Differentiation Rules for Exponential Functions dy 3e3 x 1.

a) dx dy 3e 4 3 x b) dx dy 5x 4 e x c) dx dy 2 xe2 x 2 x 2 e2 x d) dx
5

m) m( x )

1 e

x 1

10 x 10 2 n) n( x ) 200e (1 5e ) 2. local minimum value of y = 1, when x=0 3. a) i) approximately 23.1 years ii) approximately 36.6 years b) i) 72.9 mice/year ii) 114.3 mice/year c) 162.0 mice/year kt kt 4. a) p (t ) ( ake )(1 ae ) b)

e)

dy dx

xe x e x x2

3x 3x f) f ( x ) 30e (1 5e ) x x 5 1) g) g ( x ) 5 e (ln

h) h( x ) 2 x(ln 5)e5 5x
x

c) e.g., approximately 7.4 days 5. a) approximately 89 bacteria b) approximately 5.2 days c)

i)

dy dx

1 2 xe1 x

2 x e1 x

j)

dy dx

e x (1 e2 x ) (1 e2 x )2

k) k ( x ) sec 2 x etan x l)
dy dx e2 x (2sin 3x 3cos 3x )

P(t ) 40(10 5.76 ) d) approximately 2184 e) approximately 5 6. a) P0 = 1500; a = 64 b) approximately 2274 c) i) approximately 399 253/h ii) approximately 25 552 177/hr