[TUTORIAL] AM025

TOPIC 1:
DIFFERENTIATIONS

1. Evaluate
a) lim 
xa x2

d) lim 3x  7  4 x 2 
 
e) lim  x 2  1  x  1 
3
b) lim x
x 2 x1 
2 x2  1
c) lim 4 x f) lim
x 3 x2 x  1

2. Evaluate the following limits using the factorisation

x 2  36 3x 2  12
a) lim d) lim 2
x 6 x  6 x 2 5 x  10 x

x 2  49 x2  x
b) lim e) lim 2
x 7 x  7 x 1 x  1

2 x2  5x x2  x  6
c) lim f) lim
x 0 x x 2 x2  9

3. Suppose that lim f ( x) = 2 and lim g ( x) = –1. Find

x 4 x4

f ( x)  g ( x)
a) lim xf ( x) b) lim 2 f ( x)  3g ( x) c) lim
x4 x 4 x4 3 f ( x) g ( x)

4. By using the first principles, find the differentiation of each functions

a) f ( x)  x 2  4 x  2 b) f ( x)  2( x  1) 2

5. Differentiate each of the following with respect to x and give your answer in the
simplest form.

1 x
a) 4 x 3  x b) x x  22 c)
x2 x 1
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6. Differentiate each of the following.

 2x 
2 x  x3 e 3 x  e 3 x
a)  3e  2e
x
 b) e c)
  e 3 x  e 3 x

7. Differentiate each of the following.

1
 x  34
a) ln x 2  4 x  1 b) ln   c) e 2 x ln 2 x
 x 3

1 3 1 2
8. Given f(x) = x  x  6 x  8 . Find the intervals where the function f is
3 2
decreasing or increasing, and the relative maximum and minimum.

Given the function f  x   x  x  2  .

2
9.
a) Identify the x-coordinate of the points where f intercepts x-axis.
b) Determine the increasing and decreasing intervals.
c) Find the coordinates of the points for relative maximum and minimum.

10. Find all the relative maximum points, relative minimum points and points of reflection.

a) y  2 x  8 d) f  x   3x  x  2
2 3

3 4
b) y  x  6 x  27 f ( x )  x6 
2
e) x
2
y   x  4 f) f ( x )   x  3 x  1
3 3 2
c)