Math101E Derivatives 1

df √
Use the definition of derivative to find for f (x) = 3x at x = 1.
dx

df
Use the definition of derivative to find for f (x) = tan x at x = π/4.
dx

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Math101E Derivatives 2

df 9
Use the definition of derivative to find for f (x) = x + .
dx x

df
Use the definition of derivative to find for f (x) = x sin x .
dx

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Math101E Derivatives 3

1 √ √ √
Find lim ( x + h− x). (1/(2 x))
h→0 h

1 1 1
 
Find lim 2
− 2 . (−1/x2 )
h→0 h (x + h) x

x cos x
Find lim . (−π/2)
x→π/2 x − (π/2)

tan x − 1
Find lim . (1/2)
x→π/2 4x − π

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Math101E Derivatives 4

1
Show that if u is a differentiable function at 0, then lim (u(3t) − u(−2t)) exists and find
t→0 t
its value. (5u0 (0))

Let f be a differentiable function satisfying the equation f (x + h) = f (x) + f (h) + x2 h + xh2

f (h)
for all x, h ∈ R . Suppose that lim = 1. Find f 0 (x). (1 + x2 )
h→0 h

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Math101E Derivatives 5

Let f be a differentiable function satisfying the equation f (a + b) = f (a) + f (b) + 2ab for all
a, b ∈ R . Show that f 0 (x) = f 0 (0) + 2x.

Suppose that f satisfies the following equations for all real values of x and y:
i) f (x + y) = f (x) · f (y) ,
i) f (x) = 1 + x · g(x) where lim g(x) = 1 .
x→0

Show that f 0 (x) exists at every value of x and that f 0 (x) = f (x) .

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Math101E Derivatives 6



 x2 sin(1/x) , x 6= 0
Consider the function f (x) = . Is f differentiable at x = 0? (Y es)
0 , x=0





 x sin(1/x) , x 6= 0
Consider the function f (x) = . Is f differentiable at x = 0? (N o)
0 , x=0



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Math101E Derivatives 7



 ax + b , x ≤ −1
For what values of a and b will the function f (x) = be differentiable
ax3 + x + 2b , x > −1



for all values of x? (a = −1/2 , b = 1)



 ax , x<2
For what values of a and b will the function f (x) =  be differentiable
 ax2 − bx + 3 , x ≥ 2
for all values of x? (a = 3/4 , b = 9/4)

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Math101E Derivatives 8



 sin 2x , x≤0
Find all values of the constant m for which the function f (x) =
mx , x > 0



a) is continuous at x = 0. (f or all m)
b) is differentiable at x = 0. (m = 2)



 sin x , x<π
Find all values of the constants m and b for which the function f (x) = 
 mx + b , x ≥ π
a) is continuous at x = π. (f or all m and b = −mπ)
b) is differentiable at x = π. (m = −1 , b = π)

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Math101E Derivatives 9

cos x − 1


 , x 6= 0
Consider the function f (x) = x .

0 , x=0


a) Is f continuous at x = 0? (Y es)
b) Find f 0 (0) if it exists. (−1/2)



 g(x) cos(1/x) , x 6= 0
Consider the function f (x) = where g is a differentiable function
0 , x=0



satisfying g(0) = g 0 (0) = 0. Show that f is differentiable at x = 0 and f 0 (0) = 0.

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Math101E Derivatives 10

Find if the function f (x) = |x − 1| x2 + sin(x − 1) is differentiable at x = 1. (N o)

Let f be a function satisfying |f (x)| ≤ x3 + x2 for −1 ≤ x ≤ 1 . Show that f is differentiable

at x = 0 and find f 0 (0). (0)

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Math101E Derivatives 11

f (x)
Let f be a differentiable function on (0, ∞) and assume that lim+ = C where
x→0 Ax4 + Bx3
A, B, C are constants and A 6= 0.
f (x)
a) Find lim+ . (0)
x→0 x2




 f (x)/x , x > 0



b) Let g(x) = 0 , x = 0 . Show that g 0 (0) exists and find its value. (0)




f (−x)/x , x < 0



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Math101E Derivatives 12

Find all points on the curve y = 2x3 − x such that the tangent line is
a) perpendicular to the line y = −2x + 1. ((−1/2, 1/4) , (1/2, −1/4))

b) parallel to the line y = 5x + 4. ((−1, −1) , (1, 1))

√ √ √ √
c) parallel to the x−axis. ((−1/ 6, 2/3 6) , (1/ 6, −2/3 6))

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Math101E Derivatives 13

Find all points on the curve y = 2x3 − 3x2 − 12x + 20 such that the tangent line is
x
a) perpendicular to the line y = 1− . ((−2, 16) , (3, 11))
24

√
b) parallel to the line y = 2−12x. ((0, 20) , (1, 7))

c) perpendicular to the y−axis. ((2, 0) , (−1, 27))

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Math101E Derivatives 14

sin x
Show that the tangents to the curve y = π at x = π and x = −π intersect at right angles.
x

Find the points on the curve y = tan x , −π/2 < x < π/2 , where the normal is parallel to the
line y = −x/2 . ((−π/4, −1) , (π/4, 1))

√
Does any tangent to the curve y = x cross the x−axis at x = −1? If so, find an equation for
the line and the point of tangency. If not, why not? (Y es, 2y − x = 1 , (1, 1))

