Mat 103E Problem Session

Haydar Can Kaya

Question 1.
By using the definition of derivative, investigate whether the function
f (x) = |x − 1|x 2 + sin(x − 1) is differentiable at x = 1 or not.

Answer.
 Question 2.
Using the definiton, calculate the derivatives of the following functions.
Then evaluate the derivatives at the specified points.

a) f (x) = (x − 1)2 + 1 : 1
b) f (x) = √ : f 0 (4)
f 0 (−1) , f 0 (3) x
c) f (x) = cos(x 2 − 1)

Answer.
 Question 3.
Find the derivatives of the following functions.

x3 + 7 1
a) y = e) y = (x 2 + 1)(x + 5 + )
x x
√ 1 f) y = (sec x + tan x)(sec x − tan x)
b) y = x 7 + 7x −
π+1
g) y = tan(x + cos x)
c) y = (2x − 5)(4 − x)−1
h) y = tan2 (sin3 x)
2 2
(x + x)(x − x + 1) √
d) y = 1
x4 i) y = sec( x) tan( )
x

Answer.
 Question 4.
Find dy /dx for the following functions.
 sin x  tan x
a) y = cot d) y =
x 1 + tan x
 sin x 2 2
θ2

b) y = csc θ
1 + cos x e) y = −1 − −
2 4
−3
c) y = x sec2 (2x)
f) y = (1 − x)4 (1 + sin2 x)−5

Answer.
 Question 5.
Find the points on the curve y = 2x 3 − 3x 2 − 12x + 20 at which the
tangent line is
x
a) perpendicular to the line y = 1 − ,
24
√
b) parallel to the line y = 2 − 12x.

Answer.
Question 6.
Find an equation of the normal line to the curve
√ π π
x = 2 sec t, y = 3 tan t , 0<t< , t=
4 6
 Question 7.
Find an equation for the tangent line to each of the following
d 2y
parametrized curves at the given value. Also, find the value of at
dx 2
the given point.
a) x = sec2 t − 1 , y = tan t ; t = −π/4,
√ √
b) x = − t + 1 , y = 3t ; t = 3,

Answer.
Question 8.
Find an equation of the line tangent to the curve
1 √
(x 2 + 1)y + sin(π(y + x)) = 2
π
at the point (1, 1).

Answer.
 Question 9.
Use implicit differentiation to find dy /dx for the following:

a) x + sin y = xy 1 c) 2xy + y 2 = x + y
b) y 2 cos = 2x + 2y
y
Question 10.
Find equations of vertical tangents to the graph of the equation
cosec(x 2 + y 2 ) = 1.

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Question 11.
d 2y
Find the value of for the following function at the given point (0, 1).
dx 2
xy + y 2 = 1

Answer.
Question 12.
Find all the points on the following curve which have slope −1

x 2 y 2 + xy = 2

Answer.
 Question 13.
Assuming that the following equations define a parametrized curve giving
x and y implicitly as differentiable functions of t, find the slope of the
curve at the given value and write the tangent line at the given value.
√
q
a) x = 5 − t , y (t − 1) = ln y , t = 1
√
b) x sin t + x = t , t sin t − 2t = y , t = π.

Answer.