Worksheet: Product and Quotient Rule

1. A ball is dropped from the top of the Empire State building to the ground below. The height,y,
of the ball above the ground in feet is given as a function of time, t, (in seconds) by
y = 1250 16t2.
(a) Find the velocity of the ball at time t. What is the sign of the velocity? Why is this to be
expected?
(b) Show that the acceleration of the ball is a constant. What is the value and sign of
thisconstant?
(c) When does the ball hit the ground, and how fast is it going at that time?
2. The gravitational attraction, F, between earth and a satellite of mass m at a distance r from
the center of the earth is given by
,
where M is the mass of the earth, and G is a constant. Find the rate of change of force with
respect to distance.
3. (a) Use the formula for the area of a circle of radius r, A = r2, to find
(b) What is the formula V , for the volume of a sphere with radius r? Find
dV
the geometrical meaning of
?
dr
4. State whether or not the following statements are true or false. If false, then provide
anexample showing that the statement is false.

Theorem: The Product Rule

5. Use the product rule to differentiate the following functions:

Theorem: The Quotient Rule

. What is

6. Use the quotient rule to differentiate the function

tangent line to the graph of f at x = 3.

and find the equation of the