Engineering Mathematics

MTH154S Tutorial 5

Derivative
Due date May 17, 2023, no later than 23:59 PM.

1. Find the slope of the tangent line to the curve:

𝑦 = √𝑥

at 𝑥0 = 1 and at 𝑥0 = 4

2. Find the derivative with respect to x using the first principle for:

𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 𝑥

𝜕𝑦
3. Find if 𝑦 = 3𝑥 8 − 2𝑥 5 + 6𝑥 + 1
𝜕𝑥

4. Find 𝑦̇ (𝑥) for:

𝑥 3 + 2𝑥 2 − 1
𝑦=
𝑥+5
𝑑𝑦
5. Find the derivative ( ) of the following functions
𝑑𝑥

a. 𝑦 = (4𝑥 2 − 1)(7𝑥 3 + 𝑥)

b. 𝑦 = 𝑒 2𝑥 cos 𝑥

sin 𝑥
c. 𝑦 =
𝑥2

d. 𝑦 = tan(𝑥)

e. 𝑦 = 10𝑒 −𝑖𝜔𝑡 + cos(𝑥 2 )

6. An object moves along the x-axis so that its position at any time is given by:

𝑦 = cos(𝑡 3 + 7𝑡),

find the velocity of the object as a function of t.

7. Find the derivative of the following functions:

a. 𝑦 = 𝑒 sin 𝑥

b. 𝑦 = (5𝑥 6 − 𝑥 8 )14