INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

Mathematics: analysis and approaches

MAA

EXERCISES [MAA 5.13]

MORE DERIVATIVES
Compiled by Christos Nikolaidis

O. Practice questions

1. [Maximum mark: 18] [without GDC]

Find the derivatives of the following functions

dy
y  f ( x)
dx

y  x5  5x

y  ln x  log 5 x

y  5 x log 5 x

y  2 tan x  3cot x

y  2sec x  3cosecx

y  5 arcsin x  3arccos x

y  x arctan x

y  x arcsin x

y  ln( x 2  1)  log 2 ( x 2  1)

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2. [Maximum mark: 28] [without GDC]

Find the derivatives of the following functions

dy
y  f ( x)
dx
y  sin(3x  5)

y  tan(3x  5)

y  sec(3x  5)

y  cosec (3 x  5)

y  cot(3 x  5)

y  2 3 x 5

y  log 2 (3 x  5)

y  arcsin(3 x  5)

y  arccos(3 x  5)

y  arctan(3x  5)

y  arcsin( x 2 )

y  arccos( x 2 )

y  arctan( x 2 )

y  arctan x

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A. Exam style questions (SHORT)

3. [Maximum mark: 8] [without GDC]

Consider the function y  tan x  8sin x .
dy
(a) Find . [2]
dx
dy
(b) Find the value of cos x for which  0. [3]
dx
dy
(c) Solve the equation  0. for  π  x  2π [3]
dx

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4. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]

Consider the function f (t )  3sec 2 t  5t .

(a) Find f (t ) [3]

(b) Find (i) f (π) (ii) f (π) [3]

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5. [Maximum mark: 5] [with / without GDC]

The function f is defined by f : x ֏ 3x . Find the solution of the equation f ( x )  2 .

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6. [Maximum mark: 4] [without GDC]

Differentiate y  arccos(1  2 x 2 ) with respect to x , and simplify your answer.

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7. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]

d2 y 2  x2
Let y  x arcsin x , x    1,1  . Show that 2
 3
.
dx 2 2
(1  x )

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8. [Maximum mark: 7] [without GDC]

π
Find the equations of the tangent and the normal lines to the curve y  tan 2 x at x  .
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9. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]

A normal to the graph of y  arctan( x  1) , for x  0 , has equation y  2 x  c , where
c  ℝ . Find the value of c .

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10. [Maximum mark: 8] [without GDC]

Consider the curve y  x 3 4 x 2  x  6

(a) Find the equation of the tangent line at the point where x  1 .
(b) Find the coordinates of the point where this tangent meets the curve again.

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11. [Maximum mark: 5] [without GDC]

The function f is given by f : x ֏ e (1  sin x ) , x  0.
(a) Find f  ( x ) . [2]

Let xn be the value of x where the (n  1)th maximum or minimum point occurs, n  ℕ
(i.e. x0 is the value of x where the first maximum or minimum occurs, x1 is the value of
x where the second maximum or minimum occurs, etc).
(b) Find xn in terms of n . [3]

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12. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]

The diagram below shows the graph of y1  f ( x) .

y2

On the axes below, sketch the graph of y 2  f ( x ) .

y2

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13. [Maximum mark: 10] [without GDC]

In Exercises [MAA 3.9], we had seen the following optimization problem:
In the diagram below, we had to find the maximum value of the angle of vision  .
We expressed the angle  in terms of x and by using the GDC we found the
maximum value of  . Let us now use differentiation to solve this problem:

2 1
(a) Show that   arctan  arctan . [4]
x x
(b) Hence, or otherwise, find the exact value of x for which  is a maximum and
justify that this value of x gives the maximum value of  . [5]
(c) Find the maximum value of  . [1]

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14. [Maximum mark: 9] [without GDC]

A man PF is standing on horizontal ground at F at a distance x from the bottom of a
vertical wall GE . He looks at a picture AB on the wall. Tha angle BPA is  .

Let DA  a , DB  b , where angle PDE is a right angle. Find the value of x for which
tan  is a maximum, giving your answer in terms of a and b . Justify that this value of
x does give a maximum value of tan  .

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B. Exam style questions (LONG)

15. [Maximum mark: 11] [without GDC]

For each of the functions f ( x)  e x  e x and g ( x)  e x e x
(a) Determine whether it is even or odd. Justify your answer. [3]
(b) Find the stationary points (if any) and determine their nature. [4]
(c) Find the points of inflexion (if any); justify your answer. [4]

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16. [Maximum mark: 12] [with / without GDC]

x2
The function f is defined by f ( x )  x , for x  0 .
2
2 x – x 2 ln 2
(a) (i) Show that f  ( x )  .
2x
(ii) Obtain an expression for f  ( x ) , simplifying your answer as far as possible. [5]

(b) (i) Find the exact value of x satisfying the equation f  ( x )  0 .

(ii) Show that this value gives a maximum value for f ( x ) . [4]

(c) Find the x -coordinates of the two points of inflexion on the graph of f . [3]

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17. [Maximum mark: 13] [without GDC]

A family of cubic functions is defined as f k ( x)  k 2 x3  kx2  x, k  ℤ .
(a) Express in terms of k

(i) f k ( x) and f k ( x) ;

(ii) the coordinates of the points of inflexion Pk on the graphs of f k . [6]
(b) Show that all Pk lie on a straight line and state its equation. [2]
(c) Show that for all values of k , the tangents to the graphs of f k on Pk are parallel,
and find the equation of the tangent lines. [5]

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18. [Maximum mark: 11] [without GDC]

a
A curve has equation f ( x)  , a  0, b  0, c  0.
b  e – cx

(a) Show that f ( x) 


ac 2 e – cx e – cx – b . [5]
b  e  – cx 3

(b) Find the coordinates of the point on the curve where f ( x)  0 . [4]
(c) Show that this is a point of inflexion. [2]

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19. [Maximum mark: 18] [without GDC]

Give exact answers in this part of the question.
The temperature g (t ) at time t of a given point of a heated iron rod is given by

g (t )  1nt , t  0 .
t
(a) Find the interval where g (t )  0 . [4]

(b) Find the interval where g (t )  0 and the interval where g (t )  0 . [5]

(c) Find the value of t where the graph of g (t ) has a point of inflexion. [3]

(d) Let t  be a value of t for which g (t )  0 and g ( g (t )  0)  0 . Find t  . [3]

(e) Find the point where the normal to the graph of g (t ) at the point ( t , g (t ) )
meets the t -axis. [3]

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INDUCTION

Please look at also the DERIVATIVES section from EXERCISES

[MAA 1.9] MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION

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