MATH SL

TEST
DERIVATIVES
(WITHOUT GDC)
by Christos Nikolaidis

Name:____________________________________ Marks:____/80

Grade: ______

Questions

1. [Maximum mark 30]

Differentiate the following functions:
2x5 + x + 3
(a) f ( x) = 4 x ln x (b) f ( x) =
x2

(c) f ( x) = ln( x 4 + 5) (d) f ( x) = x 4 + 5

(e) f ( x ) = sin 2 x + sin 3 x (f) f ( x) = sin 2 x + sin 3 x
x +1
(g) f ( x) = (h) f ( x ) = 2e 2 x cos 5 x
x+2
5
(i) f ( x) = (j) f ( x) = e sin( 5 x + 3)
(2 x + 3) 2
[3 marks each]

2. [Maximum mark 6]
Show, by using first principles, that the derivative of the function f ( x) = 2 x 2 − 3 x + 2
is f ′( x) = 4 x − 3
[5 marks]

3. [Maximum mark 6]
Let f ( x) = ax 3 + bx 2 + x
The point A(1,5) lies on the curve y = f (x ) . Given that the gradient of the curve at
point A is 10, find the values of a and b,

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4. [Maximum mark 10]
ln x
Let f ( x) = 3 .
x
(a) Solve the equation f ′( x) = 0 [5 marks]

 1a 1 
The graph of the function has a local maximum at point A  e , 
 be 
(b) Find the values of the integers a and b [3 marks]
(c) Justify that A is local maximum. [2 marks]

5. [Maximum mark 8]
Given the table
x 2 4
f (x) 4 3
f ′(x) –2 –5
g (x) 6 7
g ′(x) –4 4
calculate
d
(a) [2 f ( x) + 3g ( x)] at x = 2 [2 marks]
dx
d  f ( x) 
(b) at x = 2 [3 marks]
dx  g ( x) 

(c)
d 2
dx
[
x f ( x) ] at x = 2 [3 marks]

6. [Maximum mark 10]

Let f ( x) = 2 x 3 − 3 x 2 + 8 .
(a) Find f ′(−1) and f ′(1) [3 marks]
(b) Find the equations of the tangent line and the normal line
(i) at x = – 1
(ii) at x = 1 [7 marks]

7. [Maximum mark 10]

Let f ′( x) = 2( x − 1)( x − 3) 2 ( x − 5) .
(a) Write down the x-coordinates of the stationary points of f (x ) [2 marks]
(b) For each stationary point, determine whether the graph of the
function has a local maximum, a local minimum or neither. [4 marks]
(c) Show that f ′′(3) = 0 [4 marks]

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