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Walter Sisulu University

Faculty of Natural Sciences


Department of Mathematical Sciences & Computing

PRECALCULUS & CALCULUS 2A


MA15W2A

Tutorial 3

Lecturer: Mr. Charles Kakuli

1. At what point is the function f (x) = |7 − x| not differentiable.


2. Show that the function is continuous but not differentiable at the given value of
x.

x−5 if x < 0
;x = 0
x2 − 5 if x ≥ 0
3. The equation of motion is given by s = t3 − 3t, where s is in meters and t is in
seconds. Find the acceleration after 7 seconds.
4. Find the derivative of the function.

t8 + 7t5 − 2t2
h(t) = .
4t2
5. Find the derivative of the function.

√ 1
k(x) = 7
x+ √
5
x
6. Find the point(s) on the graph of the function
1 9
g(x) = x3 + x2 + 3x − 5
3 2
at which the tangent line has the slope mtan = −5.

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7. Find the points on the curve y = 2x3 + 3x2 − 36x + 15 where the tangent is
horizontal.

8. Find f ′ in terms of g ′ if f (x) = x7 g(x).

9. Suppose that F (x) = f (g(x)) and g(14) = 2, g ′ (14) = 5, f ′ (14) = 15, and
f ′ (2) = 11. Find F ′ (14)
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10. Find the derivative of the function A(t) =
(cos t + tan t)2
11. Find the derivative of the function p(x) = x2 tan3 (πx).

6 x
12. Find the derivative of the function f (x) = .
sec(3x2 )
 9
t−2
13. Find the derivative of the function g(t) = .
2t + 1
 6
2
14. Find the derivative of the function q(x) = πx + x cot(x )

15. Find the derivative of the function


r

q
y(x) = x+ x+ x

and calculate it for x = 25 to the nearest tenth.

16. Find the derivative of the function g(t) = cot(cos πt).

17. Find the derivative of the function f (t) = tan(csc t cos t).

18. Find the derivative of the function k(t) = tan2 (sin t2 )


p
19. Find the derivative of the function y(x) = cos sin(tan πx).
h 3 i4
20. Find the derivative of the function d(x) = x + x + sin2 x

21. Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.

(a) y = (3x − 1)−6 , (0, 1)



(b) y = 1 + x3 , (2, 3)
(c) y = sin(sin x), (π, 0)
(d) y = sin2 x cos x, (π/2, 0)

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