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TUTORIAL DM025

TUTORIAL CHAPTER 2 : DIFFERENTIATION(answer scheme)

1. Find the derivatives of the following by using the first principle.

(a) y  2 x 2  3 1
(b) y 
x

(c) f  x  
1 (d) y   x  3 x  4 
x 5
4

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(e) f(x) x2 5x

2. Differentiate each of the following with respect to x.


(a) y  5 (b) y  2 x5

(c) y  3x1  8 (d) y  7 x

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(f) y   5 x 
2
3
(e) y  
x5

1 2 4
(g) 𝑦 = −𝑥 (h) 𝑦 = 3𝑥 2 + 7 − 𝑥
√𝑥

3. Find 𝑓′(𝑥) for each of the following.

(a) f  x   5  4 x (b) f  x   4 x  5 x  x
3 3 2

(c) f  x   5x 2 
2 (d) f  x   2 x  1
x3

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1
2
(e) f  x   1 

(f) f  x   2 x 2   3x   4 x
2
 4 x3 4
5
x

4. Find the derivatives of the following by using product or quotient rule, whichever more suitable.

(a) y   3x  4  2  7 x  (b) y  1  2 x 
2 3
x

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1 x

(c) y   x 2 2  x 2  2 (d) y 
 x  1

x2  5 ( x  1) 4
(e) y  (f) y 
3x  e x

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5. By using chain rule, find the first derivatives.

  (b) y   2  x 
2 2
(a) y  5  x3

Ans : Ans :

4 1
 1
(c) f  x    x   (d) f  x  
 x x 1
2

Ans :
Ans:

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(e) f  x  
2 (f) f  x   x2  3
 3x  4 
3

Ans :
Ans :

dy
6. Find the of the following.
dx

(a) y 
4

x2  
(b) y  x  2 4 x2  1  2 x3
x  x  2

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(c) y  3
x  x 5  (d) y 
7x  1 
 
2  x2  1 

(e) y  x3 ( x2  5)4 1 x 1
(f) y  x5  
x x2

7. Find the second derivatives of the following

(a) y  8 x (b) y  x2e  3

Ans: Ans:

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7 (d) y  x 2  x 4
(c) y 
8x
Ans:
Ans:

(e) y  x  x3 x2  1
(f) y 
x
Ans: Ans:


(g) y   2 x  3 x2 1 (h) y 
x 5
 5
x
Ans:
Ans:

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1 dy
y  4x  2
 3x 4
8. Given x find dx when x  1 .

 d 2 y  dy
9. Given that y  3x2  5x , show that y  2 
  6 y  5  6x .
 dx  dx

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x2 dy
10. Given that y  . Find the values of x when  0.
x  3x  2
2
dx

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FINAL ANSWERS:
1 1
1. a) 4x b)  c)
x2 4
d) 2 x  1 e) 2 x  5
3
2. a) 0 b) 10x 4 c) 
x2
7 15
d) e) f) 50x
2 x x6
1 2 4
g)  3
 h) 6x 
2
x2 x2
2x
6
3. a) 12x 2 b) 12 x 2  10 x  1 c) 10x 
x4
1 2 38 1
d) e)  12x2 f)  3
 5
x x2 9x
x4
(1  2 x) 2 (1  14 x) 4   x 2
4. a) (3 x  4)(16  63 x) b) c)
2 x x3 2  x 2
1 3 x 2  2ex  15 ( x  1)3 (7 x  1)
d)  e) f)
 x  1  3x  e 
2 2
2 x3
3
 1  1 
5. a) 30 x 2  6 x 5 b) 4  2x c) 4  x   1  2 
 x  x 
2 x 18 x
d) e) f)
( x 2  1) 2 (3 x  4) 4 x 32

4 x 2  4 x 20 x 2  32 x  1 1 1
6. a)  b)  6 x2 c) 
x 2 ( x  2) 2 2 x2
2
3 2 x
3x
14  14 x 2 5 1 3
d) e) x2 ( x2  5)3 (11x2  15) f)  2
 2x  2 x ( x  2)2
2 6
2 x

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7. a) 0 b) 2e c) d) 6 x 4  12 x 2
4x3

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1 2 15
e)  3
f)  g) 12 x  6 h) 5
x3 
4x  6x
2
4x 2

8. 14.

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10. x  0, x .
3

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