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IB - Year 11 Class Homework

Differential Calculus 2
07/12/2019

1. Differentiate using chain rule: 2. Differentiate using product rule:

(a) (x2 + 3)2 (a) (3x + 2)(4x − 5)

(b) (2x5 − 5)7 (b) (3 − 4x)(x2 + 1)

 4 (c) (x2 + 3)(x2 − 3)

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(c) −4 x +
x

(d) (x2 − 4x)(x2 + 3)

√
(d) 5 x2 + a2

(e) x3 (x2 − 2)

(e) (2x + 1)2 + 3(2x + 1) − 1

(f) (2x − 3)4 (2x + 3)5

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(f) √
x2 + x √
(g) x x + 3

(5x + 2)2 √
(g) (h) x2 9 − x
x6

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3. Differentiate y = (x2 + 3)2 (x2 − 1)3 + 17 x2 − 2

8. Find the value of f 0 (−1) if f (x) =
x+3

√ √ dy
4. Differentiate y = ( x − 3)( x − 4). Then find
dx
when x = 1.
x2 + 5
9. Differentiate
4 − x2

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5. Differentiate using: 4x3
x3 + 3 10. Differentiate
x4 + 2
(a) Chain rule.

(b) Quotient rule.

 
d x+2
11. Find the value of x if √ =0
dx x−1

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6. Differentiate √
2x2 + 1

x+2
12. Differentiate √
2 x+2

5 + 2x
7. Differentiate
4 − 2x

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13. Find the gradient of the tangent to the curve 18. Find the tangent to the curve y = x4 − 8x2 + 17 at
y = x4 − 3x at the point (1, −2). (2, 1) and show that this line is also tangent to the
curve at (−2, 1).

14. Find the angle of inclination the tangent of f (x) = x2

at (3,9) has with the horizontal.

19. Find√the equation of the normal to the curve

y = x − 3 at the point where x = 7.
15. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve
y = (x + 1)2 (3x − 4)3 at (1, −4).

20. Find the point on the curve y = x2 − 8x + 15 for which

the equation of normal to the curve at that point is
x − 6y + 47 = 0
16. Find the equation of the tangent to the parabola
y = x2 − 2x + 4 at the points where

(a) The gradient is zero.

21. The tangent to the curve y = ax3 + 1 at the point

where x = 2 is inclined at 45◦ to the x-axis.
(b) The tangent is parallel to the line y = 2x + 1

(a) Find the value of a.

17. y = mx + b is the tangent to the curve (b) Find the equation of the normal to the curve at
y = x2 − 8x + 15 at (4, −1). Find m and b. that point.