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Unit 2 Test Derivatives: Part A: Knowledge and Understanding (20 Marks)

This document contains a unit test on derivatives that assesses students' knowledge and understanding, application of derivatives, thinking skills, and communication abilities. The test contains multiple choice and free response questions on topics like determining derivatives using basic rules, the chain rule, implicit differentiation, related rates, and applying derivatives to real world problems. It also asks students to justify statements, find equations that satisfy given conditions, and explain derivative concepts.

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Unit 2 Test Derivatives: Part A: Knowledge and Understanding (20 Marks)

This document contains a unit test on derivatives that assesses students' knowledge and understanding, application of derivatives, thinking skills, and communication abilities. The test contains multiple choice and free response questions on topics like determining derivatives using basic rules, the chain rule, implicit differentiation, related rates, and applying derivatives to real world problems. It also asks students to justify statements, find equations that satisfy given conditions, and explain derivative concepts.

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Unit 

2 Test ­ Derivatives 
 
Part A: Knowledge and Understanding (20 marks) 
 
1) Indicate whether each statement is T rue or F alse   (5 marks)  
 
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a) the slope of  the tangent to f (x) = √1 2x  at ( 4, 3) is  −32  
 
b) you can use product rule to dif f erentiate a rational f unction  
 
c) if  f  and g are dif f erentiable,  then the derivative of  f (x) + g (x) is  
f ′(x) + g ′(x).  
 
d) If  a f unction is dif f erentiable at point (a, f (a)),  then f (x) is continuous  
at x = a.  
 
e) the derivative of  f (x) = 240(1 − x
30 ) is f ′(x) −
= 8x.  
 
2) T he f ollowing limit represents the derivative of  some f unction f (x) at some number  
a. State f (x) and a.  (2 marks)  

f ′(a) = lim
(1+h)
9
−1  
h→0 h
 
3) W rite an expression f or h′(x) if  h(x) = p(x)q(x)r(x)s(x)   (1 marks)  
 
4) Dif f erentiate f (x) = (3x + 1)4 (x3 − x + 1)  and express answer in simplif ied   
5

f actored f orm.   (4 marks)  
 

5) Dif f erentiate f (x) =


2
−
3x (1 2x3 )
. Do not simplif y.   (2 marks)  
(1+x)3
 
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dy
6) U se the chain rule in Leibniz notation to f ind  dx  when x = 3   (5 marks)  
 
y = 2u3 + 3u2 − 1   u = −
1
2 x
 
 
Part B: Application (20 marks) 
 
5x
1) F or which values of  x is the slope of  the tangent to the curve f (x) = x+2
parallel with equation 2x − 5y − 9 = 0?  (6 marks)  
   
2) Determine the equation of  the tangent to the curve f (x) = (√x2 − 9)  at x = 5.  
3

(5 marks)  
 
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3) T he f unction s(t) = (2t3 + 3t2 ) 2  represents the displacement s,  in metres,  of  a particle  
af ter t seconds. Determine the velocity when t = 3.  (4 marks)   
 
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4) F ind h′(2) given h(x) = f (g(x)),  f (u) = 2u3 2u,  g(2) = 3 and g ′(2) = 4.  (5 marks)  
 
Part C: Thinking (14 marks) 
 
1) If  f (x) is a dif f erentiable f unction,  determine an expression f or the derivative of  
−
g (x) = 4x3 f (3x2 2x + 1)  
 
2) F ind numbers a, b and c so that the graph f (x) = ax2 + bx + c has x intercepts  4   −
and 5,  and a tangent with a slope of  6 when x = 2.  
 
3) Show that  dx = (2a + 5b)x2a+5b−1  if  y = xa−2b and a and b are integers.  
dy x3a+3b

 
 
 
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Part D: Communication (8 marks) 
 
1) A classmate says "the derivative of  a quartic polynomial f unction is a cubic  
polynomial f unction". Is this statement always true,  sometimes true,  or never true?  
(2 marks)  
 
2) Illustrate two situations in which a f unction does not have a derivative at x = 2.  
(2 marks)  
 
3) Explain when and how you would use the chain rule?  (2 marks)  
 
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4) State two methods you can use to dif f erentiate f (x) = (x2 4x + 2)(x4 + 2)? (2 marks)  
 
 
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