ENG 1001 Tutorial 6

1. Use graphical evidence to explain why a tangent line to the graph of y = f(x) at x = 1
does not exist.
4x
(a) f ( x) =| x − 1 | (b) f ( x) =
x −1

2. Use both graphical and numerical evidence to explain why a tangent line to the graph
of y = f(x) at x = 0 does not exist.
 x 2 − 1, x < 0  − 2 x, x<0
(a) f ( x) =  (b) f ( x) =  2
 x + 1, x ≥ 0  x − 4 x, x ≥ 0

3. Differentiate the following functions:

3x 2 − 3x + 1 3t − 2
(a) f ( x) = (b) g (t ) =
2x 5t + 1
u3
(c) f (t ) = t 5 t 3 + 2 (d) f (u ) =
(u 2
+4 )2

(
(e) f ( x) = 4 x 2 + 8 − x 2 )2
(f) f ( x) = ( 4x 2
+ 8 − x2 )
2

( )
(g) f ( x) = x cos 5 x 2 (h) f ( x) = tan x 2 + 1

(
(i) f ( x) = sin 3 cos x 3 + 2 x 2 ) (j) f ( x) = x −3 sin x tan x

(
(k) f ( x) = sin tan sin x ) (l) f ( x) = cos(sin 2 x )

4. Compute the indicated derivatives:

(a) f ' ' (t ) for f (t ) = t 4 + 3t 2 − 2
d2 f
(b) 2
for f ( x) = x 6 − x
dx
2
(c) f ( 4 ) ( x) for f ( x) = x 4 + 3 x 2 −
x

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5. Find an equation of the tangent line to y = f(x) at x = a:
(a) f ( x) = x 2 − 2 x + 1, a =2

( )( )
(b) f ( x) = x 3 + x + 1 3 x 2 + 2 x − 1 , a =1

(c) f ( x) = x 2 + 16 , at a =3
π
(d) f ( x) = x 2 cos x, a =
2
2
(e) f ( x) = 3e x , a =1

6. A position function is given as s (t ) = t + 2t 2 . Find the velocity and acceleration

functions.

7. Use quotient rule to derive formulas for the derivatives of cot x , sec x and csc x .

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 Answers

1. (a)

(b)

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2. (a)

𝑓𝑓(0+ℎ)−𝑓𝑓(0) f (0 + h) − f (0)
lim− =∞ lim+ =1
ℎ→0 ℎ h →0 h
f ( 0 + h ) − f ( 0) f (0 + h) − f (0)
lim ≠ lim+
h →0 − h h → 0 h
Therefore tangent line does not exist at x = 0.

(b)

f(x) is not smooth at x =0, hence tangent line does not exist.

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 f (0 + h) − f (0) f (0 + h) − f (0)
lim− = −2 lim+ = −4
h →0 h h →0 h
f ( 0 + h ) − f ( 0) f ( 0 + h ) − f ( 0)
lim− ≠ lim+
h →0 h h →0 h
Therefore tangent line does not exist at x = 0.

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3. (a) f ' ( x) = − 2 (b) g ' (t ) =
2 2x (5t + 1)2
13t 7 + 20t 4 u 2 (12 − u 2 )
(c) f ' (t ) = (d) f ' (u ) =
2 t3 + 2 (u 2
+4 )
3

2 x 3 − 12 x
(e) f ' ( x) =
4x 2 + 8 − x 2( )
2

(  2x − x 4x 2 + 8 
(f) f ' ( x) = 4 4 x + 8 − x 

2 2

4 x + 8 
2
)


( ) ( )
(g) f ' ( x) = cos 5 x 2 − 10 x 2 sin 5 x 2 (h) f ' ( x) =
x
x2 +1
sec 2 ( x2 +1 )

(i) f ' ( x) =
3 3x 2 + 4
2 x + 2x
3 2
( ) (
sin 2 cos x 3 + 2 x 2 ⋅ cos cos x 3 + 2 x 2 ⋅ − sin x 3 + 2 x 2 )( )
(
(j) f ' ( x) = x −4 sin x − 3 tan x + x + x sec 2 x )

(
(k) f ' ( x) = cos tan sin x ⋅ sec 2 ) ( )
sin x ⋅
1
⋅ cos x
2 sin x

(l) f ' ( x) =
( )
− sin sin 2 x ⋅ sin x ⋅ cos x
cos(sin x )
2

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1 −2 105 − 2
4. (a) f ' ' (t ) = 12t 2 + 6 (b) f ' ' ( x) = 30 x 4 + x (c) f ( 4 ) ( x) = 24 − x
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5. (a) y = 2 x − 3 (b) y = 40 x − 28 (c) y = x+
5 5
−π 2  π
(d) y = x −  (e) y = 6e( x − 1) + 3e
4  2

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 1 3
1 − 1 −
6. v(t ) = t 2 + 4t a(t ) = − t 2 + 4
2 4
𝑑𝑑
7. (𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐) = −𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 2 𝑥𝑥
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
𝑑𝑑
(𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠) = 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
𝑑𝑑
(𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐) = −𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑

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