DIFFERENTIABILITY & DIFFERENTIATION & LIMITS USING L HOSPITAL RULE

EXERCISE–I
Q.1 Let f , g and h are differentiable functions. If f (0) = 1 ; g (0) = 2 ; h (0) = 3 and the derivatives of their
pair wise products at x = 0 are
(f g)'(0) = 6 ; (g h)'(0) = 4 and (h f)'(0) = 5
then compute the value of (fgh)'(0).
dy
Q.2(a) If y = (cos x)lnx + (lnx)x find .
dx
ex xe ex dy
(b) If y = e x ex x e . Find .
dx
1 1 1
Q.3 Let f (x) = x + ......... . Compute the value of f (100) · f ' (100).
2x 2x 2x

x2 1
Q.4 If y = x x 2 1 ln x x 2 1 prove that 2y = xy' + ln y'. where ' denotes the derivative.
2 2
2
If x = cosec + sin + ; y = cosecn + sinn + , then show that ( x 2 dy
Q.5 4) n 2 (y2 4) 0.
dx

dy 16 t (1 t 4 )
Q.6 If y = sec 4 x and x = tan–1(t), prove that = .
dt (1 6 t 2 t 4 ) 2
2
1 lnt 3 2lnt dy dy
Q.7 If x = 2 and y = . Show that y 2x 1.
t t dx dx

1 x2 1 x2
Q.8 Differentiate w. r. t. 1 x4 .
1 x2 1 x2

Q.9 Find the derivative with respect to x of the function:

2x
(logcosx sinx) (logsinx cosx)–1 + arcsin at x = .
1 x2 4
dy 2 6
Q.10 If 1 x 6 1 y 6 = a3 . (x3 y3), prove that = x 1 y .
dx y2 1 x 6

1 dy 1
Q.11 If y = x + , prove that .
1 dx 2 x
x
x
1 1
x ...............
x
1
x
x ....................

x1 x2 . x x3 .x2
Q.12 If y=1+ x x + ( x x )( x x ) + +..... upto (n + 1) terms then prove that
1 1 2 ( x x1 )(x x 2 )(x x 3 )

dy y x1 x2 x3 xn ,
= ... .
dx x x1 x x2 x x3 x xn x -

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Q.13 Suppose f (x) = tan sin 1 (2 x )
(a) Find the domain and range of f.
(b) Express f (x) as an algebaric function of x.
(c) Find f ' 1 4 .

u 1 1 1 dy
Q.14 If y = tan 1
& x = sec 1
, u 0, ! ,1 prove that 2 + 1 = 0.
1 u2 2u 2
1 2 2 dx

1 sin x 1 sin x dy
Q.15 If y = cot 1
, find if x 0, ! , .
1 sin x 1 sin x dx 2 2

x 1 1 x dy
Q.16 If y = tan–1 2 + sin 2 tan , then find for x (–1, 1).
1 1 x 1 x dx

Q.17 Let f (x) = x2 4x 3, x > 2 and let g be the inverse of f. Find the value of g where f (x) = 2.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Q.18 If y = tan tan tan tan +...... to n terms.
x2 x 1 x 2 3x 3 x 2 5x 7 x 2 7 x 13
Find dy/dx , expressing your answer in 2 terms.

x yx dy
Q.19 If y = ln x e /a y find .
dx

2,
y
1 tan .
Q.20 If x = tan
y
ln
2 . . Show that dy = 1 sin y(1 + sin y + cos y).
2 y . dx 2
tan .
2 .-

y
arc sin
2 2 x 2 y2 d2y 2( x 2 y2 )
Q.21 If x y e . Prove that , x > 0.
dx 2 ( x y)3
Q.22 If x = 2cost cos2t & y = 2sint sin2t , find the value of (d2y/dx2) when t = ( /2).

d2y 3
Q.23 Find the value of the expression y on the ellipse 3x2 + 4y2 = 12.
dx 2

