MATH 169 Worksheet 3

1. The displacement (in meters) of a particle 8. Differentiate the following functions:

moving in a straight line is given by f (t) =
t2 − 8t + 18 where t is measured in seconds. (a) y = t−2/7 .
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(b) V (r) = πr3 .
(a) Find average velocity in the time inter- 3
vals [3, 4], [3.5, 4] . √ 1 2
(c) g(u) = ( u + √ ) .
(b) Find the instantaneous velocity when
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u
t = 4. (d) h(y) = 5y −6 .
xex
2. Use the definition of derivative to find the (e) f (x) = .
2 − tan x
derivatives of the following functions:
(f) h(θ) = csc(θ) + eθ cot θ .
(a) f (x) = x2 . (g) f (x) = xe .
√
(b) f (t) = 3t − 4 . 9. Suppose f (π/3) = 4 and f 0 (π/3) = −2 and
5 let
(c) f (z) = .
z cos x
g(x) = f (x) sin x and h(x) = .
3. Let f (x)
 Determine g 0 (π/3) and h0 (π/3) .
x2 sin( 1 ) if x 6= 0,
f (x) = x 10. Find first and second derivatives of the fol-
0 if x = 0 lowing functions:

Does f 0 (0) exist? (a) eax sin(bx) .

(b) ex cos x .
4. Find an equation of the tangent line and nor- 2
mal line to the following curves at the given (c) 101−x .
points. dy
11. Find the derivative .
2x dx
(a) y = , at (0, 0) . x
(x + 1)2 (a) y = ee .
1 1 (b) y = tan(sin x) .
(b) y = √ , at (4, ) .
x 2 1
√ (c) y = 4 .
(c) y = x , at (1, 1) .
4 (x + 1)3
r
x−1
5. Find the points on the curve (d) y = .
x+1
y = 2x3 + 3x2 − 12x + 1 (e) y = ex tan x .
2 (x)
(f) y = sin2 (esin ).
where the tangent line is horizontal.
(g) y = sin(sin(sin x)) .
x2
6. Find an equation
√ of the tangent line to the (h) y = 23 .
curve y = x x that is parallel to the line
(i) y = [x + (x + sin2 x)3 ]4
y = 1 + 3x .
12. Let f (x) = x|x| .
7. For what values of a and b is the line
2x + y = b tangent to the parabola y = ax2 (a) Determine the values of x for which f
when x = 2 ? is differentiable.

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 (b) Find a formula for f 0 (x) . (h) ey cos(x) = 1 + sin(xy) .
√
13. If g is a twice differentiable and f (x) = (i) x + y = 1 + x2 y 2 .
xg(x2 ) , find f 00 in terms of g, g 0 , g 00 . dy d2 y
18. Find and .
14. If y = f (u) and u = g(x) where f and g dx dx2
are twice differentiable functions show that √
(a) 2 y = x − y .
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d2 y d2 y du dy d2 u (b) x2/3 + y 2/3 = 1 .
= + .
dx2 du2 dx du dx2 (c) x4 + y 4 = 3x .

15. Find (f ◦ g)0 at the given value of x . 19. If f (x) + x2 [f (x)]3 = 10 and f (1) = 2 , find
√ f 0 (1) .
(a) f (x) = x5 + 1, g(x) = x, x = 1 .
1 1 20. Find an equation of the tangent line to the
(b) f (x) = 1 − , g(x) = , x = −1 . curve at the given point.
x 1−x
 2
x−1 1 (a) x2 + y 2 = (2x2 + 2y 2 − x)2 at (0, 1/2) .
(c) f (x) = , g(x) = 2 − 1, x =
x+1 x
−1 . (b) y 2 (y 2 − 4) = x2 (x2 − 5) at (0, −2) .
πx √ (c) y 2 = 5x4 − x2 at (1, 2) .
(d) f (x) = cot( ), g(x) = 5 x, x = 1 .
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(d) 2xy + π sin(y) = 2π at (1, π/2) .
16. The position of a particle moving along a
straight line is given by the function f (t) = 21. Find all points on the curve x2 y 2 + xy = 2
√
1 + 4t where f (t) is in meters and t in where the slope of the tangent line is −1 .
seconds. Find the velocity and acceleration
22. Regarding x as a function of y and using
of the particle at t = 6 seconds. dx
implicit differentiation find .
dy dy
17. Find .
dx
(a) x4 y 2 − x3 y 4 − xy 3 = 0 .
(a) x2 (x − y)2 = x2 − y 2 .
(b) y sec(x) = x tan(y) .
x−1
(b) y 2 = .
x+1 23. Find the derivative of the following functions:
1 √
(c) y sin( ) = 1 − xy . (a) y = arctan( x) .
y p
(d) (3xy + 7)2 = 6y . (b) y = arctan(x) .
p
(e) xy = cot(xy) . (c) f (θ) = arcsin( sin(θ)) .
√
(f) sin(x + y) = y 2 cos(x) . (d) g(x) = 1 − x2 cos−1 (x) .
√
(g) ee/y = x − y . (e) y = tan−1 (x − 1 + x2 ) .