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The University of Zambia

Department of Mathematics and Statistics


MAT 1120 - Introductory Mathematics, Statistics and
Probability
Tutorial Sheet 10 - Chain, Power, Product and Quotient - October, 2023
Rules

1. Find the first and second derivative of the following functions


(a) y = −x2 + 3 (b) y = x2 + x + 8 (c) y = 3x7 − 7x3 + 21x2
3
(d) y = 4x3 − x (e) y = 3x−2 − x1 (f) y = −2x−1 + x42
(g) y = 6x2 − 10x − 5x−2 (h) y = 4 − 2x − x−3 (i) y = 12
x
− x43 + x14

2. Find y ′ in two different way

1. By applying the Product Rule


2. by multiplying the factors to produce a sum of simpler terms to differentiate
(a) (b)
y = (3 − x2 )(x3 − x + 1) y = (x − 1)(x2 + x + 1)
(c)   (d)   
2 1 1 1
y = (x + 1) x + 5 + y = x+ x− +1
x x x
3. Find the derivatives of the functions below.
(a) (b) (c)
2x + 5 2x + 1 x2 − 1
y= y= 2 y=
3x − 2 x −1 x2 + x − 2
(d) (e) √ (f)
−1 5x + 1
y = (2x − 7) (x + 5) x−1 √
y=√ y=
x+1 2 x
(g) √ (h) (i)
√
 
1+x−4 x 1 (x + 1)(x + 2)
y= y=2 √ + x y=
x x (x − 1)(x − 2)
4. Suppose that f and g are functions of x that are differentiable at x = 0 and that

f (0) = 5, f ′ (0) = −3, g(0) = −1, g ′ (0) = 2

Find the values of the following derivatives at x = 0.


   
f
d
(a) dx (f g) d
(b) dx g (c) dx fg
d
(d) d
dx
(7f − 2g)

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dy f ′ (g(x))
5. In the following, we are given y = f (u) and u = g(x). Find dy
= g ′ (x)
.
(a) (b)
x4 y = 2u3 , u = 8x − 1
y = 6u − 6, u=
2
(c) (d)
y = u, u = 3x + 1 1
y= , u = x2 + 7x
u
6. In each of the following, write the function in the form y = f (u) and u = g(x). Then
dy
find dx as a function of x.
(a) (b)
y = (2x + 1)5 y = (4 − 3x)9
(c) (d)
 x −7 x −10
y = 1− y= −1
7 2
(e) (f)
 2 4  5
x 1 x 1
y= +x− y= +
8 x 5 5x
7. Find the derivatives of the following functions.
√ √ −1
(a) y = 3 − x (b) y = 2x − x2 1
(c) y = 21 (3x − 2)7 + 4 − 2x12
4
(d) y = (4x + 3)4 (x + 1)−3 (e) y = (2x − 5)−1 (x − 5x)6 (f) y = (5 − 2x)−3 + 81 x2 + 1
8. Find the value of (f ◦ g)′ at the given value of x.
√
(a) f (u) = u5 + 1, u = g(x) = x, at x = 1.
(b) f (u) = 1 − u1 , u = g(x) = 1
1−x
, at x = −1.
9. Consider the curve on the xy-plane given by the equation y = x3 − 4x + 1.
(a) Find an equation for the line perpendicular to the tangent of this curve at the point
(2, 1).
(b) What is the smallest slope (gradient) on the curve? At what point on the curve
does the curve have this slope?
(c) Find equations for the tangents to the curve at the points where the slope of the
curve is 8.
4x
10. Find equations of tangent lines to the curve y= 2 at the origin
x +1
and the point (1, 2).
11. 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 values a, b, and c.
12. The curves y = x2 + ax + b and y = cx − x2 have a common tangent line at the point
(1, 0). Find the values of a, b, and c.

End of Tutorial Sheet

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