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Math101E Derivatives 15

The parabola y = x2 + c is to be tangent to the line y = x. Find c. (1/4)

c
For what values of the constant c is the curve y = tangent to the line through the points
x+1
(0, 3) and (5, −2) ? (4)

The curves y = x2 + ax + b and y = cx − x2 have a common tangent at the point (1, 0) . Find
a, b and c. (−3, 2, 1)

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Math101E Derivatives 16

Investigate if the following curves have a vertical tangent at the origin.

a) y = x1/5 (Y es)

b) y = x4/5 (N o)

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Math101E Derivatives 17

dy
Find for the following.
dx
7 x+1
 
a) y = cos
x−1

q
b) y = tan3 (x2 + 1)

c) y = tan2 (πx3 )

x2 + 1
d) y = + x tan3 (1 − x)
sin x

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Math101E Derivatives 18

dy
If y = (sec x+tan x)2 +(x2 +1)5/2 , then find at x = 0. (2)
dx

dy √
If y = sin(2π cos(π sin(πx))) , then find at x = 1/3. (−π 3 3/2)
dx

π dy
 
If y = x+ cos tan(π−sin(πx)) , then find at x = 1. (1)
2 dx

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Math101E Derivatives 19

Find all points on the curve 2x2/3 + y 2/3 = 12 where the tangent line is perpendicular to the line
y = x/2. ((−8, −8), (8, 8))

Find the equation of the tangent line at the point (π, π/2) to the curve defined by the equation
π2
1 + sin(x + y) = + y 2 cos x. (y = π/2)
4

Find the equation of the normal line at the point (1, 0) to the curve defined by the equation
π
 
y = 2 cos x−y . (πy + x = 1)
2

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Math101E Derivatives 20

Find equations of the lines that are tangent and normal to the curve y 3 + x2 y + x = x3 + 2y at
the point (1, −1) . (5x − 2y = 7 , 2x + 5y = −3)

Find equations of the lines that are tangent and normal to the curve (x2 + y 2 )2 = (x − y)2 at the
point (1, 0) . (y + x = 1 , x − y = 1)

Find equations of the lines that are tangent and normal to the curve x sin(x + y) = x2 − 1 at the
point (1, −1) . (x−y = 2 , x+y = 0)

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Math101E Derivatives 21

Suppose that f (x) is differentiable for all values of x and that (f ◦ f )(x) = f (x). If c is a point
such that f (c) = c, show that f 0 (c) is either 0 or 1.

Let F (x) = (f ◦ g)(x). Use the following information to find f 0 (3).

a) y = 4x − 17 is the tangent line to the graph of the function g(x) at the point (5, 3).
F (5 + h) − F (5)
b) lim = 2. (1/2)
h→0 h

Suppose that y = 2x + 1 is tangent to y = f (x) at (1, 3) and y = x + 4 is tangent to y = g(x)

at (2, 6). Find the slope of the tangent line to the curve given by the equation f (x) · g(y) = 18
at the point (1, 2) . (−4)

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Math101E Derivatives 22

Suppose that f and g are differentiable functions, f (g(x)) = x and f 0 (x) = 1 + f 2 (x). Show
1
that g 0 (x) = .
1 + x2

Let f (2) = π/2, g(2) = −1, f 0 (2) = 4 and g 0 (2) = 0 be given for two differentiable functions f (x)
and g(x). Find h0 (2) for the function h(x) = 1 + cos(f (x) · g(x)). (−4)

dy √ 2 d2 y
A differentiable curve x = f (t) , y = g(t) satisfies = t + 1 and |t=3/4 = 2 . Find
dx dx2
dx
|t=3/4 . (3/10)
dt

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Math101E Derivatives 23

Assume that y is a differentiable function of x and y = x · g(xy) + 1. If g(−2) = g 0 (−2) = −1,

dy
find at the point (−1, 2). (1/2)
dx

Assume that y is a differentiable function of x satisfying y = x · f (x2 + y 2 ) − 13 where f is a

dy
function such that f (5) = 7 and f 0 (5) = −2, find at the point (2, 1). (−1)
dx

Assume that y is a differentiable function of x and y = x·g(x2 +y 2 ). If g(2) = −1 and g 0 (2) = 2,

dy
find at the point (0, 1). (3/5)
dx

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Math101E Derivatives 24

√
Find the equations of the tangent line and the normal line to the parametrized curve x = 3 tan2 t,
√ √
y = sec3 t at t = π/6. (3 3(y − x) = 5 , 3 3(y + x) = 11)

Find the equation of the tangent line to the parametrized curve x = cos2 t , y = 4t − tan t at
t = π/4. (y + 2x = π)

Find the equation of the tangent line to the parametrized curve x = tan t, y = sec t at t = π/3.
d2 y √
Find also 2 at this point. (2y − 3x = 1 , 1/8)
dx

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Math101E Derivatives 25

Find the equation of the tangent line to the parametrized curve x = cos(2t + π tan t), y = sec2 t
at t = π/4. (y = 2(2 + π)/(1 + π))

√
Find the equation of the tangent line to the parametrized curve x = sin t, y = t + 1 at t = 0.
(2y − x = 1)

d2 y 1 3
Find 2
at t = 2 for the parametrized curve x = 1+ 2 , y = 1− . (6)
dx t t

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