Exercise 6 5: Equation of a tangent to a curve

1. y = 13x 23
2.

13
56 ; 12

a)

b) i)y = 4x 3; ii)y = 1; iii)y =

4,5x + 15,0625

c)

b) (3; 2)
3.

3 1
4; 4

b)
4.

a) (1; 1)

a)
b

1
1
b

1
b

1
1

x
b

f
b

2
f

3
4

Exercise 6 6: Second derivative

1.

a) 10

2. f 0 (x) = 20x + 15; f 00 (x) = 20

b) 48x

4
3.
3
3

c) 2

4.

d) 20x3 6x
e) 6x 2

b) g 0 (x): parabolic/quadratic; g 00 (x): linear

60
x4

f)

c) 0

g) 1
4

x4

a) g 0 (x) = 6 + 24x 24x2 ; g 00 (x) =

24 48x

x3

+ 10

Exercise 6 7: Intercepts
1.

a) (4; 0), (1; 0), (2; 0) and (0; 8)

c) Increasing

b)

2.
y

d) (0; 0), (4; 0) and (4; 0)

e) (0; 6),(1; 0), (3 3; 0) and

(3 + 3; 0)

f
b

a) (5; 0), (3; 0), (3; 0) and (0; 45)

b) (1; 0), 14 ; 0 , (2; 0) and 0; 12

c) (1; 0), ( 12; 0), ( 12; 0) and (0; 12)

3. (5; 0), (0; 0) and (2; 0)

Exercise 6 8: Stationary points

1.

5 1
2; 4

2. x = 2 or x = 3

460

3.

a) (1; 0)
b) (0;1) and

10.8. Summary

c) None
473
10
3 ; 27