MTH103 Assignment 014

Derivatives

Instructors: Cat McCune and Karyn Nelson

1 Derivatives of Power Functions

(1) Use the Power Rule to differentiate the following functions.

a. B(x) = 2( x)5

b. g(x) = x10.5 + 50x3.7 + x1.4

c. f (x) = x

3
2
d. S(x) = x1/2 + x2
3
2

(2) Differentiate the following functions and evaluate the derivative where the independent variable is equal to -1.

a. y = 216

b. f (x) = x8 + 12x5 4x4 + 10x3 6x + 5

4
c. V (r) = r3
3

d. S(t) = t8/3 + 6t5/3 18t2/3 + 2t1/3

3
e. T (y) = p
3
y2


f. f (t) = 5 t(1 t), differentiate and evaluate where t=4.

2 The Product Rule

(3) Use the Product Rule to differentiate the following functions.

a. F (x) = (6x3 )(7x4 )

b. G(s) = (s3 + s + 1)(s2 + 2)

2
3
c. H(x) = (x10.5 + 50x3.7 + x1.4 )( x1/2 + x2 )
3
2

3
d. B(t) = (t1/3 + 5t7/3 )(2t2/3 + t5/3 )
2

2
3
e. N (r) = (r r + 5r5/2 )( + r)
3 r 2

3 The Quotient Rule

(4) Use the Quotient Rule to differentiate the following functions.

a. y =

x2 + x 2
x3 + 6

x1
b. y =
x+1

c. F (r) =

r3 r2 + 1
r2 + 1

d. M (y) =

3y 2
1 2y

e. R(w) =

3 12 w2
1 + 31 w3

4 Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

(5) Differentiate the following functions.
a. y = 3ex

b. y = 4(2x )

1
c. y = x
2

d. y = 1.5(3x )

1
e. y = e2x
2

f. y = e2 ln(x)

g. y = 4.2 log(x)

h. y =

3
log3 x
4

i. y =

13
ln(x2 )
2

5 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions

(6) Differentiate the following functions.
a. y = cos(x) 2 tan(x)

b. y = cot(x)

c. y = sec(x)

d. y = csc(x)

e. y = x csc(x)

f. y = sec(x) cot(x)

g. y =

sin(x)
1 + cos(x)

h. y =

tan(x)
x

i. y =

x2 tan(x)
sec(x)

j. y =

sec(x)
1 + tan(x)

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6 Tangent Lines
(7) Find the equation of the tangent line to the given curve at the specified value.
a. y = 2x3 = 6x + 3, x = 1

b. y = 2 sin(x), x =

c. y = 3ex 2x, x = 1

11

7 The Chain Rule

(8) Find the derivatives of the following functions:
a. f (x) = (3.4x5 1.2x2 + 0.5x + 1.7)283

b. g(x) = e4x

3 2x+1

1
3
c. h(x) = sin( x4 x + 2.5x 0.2)
5
5

d. j(x) = sin(e3x

2 2x

12

e. k(x) = esin(7x

6 2)

f. L(x) = sin17 (5x3 2x + 1)

2 (x)

g. m(x) = ecos

h. n(x) = ln(x3.1 + 4x2.7 5x0.3 + 1)

13

i. p(x) = (cos(3x +

)) (tan(3x + ))2
2
2

14

8 Graphing Derivatives
(9) Graph the function and its derivative on the same set of axes:
a. f (x) = 4x 2

15

1
b. f (x) = (x2 5x 6)
4

16

c. f (x) = (x 1)3

17

d. f (x) = x3 4x2 + x 4

18

e. f (x) =

3
2x 4

19

f. f (x) = sin(x)

20

g. f (x) =

1
cos(2x)
2

21

h. f (x) = ln(x 3)

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