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Differentiation Exercises

1. The document contains a series of calculus exercises involving differentiation, derivatives of higher order functions, implicit differentiation, and related rates word problems. 2. Students are asked to take the derivative of various functions, find the fourth derivative of given functions, use implicit differentiation to find derivatives, and solve related rates problems involving changing variables over time. 3. The related rates problems involve scenarios like the rates of change of areas of shapes, distances between objects, heights and lengths of objects, and rates of changing shadows.

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Differentiation Exercises

1. The document contains a series of calculus exercises involving differentiation, derivatives of higher order functions, implicit differentiation, and related rates word problems. 2. Students are asked to take the derivative of various functions, find the fourth derivative of given functions, use implicit differentiation to find derivatives, and solve related rates problems involving changing variables over time. 3. The related rates problems involve scenarios like the rates of change of areas of shapes, distances between objects, heights and lengths of objects, and rates of changing shadows.

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Tomas Cabili National High School – Senior High School – Basic Calculus

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Differentiation Exercises

I. Find the derivative of the following functions.


1. 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 6 3𝑤𝑤+𝑤𝑤 4
15. 𝑅𝑅(𝑤𝑤) =
2𝑤𝑤 2 +1
2. 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 3𝑥𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑥 + 4
1 16. 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 2 cos(𝑥𝑥) − 6 sec(𝑥𝑥) + 3
3. 𝑟𝑟(𝑠𝑠) = 17. 𝑔𝑔(𝑧𝑧) = 10𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡(𝑧𝑧) − 2𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐(𝑧𝑧)
𝑠𝑠−2
4. 𝑔𝑔(𝑧𝑧)= 4𝑧𝑧 7 − 3𝑧𝑧 −7 + 9𝑧𝑧 18. 𝑓𝑓(𝑤𝑤) = tan(𝑤𝑤) sec(𝑤𝑤)
3 4
5. 𝑦𝑦 = √𝑥𝑥 + 8 √𝑥𝑥 − 2 √𝑥𝑥 19. ℎ(𝑡𝑡) = 𝑡𝑡 3 − 𝑡𝑡 2 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠(𝑡𝑡)
6. 𝑦𝑦 = 2𝑡𝑡 4 − 10𝑡𝑡 2 + 13𝑡𝑡 20. ℎ(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑥𝑥 4 − 9𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠(𝑥𝑥) + 2𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡(𝑥𝑥)
7. 𝑧𝑧 = (𝑥𝑥)(3𝑥𝑥 2 − 9) 21. 𝑦𝑦 = 6𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐(𝑤𝑤) − 8𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐(𝑤𝑤) + 9
8. ℎ(𝑦𝑦) = 3𝑦𝑦 −6 − 8𝑦𝑦 −3 + 9𝑦𝑦 −1 22. 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 8𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠(𝑥𝑥)𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐(𝑥𝑥)
9. 𝑔𝑔(𝑧𝑧) =
4
+
17
−
1 23. ℎ(𝑡𝑡) = 8 − 𝑡𝑡 9 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡(𝑡𝑡)
𝑧𝑧 2 𝑧𝑧 5 2𝑧𝑧
24. 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = (6𝑥𝑥 2 + 7𝑥𝑥)4
10. 𝑔𝑔(𝑤𝑤) = (𝑤𝑤 − 5)(𝑤𝑤2 + 1) 3
25. 𝑦𝑦 = √1 − 8𝑧𝑧
11. ℎ(𝑥𝑥) = √𝑥𝑥(1 − 9𝑥𝑥 3 )
26. 𝑔𝑔(𝑡𝑡) = (4𝑡𝑡 2 − 3𝑡𝑡 + 2)−2
12. 𝑓𝑓(𝑡𝑡) = (3 − 2𝑡𝑡 3 )2
4𝑦𝑦−𝑦𝑦 2
27. 𝑅𝑅(𝑤𝑤) = 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐(7𝑤𝑤)
13. 𝑍𝑍(𝑦𝑦) = 28. 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥) = (3 − 8𝑥𝑥)11
6−𝑦𝑦
6𝑥𝑥 2 7
29. 𝑔𝑔(𝑧𝑧) = √9𝑧𝑧 3
14. 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥) =
2−𝑥𝑥
30. 𝑦𝑦 = √𝑤𝑤 3 + 8𝑤𝑤 2

