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Differentiation Basics 1

This document contains 9 problems involving differentiation and finding equations of tangents and normals to curves. The problems cover differentiating polynomials, logarithmic, exponential and trigonometric functions, as well as finding stationary points, tangents and normals at given points on curves.

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Differentiation Basics 1

This document contains 9 problems involving differentiation and finding equations of tangents and normals to curves. The problems cover differentiating polynomials, logarithmic, exponential and trigonometric functions, as well as finding stationary points, tangents and normals at given points on curves.

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1 Differentiate with respect to x

a (x + 3)5 b (2x − 1)3 c (8 − x)7 d 2(3x + 4)6


1 4 1
e (6 − 5x)4 f g h
x−2 (2 x + 3)3 (7 − 3 x)2

2 Differentiate with respect to t


3
a 2e3t b 4t − 1 c 5 ln 2t d (8 − 3t ) 2
6
e 3 ln (6t + 1) f 1
2
e5t + 4 g h 2 ln (3 − 1
4
t)
3
2t − 5

d2 y
3 Find for each of the following.
dx 2
a y = (3x − 1)4 b y = 4 ln (1 + 2x) c y= 5 − 2x

4 Find the value of f ′(x) at the value of x indicated in each case.


a f(x) = x2 − 6 ln 2x, x=3 b f(x) = 3 + 2x − ex − 2, x=2
4
c f(x) = (2 − 5x)4, x= 1
d f(x) = , x = −1
2 x+5

5 Find the value of x for which f ′(x) takes the value indicated in each case.

a f(x) = 4 3 x + 15 , f ′(x) = 2 b f(x) = x2 − ln (x − 2), f ′(x) = 5

6 Differentiate with respect to x


a (x2 − 4)3 b 2(3x2 + 1)6 c ln (3 + 2x2) d (2 + x)3(2 − x)3
8
 x4 + 6  1 2
e   f g 4 + 7e x h (1 − 5x + x3)4
 2  3− x 2

1 2
i 3 ln (4 − x) j (e4x + 2)7 k l ( − x)5
5+4 x x

7 Find the coordinates of any stationary points on each curve.


a y = (2x − 3)5 b y = (x2 − 4)3 c y = 8x − e2x
1
d y = 1 + 2x 2 e y = 2 ln (x − x2) f y = 4x +
x−3

8 Find an equation for the tangent to each curve at the point on the curve with the given x-coordinate.
a y = (3x − 7)4, x=2 b y = 2 + ln (1 + 4x), x=0
9
c y= , x=1 d y= 5x − 1 , x= 1
x2 + 2 4

9 Find an equation for the normal to each curve at the point on the curve with the given x-coordinate.
a y = e 4− x − 10,
2
x = −2 b y = (1 − 2x2)3, x= 1
2

1 x
c y= , x=1 d y = 6e 3 , x=3
2 − ln x

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