Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region V, Division of Sorsogon
MATNOG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Matnog, Sorsogon

ACTIVITY SHEETS IN BASIC CALCULUS

 ACTIVITY 3
Slope of the Tangent
The rate of change at any point on a function is the slope of the tangent line through the
point. Find the slope of the tangent line. To do this, find the derivative of the function. Next, evaluate
the derivative at the specified value of x. The result is the slope of the tangent line. Try this on your
own.

Find the rate of change of the function at a given value.

1. 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 3, 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 5
2. 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥2 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 4
3. 𝑓(𝑥) = −3𝑥2 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = −3
4. 𝑓(𝑥) = 3 – 𝑥2 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = −3
5. 𝑓(𝑥) = 4𝑥2+ x 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 3
6. 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥2 + 3𝑥 + 1 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 2
7. 𝑓(𝑥) = 5𝑥2− 2𝑥 − 4 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = −1

Activity 4
Instantaneous Velocity
The velocity of moving object at a point during its motion can be determined using
derivatives. Given the function of the velocity of an object to be 𝒇(𝒙) = −𝒙2 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟐, where 𝑓 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒
𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠.
Find the instantaneous velocity of the object at the following instances:
a) at the end of 1 seconds
b) at the end of 3 seconds
c) at the end of 5 seconds
At what time is the object increasing or decreasing its velocity?

Activity 5
Evaluate the following limits by applying the Limit of Sum and Difference of Functions.

Activity 6
Evaluate the following limits by applying the different Limit Theorems discussed.
 ACTIVITY 7
Find My Limit!
Directions: Consider the function 𝑓(𝑥) whose graph is shown below. Determine the limit of the
following given the graph.

ACTIVITY 8
FIND MY LIMIT
Determine the limits of the following items using the limit laws. Write your complete
Solutions.