This document contains exercises on differentiation including:
1) Finding where a function is decreasing and sketching a curve defined by an equation.
2) Investigating stationary points on curves defined by equations involving exponential and trigonometric functions.
3) Calculating derivatives using first principles and the Maclaurin series for several common functions.
This document contains exercises on differentiation including:
1) Finding where a function is decreasing and sketching a curve defined by an equation.
2) Investigating stationary points on curves defined by equations involving exponential and trigonometric functions.
3) Calculating derivatives using first principles and the Maclaurin series for several common functions.
This document contains exercises on differentiation including:
1) Finding where a function is decreasing and sketching a curve defined by an equation.
2) Investigating stationary points on curves defined by equations involving exponential and trigonometric functions.
3) Calculating derivatives using first principles and the Maclaurin series for several common functions.
This document contains exercises on differentiation including:
1) Finding where a function is decreasing and sketching a curve defined by an equation.
2) Investigating stationary points on curves defined by equations involving exponential and trigonometric functions.
3) Calculating derivatives using first principles and the Maclaurin series for several common functions.
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5 Differentiation
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Extension 1 Find the values of x for which the function f(x) x 4 ln x 4 is decreasing. Exercise 5 2 The equation of a curve is y ln (x 2 4x). a Sketch the curve. b Show that the normals at x 1 and x 5 intersect at (2, 2:5 ln 5). c Find the point of intersection of the tangents at x 1 and x 5. 3 The point A, with x-coordinate a, lies y
on the curve y e3x 1 and B is the point y ⫽ e3x ⫺ 1
(a, 0). The tangent to the curve at A cuts the x-axis at P.
Show that PB 13 . tangent at A
x 0 P B (a, 0) p 4 Given that y ln x x 2 1 , show that dy 1 p dx x 1 2
5 Find d d d ex a ln ( ln x) b sin (sin x) c e dx dx dx 6 Investigate the nature of any stationary points on these curves, and comment on any patterns. a y xex b y x 2 ex c y x 3 ex d y x 4 ex e y x 5 ex 7 A curve is given by the equation y sin x(1 cos x) where 0 4 x 4 2p. a Find the values of x for which y is zero. b Find the exact coordinates of the stationary points on the curve. c Sketch the curve. 8 A particle is moving along a straight line and its displacement x cm from a fixed point O on the line at time t s is given by x 4(1 cos2 t). Find the value of x where the velocity of the particle is a maximum. 9 The slant height of a right circular cone is a cm, where a is constant. Show q that the volume of the cone is a maximum when the radius of the base is 2 a 3 cm and find the maximum volume.
10 If y e3x sin 4x, show that
d2 y dy 6 25y 0 dx 2 dx
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11 Find the value of x in the range 0 4 x 4 2p for which ex sin x has a maximum value. d3 y 12 If y tan x, obtain an expression for in terms of y. dx 3 dy 13 Show, from first principles, that if y cos x, then sin x. dx 14 f n (x) stands for the nth differential coefficient of f(x) with respect to x. Its value at x 0 is denoted by f n (0). If f n (0) exists for all values of n, then f(x) can be written as an infinite series in ascending powers of x using the Maclaurin series: x2 2 x3 3 xn n f(x) f(0) xf 1 (0) f (0) f (0) f (0) 2! 3! n! Obtain the Maclaurin series, up to and including the term in x 3 , for each of these functions. a f(x) sin x b f(x) cos x c f(x) ln (1 x) d f(x) ex
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