SOLUTIONS

1. { 10 points }

Find

for

Exam # 2

f 0 (x) and f 00 (x).

1
f (x) = x7 4 x + x2
2
1

f 0 (x) = 7x6 2x 2 x3
3

f 00 (x) = 42x5 + x 2 + 3x4

2. { 10 points }

Find

f 0 (x).
f (x) =

e2x
x2 + cos5 x

2e2x (x2 + cos5 x) e2x (2x + 5 cos4 x( sin x))

(x2 + cos5 x)2

e2x 2x2 2 cos5 x 2x + 5 cos4 x sin x

=
(x2 + cos5 x)2

f 0 (x) =

dy

3. { 10 points } Find dx .

y = xe

dy
x
= e + xe x
dx

1 1
x 2
2

+ ln x

1
x x 1
x
+ =e +
e +
x
2
x

dy

4. { 10 points } Find dx .

dy
1 1 3 21
=
cos (x )
dx 2

y=

cos1 (x3 )

1
1 (x3 )2

2
3x2

3x = p
2 cos1 (x3 ) 1 x6

5. { 10 points } Find the values of x at which the curve

tangent line, if f (x) = (2x + 5)2 (x 1)6 .

y = f (x) has a horizontal

Horizontal line means slope m = 0. Hence, we have to find all points

x for which f 0 (x) = 0.
f 0 (x) = 2(2x + 5)(2) (x 1)6 + (2x + 5)2 6(x 1)5
= (2x + 5)(x 1)5 (4(x 1) + 6(2x + 5)) = (2x + 5)(x 1)5 (16x + 26).
26
= 13
are the points for which
Thus, x = 52 , x = 1 , and x = 16
8
the tangent is horizontal.

6. { 15 points } Complete each part for the function

f (x) = x2 4x .

(a) Find the slope of the tangent line to the graph of

f at a general x-value.

m = f 0 (x) = 2x 4
(b) Find the tangent line to the graph of

f at x = 1 .

The equation of the tangent line is

y y0 = m(x x0 )

where x0 = 1 , y0 = f (x0 ) = 1 4 = 3 , and m = f 0 (x0 ) = 2 4 = 2 .

Substituting these values we receive y (3) = 2(x1) and therefore
y = 2x 1

is the equation of the tangent line.

dy

7. { 15 points } Find dx by implicit differentiation.

x3 y 3 = 3xy
Differentiating the equation with respect to x we receive
3x2 3y 2

dy
dy
= 3y + 3x
dx
dx

dy
dy
+ 3x
dx
dx
dy
x2 y
= 2
dx y + x

3x2 3y = 3y 2

8. { 15 points } Use implicit differentiation to find the tangent line to the curve

y = x tan
at the point

1
,
2 2 .

y
2

x > 0, y > 0

Differentiating the equation with respect to x we receive

dy
y
dy
2 y
+ x sec
= tan
dx
2
2
2 dx
y
dy
dy x
2 y

sec
= tan
dx
2
2
dx
2
Substituting x = 21 and y = 12 we receive

dy

2
1 sec
= tan
4
4
dx
4

and therefore

1
dy
1
=
=

2
dx 1
1 2
2
4

1
1
1
x
Thus, the tangent line is
y =
.
2 1 2
2
m=

dy

9. { 15 points } Find dx using logarithmic differentiation.

We have that
therefore

cos4 x
y=
x2 + 1

cos4 x
1
ln y = ln
= 4 ln(cos x) ln(x2 + 1)
2
x2 + 1

and

1 dy
d
1
1
1
x
=
ln y = 4
( sin x)
(2x)
=
4
tan
x

y dx dx
cos x
2 x2 + 1
x2 + 1
Thus,

dy
x
cos4 x
x
= y 4 tan x 2
=
.
4 tan x + 2
dx
x +1
x +1
x2 + 1
10. { 15 points } Find the limit.

lim

x1

ln x
x3 1

Since the limit is an indefinite form of the type

LHopitals Rule to obtain
lim

x1

ln x
= lim
x3 1 x1

1
x

3x2

1
3

0
0

we can apply the

First Bonus Problem. { 20 points }

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is growing at a constant rate of 3 centimeters
per second and one leg is decreasing at a constant rate of 2 centimeters per second.
How fast is the acute angle between the hypotenuse and the other leg changing at
the instant when both legs are 5 centimeters?

We denote the hypotenuse by h = h(t) , the first leg by ` = `(t) , and

the angle between the hypotenuse and the other leg by = (t) . Then
d`
we have
that at the considered instant dh
, and
dt = 3 ,
dt = 2 , ` =5

h = 52 + 52 = 5 2 . Using that sin = h` we receive = sin1 h` and

therefore

dh
d`
h

`
2 5(3)
(2)5
1
1
d
dt
dt
r
=q
=

2
2
` 2
dt
h2
5
2
1 h
1 5
5 2

=q

1
1

3
3 2
2
10 2 15
2
= 2

=
50
5
10
5
10

1
2

Second Bonus Problem. { 20 points } Find the limit.

lim

x0

x2 ex
sin(3x2 )

Using the properties of the limit and then the LHopitals Rule for
indefinite forms of the type 00 we obtain
s
s
s
2
x
2
x
xe
2xex + x2 ex
xe
lim
=
lim
=
lim
x0
x0 sin(3x2 )
x0 cos(3x2 ) (6x)
sin(3x2 )
s
s
r

2+0
1
1
3
2ex + xex

=
=
=
=
lim
=
x0 cos(3x2 ) (6)
(1)(6)
3
3
3