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Course: MAT103E
Subject: Derivatives

1. Using the definition, find the derivatives of the following functions. Then evaluate the
derivatives at the specified points.

(a) f (x) = (x − 1)2 + 1; f 0 (−1), f 0 (0), f 0 (2).

(b) f (x) = √ 1 ; f 0 (−1), f 0 (2).
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x
π−2
(c) f (x) = cos(2x + 1); f 0 (−1/2), f 0 ( ).
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(d) f (x) = √ ; f 0 (1), f 0 (1/2).
x
2. Show that the following functions are differentiable at x = 0.
√
(a) f (x) = |x| sin x (c) f (x) = 3 x (1 − cos x)
(
x2 sin(1/x), x 6= 0
2/3 (d) h(x) =
(b) f (x) = x sin x 0 , x=0
 √

 x 0≤x≤1
3. Let f (x) =  . Is f differentiable at x = 1? Give your reasons by
 2x − 1 x>1
using the definition of differentiability.

4. Find the values of a and b that make



 ax + b x<0
f (x) =
2 sin x + 3 cos x x≥0



differentiable at x = 0 ?
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5. (a) Graph the function f (x) = √x x < 1
x x ≥ 1.
(b) Is f continuous at x = 1? (c) Is f differentiable at x = 1?

Give reasons for your answers.



 x+b x<0
6. Let f (x) = .
cos x x≥0



(a) Is there a value of b that makes f (x) continuous at x = 0 ? If so, what is it? If not,
why not?
(b) Is there a value of b that makes f (x) differentiable at x = 0 ? If so, what is it? If
not, why not?

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7. Does the curve y = 2 x have a horizontal tangent line? Explain your answer.
8. Does the parabola y = 2x2 − 13x + 5 have a tangent line with slope −1? If so, find the
equation of that tangent line.
9. (a) Let f (x) be a function defined on [−1, 1] for which |f (x)| ≤ x2 holds. Show that
f (x) is differentiable at x = 0 and find f 0 (0).
(b) Using (a), evaluate g 0 (0) for the function

x2 sin x1


 x 6= 0
g(x) =


0 x=0
10. Find the first and second order derivatives of the following functions.
(a) y = (x2 + 1)(x + 5 + x1 )
(b) y = (1 − x)4 (1 + sin2 x)−5
√
 1 − x 4
(c) y = √
1+ x
1
(d) y = 2
(x + 1)(x2 + x + 1)
11. If u and v are differentiable functions of x and u(1) = 2, u0 (1) = 0, v(1) = 5, v 0 (1) = −1,
d d u d v
evaluate the following derivatives at x = 1. (a) (uv) (b) ( ) (c) ( ) (d)
dx dx v dx u
d
(7v − 2u).
dx
(
sin 2x, x ≤ 0
12. Is there a value of the constant m for which the function f (x) =
mx , x > 0
(a) is continuous at x = 0?
(b) is differentiable at x = 0?
Give reasons for your answers.
13. For which values of a and b is the function
(
ax + b , x ≤ −1
f (x) = 3
ax + x + 2b, x > −1
differentiable for all real numbers?
14. Consider the function 

 3x, , x < 0
f (x) = −(2 − x)2 , 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 .
x2 − 4 , x > 2



(a) Analyze the continuity of f (x) at x = 0 and x = 2?

(b) Analyze the differentiability of f (x) at x = 0 and x = 2?
Give reasons for your answers.
15. Find the derivatives of the following functions:

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 √ 1 ,
(a) y = x7 + 7x − π + 1 (e) y = 2 tan2 x − sec2 x,
(b) y = (x + 1)2 (x2 + 2x),
(c) y = (2x − 5)(4 − x)−1 , (f) y = x−3 sec(2x)2 ,
2
θ − θ2

(d) y = −1 − csc
2 4 , (g) y = 5 cot x2 .

16. Find the derivatives of the following functions:

(a) y = √ t ,
2
(f) y = x8 + x − x 1 4,
 
t+1
(b) y = (sec x + tan x)(sec x − tan x), (g) y = x 1 5,
 
+
5 5x
(c) y = 1 −sin t ,
cos t (h) y = (x2 + 3x + 1)1/4 ,
2
(d) y = 1 +tan x , 
(i) y = 1 + sin x
tan x cos x ,
√
(e) y = sin x3 , (j) y = 4 sin( x).

17. Find the derivatives of the following functions:

√
(a) y(x) = x
√ + ( sec x + tan x)5 ,
1+ x
√ x3 2 .
x+1)+ 1−
 
(b) y(x) = sin(x +
2x2 + 5
18. Find the points on the curve y = 2x3 − 3x2 − 12x + 20 at which the tangent line is
x,
(a) perpendicular to the line y = 1 − 24
√
(b) parallel to the line y = 2 − 12x.

19. The curve y = ax2 + bx + c passes through the point (1, 2) and is tangent to the line y = x
at the origin. Find the constants a, b, and c.

20. Suppose that f is continuous and it satisfies the following conditions for all real values of
x and y:

(a) f (x + y) = f (x) · f (y);

(b) f (x) = 1 + xg(x), where lim g(x) = 1.
x→0

Show that the derivative f 0 (x) exists at every value of x and that f 0 (x) = f (x).

21. Find d2 y/dx2 of the following functions:

(a) x3 + y 3 = 1, (b) y 2 = 1 − x2.

22. By differentiating x2 − y 2 = 1 implicitly, show that:

(a) dy/dx = x/y, (b) d2 y/dx2 = −1/y 3 .

23. Use implicit differentiation to find dy/dx for the following:

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 (a) x2 y + xy 2 = 6 (c) y 2 cos y1 = 2x + 2y (e) 2xy + y 2 = x + y

(b) x + sin y = xy (d) y 2 = x −1 (f) x2 (x − y)2 = x2 − y 2

x+1

24. Find an equation for the tangent line to each of the following parametrized curves at the
d2 y
given value. Also, find the value of 2 at the given point.
dx
(a) x = sec2 t − 1 , y = tan t ; t = −π/4,
√ √
(b) x = − t + 1 , y = 3t ; t = 3,
(c) x = 2t2 + 3 , y = t4 ; t = −1,
(d) x = t − sin t , y = 1 − cos t ; t = π/3,
√
(e) x = t , y = t ; t = 1/4.
2
25. If y 3 + y = 2 cos x, find the value of d y2 at the point (0, 1).
dx
26. Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve x sin(xy − y 2 ) = x2 − 1 at (1, 1) .
√
27. Find an equation of the line tangent to the curve (x2 + 1)y + π1 sin(π(y + x)) = 2 at
the point (1, 1).

28. Find the points on the curve x2 + xy + y 2 = 7; (a) at which the tangent line is parallel to
the x-axis and (b) at which the tangent line is parallel to the y-axis.

29. Assuming that the following equations define a parametrized curve giving x and y implic-
itly as differentiable functions of t, find the slope of the curve at the given value.
√
x sin t + x = t , t sin t − 2t = y , t = π.