Q.24 If f : R R is a function such that f(x) = x3 + x2 f (1) + xf (2) + f (3) for all x R , then prove that
f (2) = f (1) f (0).
g ( x ), x 0
Q.25 Let g(x) be a polynomial, of degree one & f(x) be defined by f(x) = 1/ x .
1 x
, x 0
Find the continuous function f(x) satisfying f (1) = f( 1) 2 x

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 EXERCISE–II
dy sin a
Q.1 If sin y = x sin (a + y) , show that = .
dx 1 2 x cos a x 2

Q.2 Find a polynomial function f (x) such that f (2x) = f ' (x) f " (x).

cos 3x dy 6
Q.3 If y = arc cos then show that = , sinx > 0.
cos3 x dx cos2x cos4x
d2y
Q.4 Let y = x sin kx. Find the possible value of k for which the differential equation 2 + y = 2k cos kx
holds true for all x R. dx

Q.5 Prove that if | a1 sin x + a2sin 2x + .......+ ansin nx | | sin x | for x R, then
| a1 + 2a2 + 3a3 + ...... + nan | 1
Q.6 The function f : R R satisfies f (x2) · f ''(x) = f '(x) · f '(x2) for all real x. Given that f (1) = 1 and
f '''(1) = 8, compute the value of f '(1) + f ''(1).
x d2y dy
Q.7(a) Show that the substitution z = l n tan changes the equation 2 cot x 4 y cos ec2 x 0 to
2 dx dx
(d2y/dz2) + 4 y = 0.
(b) If the dependent variable y is changed to 'z' by the substitution y = tan z then the differential equation
2 2
d2 y 2(1 y) dy d 2z 2 dz
1 is changed to 2 = cos z k , then find the value of k.
dx 2 1 y 2 dx dx dx
3/ 2
1 dy dx 2 1 1
Q.8 Show that R = can be reduced to the form R2/3 = 2/3 .
d 2 y dx 2 2 2/ 3
d 2 y dx d 2 x dy2
Also show that, if x=a sin2+(1+cos2+) & y=acos2+ (1– cos2+) then the value of R equals to 4a cos3+.
sin x
Q.9 Let f (x) = if x 0 and f (0) = 1. Define the function f ' (x) for all x and find f '' (0) if it exist.
x
Q.10 Suppose f and g are two functions such that f, g : R R,

f (x) = ln 1 1 x2 and g (x) = ln x 1 x2

'
1
then find the value of x eg(x) f g' (x ) at x = 1.
x
xe x x 0
Q.11 Let f (x) = then prove that
2 3
x x x x 0
(a) f is continuous and differentiable for all x.
(b) f ' is continuous and differentiable for all x.
1
x 3 (1 x ) sin if 0 x 1
x2
Q.12 f : [0, 1] R is defined as f (x) = , then prove that
0 if x 0
(a) f is differentiable in [0, 1] (b) f is bounded in [0, 1] (c) f ' is bounded in [0, 1]

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 x y f (x ) f (y )
Q.13 Let f(x) be a derivable function at x = 0 & f = (k R , k 0, 2). Show that
k k
f (x) is either a zero or an odd linear function.
f ( x y) f ( x ) f ( y) a
Q.14 Let = + xy for all real x and y. If f (x) is differentiable and f (0) exists
2 2
for all real permissible values of 'a' and is equal to 5a 1 a 2 . Prove that f (x) is positive for all real x.
Q.15 Column-I Column-II
1
ln (1 x 3 ) ·sin , if x 0
(A) f (x) = x (P) continuous everywhere but not
0, if x 0 differentiable at x 0

1
ln 2 (1 x ) ·sin , if x 0
(B) g (x) = x (Q) differentiable at x 0 but
0, if x 0 derivative is discontinuous at x 0

sin x
ln 1 , if x 0
(C) u (x) = 2 (R) differentiable and has
0, if x 0 continuous derivative

