Rapid Revision Sheet (Differentiation)

By Pankaj Baluja

1. In each of the following, fill in the blanks so that the resulting sentence true.
 2x  1  2 dy
(a) If y  f  2  and f '(x)  sin x then dx  ____
 x 1 
(b) If f(x)  (ax  b) cos x  (cx  d) sin x and f '(x)  x cos x is an identity in x
then a  ____, b  ____, c  ____, d  ____.
(c) If f(x)  x  1 and g(x)  f{f(x)} then g'(4)  _____

d(x log x )
(d)  ____
d(log x)
dy x
2. Find in terms of x if t  2
, y  x 2  t2.
dx 1 x
1
3. If g is the inverse function of f and f '(x)  , prove that g '(x)  1  {g(x)}5 .
1  x5
1
1 1
2
n 1 dy
4. If y  (1  x)(1  x )(1  x ) 2 4
(1  x ), find in the simplest form.
dx
dy d2 y d2 x
5. If y  f(x),p  and q  2 then express as a function of p and q.
dx dx dy 2
6. Let f(x  y)  f(x)  f(y) for all x, y and f(0)  0 then prove that f '(x) can be obtained at all
x  R if f '(0) exists.

d2 y dy
7. Transform the differential equation (1  x 2 ) 2
y x by substituting x  cos t.
dx dx
2
f(x) f '(x) 1 d2 y 1 d2 f 1 d2  y  z  d 
8. Let y  and z  . Prove that 2
 2
  2 2  
(x)  '(x) y dx f dx  dx f  dx 

Answers
2
2(1  x  x 2 )  2x  1 
1. (a) 2 2
 sin  2  (b) 0, 1, 1, 0 respectively
(1  x )  x 1 

(c) 1 (d) 2 log x  x log x

 1  x2 
2. 2x 1  2 3
 (1  x ) 

2x 1  x2 1 1 1
2 n1
4.    x
2n 1
n1 n1
x1/2 1 (x1/2  1)2

q
5.
p3

d2 y
7. y 0
dt 2

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