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    This document contains 5 questions from a tutorial exercise in mathematics for business and social sciences. The questions cover finding the equation of a tangent line to a curve, differentiating functions using first principles and standard techniques, finding the slope of a secant line, and calculating average and instantaneous rates of change of temperature over time.

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    This document contains 5 questions from a tutorial exercise in mathematics for business and social sciences. The questions cover finding the equation of a tangent line to a curve, differentiating functions using first principles and standard techniques, finding the slope of a secant line, and calculating average and instantaneous rates of change of temperature over time.

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    Department of Statistics

    University of Botswana
    STA102: Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences II
    Tutorial Exercises 5

    Question 1

    Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve passing through the
    point .

    Question 2

    Differentiate the following functions from first principles: (i) , (ii)

    and .

    Question 3

    Differentiate the following functions: (a) and (b)


    .

    Question 4

    Find the slope of the secant line to the curve at and .

    Question 5

    The temperature at a given location is given by the function


    where is the time between 8 am and noon.
    (i) Obtain the (average) rate of change in temperature between 9 am and 11 am.
    (ii) Obtain the rate of change in temperature at 10 am.

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