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C1 DIFFERENTIATION Worksheet B

1 Differentiate with respect to x

a x2 b x4 c x d x9 e x−3 f x−1
g 4x2 h 7x i 2x5 j 3 k 8x−2 l 11x−4

dy
2 Find
dx
a y = x5 + x 2 b y = x + x3 c y = x4 + 2 d y = x6 − 2x
e y = 6x3 + 5x−2 f y = x2 − 4x + 1 g y = x−1 − x−5 h y = 4x3 + 3x−4

3 Differentiate with respect to t

1 2 1
a t6 b 5t −3 c t2 d t3 e 3 2
4
t f 8t 4
7 − 15 1 5
6 − 32 − 54 1 3
4
g 2t 2 h t i 2
t j t k 12t l 6
t

4 Find f ′(x)
3 1 5
a f(x) = 2x + 1
3
x6 b f(x) = x 2 − 5 c f(x) = x + 4x 2 d f(x) = 6x 3 − x−4
− 54 1 3 − 32 − 83
e f(x) = 7 + x f f(x) = 2x 6 + x 4 g f(x) = 3x−1 − 5x h f(x) = 2 − 7x−1 + x

dy
5 Find
dx
1 3
a y= x b y=4− c y = 3x2 + 3
x d y = 9x +
x x
1 1 6 4
e y= − f y= g y= x5 h y= 8 x +
4x x2 4
x 3x 2

ds
6 Find
dt
a s = t(t + 3) b s = (t − 2)2 c s = 5t(t 3 + 4t) d s = t 2(7t − t −1)

e s = (t + 1)(t + 6) f s = (t − 4)(t + 2) g s = t(t 4 + 3t 2 + 9) h s = t(t − 1)(2t − 3)

dy
7 Find
dx
x3 − 2 x 4x3 + x x+3
a y= x (x − 4) b y= c y= d y=
x x2 x
4 − x3 5+ x 9x − 2 8 x + x3
e y= f y= g y= h y=
2x x2 3x 4 x

dy d2 y
8 In each case, find and .
dx dx 2
2
a y = 4x2 − x + 3 b y = x3 + 5x2 + 2x − 6 c y=8−
x
3x6 − 4 1 − 12
d y = 2x4 + 3x2 − 9 e y= f y = 6x 2 − x
x2

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