MATHEMATICAL TOOLS, HOME WORK SHEET-2

Differentation
1. Find dy/dx for the following functions:

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(i) y = 1 + 3x – x2 (ii) y = x3 – 2x2 – 3 (iii) y  (iv) y  2 x
x
(v) y = (ax + b)2
2. In each of the following evaluate y' when x = 2 :

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(i) y = 8x – x3 (ii) y = ax2 + b = c (iii) y = (x + a)3 (iv) y =
2x
3. If y = 3x2 – 2x + 1, find the value of x for which y' = 0
4.

dy 
when x  .

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If f (x) = x3 – 3x2, find the values of x for which f' (x) = 0.

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5. If y = sin x, then find
dx 2

6. For the function y  x x find the value of x for which the rte of change of y with respect to x is 6.

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7. Find f' (x) in each of the following :
(i) y = x3 (2x2 – 1) (iii) y = (x – 1) (2x2 + 3) (iii) y = 2x1/2 + 3x2/3
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In each of the following find y' for the given value of x :

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(i) y  2 x (3x  2),

If y = x2 – x then find
dy
dx
x4

at x = 0.
(ii) y 
x 1
x
, x
1
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10. For what values of x is the derivative of x3 equal to the derivative of x2 + x?

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11. If y = tan x then at what value of x, = 1.
dx

dy
12. Find for the following functions :
dx

1 x a 2  x2 x
(i) (ii) 2 (iii) x 1  x 3 , at x  2 (iv) y 
1 x a  x2 x 1
 ANSWERS
HOME WORK SHEET-2

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1. (i) [3 – 2x] (ii) [x2 – 4x] (iii)   2  (iv) [2a(ax + b)]
 x 

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2. (i) [–4] (ii) [4a + b] (iii) [3(2 + a)2] (iv)    3.  
 8 3
4. [(0, 2)] 5. [0] 6. [16]
7. (i) [x4 – 3x2] (ii) [(6x2 – 4x + 3)] (iii) [x–1/2 + 2x–1/3]

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8. (i) [17] (ii) [–3] 9. –1 10. 1,   11. 0

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 3

12. (i)
1
(1  x) 1  x 2 (ii)
4a 2 x
(a 2  x 2 )2
(iii) [7]

SI (iv)
1
( x  1)2

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