Study Guide for Unit 2—More Derivatives Test

From Unit 1: From Unit 2:

Basic Limits Trig Derivatives
Product Rule Chain Rule
Definition of a Derivative Squeeze Theorem
Position, Velocity, Acceleration Inverse Trig
Continuity and Differentiability Implicit Differentiation
Linearization Exponential and Logarithm Derivatives
L’hopital

You must know ALL the rules for finding derivatives. (power, quotient, product, chain rule, exponential, logarithmic, trig and inverse trig)
Refer to your packet sheets and book homework – finish these if you haven’t yet.
Practice “saying and doing” the power rule and quotient rule.
Make flashcards to memorize all the other derivative rules.

Know the UNIT CIRCLE.

Know how to write the equation of a tangent line and/or a normal line!
When and how to use implicit differentiation.
Velocity is first derivative of position.
Acceleration is first derivative of velocity and second derivative of position.

CONTINUITY: graphically AND in terms of limits. (Be able to justify using the calculus definition of continuity.)
CONTINUITY: a requirement for differentiability but continuity does NOT imply differentiability

Be able to write absolute value functions, especially the parent function, as a piecewise function. Determine continuity and differentiability of
a piecewise function.

What do we know about horizontal tangents? Vertical Tangents?

How can the calculator be helpful:
nDeriv for finding the value of the derivative at a specified x value
using the graphing feature of the calculator to solve equations
(ex: where is the tangent of y=ex parallel to the tangent of y = x2?
What does linearization mean? Review your notes on using a linearization to approximate values on a curve.

Multiple Choice Practice:

𝑥2 + 𝑥 − 6
1. lim is
𝑥→2 𝑥2 − 4

1 5
(A) − 4 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) (E) nonexistent
4

2. If f(x) = x3 − x2 + x −1, then f’(2) =

(A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 5 (E) 3

3. Which of the following is an equation of the line tangent to the graph of x2 – 3xy = 10 at the point (1 , –3)?
7 1
(A) y + 3 = –11 ( x – 1 ) (B) y + 3 = – 3 ( x – 1 ) (C) y + 3 = 3 ( x – 1 )
7 11
(D) y + 3 = 3 ( x – 1 ) (E) y + 3 = 3
(x–1)
4. Let f be the function given by f (x) = x3 – 6x2 + 8x – 2. What is the instantaneous rate of change of f at
x = 3?
15
(A) – 5 (B) – 4
(C) – 1 (D) 6 (E) 17

(𝑥−2)2 (𝑥+3)
5. Let f be the function given by 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥−2)(𝑥+1)
. For which of the following values of 𝑥 is 𝑓 not

continuous ?

(A) –3 and –1 only (B) –3, –1, and 2 (C) –1 only

(D) –1 and 2 only (E) 2 only

6. For which of the following does lim 𝑓(𝑥) = 0?

𝑥→∞

𝑙𝑛𝑥 𝑒𝑥 𝑥 99
𝑰. 𝑓(𝑥) = II. 𝑓(𝑥) = III. 𝑓(𝑥) =
𝑥 99 𝑙𝑛𝑥 𝑒𝑥

(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and II only (E) I and III only

7. Let 𝑓 be a differentiable function such that 𝑓(0) = −5 and 𝑓 ′ (𝑥) ≤ 3 for all 𝑥. Of the following,
which is not a possible value for 𝑓(2)?

(A) –10 (B) –5 (C) 0 (D) 1 (E) 2

8. Let 𝑓 be the function given below. What are all values of 𝑎 and 𝑏 for which 𝑓 is differentiable at
𝑥 = 1?
1 1
(A) 𝑎 = 2 and 𝑏 = – 2

1 3
(B) 𝑎 = 2 and 𝑏 = 2

1
(C) 𝑎 = 2 and 𝑏 is any real number

(D) 𝑎 = 𝑏 + 1, where 𝑏 is any real number

(E) There are no such values of 𝑎 and 𝑏.

