Calculus 1 HW Assignment #4 Fall 2013

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1. Find q
the derivative of the function.
p √ √
(a) y = x + x + x, (b) y = arcsin (x2 ), (c) y = 1 − x2 arcsin x.

2. Find dy/dx by implicit differentiation

√
(a) xy = 1 + x2 y, (b) x cos y + y cos x = 1, (c) xy = y x .
f (x)
3. If f and g are the functions whose graphs are shown, let P (x) = f (x) g (x), Q (x) = g(x)
,
and C (x) = f (g (x)). Find (a) P 0 (2), (b) Q0 (2), and (c) C 0 (2).

4. Suppose f and f −1 are both differentiable for all x with f (3) = 5; f 0 (3) = 7. Find the line
tangent to the graph of f −1 (x) at (5, 3)?
Hint: Derivative of the inverse function.
5. Use
√ linear approximation to estimate the following values
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(a) 15.6 (b) tan(46o ).

6. Under certain circumstances a rumor spreads according to the equation

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p (t) = ,
1 + ae−kt
where p(t) is the proportion of the population that knows the rumor at time t and a and k are
positive constants.
a. Find lim p (t).
t→∞
b. Find the rate of spread of the rumor.

7. The cost, in dollars, of producing x yards of a certain fabric is

C(x) = 1200 + 12x − 0.1x2 + 0.0005x3

a. Find the marginal cost function.

b. Find C 0 (200) and explain its meaning. What does it predict?
c. Compare C 0 (200) with the cost of manufacturing the 201st yard of fabric.

8. A bacteria culture initially contains 100 cells and grows at a rate proportional to its size.
After an hour the population has increased to 420.
a. Find an expression for the number of bacteria after hours.

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Calculus 1 HW Assignment #4 Fall 2013

b. Find the number of bacteria after 3 hours.

c. Find the rate of growth after 3 hours.
d. When will the population reach 10,000?

9. A car is traveling at night along a highway shaped like a parabola with its vertex at the
origin (see the below figure). The car starts at a point 100 m west and 100 m north of the
origin and travels in an easterly direction. There is a statue located 100 m east and 50 m north
of the origin. At what point on the highway will the cars headlights illuminate the statue?

x2
Hint: The equation of the parabola (highway) is defined by y = f (x) = . The point is
√ 100
(a, f (a)) where a = 100 − 50 2.

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10. A particle moves along the x-axis, its position at time t given by x (t) = 1+t2 , t > 0, where

t is measured in seconds and x in meters.

(a) Find the velocity at time t.
(b) When is the particle moving to the right? When is it moving to the left?
(c) Find the total distance traveled during the first 4 s.
Hint: (c) |s(1) − s(0)| + |s(4) − s(1)| = 1/2 + (1/2 − 4/17) = 13/17.

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