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CON3303 Tutorial 7: Interpretation of a derivative

Tutorial Sheet 7

1. Find the following limits:


 2   x2  4   x 
lim  x  3x  2 x  1 b) lim  x 2  2 x  c) lim
3 2
a)  d) lim 
x1  x0 x  2 x  x2 x  2
  x  7 x  4
 

2. Find the derivatives of the following functions from first principles.

2
a) f ( x)  2x b) f ( x)  x  2 x  1 c) f ( x)  x1/ 2

3. Evaluate the first derivative of the following functions.


8
5 3 1 3
a) f ( x)  6 x  3x  2 x  99 b) y  (2 x  3)(3x  1) c) y  x 2  2x  7x9

4. Differentiate the following functions with respect to x.


2
b) y  sin2 x c) f ( x)   x  89 
2
a) y  2x  cos( x)
 
5x
d) y  tan(x) e) f ( x)  e f) f ( x)  2 ln(2 x)

2
d y
5. Find 2
for each of the following functions.
dx
2
a) y  3x  5x  7 b) y  5 sin 2 x

2
6. Given y  x  2 x . Calculate the rate of change of y when x is
a) 6 b) – 5 c) 0

7. Given y  2 x  2 . Calculate the rate of change of y when x is


a) 6 b) – 5 c) 0

Answers:

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1. a) –1 b) –1 c) 4 d) 
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CON3303 Tutorial 7: Interpretation of a derivative

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2. a) 2 b) 2x+2 c) x
2

3 1
1  56 
3. a) 30 x  9 x  2 b) 12 x  7 c)  x 2  6 x 2  x 9
4 2

2 9

3 2 5x
4. a) 2  sin( x ) b) 2 cos(2 x) c) 4 x  356 x d) sec x e) 5e

f) 2
x

5. a) 6 b)  20 sin 2 x

6. a) 14 b) – 8 c) 2

7. a) 2 b) 2 c) 2

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