9. The table at right gives values for the functions 𝑓 and 𝑔 and their
𝑓(𝑥)
derivatives at 𝑥 = 3. Let 𝑘 be the function given by 𝑘(𝑥) = 𝑔(𝑥), where
𝑔(𝑥) ≠ 0. What is the value of 𝑘 ′ (3)?
5
(A) – 2 (B) – 2 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 8

𝑑𝑦
10. If 𝑦 = 5𝑥√𝑥 2 + 1, then 𝑑𝑥 at 𝑥 = 3 is
5 15 15 45 45
(A) 2√10
(B) (C) + 5√10 (D) + 5√10 (E) + 15√10
√10 2√10 √10 √10

arcsin (𝑎 + ℎ) − arcsin(𝑎)
11. If lim
ℎ
= √2, which of the following could be the value of a ?
ℎ→0

√2 √3 1
(A) 2
(B) 2
(C) √3 (D) 2
(E) 2

𝑑𝑦
12. If ln(2x + y) = x + 1, then 𝑑𝑥 =
𝑦
(A) – 2 (B) 2x + y – 2 (C) 2x + y (D) 4x + 2y – 2 (E) y – 𝑥

13.

14. The graph of a function f is shown in the figure below. Which of the following statements is true?

(A) 𝑓(𝑎) = 2

(B) f is continuous at 𝑥 = 𝑎

(C) lim 𝑓(𝑥) = 1

𝑥→𝑎

(D) lim 𝑓(𝑥) = 2

𝑥→𝑎

(E) lim 𝑓(𝑥) does not exist

𝑥→𝑎
15. A particle moves along the x-axis so that at time 𝑡 ≥ 0 its position is given by 𝑥(𝑡) = cos √𝑡. What is the
velocity of the particle at the first instance the particle is at the origin?

(A) -1 (B) -0.624 (C) -0.318 (D) 0 (E) 0.065

16. Write the equation of the line tangent to the graph of f (x) = x 4 + 2x 2 at the point where f ( x)  2.

Released m/c

1.(2003 AB24 – no calc)

Let f be the function defined by f (x) = 4x 3 - 5x + 3. Which of the following is an equation of the line
tangent to the graph of f at the point where x = -1?

A. y = 7x - 3 B. y = 7x +11 C. y = -5x - 5 D. y = 7x + 7 E. y = -5x -1

2.(1998 AB18 – no calc)

An equation of the line tangent to the graph of f ( x)  x  cos( x) at the point (0,1) is

A. y = 2x +1 B. y = x C. y = 0 D. y = x +1 E. y = x -1

**Follow Up…Use this tangent line to estimate f(0.1)**

3.(1997 AB10 – no calc)

p
An equation of the line tangent to the graph of y = cos(2x) at x = is
4
æ pö æ pö æ pö
A. y -1 = - ç x - ÷ B. y = 2 ç x - ÷ C. y = -2 ç x - ÷
è 4ø è 4ø è 4ø

æ pö æ pö
D. y -1 = -2 ç x - ÷ E. y = - ç x - ÷
è 4ø è 4ø

4.(2003 AB89 – calc permitted)

Let f be a differentiable function with f (2) = 3 and f ¢(2) = -5, and let g be the function g(x) = x × f (x) .
Which of the following is an equation of the line tangent to the graph of g at the point where x = 2 ?

A. y = 3x B. y - 6 = -5(x - 2) C. y - 6 = -10(x - 2)

D. y - 3 = -5(x - 2) E. y - 6 = -7(x - 2)
5.(1997 AB12 – no calc)

1 2
At what point on the graph of y = x is the tangent line paralel to the line 2x - 4y = 3?
2
æ1 1ö æ 1 1ö æ 1ö æ 1ö
A. ç , - ÷ B. ç , ÷ C. ç 1, - ÷ D. ç 1, ÷ E. ( 2, 2 )
è 2 ø2 è ø
2 8 è 4 ø è ø
2

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This one is AWESOME!!!! The figure at right shows the graph of the
function g and the line tangent to the graph of g at x = − 1.

Let h be the function given by h(x) = ex ∙ g(x).

What is the value of h’(-1)?

9 −3 −6 −6 3
(A) 𝑒
(B) 𝑒
(C) 𝑒
(D) 𝑒
− 𝑒2
(E) – 6