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This document is a tutorial sheet for a foundations mathematics course at the University of Zambia. It contains 12 problems covering a range of calculus topics including: derivatives using first principles and implicit differentiation; finding equations of tangents; evaluating indefinite and definite integrals using substitutions; modeling costs, revenues, and profits; and solving applied maximum/minimum problems involving rates of change.

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MAT 1100 Tutorial Sheet 7-2022 PDF

This document is a tutorial sheet for a foundations mathematics course at the University of Zambia. It contains 12 problems covering a range of calculus topics including: derivatives using first principles and implicit differentiation; finding equations of tangents; evaluating indefinite and definite integrals using substitutions; modeling costs, revenues, and profits; and solving applied maximum/minimum problems involving rates of change.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES


DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATITICS
MAT 1100 FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS TUTORIAL SHEET 7-2022

1. Find the derivative of each of the following functions from first principle:
1 1
(a) f ( x)  x  1 (b) f ( x)  3x 2  4 x  8 (c) f ( x)  (d) f ( x) 
1 x x3
2. Differentiate with respect to x:

(d) y= 3x 3  x 2 
x 2  7x  4 6
(a) y= x 4  9 x 3  6 (b) y= x 3 x  2 (c) y=
x3  2
( x 2  3) 2 8𝑥 𝑥+1 15 2𝑥−1
(e) y= (f) 𝑦 = 3 +2)2 (g) 𝑦 = ( ) (h) 𝑦 = √ 𝑥+1 (i) 𝑦 = √𝑥 + √𝑥
x 3/ 2 (𝑥 𝑥−1
𝑑𝑦
3. Use implicit differentiation to find 𝑑𝑥 of each of the following functions:
(a) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 8𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 8 = 0 (b) 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 − 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 1 = 0

(c) 𝑥 3 + 𝑥𝑦 − 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 = 7 (d) (𝑥 − 𝑦)5 = 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 1 (e) √𝑥𝑦 + 𝑥 + 𝑦 2 = 2.


4. Find the equation of the tangent to each of the following curves at the given point:
(a) 2𝑦 2 − 𝑥 2 = 1 at (−1, −1) (b) 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 𝑦 2 − 4𝑦 − 24 = 0 at (4, 0)
2𝑦
(c) (𝑥 + 𝑦)3 − 𝑥 3 − 𝑦 3 = 0 at (1, −1) (d) 𝑥 = 𝑥 2 −𝑦 at (−1, −1).

5. Evaluate the following indefinite integrals:


5 1
(a) ∫(3𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1)𝑑𝑥 (b) ∫ (𝑥 5⁄2 − 𝑥 4 − √𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 (c) ∫(2𝑥 √𝑥 − 𝑥)𝑑𝑥
√
(3𝑥+4)2 2𝑥 4 −3𝑥 2 +5 1 2𝑥
(d) ∫ dx (e) ∫ 𝑑𝑥 (f) ∫ (1 − 3 ) 𝑑𝑥 (g) ∫ ( 𝑡 5 − √𝑡𝑥 + 4𝑥) 𝑑𝑡.
√𝑥 7𝑥 2 √𝑥 2

6. Use a suitable substitution to evaluate each of the following integrals:


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𝑥2 𝑥 2 +3 (3+2√𝑥)
(a) ∫ 𝑥(2𝑥 2 + 1)13 𝑑𝑥 (b) ∫ (𝑥 3−1)2 𝑑𝑥 (c) ∫ 3 𝑑𝑥 (d) ∫ 𝑑𝑥
√𝑥3 +9𝑥 √𝑥

3 5 1 𝑑𝑥 𝑘3𝑥3
(e) ∫ (2 + 𝑥) (𝑥 2 ) 𝑑𝑥 (f) ∫ ( 𝑥+2) 𝑥 (g) ∫ √𝑎2 4 4 𝑑𝑥 (h) ∫ 𝑡 2 √1 − 𝑡𝑑𝑡
√ √ −𝑎 𝑥

𝑡 2 −1 𝑟 2 +2 𝑥 3 −2
(i) ∫ 3𝑥√𝑥 − 1 𝑑𝑥 (j) ∫ 𝑑𝑡 (k) ∫ 𝑑𝑟 (l) ∫ 5 𝑑𝑥.
√2𝑡−1 √𝑟−5 √𝑥 4 −8𝑥+13

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7. If 𝑃 = total profit, 𝑅 = total revenue, and 𝐶 = total cost, the derivatives of these quantities
are called marginal profit, marginal revenue, and marginal cost, respectively.
𝑑𝐶 12
The marginal cost of a product is modelled by 𝑑𝑥 = 3 , where 𝑥 is the number of
√12𝑥+1

units. When 𝑥 = 13, 𝐶 = 100.


(a) Find the cost function.
(b) Find the cost of producing 30 units.

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8. Find the equation of the function 𝑓 whose graph passes through the point (0, ) and
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whose derivative if 𝑓 ′ (𝑥) = 𝑥√1 − 𝑥 2 .


9. A fast food restaurant has determined that the monthly demand for its hamburgers is
60,000−𝑥
given by 𝑝 = , where 𝑝 is the price and 𝑥 is the number of hamburgers sold.
20,000

(a) Find the increase in revenue per hamburger for monthly sales of 20, 000 hamburgers. In
other words, find the marginal revenue when 𝑥= 20, 000.
(b) The cost of producing 𝑥 hamburgers is 𝐶 = 50, 000 + 0.56𝑥, 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 30, 000. Find the
profit and marginal profit when 𝑥 = 20, 000.
10. Evaluate the following definite integrals:
1 7 2𝑥 2 −3𝑥+5 2 0 2
(a) ∫−1(3𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 3 )𝑑𝑥 (b) ∫1 𝑑𝑥 (c) ∫0 |3𝑥|𝑑𝑥 (d) ∫−2 |3𝑥|𝑑𝑥 (e) ∫−2 |3𝑥|𝑑𝑥
√𝑥
4 𝑥3 2 1 4 4 1
(f) ∫0 √1+𝑥 2
𝑑𝑥 (g) ∫−2 (2 𝑡 4 + 1) 𝑑𝑡 (h) ∫1 (√𝑥 + 𝑥)𝑑𝑥 (i) ∫0 dx.
√2𝑥+1

11. A company purchases a new machine for which the rate of depreciation can be modelled
𝑑𝑉
by = 10, 000(𝑡 − 6), 0 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 5, where 𝑉 is the value of the machine after 𝑡 years. Set
𝑑𝑡

up and evaluate the definite integral that yields the total loss of value of the machine over
the first 3 years.
12. An evergreen nursery usually sells a type of shrub after 5 years of growth and shaping.
𝑑ℎ 17.6𝑡
The growth rate during those 5 years is approximated by = √17.6𝑡2 where 𝑡 is the
𝑑𝑡 +1

time (in years) and ℎ is the height (in cm). The seedlings are 6cm tall when planted
(𝑡 = 0).
(a) Find the height function.
(b) How tall are the shrubs when they are sold?

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