line
y
= 0.
yx
101 2 3( e , 1 )
Use the result of part (b) to show that the area of this region is
21
e – 1.
4.
Let
f
(
x
) =
x
3.(a) Evaluate
hf hf
)5()5(
−+
for
h
=
0.1.(b) What number does
hf hf
)5()5(
−+
approach as
h
approaches zero?
5.
The diagram shows part of the graph of the curve with equation
y =
e2
x
cos
x.
1
P ( )
a , byx
0
(a) Show that
xy
dd
= e2
x
(2 cos
x
–
sin
x
)
.
(b) Find
22
dd
xy
.*** There is an inflexion point at P(
a
,
b
)
.
(c) Use the results from parts (a) and (b) to prove that: (i) tan
a =
43;the gradient of the curve at P
is e2
x
.
6.
Given the function
f
(
x
) =
x
2– 3
bx
+ (
c
+ 2), determine the values of
b
and
c
such that
f
(i) = 0 and
f
′
(3) = 0.
7.
Consider the function
f
(
x
) =
k
sin
x
+ 3
x
, where
k
is a constant.(a) Find
f
′
(
x
).(b) When x =
3
π
, the gradient of the curve of
f
(
x
) is 8. Find the value of
k.
8.
Let
f
(
x
) =
3
e
x
+ 5cos2
x
. Find
f
′
(
x
).
9.
Let
f
(
x
) = 6
32
x
. Find
f
′
(
x
).
10.
The population
p
of bacteria at time
t
is given by
p
= 100e0.05
t
. Calculate(a) the value of
p
when
t
= 0;(b) the rate of increase of the population when
t
= 10.
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