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C3 Differentiation A - Questions

This document contains 10 problems involving differentiation and finding equations of tangents and normals to curves. Some of the key tasks include: 1) Differentiating various functions with respect to x and t 2) Finding second derivatives of functions 3) Computing derivatives of functions at given values of x 4) Finding stationary points and values where the derivative is 0 5) Deriving an equation relating the second derivative, first derivative and a function 6) Finding equations of tangents and normals to curves at given x-values The document covers a range of calculus fundamentals for differentiation.

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C3 Differentiation A - Questions

This document contains 10 problems involving differentiation and finding equations of tangents and normals to curves. Some of the key tasks include: 1) Differentiating various functions with respect to x and t 2) Finding second derivatives of functions 3) Computing derivatives of functions at given values of x 4) Finding stationary points and values where the derivative is 0 5) Deriving an equation relating the second derivative, first derivative and a function 6) Finding equations of tangents and normals to curves at given x-values The document covers a range of calculus fundamentals for differentiation.

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C3 DIFFERENTIATION Worksheet A

1 Differentiate with respect to x


a ex b 3ex c ln x d 1
2
ln x

2 Differentiate with respect to t


3
a 7 − 2et b 3t 2 + ln t c et + t 5 d t 2 + 2et
1
e 2 ln t + t f 2.5et − 3.5 ln t g + 8 ln t h 7t 2 − 2t + 4et
t

d2 y
3 Find for each of the following.
dx 2
5
a y = 4x3 + ex b y = 7ex − 5x2 + 3x c y = ln x + x 2
3
d y = 5ex + 6 ln x e y= + 3 ln x f y= 4 x + 1
4
ln x
x

4 Find the value of f ′(x) at the value of x indicated in each case.


a f(x) = 3x + ex, x=0 b f(x) = ln x − x2, x=4
1
1
c f(x) = x 2 + 2 ln x, x=9 d f(x) = 5ex + , x = − 12
x2

dy
5 Find, in each case, any values of x for which = 0.
dx
a y = 5 ln x − 8x b y = 2.4ex − 3.6x c y = 3x2 − 14x + 4 ln x

6 Find the value of x for which f ′(x) takes the value indicated in each case.
a f(x) = 2ex − 3x, f ′(x) = 7 b f(x) = 15x + ln x, f ′(x) = 23
x2
c f(x) = − 2x + ln x, f ′(x) = –1 d f(x) = 30 ln x − x2, f ′(x) = 4
8

7 Find the coordinates and the nature of any stationary points on each of the following curves.
a y = ex − 2x b y = ln x − 10x c y = 2 ln x − x
d y = 4x − 5e x
e y = 7 + 2x − 4 ln x f y = x − 26x + 72 ln x
2

8 Given that y = x + kex, where k is a constant, show that


d2 y dy
(1 − x) 2
+x − y = 0.
dx dx

9 Find an equation for the tangent to each curve at the point on the curve with the given x-coordinate.
a y = ex , x=2 b y = ln x, x=3 c y = 0.8x − 2ex, x=0
4 1
d y = 5 ln x + , x=1 e y = x − 3ex, 3
x=1 f y = ln x − x, x=9
x

10 Find an equation for the normal to each curve at the point on the curve with the given x-coordinate.
a y = ln x, x=e b y = 4 + 3ex, x=0 c y = 10 + ln x, x=3
d y = 3 ln x − 2x, x=1 e y = x2 + 8 ln x, x=1 f y= 1
10
x− 3
10
ex − 1, x = 0

 Solomon Press

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