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Unit 2: Differentiation: Definition and Basic Derivative Rules

21. What is the average rate of change of f (x) = x2 + 2x − 6 on the interval [1, 5]?

A. −8

B. 8

C. −6.5

D. 6.5

5
f (x)
4
3
2
1
x
−5 −4 −3 −2 −1
−1 1 2 3 4 5 6
−2

22. The graph of f (x) is shown above and has horizontal tangents at x = −3 and x = 1. Which of
the following statements is true?

A. f 0 (0) < f 0 (−3) < f 0 (4)

B. f 0 (4) < f 0 (0) < f 0 (−3)

C. f 0 (−3) < f 0 (0) < f 0 (4)

D. f 0 (0) < f 0 (4) < f 0 (−3)

ln(x) − ln(3)
23. lim is
x→3 x−3
A. ln(3)

B. 0

C. 1
1
D.
3
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sin(x + h) − sin(x)
24. lim is
h→0 h
A. sin(x)
B. cos(x)
C. tan(x)
D. sec(x)

x 0 2 4
f (x) 7 5 8
25. Let f be a differentiable function. Selected values of f are given in the table above. Using the
data in the table, what is the best estimate of f 0 (3)?

A. −1
1
B.
4
13
C.
2
3
D.
2
 
d 1 1
26. + is
dx x x2
1 2
A. 2 + 3
x x
1 2
B. − 2 + 3
x x
1 2
C. − 2 − 3
x x
1 2
D. 2 − 3
x x

√
27. If f (x) = x3/2 + 3 x then f 0 (x) =
1√ 3
A. x+ √
2 2 x
3√ 1
B. x+ √
2 2 x
3√ 3
C. x+ √
2 2 x
1√ 1
D. x+ √
2 2 x
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x+5 x < −2
f (x) =
x2 + 2x + 3 x ≥ −2
28. Let f be the piecewise function defined above. Which of the following statements about f is
true?

A. f is continuous and differentiable at x = −2.

B. f is continuous but not differentiable at x = −2.

C. f is differentiable but not continuous at x = −2.

D. f is neither continuous or differentiable at x = −2.

h(x)
4

1
x
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
−1

29. The graph of h(x) is shown above. For what value of x is h(x) continuous, but not
differentiable?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5

π
30. If f (x) = sin(x) − 3cos(x) then the instantaneous rate of change at x = is
2
A. −1

B. 1

C. −3

D. 3
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31. Let f (x) = ln(x) + 2x. What is the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f at x = 3?
1
A.
3
7
B.
3
19
C.
3
D. ln(3) + 6

g(x)
4
3
2
1
x
−1 1 2 3 4 5

32. Let f be a differentiable function defined as f (x) = g(x) · h(x). Using the graph of g(x) above
and that h(1) = 3 and h0 (1) = 4, what is the value of f 0 (1)?

A. 2

B. 10

C. −8

D. 8

 
d 4 x
33. x e is
dx
A. 4x3 ex

B. x2 ex (4 + x)

C. x3 ex (4 + x)

D. x4 ex (4 + x)
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x 1 4
f (x) 4 2
f 0 (x) 0 −3
h(x) 4 −1
h0 (x) 1 3
34. Let k be the differentiable function defined as k(x) = f (x) · h(x). Selected values of f (x),
f 0 (x), h(x) and h0 (x) are given in the table above. What is the value of k 0 (4)?

A. −9

B. 9

C. −7

D. 7

35. If f (x) = 2xcos(x) then f 0 (0) is

A. −1

B. 0

C. 1

D. 2

g(x)
36. Let h be the differentiable function defined as h(x) = . If g(1) = 2, g 0 (1) = 3, f (1) = 4
f (x)
and f 0 (1) = 5, then h0 (1) is
1
A. −
8
1
B.
8
11
C. −
8
11
D.
8
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3x2 − 2x
37. If f (x) = then f 0 (x) is
4x + 1
12x2 + 6x − 2
A.
(4x + 1)2
−12x2 + 6x + 2
B.
(4x + 1)2
12x3 − 6x − 2
C.
(4x + 1)2
−12x3 − 6x + 2
D.
(4x + 1)2

ln(x)
38. Let f be the differentiable function defined as f (x) = . If h(1) = h0 (1) = −2, then what
h(x)
is the value of f 0 (1)?

A. −1
B. 1
1
C. −
2
1
D.
2

 
d
39. cot(x) is
dx
A. −csc2 (x)
B. csc2 (x)
C. −csc(x)cot(x)
D. csc(x)cot(x)

40. If f (x) = sec(x) + csc(x) then f 0 (x) is

A. −sec(x)tan(x) + csc(x)cot(x)
B. −sec(x)tan(x) − csc(x)cot(x)
C. sec(x)tan(x) + csc(x)cot(x)
D. sec(x)tan(x) − csc(x)cot(x)