2x 1 2
(D) v (x) = Lim tan (S) continuous and differentiable
t 0 t2 at x 0

(x a)4 (x a )3 1 (x a ) 4 (x a)2 1
Q.16 If f (x) = ( x b) 4 ( x b) 3 1 then f (x) = 0 . ( x b ) 4 ( x b) 2 1 . Find the value of 0.
( x c) 4 ( x c) 3 1 ( x c) 4 ( x c) 2 1

cos( x x 2 ) sin( x x 2 ) cos( x x 2 )

Q.17 If f(x) = sin( x x 2 ) cos( x x 2 ) sin( x x 2 ) then find f'(x).
sin2 x 0 sin2 x 2
Q.18 If be a repeated root of a quadratic equation f(x) = 0 & A(x) , B(x) , C(x) be the polynomials of
A( x ) B( x ) C( x )
degree 3, 4 & 5 respectively , then show that A( ) B( ) C( ) is divisible by f(x), where dash
A ' ( ) B' ( ) C' ( )
denotes the derivative.
a x b x c x
Q.19 Let f (x) = x m x n x . Show that f (x) = 0 and that f (x) = f (0) + k x where k denotes
p x q x r x
the sum of all the co-factors of the elements in f (0).
Q.20 If Y = sX and Z = tX, where all the letters denotes the functions of x and suffixes denotes the differentiation
w.r.t. x then prove that

X Y Z s t1
X1 Y1 Z1 = X3 1
s2 t2
X2 Y2 Z2

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 EXERCISE–III
Evalute the following limits using L’Hospital’s Rule or otherwise :

1 1 x2 , x ln x2 1 x
Q.1 Lim . Q.2 Lim
x 0 x sin 1 x x2 - x 0 x3
Lim 1 1 , Lim x x
x
1

sin 2 x .-
Q.3 x 0 2 Q.4 x 0
x
1 sin x cos x ln(1 x ) sin x
Q.5 Lim Q.6 Lim sin x (sin x )
x 0 x·tan2 x x 2 1 sin x ln (sin x )

Find the value of f(0) so that the function f(x)= 1 2

Q.7 2x
, x 0 is continuous at x = 0 & examine the
x e 1
differentiability of f(x) at x = 0.
sin(3x 2 )
Q.8 Lim
x 0 ln.cos( 2x 2 x )
a sin x bx cx 2 x 3
Q.9 If Lim
x 0 exists & is finite, find the values of a, b, c & the limit.
2x 2.ln (1 x ) 2 x 3 x 4
x 6000 (sin x) 6000
Q.10 Evaluate: Lim
x 0 x 2 ·(sin x ) 6000
1 cos x ·cos 2 x ·cos 3x........ cos nx
Q.11 If Lim has the value equal to 253, find the value of n
x 0 x2
(where n N).
Q.12 Given a real valued function f(x) as follows:
x2 2 cos x 2 1 sin x ln e x cos x
f (x) = for x < 0; f (0) = & f (x) = for x > 0. Test the
x4 12 6x 2
continuity and differentiability of f (x) at x = 0.
Q.13 Let a1 > a2 > a3 ............ an > 1; p1 > p2 > p3......... > pn > 0 ; such that p1 + p2 + p3 + ...... + pn = 1
1x
Also F (x) = p1a1x p 2 a 2x ....... p n a nx . Compute
(a) Lim F( x ) (b) Lim F( x ) (c) Lim F( x )
x 0 x x
n
1 cos 3x ·cos 9x ·cos 27 x......... cos 3 x
Q.14 If Lim = 310, find the value of n.
x 0 1 1 1 1
1 cos x ·cos x ·cos x......... cos n x
3 9 27 3
Q.15 Column-I contains function defined on R and Column-II contains their properties. Match them.
Column-I Column-II
n
1 tan
Lim 2n
(A) n equal (P) e
1 sin
3n
1
(B) Lim 1
equals (Q) e2
x 0
ln (sin x )
(1 cosec x )
1x
2 1
(C) Lim cos x equals (R) e–2/
x 0
(S) e /6