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UNIT 1 TEST
THE DERIVATIVE
TH COMM
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An overall comrptlhication mark will be assigned for proper use of mathematical
form, termipeiogy and conventions. DERIVATIVE RULES MAY BE USED
EXCEPT WHERE LIMIT THEORY IS SPECIFIED.

A: KNOWLEDGE/UNDERSTANDING
1. Determine the value of each of the following limits if it exists. 78
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2. a) Determine the slope of the tangent to f(x) - -x3 at x = -1

b ) Determine the slope of the tangent to /(*) = — at x = 2

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3. Determine — for each of the following. Simplify.
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4. A subway train travels from one station to the next. Its distance, in
kilometres, from the first station after t mins is s(t] = t2 -\t3.

a) Find the average velocity of the train between t = 0 and t = 1.

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b) Find the velocity of the train at 90 seconds. ^/

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c) Show that the next station the train stops at is 2-tern, away.
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B: APPLICATION
5. a) Use the Product rule to determine the rate of change of f(x) = x2 (3x -1)
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b) Show that you get the same result using the limit definition of the derivative.
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c) Show another method that could be used to verify the value of /'(3)

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6. Determine the points on the curve where the tangent line is


horizontal.
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7. Determine the derivative of each using the appropriate rules. Simplify final
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2 2 3 4 2
a) /(*H4*-2) (x +3) y = ^x ~x , x>0

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8. Determine the equation of the tangent line to the curve y - at the

point (-1.-2).

9. An athletic-equipment supplier experiences weekly $costs of


C(x) = |x3 + 40x + 700 in producing x baseball gloves per week.
The marginal cost function is given by C"(x). Find the production level x at
which the marginal cost is $76 per glove.

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C: THINKING

1 0. Do the functions y = ^ and y = x3 ever have the same tangent slope?


If so when? Provide a supporting mathematical argument.

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11. Determine the value of a, given that the line ax-4y + 21 = 0 is tangent to

the graph of y--y at x = -2


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