II. Determine the fourth derivative of the given function.


1. ℎ(𝑡𝑡) = 3𝑡𝑡 7 − 6𝑡𝑡 4 + 8𝑡𝑡 3 − 12𝑡𝑡 + 18
2. 𝑉𝑉(𝑡𝑡) = 6𝑡𝑡 −2 + 7𝑡𝑡 −3 − 𝑡𝑡 −4
3. 𝑓𝑓(𝑧𝑧) = 𝑧𝑧 8 + 2𝑧𝑧 6 − 7𝑧𝑧 4 + 20𝑧𝑧 2 − 3
3 4
4. ℎ(𝑥𝑥) = 8√𝑥𝑥 − √𝑥𝑥 + 5 √𝑥𝑥 9
5. 𝑦𝑦 = 6𝑡𝑡 4 − 5𝑡𝑡 3 + 4𝑡𝑡 2 − 3𝑡𝑡 + 2

III. Find y′ by implicit differentiation.


1. 𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 3 = 4
𝑥𝑥
2. 3 = 1
𝑦𝑦
3. 2𝑦𝑦 3 + 4𝑥𝑥 2 − 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥 6
4. 𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 9 = 2
5. 8𝑥𝑥 − 𝑦𝑦 2 = 3

IV. Word Problems – Related Rates


1. In the following assume that x and y are both functions of t. Given x=−2, y=1 and x′=−4 determine y′ for the
following equation.
6𝑦𝑦 2 + 𝑥𝑥 2 = 2 − 𝑥𝑥 3
2. The sides of a square are increasing at a rate of 10 cm/sec. How fast is the area enclosed by the square increasing
when the area is 150 cm2.

3. The sides of an equilateral triangle are decreasing at a rate of 3 in/hr. How fast is the area enclosed by the
triangle decreasing when the sides are 2 feet long?

4. A thin sheet of ice is in the form of a circle. If the ice is melting in such a way that the area of the sheet is
decreasing at a rate of 0.5 m2/sec at what rate is the radius decreasing when the area of the sheet is 12 m2?

5. A spherical balloon is being filled in such a way that the surface area is increasing at a rate of 20 cm2/sec when
the radius is 2 meters. At what rate is air being pumped in the balloon when the radius is 2 meters?
6. A hot air balloon is attached to a spool of rope that is 125 feet away from the balloon when it is on the ground.
The hot air balloon rises straight up in such a way that the length of rope increases at a rate of 15 ft/sec. How fast
is the hot air balloon rising 20 seconds after it lifts off?

7. One car leaves a given point and travels north at 30 mph. Another car leaves 1 HOUR LATER, and travels west at
40 mph. At what rate is the distance between the cars changing at the instant the second car has been traveling
for 1 hour?

8. A 50ft ladder is placed against a large building. The base of the ladder is resting on an oil spill, and it slips at the
rate of 3 ft. per minute. Find the rate of change of the height of the top of the ladder above the ground at the
instant when the base of the ladder is 30 ft. from the base of the building.

9. Two people are at an elevator. At the same time one person starts to walk away from the elevator at a rate of 2
ft/sec and the other person starts going up in the elevator at a rate of 7 ft/sec. What rate is the distance between
the two people changing 15 seconds later?

10. A light is on a pole and is being lowered towards the ground at a rate of 9 in/sec. A 6 foot tall person is on the
ground and 8 feet away from the pole. At what rate is the persons shadow increasing then the light is 15 feet
above the ground?

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