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    This document contains 6 questions about differentiation. Question 1 has 3 parts asking students to (a) find the gradient of a tangent line, (b) find the gradient of a secant line in terms of h, and (c) explain the relationship between the two gradients. Question 2 repeats the format of Question 1 for a different curve. Question 3 asks students to find the equation of a tangent line given information about the second derivative and gradient.

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    Revision Assignment

    Introduction to Differentiation
    Questions
    Q1. September 2020

    Figure 4

    Figure 4 shows part of the curve with equation y = 2x2 + 5

    The point P(2,13) lies on the curve.

    (a) Find the gradient of the tangent to the curve at P.


    (2)
    The point Q with x coordinate 2 + h also lies on the curve.

    (b) Find, in terms of h, the gradient of the line PQ. Give your answer in simplest form.
    (3)
    (c) Explain briefly the relationship between the answer to (b) and the answer to (a).
    (1)

    (Total for question = 6 marks)

    Q2.

    Figure 1 shows part of the curve with equation y = x2 + 3x – 2


    The point P(3,16) lies on the curve.

    (a) Find the gradient of the tangent to the curve at P.


    (2)
    The point Q with x coordinate 3 + h also lies on the curve.

    (b) Find, in terms of h, the gradient of the line PQ. Write your answer in simplest form.
    (3)
    (c) Explain briefly the relationship between the answer to (b) and the answer to (a).
    (1)

    (Total for question = 6 marks)

    Q3.

    A curve has equation y = f(x).

    The point lies on the curve.

    Given that

    • f′′(x) =
    • f′(x) = 5 at P
    find

    (a) the equation of the tangent to the curve at P, writing your answer in the form y = mx + c, where m and
    c are constants to be found,
    (2)
    (b) f(x).
    (8)

    (Total for question = 10 marks)

    Q4.

    A curve has equation y = f(x), where

    f(x) = (x − 4)(2x + 1)2

    The curve touches the x-axis at the point P and crosses the x-axis at the point Q.

    (a) State the coordinates of the point P.


    (1)
    (b) Find f′(x).
    (4)

    (c) Hence show that the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point where can be expressed in
    the form y = k, where k is a constant to be found.
    (3)
    The curve with equation y = f(x + a), where a is a constant, passes through the origin O.

    (d) State the possible values of a.


    (2)

    (Total for question = 10 marks)

    Q5.

    A curve has equation

    Find the x coordinate of the point on the curve at which


    (6)

    (Total for question = 6 marks)

    Q6.

    The curve C with equation y = f(x), x > 0, passes through the point P(4, 1).

    Given that

    (a) find the equation of the normal to C at P. Write your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b
    and c are integers to be found.
    (4)
    (b) Find f(x).
    (5)

    (Total for question = 9 marks)

    Mark Scheme
    Q1.

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