DIFFERENTIAL

CALCULUS
MHCJR
1. Find the limit of

𝟑 𝟐
𝒙 + 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟗𝒙 − 𝟒𝟓
𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙→−𝟓 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟐𝟏𝒙 + 𝟐𝟎
 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗𝒙 − 𝟒𝟓
𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙→−𝟓 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟐𝟏𝒙 + 𝟐𝟎

−5 3+ 5 −5 2 − 9 −5 − 45
−5 3 − 21 −5 + 20

−125 + 125 + 45 − 45 0
=
−125 + 105 + 20 0
 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗𝒙 − 𝟒𝟓
𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙→−𝟓 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟐𝟏𝒙 + 𝟐𝟎

3𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 − 9
3𝑥 2 − 21

3 −5 2 + 10 −5 − 9 8
2
=
3 −5 − 21 27
2. Find the limit of
𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝒙
𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙→𝟎 𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟒𝒙
 𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝒙
𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙→𝟎 𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟒𝒙
L’Hospital’s Rule
sin 2𝑥 (2) 0
=
sin 4𝑥 (4) 0
2(cos 2𝑥) (2)
4(cos 4𝑥) (4)
1
4
3. Find the limit of
𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝒙
𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙→𝝅 𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙
 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝒙
𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙→𝝅 𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙

2 sin 𝑥 (cos 𝑥)
− sin 𝑥

−2 cos 𝑥

−2 −1 = 2
Find the limit of
𝟒𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏
𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙→∞ 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟓
5. The derivative of the curve
𝒚 = 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝟐𝒙𝟑
 Differential of
Trigonometric Functions
 𝒚 = 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝟐𝒙𝟑

𝑦 ′ = 2(cos 3𝑥) 3 − 4 2 cos 2𝑥 3 (− sin 2𝑥 3 )(6𝑥 2 )

𝑦 ′ = 6 cos 3𝑥 + 48𝑥 2 (cos 2𝑥 3 )(sin 2𝑥 3 )

6. A particle moves along the x-axis so that its
position at any time t is given by 𝒙 𝒕 = 𝟐𝒙𝟑 −
𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖. For what value of t is the particle
said to be at rest?
7. Determine the second derivative of
𝟒
𝟏
𝒚=𝒙 + 𝟒
𝒙
 𝟏
𝒚= 𝒙𝟒 + 𝟒
𝒙

𝑦 = 𝑥 4 + 𝑥 −4
𝑦 ′ = 4𝑥 3 − 4𝑥 −5
𝑦 ′′ = 12𝑥 2 + 20𝑥 −6
20 12𝑥 8 + 20
𝑦 ′′ = 12𝑥 2 + 6 =
𝑥 𝑥6
8. Differen𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆
𝒙−𝟑
𝒚=
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏
 𝒙−𝟑
𝒚=
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏

𝑢 = 𝑥 − 3 ; 𝑑𝑢 = 𝑑𝑥
𝑣 = 2𝑥 + 1 ; 𝑑𝑣 = 2 𝑑𝑥

𝑣𝑑𝑢 − 𝑢𝑑𝑣
=𝑦′
𝑣2
′
2𝑥 + 1 1 − (𝑥 − 3)(2)
𝑦 =
2𝑥 + 1 2

′
2𝑥 + 1 − 𝑥 + 6 7
𝑦 = 2
= 2
2𝑥 + 1 2𝑥 + 1
9. 𝑫𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒚′′′
𝒚 = 𝟏𝟒𝒙𝟑 + 𝟏𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝒙 + 𝟏𝟑𝟒
𝒚 = 𝟏𝟒𝒙𝟑 + 𝟏𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝒙 + 𝟏𝟑𝟒

𝑦 ′ = 14 3𝑥 2 + 15 2𝑥 − 20
𝑦 ′ = 42𝑥 2 + 30𝑥 − 20
𝑦 ′′ = 42 2𝑥 + 30
𝑦 ′′ = 84𝑥 + 30
𝑦 ′′′ = 84
10. Differentiate
𝒚 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙
 𝒚 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙

𝑢 = sin 𝑥 𝑑𝑢 = cos 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑣 = cos 𝑥 𝑑𝑣 = − sin 𝑥 𝑑𝑥

𝑦 = 𝑢𝑑𝑣 + 𝑣𝑑𝑢
𝑦 ′ = sin 𝑥 − sin 𝑥 + (cos 𝑥)(cos 𝑥)
𝑦 ′ = − sin2 𝑥 + cos2 𝑥 = cos 2𝑥
11. Differentiate
𝒆𝒙
𝒚= 𝒙
 𝒆𝒙
𝒚= 𝒙
𝑥
ln 𝑦 = 𝑒 (ln 𝑥)
1 ′ 𝑥
1
𝑦 =𝑒 + ln 𝑥 𝑒 𝑥
𝑦 𝑥
𝑦′ 𝑒 𝑥
= + 𝑒 𝑥 ln 𝑥
𝑦 𝑥
𝑒 𝑥
𝑥
𝑦′ = 𝑥𝑒 + 𝑒 𝑥 ln 𝑥
𝑥
12. Determine the velocity and acceleration
functions of a particle with a position function
𝒙 𝒕 = 𝒕𝟑 − 𝟒𝒕𝟐 − 𝟔
 𝒙 𝒕 = 𝒕𝟑 − 𝟒𝒕𝟐 − 𝟔
Velocity
𝑥 ′ 𝑡 = 3𝑡 2 − 8𝑡
Acceleration
𝑥 ′′ 𝑡 = 6𝑡 − 8
13. What number exceeds its cube by the minimum
amount?
 𝑦 = 𝑥 − x3

𝑦 ′ = 1 − 3𝑥 2
0 = 1 − 3𝑥 2
3𝑥 2 = 1
2
1
𝑥 =
3
3
𝑥=
3
14. Given
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟖𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝒙 − 𝟑
a. Find the critical point/s
b. Find the point/s of inflection of the curve
 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟖𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝒙 − 𝟑
a. Find the critical point/s
𝑦 ′ = 3𝑥 2 + 16𝑥 + 16
3𝑥 + 4 𝑥 + 4 = 0

Critical Points
4
𝑥 = − 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 = −4
3
 𝑦 ′ = 3𝑥 2 + 16𝑥 + 16
Taking the second derivative
𝑦 ′′ = 6𝑥 + 16
6𝑥 + 16 = 0
6𝑥 = −16
Inflection point
8
𝑥=−
3