MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

MSM 112 - Mathematical Methods II

Tutorial Sheet #: 5 & 6 - Limits and Differentiation - 2023

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1. Evaluate the following limits

x3 +2x2 +4
√ x2 +x−6
(i) lim (2x2 − 3x + 4) (ii) lim 5−3x (iii) lim u4 + 3u + 6 (iv) lim x−2
x−→5 x−→−2 u−→−2 x−→2
√  3
x−5 x+2+3 x2 +5x+4 x2 +x−6
(v) lim 2 (vi) lim (vii) lim2 (viii) lim
t−→5 x −25 x−→7 x−7 x−→−4 x +3x−4 x−→2 x−2
√ 1 1
 
1+h−1 x4 −16 4+x 1 1 x
(ix) lim h (x) lim (xi) lim (xii) lim − t2 +t (xiii) lim √
h−→0 x−→2 x−2 x−→−4 4+x t−→0 t x−→0 1+3x−1

2. Evaluate the following limits

2
4x2 −x−2 2
(i) lim x2 −1 (ii) lim 2 (iii) lim 3t +2
2 (iv) lim √ x+2
x−→∞ x +1 x−→∞ 5x +4x+1 t−→−∞ t +t −2 x−→∞ 9x2 +1

3. For the following curves, determine the horizontal, vertical and Oblique (Slant) asymptotes if they exists;
x+2 x−1 x2 +1 5x2 +8x−3 x2 −3 x2 −3x+2
(i) x+3 (ii) x2 +1 (iii) x−1 (iv) 3x2 +2 (v) 3x+4 (vi) x3 −2x2

4. By using the First Principle, find the derivatives in terms of x when

(i) f (x) = 3x2 (ii) f (x) = √1 (iii) f (x) = cos 3x
x−1
√ 1 x
(iv) f (x) = x2 + 1 (v) y = x (vi) y = x−1
dy
5. Find dx in terms of x when
  √  
1−x2 1+x3 2+cos x
(i) y = x2 (x3 + x)4 (ii) y = ln 1+x2 (iii) y = x2 (iv) y = ln 3−sinx
 2 
ex
(v) y = x2 e−3x (vi) y = cos(x3 − 4) (vii) y = ln x2 (viii) y = cos2 (x3 − 4).
0
6. For each of the following functions, find f (x):
ex −e−x
(i) f (x) = e2−2x (ii) f (x) = e2 sin x+cos 3x (iii) f (x) = ex +e−x (iv) f (x) = e2x + ex ln x .
√
2
e√ x
(v) f (x) = 65x (vi) f (x) = 2x 5x−2 (vii) f (x) = x
(viii) f (x) = cose3x .
x2 +1
7. For the curve with equation y = x2 −4 , find;
(i) Coordinates of the turning point, (ii) Equations of the vertical and horizontal asymptotes
dy
of the function y = ln(1 + cos 2x) at 3π


8. (i) Find dx 4 ,0 .
d2 y
(ii) Given that y = x sin 3x, prove that dx2 + 9y = 6 cos 3x.
dy
(iii) Given that y = sec x + tan x, prove that dx − y tan x = 1.
sin x d sin x
(iv) Differentiate 1−cos x . Hence show that dx ln 1−cos x = −co sec x
cos x d cos x
(v) Differentiate 1+sin x , hence show that dx ln 1+sin x = − sec x

d2 y dy
(vi) If y = e3x sin4x, show that dx2 − 6 dx + 25y = 0.
dy
9 Find dx by implicit differentiation.
(i) x + y 2 = 9
2
(ii) x2 − y 2 = 25 (iii) x5 + y 5 = 16
(iv) 2x3 + 3y 3 = 64 (v) x3 − xy + y 2 = 7 (vi) x2 y + y 2 x = −2
√
(vii) x3 y 3 − y = x (viii) xy = x2 y + 1 (ix) x3 − 3x2 y + 2xy 2 = 12
(x) x4 y − 8xy + 3xy 2 = 9 (xi) sin x + 2 cos 2y = 1 (xii) (sin πx + cos πy)2 = 2

1
 (xiii) csc x = x(1 + tan y) (xiv) cot y = x − y (xv) y = sin xy (xvi) x = sec y1
d2 y
10. Find dx2 implicitly in terms of x and y.
(i) x2 + y 2 = 4 (ii) x2 y − 4x = 5 (iii) x2 y − 2 = 5x + y.
(iv) xy − 1 = 2x + y 2 (v) 7xy + sin x = 2 (vi) 3xy − 4 cos x = −6.
11. Find the derivative of the function.
(iii) g(x) = 3 arccos x2


(i) f (x) = arcsin(x − 1) (ii) f (t) = arccsc −t2 (iv) f (x) = arcsec 2x
√
(v) f (x) = arctan ex (vi) f (x) = arccot x (vii) g(x) = arcsin
x
3x
(viii) h(x) = x2 arctan 5x
√
(ix) h(t) = sin(arccos t) (x) f (x) = arcsin x + arccos x (xi) y = 2x arccos x − 2 1 − x2
 
xiii y = x arctan 2x − 14 ln 1 + 4x2 (xiv) y = 12 21 ln x−1
x+1


+ arctan x

1
 √ √
x 16−x2
x 4 − x2 + 4 arcsin x2 (xvi) y = 8 arcsin x4 − x

(xv) y = 2 2 (xvii) y = arctan x + 1+x2