Mathematics for Economics

Homework 1

Do the following textbook questions:

Chapter 6.10. #2 and #6 in page 206

Chapter 6.11. #2, #8 and #9 in page 212
Chapter 7.4. #6 in page 230
Chapter 7.5 #2 in page 224

In case you have not bought the textbook yet, I typed the questions (only for homework 1):

Chapter 6.10. #2 and #6 in page 206

2. Find the first-order derivatives w.r.t. t when a, b, c, d, p, q are constants.
(a) x = (a + bt + ct2 )et
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(b) x = p+qt
tet
2
(at+bt2 )
(c) x = e t

6. Find the first-order derivatives

d
¡ (ex ) ¢
(a) dx e
d
¡ t/2 ¢
(b) dt e + e−t/2
¡ 1 ¢
(c) dtd et +e −t
³ ´1/3
d 3
(d) dz ez − 1

Chapter 6.11. #2, #8 and #9 in page 212

2. Find the first-order derivatives
(a) y = x3 (ln x)2
2
(b) y = lnx x
(c) y = (ln x)10
(d) y = (ln x + 3x)2

8. Use logarithmic differentiation to find f 0 (x)/f (x)

¡ ¢1/3
(a) f (x) = x+1
x−1
(b) f (x) = x2x
√
(c) f (x) = x − 2 (x2 + 1) (x4 + 6)

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9. Differentiate the following functions using logarithmic differentiation:
(a) y = (2x)x
√
(b) y = x x
√ x
(c) y = ( x)

Chapter 7.4. #6 in page 230

6. Find the differentials (p, q, r are constants)
(a) d(xp + xq )
(b) d(xp xq )
(c) d(px + q)r
(d) d(epx + eqx )

Chapter 7.5 #2 in page 224

2. Find the 5th-order Talyor polynomial of f (x) = ln(1 + x) about x = 0.