New Senior Secondary Mathematics (Module 2: Calculus and Algebra)

Advanced Exercise Ch. 07: Differentiation

ADVANCED EXERCISE CH. 07: DIFFERENTIATION

[Finish the following questions if you aim at DSE M2 Level 3]
Q1 [CE AMath 90I 1]
Let = √ + sin 2 , where k is a constant.
If 0 = 1, find the value of k.

Q2 [CE AMath 87I 1]

Let = csc 3 . Find .

Q3 [CE AMath 85I 1]

Let = √1 − . Find the value of .

Q4 [CE AMath 81I 3]

If = tan , find .

[Finish the following questions if you aim at DSE M2 Level 4]

Q5 [CE AMath 91I 2]

Let = .
Find ′ from first principles.

Q6 [CE AMath 89I 1]

Let = sin 5 .
#
Find and # .
#
Hence find # + 25 .

Q7 [CE AMath 89I 4]

Let tan $ = 2 tan and = tan $ − where 0 ≤ < .
(a) Express y in terms of tan .
(b) When = 0, find the value of x.

Q8 [CE AMath 88I 1]

(a) Simplify '√ + 1 + Δ − √ + 1)'√ + 1 + Δ + √ + 1).
(b) Let = √ + 1. Find from first principles.

Q9 [CE AMath 86I 1]

*
Find from first principles.

Q10 [CE AMath 82I 3]

+,- ./ 2 *
Given that $ = * 01+ ./, where k is a non-zero constant, find the value of /
when 3 = .
.

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Advanced Exercise Ch. 07: Differentiation

[Finish the following questions if you aim at DSE M2 Level 5]

Q11 [CE AMath 87I 2]
#
Let = + sin . Find and # in terms of y.

Q12 [CE AMath 80II 4]

#
If = cos sin , find # .

Q13 [ASL Math&Stat 94 2]

The population size x of an endangered species of animals is modeled by the equation
5 5
−2 − 3 = 0,
53 53
where t denotes the time.
It is known that = 1006 ./ where k is a negative constant. Determine the value of k.

Q14 [ASL Math&Stat 97 10a]

Let = . Using logarithmic differentiation, find .

Q15 [ASL Math&Stat 98 1]

8 #
Let = 6 9 where > 0. Show that ;
# − = 0.
[Finish the following questions if you aim at DSE M2 Level 5*]
Q16 [AL PMath 92II 7]
Let be a differentiable function such that + = + +3 + for all real numbers , .
(a) Show that
ℎ
0 = lim .
>→@ ℎ
(b) Hence, or otherwise, show that for all real number x,
= 0 +3 ,

Q17 [ASL Math&Stat 95 2]

(a) If 6 +6 = , find .
*
(b) If = C where > 2, use logarithmic differentiation to find .

Q18 [ASL Math&Stat 99 1]

D
It is given that 6 = # , where > 0.
(a) Find the value of y when = 1.
(b) Find the value of when = 1.

Q19 [ASL Math&Stat 00 1]

#
Let ln = where , > 0. Show that = # .

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Advanced Exercise Ch. 07: Differentiation

Q20 [ASL Math&Stat 05 3]

D
Let E = C , where > 1.
(a) Express ln E in the form of F ln − 1 + G ln + 2 + H ln 2 + 1 , where a, b and c are constants.
I
Hence find .
(b) Suppose E = 2 . Express in terms of w.
I
Hence express in terms of x.

Q21 [ASL Math&Stat 07 3]

J K9
Let = .
J L9
(a) Find the value of when = 0.
(b) Let M + 1 6 = 6 , where Q and R are constants.
*N O P

(i) Express ln M + 1 + 3M as a linear function of x.

(ii) It is given that the graph of the linear function obtained in (b)(i) passes through the origin and the slope of the graph is 2.
Find the values of Q and R.
(iii) Using the values of Q and R obtained in (b)(ii), find the value of when M = 0.
N

Q22 [ASL Math&Stat 08 2]

#
Suppose * − S = 1 and S = 2 .
(a) Find T
in terms of u and y.
T
(b) Find in terms of x.
(c) Find in terms of x and y.
[Finish the following questions if you aim at DSE M2 Level 5**]
Q23 [AL PMath 88II 5]
(a) Show that if is a polynomial in x of degree ≤ 2, then satisfies the condition
+3
− 3 = −3 U V
2
for any real numbers , 3.
(b) Let W be a function with W′′′ exists and continuous for all real number x. Suppose W satisfies the condition
+3
W −W 3 = −3 W U V
2
for any real numbers , 3.
(i) Show that
/
+3 4 UW −W V
W U V=
2 −3
for ≠ 3.
(ii) Find W′′′ 3 for any real number t.
Q24 [AL PMath 87II 9]
(a) Let n be a positive integer. It is known that for any functions and W with nth derivatives, if ℎ = W , then
Z

ℎ Z
= [ F. .
W Z .
,
.\@
^_
where F@ , F , … , FZ are constants independent of and W , and @
= and .
= ^ .

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Advanced Exercise Ch. 07: Differentiation

Taking = 6 ` and W = 6 , where a is a constant.

(i) Find ℎ Z and . WZ . .
(ii) Hence show that F. = b. for = 0, 1, 2, … , c.
Z

(b) Let
S = d6 ,
, =6 Sd
where m is a positive integer.
(i) Show that is a polynomial of degree m and find its coefficients.
(ii) Show that S + −e S = 0.
Deduce that S d + +1 S d + e+1 S d = 0.
(iii) Using (ii), or otherwise, show that + 1− +e = 0.

Answer
√*
1. =; 2. −12 3. *
4. # sec 5. − #
# gh-
6. = sin 5 + 5 cos 5 , # = 10 cos 5 − 25 sin 5 7.(a) (b) 0.615 8(a) Δ (b)
gh-# √
. # +,-
9. 3 10. 11. = , # = # 12. − cos sin cos + sin sin sin
i 01+ 01+
J9 l * *
13. k = −1 14. ln + 1 17.(a) = Jk
(b) = D + *
−
#
* * *
18(a) ln 4 (b) − ln 4 20(a) ln E = ln − 1 − ln + 2 − ln 2 + 1 (b) = m-
− −
21(a) −2 (b)(i) ln M + 1 + 3M = Q + R (ii) Q = 0, R = 2 (iii) −3
T # 9# n8 m-
22(a) T
=* # T
(b) =2 ln 2 (c) = 9#
23(b)(ii) W 3 =0
* #

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