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MAI HL

Test on Derivatives
by Christos Nikolaidis
Marks: ____/80
Name: ___________________________________

Questions

1. [Maximum mark: 30]


Differentiate the following functions:

2x5  x  3
(a) f ( x )  4 x ln x (b) f ( x) 
x2

(c) f ( x)  ln( x 4  5) (d) f ( x)  x 4  5

(e) f ( x )  sin 2 x  sin 3 x (f) f ( x)  sin 2 x  sin 3 x


x 1
(g) f ( x)  (h) f ( x)  2e 2 x cos 5 x
x2
5
(i) f ( x)  (j) f ( x)  e sin( 5 x 3) [3 each]
(2 x  3) 2

2. [Maximum mark: 5]
Let P  Q  Q 2  ln Q . If P increases by 2 units per hour find the rate of change of

Q when Q  3 .

3. [Maximum mark: 6]
Let f ( x)  ax 3  bx 2  x

The point A(1,5) lies on the curve y  f (x ) . Given that the gradient of the curve at

point A is 10, find the values of a and b .

4. [Maximum mark: 10]

ln x  1a 1 
Let f ( x )  . The graph of the function has a local maximum at point A e , 
x3  be 

(a) Find f ( x ) (simplify your answer). [4]

(b) Hence, find the values of the integers a and b . [4]


(c) Justify that A is local maximum. [2]

1
5. [Maximum mark: 11]
For two functions f and g it is given that
x 2 4
f ( x) 4 3
f ( x ) –2 –5
g ( x) 6 7
g ( x ) –4 4
calculate
d
(a) 2 f ( x)  3g ( x) at x  2 [2]
dx
d  f ( x) 
(b) at x  2 [3]
dx  g ( x) 

(c)
d 2
dx
 
x f ( x ) at x  2 [3]

d
(d)  f ( x 2 )  at x  2 [3]
dx 

6. [Maximum mark: 9]
Let f ( x )  2 x 3  3 x 2  8 .

(a) Find f ( 1) and f (1) [3]


(b) Find the equations of the tangent line and the normal line
(i) at x  1
(ii) at x  1 [6]

7. [Maximum mark: 9]
Let f ( x )  2( x  1)( x  3) 2 ( x  5) .

(a) Write down the x - coordinates of the stationary points of f (x ) [2]


(b) For each stationary point, determine whether the graph of the function has a
local maximum, a local minimum or neither. [4]
(c) Find f ( x ) (do not simplify) and hence show that f (3)  0 . [3]

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