MAC2311/Calculus 1 SI Exam 2 Review

Created by: Lucas Glorie

Disclaimer: This exam review was created by a student without any insight into what your exam will
look like. Some questions are similar to old exam questions from previous semesters, but it does
not mean that the topics you’ll see on this review will be exactly what you see on your exam. This
should NOT be the only resource to study with while preparing for your exam, please try to do these
questions and more to prepare for your exam.

Topics Covered in this review:

Motion on a Line

Derivative Functions and their Graphs

Derivative of Powers

Product and Quotient Rule

Derivative of Trig Functions

The Chain Rule

DiFerentiation of an Inverse Function

Implicit DiFerentiation

DiFerentiation of Logarithmic and Exponential Functions

Logarithmic DiFerentiation
 1) Given the following functions, find 𝑓′(𝑥) for each function:

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a) 𝑓(𝑥) = 8𝑥 ! + 9𝑥 " + 1 b) 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 + 2)(2𝑥 " − 3) c) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 " (# ! + # " )

!# " %"#&' '( #%)

𝒇(𝒙)
a) Find ℎ+ (1) 𝑖𝑓 𝒉(𝒙) = 𝒙𝒇(𝒙) + 𝟒𝒈(𝒙) b) Find ℎ+ (2) 𝑖𝑓 𝒉(𝒙) =
𝒈(𝒙)

𝟏 𝒈(𝒙)
c) Find ℎ+ (4) 𝑖𝑓 𝒉(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒇(𝒙)𝒈(𝒙) d) Find ℎ+ (3) 𝑖𝑓 𝒉(𝒙) = +
𝒙 𝒇(𝒙)

3) Find a quadratic polynomial such that 𝑓(1) = 5, 𝑓 + (1) = 3, and 𝑓 ++ (1) = −6. (Hint: Let
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 " + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 and find the derivatives of 𝑓(𝑥) and evaluate each derivative at 1).
4) A car is driving along a freeway with traFic, where the position of the car is given by the
equation 𝑠(𝑡) = 𝑡 ( − 6𝑡 " + 9𝑡, where 𝑠(𝑡) is in meters and 𝑡 ≥ 0 is in seconds. Find:

a. The time in seconds when the velocity of the car is 0.

b. The acceleration and position of the car when the velocity is 0.

c. When the car is Speeding Up.

5) The Equation of the Position of a block attached to a Dampening Spring can be modeled by
𝟑𝐬𝐢𝐧 (𝒕)
the following function: 𝒔(𝒕) = , where 𝑡 ≥ 0 is in seconds, and 𝑠(𝑡) is in meters.
𝒕
Knowing that the Derivative of the position function will result in the velocity of the block,
find a relationship in terms of time (t) where the block is at REST. (DO NOT find specific
t-values, find an equation that represents what the solutions look like)
 6) For each of the given functions, find the equation of the tangent line at each of the indicated
x-values:

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a) 𝑓(𝑥) = csc (𝑥) , when 𝑥 = b) ℎ(𝑥) = sin(𝑥) tan (𝑥) , when 𝑥 =
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c) 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 " − tan (𝑥), when 𝑥 = 0 d) 𝑓(𝑥) = sin" (𝑥) + cos " (𝑥), when 𝑥 =
"

7) If 𝑓(𝑥) and 𝑔(𝑥) are diFerentiable functions such that 𝑓 + (𝑥) = 𝑔(𝑥) and 𝑔+ (𝑥) = 𝑓(𝑥), show
that 𝑓 " (𝑥) − 𝑔" (𝑥) must be a constant. (Hint: If you know something is a constant, what
would its derivative be equal to?)
8) Given the graph of the following functions, identify which is 𝑓(𝑥), 𝑓 + (𝑥), 𝑓 ++ (𝑥).

