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Advanced Calculus Worksheet: Differentiation

This document provides instructions and problems related to differentiation. Some key points: 1. Find equations of tangents and normals, and differentiate various functions including exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. 2. Find stationary points, points where the gradient is minimum, and the nature of stationary points for various functions. 3. Use given information about functions and derivatives to sketch graphs and find solutions to equations. Problems involve finding concavity, inflection points, and maxima or minima.

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Advanced Calculus Worksheet: Differentiation

This document provides instructions and problems related to differentiation. Some key points: 1. Find equations of tangents and normals, and differentiate various functions including exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. 2. Find stationary points, points where the gradient is minimum, and the nature of stationary points for various functions. 3. Use given information about functions and derivatives to sketch graphs and find solutions to equations. Problems involve finding concavity, inflection points, and maxima or minima.

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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.
2

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

3
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)
6
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?

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