CQB 19203 MATHEMATICS 1 TUTORIAL (3.1 AND 3.

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TOPIC 3.0: APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVES

3.1 PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS

dy
1. Given x  3t  1 and y  t 2  t , determine in terms of t .
dx

dy
2. A parabola has parametric equations: x  t 2 , y  2t . Evaluate when t  0.5 .
dx

dy
3. The parametric equations for an ellipse are x  4 cos  , y  sin . Determine .
dx

dy 
4. Evaluate at   radians for the hyperbola whose parametric equations are
dx 6
x  3 sec  , y  6 tan  .

2 dy
5. The parametric equations for a rectangular hyperbola are x  2t , y  . Evaluate
t dx
when t  0.40.

6. The equation of a tangent drawn to a curve at point x1, y 1  is given by:

dy 1
y  y1  x  x1 
dx1

(a) Determine the equation of the tangent drawn to the parabola x1  2t 2 , y 1  4t at

the point t .

(b) Determine the equation of the tangent drawn to the ellipse x  3 cos  ,

y  2 sin at   .
6

(c) Determine the equation of the tangent drawn to the rectangular hyperbola
5
x  5t , y  at t  2 .
t

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HIGHER DERIVATIVE

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3.3 INCREASING AND DECREASING FUNCTIONS

1. Determine solution as stated in (i), (ii) and (iii) for all functions below:

(i) Compute the coordinates of the turning point for the below function.
(ii) Determine all intervals where the following function is increasing and decreasing.
(iii) Determine the nature of the stationary point.

(a) f x   x 4  8x 2

(b) f x   x 2  6 x  5

(c) f x   2 x 3  3 x 2  36 x  4

(d) f t   t 3  3t  4

(e) f x   6 x 5  15 x 4  80 x 3  5

(f) f t   2.2t 3  18.2t 2  69.1t  16.4

(g) f t   2t 3  15t 2  36t  4

x3
(h) f x    3x
4

f x    x 5 
5 4 40 3
(i) x  x 5
2 3

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(j) f x   2 x 3  9 x 2

(k) f x   x 3 
3 2
x
2

(l) f x   x 2  4 x

(m) f x   x 3  3x 2

(n) f t   2t 3  3t 2  12t  1

(o) f x   3 x  x 3  4

(p) hx    x 3  3 x 2  9

(q) A population of bacteria grows so that after t hours there are

P t   2t 3  21t 2  60t  3 grams of bacteria.

(r) A mold colony grows so that after t days there are P t   6t 5  45t 4  80t 3  4 mm 2

of mold.

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