Assignment 4 - Written component Math 100 – Fall 2021

Due: Tuesday, October 5 at 11:59 pm

Please complete each problem on a separate piece of paper. You will need to scan your work

and submit it electronically through Assign2.

(1) Let
√
3 1
f (x) = x+1+ √
9 − x2

and
r
x
g(x) = x + (x − 1) arcsin .
x+1

a) [12 pts] Find f 0 (x) using the definition of the derivative.

b) [5 pts] Find g 0 (1) using the definition of the derivative at a point.

c) [5 pts] Find an equation of the line that is parallel to the normal line to the graph

of y = g(x) at x = 1, and passes through the point (0, f (0)).

(2) [12 pts] Let



1


2 sin x + x2 cos




 x2
, if x < 0,



f (x) = A, if x = 0,







ax + b,
 if x > 0.

Find the values of A, a, b such that f 0 (0) exists, and find the value of f 0 (0).

(3) [12 pts] Let



 x−1 (x + 1)2 , if |x| ≤ 1,


4
f (x) =


|x| − 1,
 if |x| > 1.

Find f 0 (1) and f 0 (−1). If they don’t exist, explain why.

1
(4) [12 pts] Use the method of mathematical induction to show that the n-th derivative of

x3 ex is given by the formula

dn 3 x x

3 2

(x e ) = e x + 3nx + 3n(n − 1)x + n(n − 1)(n − 2) , for all n ≥ 1.
dxn