9) Determine if the following statements are true or false:

9 !#!$ 9 !#!$
a. (T or F): Let 𝑓(𝑥) = sin(𝑥), then 9# !#!$ 𝑓(𝑥) = sin (𝑥). (Hint: 9# !#!$ represents the
2024th derivative of 𝑓(𝑥).

b. (T or F): Suppose that 𝑓(𝑥), 𝑔(𝑥) are twice diFerentiable functions, then
[𝑓(𝑥)𝑔(𝑥)]++ = 𝑓 ++ (𝑥)𝑔(𝑥) + 𝑓(𝑥)𝑔′′(𝑥).

c. (T or F): Let 𝑓(𝑥) be a diFerentiable function and suppose 𝑔(𝑥) = arctan (𝑓(𝑥)).
:+(#)
Then 𝑔+ (𝑥) = '%(:(#))! .
 d. (T or F): Let 𝑓(𝑥) be a diFerentiable function and suppose 𝑔(𝑥) = arcsinQ𝑓(𝑥)R. Then
:+(#)
𝑔+ (𝑥) = .
√'&# !

e. (T or F): Suppose that 𝑓(𝑥) is a polynomial of degree n. Then 𝑓 (<%') (𝑥) = 0. (Hint: If
f(x) is a polynomial, then 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎< 𝑥 < + 𝑎<&' 𝑥 <&' + ⋯ + 𝑎' 𝑥 + 𝑎= , where each a is
a constant).

9 : % (#)
f. (T or F) If 𝑓(𝑥) is diFerentiable, then 9#
𝑓Q√𝑥R = "√#

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g. (T or F) (tan" (𝑥)) = (sec " (𝑥))
9# 9#

10) For each of the following functions 𝑓(𝑥), use the chain rule to find 𝑓′(𝑥)

a) 𝑓(𝑥) = 6(7𝑥 − 4)( b) 𝑓(𝑥) = (2𝑥 + 1)$ (3𝑥 − 2)* c) 𝑓(𝑥) = tan (√𝑥 " + 4)

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d) 𝑓(𝑥) = tan ( (4𝑥 ( − 2𝑥) e) 𝑓(𝑥) = arctan ( ) f) 𝑓(𝑥) = sin(cos(tan( # )))
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 11) Use the table below to find the derivative for each of the following functions at the indicated
x-value:

𝒇(𝒙) 𝟐
a) Find ℎ′(0) if 𝒉(𝒙) = 𝒇(𝒈(𝒙)) b) Find ℎ′(3) if 𝒉(𝒙) = W X
𝒈(𝒙)

c) Find ℎ′(1) if 𝒉(𝒙) = 𝒇(𝒙 + 𝒇(𝒙)) d) Find ℎ′(1) if 𝒉(𝒙) = 𝒈(𝟐 + 𝒇Q𝒙𝟐 R)

12) Use the Chain Rule to find the missing part of each of the following statements:

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a. Let 𝑦 = (𝑓(𝑥) + 5𝑥 " )! and suppose that 𝑓(−1) = −4 and 9# = 3 when 𝑥 = −1. Find
𝑓 + (−1).
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b. Let 𝑦 = (𝑓(𝑥 ( − 2𝑥) + 3𝑥)" and suppose that 𝑓(4) = 6 and 9#
= 18 when 𝑥 = 2.
Find 𝑓′(4).

13) For each of the following functions, find (𝑓 &' )′(𝑎).

a) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 + √𝑥, 𝑎=2 b) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 ( + 2𝑥 + 3, 𝑎=0

14) Let 𝑓(𝑥) and 𝑔(𝑥) be continuous functions and let the following limits be defined:
𝑓(𝑥) − 1 1 𝑔(𝑥) − 2 1
lim = lim =
#→( 𝑥 − 3 4 #→( 𝑥 − 3 2
If the function ℎ(𝑥) = 𝑓(𝑥)𝑔(𝑥) is invertible, then what is (ℎ&' )+ (2)? (Hint: If the functions
are continuous, then what must those limits represent? What information about both
functions can be gathered from each limit?)