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MATH226 Hand in Hw4

This document contains: 1. Seven problems involving differentiating functions, finding tangent lines, and determining differentiability. 2. Two additional challenge problems about finding higher order derivatives and determining coefficients based on tangent lines. 3. The document provides homework problems for a calculus class, with the homework due on Thursday, March 8th, 2018.

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MATH226 Hand in Hw4

This document contains: 1. Seven problems involving differentiating functions, finding tangent lines, and determining differentiability. 2. Two additional challenge problems about finding higher order derivatives and determining coefficients based on tangent lines. 3. The document provides homework problems for a calculus class, with the homework due on Thursday, March 8th, 2018.

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Math 226.

03
Hand-in Homework 4
Due Thurs 3/8/18
1. Differentiate each of the following functions:
a. f (x) = 34 x8 − 17ex + 103 − 3.7x4
√
b. g(x) = x4 ex + 5 x
c. h(x) = (−5x−2 + 2x)4ex
√
d. r(t) = (t + 3et )(5 − 3 t)
x+1
e. y = x3 +x−2
√
3x5 +4 x
f. f (x) = x
2x
2. Find the equation for the line tangent to the function g(x) = x−3 at x = 2
3. Given the following function:

−1 − 2x,
 if x < 1
2
h(x) = x , if −1 ≤ x ≤ 1

x, if x > 1

a. Find the interval(s) for which the h(x) is differentiable.


b. Find a formula for h0 (x).
c. Sketch the graphs of h(x) and h0 (x).

4. Draw a graph of the function f (x) = x2 + x. On the same set of axes, mark the point (2, −3).
How many lines can you draw that pass through the point (2, −3) and are tangent (at some
point) to the graph of f (x)? Find the equation for each of these tangent lines and determine
the point(s) at which they are tangent to the function f .
5. Find a second degree polynomial function, p(x), such that p(3) = 7, p0 (3) = 4 and p00 (3) = 1.
x−1
6. Find the equations for the lines that are tangent to the function h(x) = x+1 that are also
parallel to the line x − 2y = 2.
7. Suppose that f (−2) = 3, g(−2) = 4, f 0 (−2) = 2, and g 0 (−2) = 5. Find h0 (−2) given that
h(x) is defined as follows:

a. h(x) = −3f (x) + 7g(x)


b. h(x) = 5.4g(x)f (x)
f (x)
c. h(x) = g(x)+1

Challenge Problems:

1. If f (x) = exx , find f (n) (x). [Recall that f (n) (x) denotes the nth derivative of f (x) NOT f (x)
raised to the power n.]
2. If the function f (x) = x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d (where a, b, c, and d are real numbers) has a
tangent line at x = 0 with the equation y = 2x + 1, and a tangent line at x = 1 with the
equation y = −3x + 2, find the values of a, b, c, and d.

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