MH1100/MTH112: Calculus I.

Problem Set for the Week 8 Lectures. (Tutorial held during Week 9.)

This weeks topics:

Dierentiation rules.
The calculus of the trigonometric functions.
The chain rule.
The tutor will aim to discuss: 2, 8, 9, 12, 15, 25, 26, 31-35 and maybe other
problems.
Problems that I think might be more unusual or dicult than normal are
marked with a .
In this problem set, unless otherwise indicated, you may use the rules
for dierentiation.
Problem 1: (#2.3.21 from [Stewart].)

Dierentiate the function u(t) = 5 t + 4 t5 .

Problem 2: (#2.3.22 from [Stewart].)
Dierentiate the function v(x) =

x+

3x

"2

Problem 3: (#2.3.24 from [Stewart].)

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Dierentiate the function F (x) = x 5xx2 + x in two dierent ways: by using

the quotient rule, and by simplifying the expression first. Check you get the
same answer.
Problem 4: (#2.3.43 from [Stewart].)
Dierentiate the function
f (x) =

x
.
x + xc

Problem 5: (#2.3.58 from [Stewart].)

Find the equation of the tangent line and the normal line to the curve

x
y=
x+1
at the point (4, 0.4).
Problem 6: (#2.3.74 from [Stewart].)
If f (x) is a dierentiable function, find an expression for the derivative of
each of the following functions:
(a) y = x2 f (x)
(c) y =

(b) y =

x2
f (x)

(d) y =

f (x)
x2
1+xf (x)

Problem 7: (#2.3.77 from [Stewart].)

Show that the curve y = 6x3 + 5x 3 has no tangent line whose slope is 4.
Problem 8: (#2.3.80 from [Stewart].)
Find equations of the tangent lines to the curve y =
to the line x 2y = 2.

x1
x+1

that are parallel

Problem 9: (#2.3.87 from [Stewart].)

Find a degree 2 polynomial P (x) such that P (2) = 5, P (2) = 3, P (2) = 2.
Problem 10 : (#2.3.98 from [Stewart].)
Consider a function F (x) = f (x)g(x), where f and g are assumed to have
derivatives of all orders f (n) (x) and g (n) (x).
(i) Show the following formula

F (x) = f (x)g(x) + 2f (x)g (x) + f (x)g (x).

(ii) Find analogous formulas for F (x) and F (4) (x).
(iii) Guess a formula for the case of general n, F (n) (x), then use induction
to prove your guess is correct.
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Problem 11: (#2.3.102 from [Stewart].)

A tangent line is drawn to the hyperbola xy = c at a point P .
(a) Show that the midpoint of the line segment cut from this tangent line
by the co-ordinate axes is P .
(b) Show that the triangle formed by the tangent line and the co-ordinate
axes always has the same area, no matter what point P is chosen.

Problem 12 : (#2.3.103 from [Stewart].)

Using standard facts, find a simple evaluation of the limit limx1

x1000 1
x1 .

Problem 13 : (#2.3.106 from [Stewart].)

Using your intuition, guess if there is a straight line that is tangent to both
of the parabolas y = x2 and y = x2 2x + 2. Then decide if this line exists,
and then find it, using equations.
Problem 14: (#2.4.34 from [Stewart].)
Find the points on the curve y =
zontal.

cos x
2+sin x

at which the tangent line is hori-

Problem 15: (#2.4.41 from [Stewart].)

Determine the limit
lim

t0

tan 6t
.
sin 2t

Problem 16: (#2.4.45 from [Stewart].)

Determine the limit
lim

sin
.
+ tan

Problem 17: (#2.4.48 from [Stewart].)

Determine the limit

sin (x 1)
.
x1 x2 + x 2
lim

Problem 18 : (#2.4.56 from [Stewart].)

Consider the function
f (x) =

x
.
1 cos 2x

Is f continuous at x = 0? If not, what type of discontinuity does it have

there? Justify your answer using standard properties of limits. It may be
interesting to check your answer with a graph of this function.
Problem 19 :
Determine the limit
lim

x0

1 + tan x
x3

1 + sin x

Problem 20 : (#10.27 from [Spivak].)

Let f be a function which is dierentiable at 0, and assume that f (0) = 0.
Prove that there exists a function g(x) which is continuous at 0 and such
that
f (x) = xg(x).
Problem 21: (#2.5.5 from [Stewart])
Identify the following function as a composition h(x) = f (g(x)) then use the
chain rule to dierentiate it:

h(x) = sin x.

Problem 22: (#2.5.8 from [Stewart])

Identify the following function as a composition h(x) = f (g(x)) then use the
chain rule to dierentiate it:
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h(x) = 4x x2
.
Problem 23: (#2.5.23 from [Stewart])
Dierentiate the following function
f (x) = sin (x cos x) .

Problem 24: (#2.5.25 from [Stewart])

Dierentiate the following function
F (z) =

z1
.
z+1

Problem 25: (#2.5.25 from [Stewart])

Dierentiate the following function
y = sin

&

1 + x2 .

Problem 26: (#2.5.42 and #2.5.43 from [Stewart])

Dierentiate the functions:
&

(i) y = 1 + x.
'
&

(ii) y = 1 + 1 + x.
Problem 27: (#2.5.53 from [Stewart])
Find the tangent line to the curve
y = sin sin x
that goes through the point (, 0).
Problem 28: (#2.5.59 from [Stewart])
Find the points on the graph of the following function
f (x) = 2 sin x + sin2 x
at which the tangent line is horizontal.
Problem 29: (#2.5.68 from [Stewart])
Suppose that f is dierentiable at every point of R and that R. Let
F (x) = f (x ) and let G(x) = [f (x)] . Find expressions for:
(a) F (x), and
(b) G (x).

Problem 30: (#2.5.70 from [Stewart])

If g is a twice-dierentiable function, and f (x) = xg(x2 ), then find an expression for f (x) in terms of the derivatives of g(x).
Problem 31: (#2.5.71 from [Stewart])
If F (x) = f (3f (4f (x))), where f (0) = 0 and f (0) = 2, determine F (0).
Problem 32 : (#2.5.83 from [Stewart])
Use the chain rule to give proofs that:
(a) The derivative of an even function is an odd function.
(b) The derivative of an odd function is an even function.

Problem 33: (#2.5.86 from [Stewart])

Suppose that f (x) is a function which is dierentiable everywhere and that
y = f (x) is a curve that always lies above the x-axis, and never has a
horizontal tangent. For what value of y is the rate of change of y 5 with
respect to x eighty times the rate of change of y with respect to x?
Problem 34 : (#2.5.87 from [Stewart])
Use the chain rule to show that if is measured in degrees, then:
d

(sin ) =
cos .
d
180

Problem 35:
If it is known that

d
[f (2x)] = x2
dx

then what is f (x)?

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