Tutorial 4 Derivative Part 2
Tutorial 4 Derivative Part 2
TUTORIAL 4
1. In exercises below, suppose that x and y are related by the given equation and use implicit
dy
differentiation to determine .
dx
a. x 2− y 2=1 b. y 5−3 x 2 + x
c. y 4 −x 4= y 2−x 2 d. 2 x3 + y=2 y 3+ x
e. xy=5 f. x ( y+ 2 )5=8
g. x 3 y 2 −4 x 2=1 h. x 3 + y 3=x 3 y 3
i. x 2 y + y 2 x=3
2. Find the slope of the tangent line to the following graph at the given point.
3 −1
b. x y =2; x = , y =−2
4
c. xy + y 3=14 ; x =3 , y =2
3. Find the equation of the tangent line to the graph of x 2 y 4=1 at the point
[ ]
a. 4 ,
1
2
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b. 4 ,−
1
2
4. Suppose that x and y represent the amount of two basic inputs for a production process and suppose
that the equation
1 2
3 3
30 x y =1080
dy
Describe all input amounts where the output process is 1080 units. Find when x = 16, y=54.
dx
5. Suppose that x and y are both differentiable function of t and are related by the following equation.
dy dx
Use implicit differentiation with respect to t to determine in terms of x,y and .
dt dt
a. x 4 + y 4=1 b. 3 xy−3 x 2=4 c. x 2+ 2 xy = y 3
6. A point is moving along the graph of x 2−4 y 2=9 . When the point is at (5,-2), its x- coordinate is
increasing at the rate of 3 units per second. How fast is the y-coordinate changing at the moment.
7. Suppose that the price p (in RM) and the weekly sales x in thousands of units) of a certain
commodity satisfy the demand equation
3 2
2 p + x =4500 .
Determine the rate at which sales are changing at a time when x = 50, p = 10, and the price is falling
at rate of RM0.50 per week.
8. The monthly advertising revenue A and the monthly circulation x of a magazine are related
approximately by the equations.
x
c. f ( s )=( 3 s +5 )8 d. y=
1−x
3
e. y=( 1−x 2 ) 4 f. g ( x )=x ( csc x )