Worksheet Differentiation

1. Find the equation of the tangent and normal for the following questions:
2
2 x −5 3
a. y= at (2 , )
x 2
π
b. y=cos x sin x at x=
4
2. f ( x )=x + ( b+1 ) x+ 2 c . f ( 2 )=4∧f ' (−1 )=2. Find b and c.
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3. Differentiate with respect to x.

a. y= √3 2 x 3−x 2.

b. y=ln ( )
x−a
x +a
c. y=ln ¿ ¿
d. y= √ x 2−1 √ x 2 +1
e. y=esin x +sin e x
y=x e + √ e
2 2
f. x x

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g. x 2 sin 3 x + ( sin x )3 /2
4. y= √ x ( 3−x )2 . F ind the points onthe curve when the tangent is horizontal .
5. Find the stationery points or the nature of those points.
a. y=2 x 3 +3 x2−36 x + 4 (No Calculator)
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b. y=2 x− (No Calculator)
5−3 x
c. y=x 3−2 x 2 +1. Along with the question mentioned above, find the coordinates where the
gradient of the curve is minimum. ( No Calculator)
a 2
6. The gradient of the curve y= + b x at (1,-1) is -8. Find a and b. Hence find the equation of the
x
tangent at x = 2.
7. f ( 3 )=3∧g ( 3 ) =3 , f ' (3 )=2∧g' ( 3 )=4. Find the slope of the normal ( if possible ) for
a. f ( x ) . g ( x )
b. f ( g ( x ) )
c. g ( f ( x ) )
d. fof
8. Find c such that y =5 x−7 is atangent ¿ y=x 2 +cx
9. Between 0°C and 30°C, the volume V (in cubic centimetres) of 1 kg of water at a temperature T is
given approximately by the formula
V =999.87−0.06426T +1 0.0085043T 2−0.0000679 T 3. Find the temperature at which water has its maximum
density.
10. Use the given graph of f to find the following.
a. The open intervals on which f is
increasing.
b. The open intervals on which f is
decreasing.
 c. The open intervals on which f is concave upward.
d. The open intervals on which f is concave downward.
e. The coordinates of the points of inflection.
11. In each part state the x-coordinates of the inflection
points of f. Give reasons for your answers.
(a) The curve is the graph of f.
(b) The curve is the graph of f ’.
(c) The curve is the graph of f ‘’.
12. For the following functions:
(a) Find the intervals on which f is increasing or
decreasing.
(b) Find the local maximum and minimum values of f.
(c) Find the intervals of concavity and the inflection points.
a. x 4 −2 x 2 +3
b. x 2−x−ln x
c. x 2 ln x
d. x 4 e−x
13. f ‘(0) = f ‘(2) = f ‘(4) = 0. F ‘(x)>0 if x<0 or 2<x<4. F’(x) <0, if 0<x<2 or x>4. F ‘’(x)>0 if 1<x<3 and f
‘’(x) < 0 if x<1 and x>3. Sketch the graph.
14. Suppose f (3) = 2, f ‘(3) = 12, f ‘(x) >0 and f ‘’( x) < 0 for all x.
a. Sketch a possible graph for f.
b. How many solutions does the equation f (x) = 0 have? Why?