Exam 3: Differentiation Rules

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Let f(x)=(sin⁡x)xf ( x ) = ( \sin x ) ^ { x } . Find the value of f′(π2)f ^ { \prime } \left( \frac { \pi } { 2 } \right) .

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Find the slope of the tangent line to the curve y = 11+2x\frac { 1 } { 1 + 2 x } at the point (1, 13\frac { 1 } { 3 } ).

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Find the x-coordinate(s) of the point(s) where the tangent to the curve y=x+2cos⁡x,0≤x≤2πy = x + 2 \cos x , 0 \leq x \leq 2 \pi has zero slope.

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Differentiate the following functions: (a) f(x)=(ln⁡x)3f ( x ) = ( \ln x ) ^ { 3 } (b) f(x)=xln⁡xf ( x ) = \sqrt { x } \ln x (c) f(x)=ln⁡(tan⁡xx2+1)f ( x ) = \ln \left( \frac { \tan x } { x ^ { 2 } + 1 } \right)

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Let f(x)=(x)xf ( x ) = ( \sqrt { x } ) ^ { x } . Find the value of f′(1)f ^ { \prime } ( 1 ) .

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Let f(x)=x3−4x2f ( x ) = x ^ { 3 } - 4 x ^ { 2 } (a) Find a linear approximation of f at x = 1.(b) Use this linear approximation to predict the value of the function at -1, 0, 0.9, 1.1, 2, and 3.(c) Make a table comparing your estimates with the actual function values. Discuss what this tells you about the linear approximation.(d) Graph the original function and its linear approximation over the interval [-1; 3]. What does the graph tell you about the size of the difference between the function values and the linear approximation values?

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Find the derivative of f(x)=1(1−2x)3f ( x ) = \frac { 1 } { ( 1 - 2 x ) ^ { 3 } } .

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Find the linear approximation of the function f (x) = x+24\sqrt { x + 24 } at x 11 = 1 and use it to approximate 25.05\sqrt { 25.05 } .

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If x+y+x−y=4\sqrt { x + y } + \sqrt { x - y } = 4 find the value of dydx\frac { d y } { d x } at the point (5, 4).

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Simplify the express: sec⁡(tan⁡−1x)\sec \left( \tan ^ { - 1 } x \right) .

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Let y=x2y = x ^ { 2 } , x = 3, and Δ\Delta x = 1. Find the value of the corresponding change Δ\Delta y.

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Find an equation of the tangent line to y=x4−x3y = x ^ { 4 } - x ^ { 3 } at (-1, 2).

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Let f (x) = cos⁡2x\cos ^ { 2 } x .(a) Find a linear approximation of f at x = π3.\frac { \pi } { 3 } . (b) Use this linear approximation to predict the value of the function at π3−1,π3−0.1,π3+1, \frac { \pi } { 3 } - 1 , \frac { \pi } { 3 } - 0.1 , \frac { \pi } { 3 } + 1 \text {, } and π3+0.1\frac { \pi } { 3 } + 0.1 (c) Make a table comparing your estimates with the actual function values. Discuss what this tells you about the linear approximation.(d) Graph the original function and its linear approximation over the interval [π3−1,π3+1]\left[ \frac { \pi } { 3 } - 1 , \frac { \pi } { 3 } + 1 \right] What does the graph tell you about the size of the difference between the function values and the linear approximation values?

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Let f(x)=log⁡3x2f ( x ) = \log _ { 3 } x ^ { 2 } . Find the value of f′(2)f ^ { \prime } ( 2 ) .

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Let f(x)=e−1/xf ( x ) = e ^ { - 1 / x } Find the value of f′(1)f ^ { \prime } ( 1 )

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Given f(3)=5f ( 3 ) = 5 , f′(3)=1.1f ^ { \prime } ( 3 ) = 1.1 , g(3)=−4g ( 3 ) = - 4 and g′(3)=0.7g ^ { \prime } ( 3 ) = 0.7 , find the value of (f−2g)′(3)( f - 2 g ) ^ { \prime } ( 3 ) .

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A particle moves along a straight line with equation of motion s=t3−t2s = t ^ { 3 } - t ^ { 2 } . Find the value of t at which the acceleration is equal to zero.

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The cost function of manufacturing x meters of a fabric is C(x)=20,000+5x−0.004x2+0.000003x3C ( x ) = 20,000 + 5 x - 0.004 x ^ { 2 } + 0.000003 x ^ { 3 } .

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Let f(x)=x2xf ( x ) = x ^ { 2 x } . Find the value of f′(1)f ^ { \prime } ( 1 ) .

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Find the derivative of f(x)=sin⁡2xf ( x ) = \sin ^ { 2 } x .

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