Tutorial 2: Differentiation

Topic 2.1 : Curve Slope at a Point

1. By using differentiation from first principle, find the derivatives of the following functions.

a) c) e)

b) d) f)

2. Find the derivative of the following function

a) c)
b)

d) f)
e)

3. Find of the following function

b)
a) c)

d) f)
e)
g)
h) i)

j) k)
l)

[Ans: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)

(g) (h) (i) (j)

 (k) (l) ]
4. Differentiate

b) c)
a)

d) f)
e)

g)
h) i)

l)
j) k)

m) n) o)

r)
p) q)

[Ans: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

(f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k)

(l) (m) (n) (o)

(q) (r) ]

5. Use chain rule to compute the derivative and write your answer in terms of x

a) c)
b)

[Ans: (a) 6(3x-2) (b) (c) ]

6. Differentiate
(a) By expansion (b) By the product rule (c) By the chain rule
[Ans: 6(3x+2)]
7. Differentiate with respect to ( constant)

8. Find the derivatives of each function.

a) b)
c)

d) e) f)

h) i)
g)

j) l)
k)

[Ans: (a) (c) (d) (e)

(f) (g) (h) (j)

(k) (l)

(i) (m) (n) ]

9. Find the derivatives of each function defined as follow

a) b) c)

d) e) f)

g) i)
h)

j) k) l)
 m) n) o)

q)
p) r)

[Ans: (a) (b) (c) (d)

(e) (f) (g)

(h) (i)

(j) (k) (l)

(m) (n) (o)

(p) (q) (r)

10. Find the derivatives of each function defined as follow

a) b) c)

d) e)
f)

g) h) i)

[Ans: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)

(g) ]

11. Find the derivatives of each function defined as follow

(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e) (f)

(g) (h) (i)

(j) (k) (l)

[Ans: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)

(h) (i) (j) (k) (l)

12. Find the derivatives of each function defined as follow

(a) (b)

(c) (d) (e)

(f) (g) (h)

(i) (j) (k)

[Ans: (a) (b) (c) (d)

(e) (f) (g)

(h) (i) (j)

(k) ]

13. Find the by implicit differentiations

(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e) (f)
(g) (h)
 [Ans: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)

(g) (h) ]

14. Find the by implicit differentiations

(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e) (f)

(g) (h) (i)

(j) (k) (l)
(m) (n) (o)

(p) (q) (r)

[Ans: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)

(g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l)

(m) (n) (o) (p) (q)

(r) ]

15. Find the first and second derivatives of the following function
(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e) (f)

(g) (h)

[ Ans: (a) (b) (c) (d)

(e) (f) (g) (h)

]
16. If , use implicit differentiation to find at the point

[Ans: ]

17. Find for

[Ans: ]