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Tutorial 4 Derivative

The document provides a tutorial on differentiation with 16 problems involving finding derivatives and slopes of tangent lines. Some key steps include taking the derivative of functions with respect to x, finding the slope of a tangent line using derivatives, and determining the equation of a tangent line given a point on a curve.

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Tutorial 4 Derivative

The document provides a tutorial on differentiation with 16 problems involving finding derivatives and slopes of tangent lines. Some key steps include taking the derivative of functions with respect to x, finding the slope of a tangent line using derivatives, and determining the equation of a tangent line given a point on a curve.

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1 Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out:-Robert Collier

TUTORIAL 4: DIFFERENTIATION


1. Find the slope to the curve ) 3 e )( x cos ln x 6 ( y
x 2
+ = at 0 x = [oct04:-12]
2. Differentiate the following functions with respect to x: [nov05: ]
a)
x 3 cos 1
x 3 sin
y
+
=
( )
( )
(

+
+ +
=
2
2
x 3 cos 1
x 3 sin 3 x 3 cos x 3 cos 1 3
' y : ans
b)
(

+ +
=
1 x 3 x
x 2
ln y
2 (

+ +
+
=
1 x 3 x
3 x 2
x
1
' y : ans
2
3. Find the slope of the tangent to the curve
8 ) 1 x ln(
x 3 sin
y
+
= at 0 x = [apr06:-3/8 ]
4. Find the equation of the tangent line to the graph of x x 3 ) x ( f
2
= at 1 x = [oct06: 3 x 5 y = ]
5. Find
dx
dy
if
3 4
) x 2 (sin x y = . [oct06: | | x 2 sin 4 x 2 sin x 2 cos x 6 x ' y
3 2 3
+ = ]
6. Given
) x 1 (
e
y
2
x
+
=

show that 0 y ) x 1 (
dx
dy
) x 1 (
2 2
= + + + . [Apr07:
2 2
x 2 x
) x 1 (
xe 2 ) x 1 ( e
' y
+
+
=

]
7. Given that
x 5
2 2
e 2
) x 2 (
) x ( f

= find f(x). find the equation of the tangent line at 0 x = [apr08: 2 x 10 y + = ]
8. Differentiate the following functions with respect to x: [oct08:]
a)
4
3
) x 7 ( ) x ( f =

[ans:
4
3 3
2
) x 7 ( 4
x 3
) x ( ' f

= ]
b)
(


=
x 3 cos
5 x 2
ln ) x ( f
2

[ans: x 3 tan 6
5 x 2
2
) x ( ' f +

= ]
9. Find
dx
dy
if
(

+
=
1 x
4 e
ln y
2
x 3
[oct09:
1 x
x 2
4 e
e 3
' y
2 x 3
x 3

+
= ]
10. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve
|
|
.
|

\
|
+
+
=
1 x
x e
ln ) x ( f
x
at the point 0 x = [oct10: x y = ]
11. Find
dx
dy
if ) 1 x ln( x y
2
+ = [apr11: ) 1 x ln( x 2
1 x
x
dx
dy
2
+ +
+
= ]
12. Find
2
2
dx
y d
if ) 1 x ln( y
2
+ =

[sep11:
( )
2
2
2
2
2
1 x
2 x 2
dx
y d
+
+
= ]
13. Find
dx
dy
for the following: [mar12:]
a)
4 2
x x 3
x
1
y + =

[ans:
4 3
2
x 4
1
x 6
x
1
dx
dy
+ = ]
b) 2 x x y
2
=

[ans: 2 x x 2
2 x 2
x
dx
dy
2
+

= ]


2 Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out:-Robert Collier

14. Find
dx
dy
if ) e x ( ln y
x 3 2
+ = [mar13:
x 3
x 3 x 3
e x
) e x ln( ) e 3 1 ( 2
dx
dy
+
+ +
= ]
15. Find
dx
dy
if |
.
|

\
|
+

=
x 3
x 3
cos y [sept13: |
.
|

\
|
+

+
=
x 3
x 3
sin
) x 3 (
6
dx
dy
2
]
16. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve
x
2
e 2
x 3
y

= at 0 x= [sept13:
2
3
x
2
3
y + = ]

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