Mathematics 53: Exercises on Derivatives, Tangent Lines, Normal Lines, 3.

3. Determine the equation of the line tangent to the graph of y = x2 −1 and parallel
Chain Rule, Implicit Differentiation and Differentiability to the line 4x + y = 1.
π π
I. Use the definition to find the derivative of the following functions. 4. Given f 0 (x) = cot2 x and f = .
3 6
π
a) Find the equation of the line normal to the graph of f at x = .
1. f (x) = 3x2 − x − 2 1 3
3. h(x) = b) Find f 000 (x).
x+2
√ 5. Find the equation of the line tangent to the graph of 8(x2 + y 2 )2 = 100(x2 − y 2 )
2. g(x) = 2x − 2 4. m(x) = tan x
at the point (3, 1).
dy 6. At what point/s on the graph of xy = (1 − x − y)2 is the tangent line parallel to
II. Find . There is no need to simplify.
dx the y-axis?
x+2 cot(cos2 x) 7. Determine the equations of the two tangent lines to the graph of y = 4x − x2
1. y = 9. y = that passes through the point (2, 5).
sec x sec3 4x
x2 √ 3
4x2 tan x4 + 3


VI. 1. Find all the derivatives of f (x) = 10x6 − 4x5 + 3x3 + x2 − 12x + 21.
+ x2
4 10. y = p 7
2. y = sin [csc (2x − 3)] 2. Determine y (4) if y = 4 .
" x cos 2x # √ x
2x3 + 3x2 − x 3
1 − x + sec(x3 − 2x) √

2 2 d99
√


3. y = √ · x − 11. y = 3. Evaluate Dx2 x 9 − x2 and [sin(2x)].
5
x + x2 x π 2 + 2x2 cos 4x dx99
(x2 − 1)3 12. xy 3 = x + y 2 + 1 VII. 1. Find y 00 at the point (2, 1) if 2x2 y − 4y 3 = 4.
4. y =
(4x3 − 5)2 13. (x + y)3 + (x − y)3 = x4 + y 4 d2 y 1
√ 2. Given x2 + 4y 2 = 16, show that 2
= − 3.
dx 4y
r
x2 + 4x + 2 x 14. x cos y = (x − y 2 )2
5. y = √  √
3x2 − 7 x2 + 4 if x < 0
r 15. sin(xy) + cot(x2 + y) = 1000 

1 + cos x [[x]] + 2 if 0 ≤ x ≤ 2

6. y = 3 √ VIII. 1. Determine if f (x) = is differentiable at x = 0 and
x csc x2 16. sec(3xy 2 ) = y csc x − x + 2y  x 2
+ x − 9
 if x > 2
x3
h
4 i 
7. y = sin 4x2 + 3x √   x−3
17. − x y = sin tan(x2 + y 4 ) x = 2.
4 
 4 cos x if x < 0
 
1 y
8. y = x tan + cot2 4x 18. cot + sin2 (x3 + y) = 3x3 2. Determine if g(x) = x−5 if 0 ≤ x < 4 is differentiable at x = 0 and
x x  √
4 x − 9 if x ≥ 4
dm x = 4.
III. Find if nm2 + 2m3 = n − 2m.
dn 2

ax
√ + 3bx if x < 6 is differentiable
IX. 1. Find real numbers a and b so that g(x) =
IV. 1. If f (2) = 4, f 0 (2) = −3, g(2) = 2 and g 0 (2) = 6, find (f + g)0 (2), (f − g)0 (2), 5x − 5 if x ≥ 6
 0
g at x = 6.
0

(f · g) (2) and (2). b
f ax2 + + a if x ≥ 1

  2. Find real numbers a and b so that g(x) = (x + 1)2 is
d h(x)   sin(x − 1) if x < 1
2. If h(3) = 4 and h0 (3) = −3, find
dx 2x x=3 differentiable at x = 1.
0 0 0 0
3. What is (f ◦ g) (3) if g(3) = 4, g (3) = 2, f (3) = −3 and f (4) = −5? X. 1. If f (t) = at2 + bt + c, f (1) = 5, f 0 (1) = 3 and f 00 (1) = −4, what is f (t)?
V. 1. Find the equation of the line normal to the graph of y = x3 − 3x + 1 at the point 2. If f (x) + x sin f (x) = x2 , and f (1) = 0, find f 0 (1).
where x = 2. 3. Suppose f is a differentiable function such that f (g(x)) = x and f 0 (x) = 1 +
1
2. Find all points on the graph of f (x) = 2 sin x + sin2 x at which the tangent line [f (x)]2 . Show that g 0 (x) = .
1 + x2
is horizontal.