Calculus Name___________________________________ ID: 1

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Use the definition of the derivative to find the derivative of each function with respect to x.

1) f ( x) = -3x + 2 2) f ( x) = x+1

3) f ( x) = 2x 2 + 5 1
4) f ( x) =
x+4

For each problem, find the derivative of the function at the given value.

5) y = x 3 - 3x 2 at x = 1 1
2
6) y = ( x + 2) at x = 3

For each problem, find the slope of the function at the given value.

7) y = x 3 - x 2 at x = 2 2
3
8) y = ( x - 2) at x = 3

For each problem, find the equation of the line tangent to the function at the given point. Your
answer should be in slope-intercept form.

9) f ( x) = 2
2
x -9
at 1, -
1
4 ( ) 10) f ( x) = ( x - 2)
2
3
at (1, 1)

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For each problem, find the derivative of the function at the given value.

2p p
11) y = -cos ( x) at x = 12) f ( x) = tan ( x) at x =
3 4

For each problem, find the slope of the function at the given value.

p p
13) f ( x) = 2sin (2x) at x = - 14) f ( x) = 2sin ( x) at x = -
4 4

For each problem, find the equation of the line tangent to the function at the given point. Your
answer should be in slope-intercept form.

15) f ( x) = -2cot ( x) at ( )
3p
4
,2 16) f ( x) = 2sin (2x) at ( )
p
2
,0

For each problem, find the average rate of change of the function over the given interval.

17) f ( x) = x 2 + 1; [-2, 1] 18) f ( x) = 2x 2 + 1; [-1, 0]

For each problem, find the equation of the secant line that intersects the given points on the
function.

19) f ( x) = x 2 + 1; (-2, 5), (1, 2) 20) f ( x) = 2x 2 + x + 1; (-2, 7), (-1, 2)

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For each problem, find the instantaneous rate of change of the function at the given value.

21) y = x 2 + x + 2; -2 22) f ( x) = x 2 + 2; 1

For each problem, find the average rate of change of the function over the given interval and
also find the instantaneous rate of change at the leftmost value of the given interval.

1 3
23) f ( x) = -x 2 + x + 1; [-1, - ] 24) f ( x) = -2x 2 + x + 1; [1, ]
2 2

For each problem, find the equation of the tangent line to the function at the given point.

25) f ( x) = 2x 2 + x + 1; (0, 1) 26) y = 2x 2 - 2; (0, -2)

For each problem, find the equation of the secant line that intersects the given points on the
function and also find the equation of the tangent line to the function at the leftmost given
point.

27) f ( x) = x 2 + x + 1; (0, 1), ( )

1 7
,
2 4
28) y = 2x 2 + 1; (0, 1), ( )
1 3
,
2 2

For each problem, you are given a table containing some values of differentiable functions f ( x)
, g( x) and their derivatives. Use the table data and the rules of differentiation to solve each
problem.

29) x f ( x) f ' ( x) g( x ) g' ( x) Given h( x) = f ( x) + g( x), find h' (1)

1 1 2 2 1
3
2 3 3 1
2
1
3 4 0 4 -
2
4 3 -1 2 -2

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30) x f ( x) f ' ( x) g( x ) g' ( x) Given h( x) = f ( x) - g( x), find h' (3)
1 3 -2 4 -2
3
2 1 0 2 -
2
3
3 3 1 0
2
4 4 1 2 1

31) x f ( x) f ' ( x) g( x ) g' ( x) Given h( x) = f ( x) × g( x), find h' (4)

1 4 -1 3 -1
2 3 -1 2 -1
3 2 -1 1 0
4 1 -1 2 1

f ( x)
32) x f ( x) f ' ( x) g( x ) g' ( x) Given h( x) = , find h' (2)
g( x )
1 4 -2 3 -1
3
2 2 - 2 -1
2
1
3 1 1 0
2
4 3 2 2 1

2
33) x f ( x) f ' ( x) g( x ) g' ( x) Given h( x) = ( f ( x)) , find h' (2)
1 1 1 2 2
3 1
2 2 4
2 2
1
3 4 3 -1
2
4 3 -1 2 -1

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34) x f ( x) f ' ( x) g( x ) g' ( x) Given h( x) = f ( g( x)), find h' (4)
1 3 -1 4 -2
3
2 2 -1 2 -
2
1 1
3 1 1
2 2
4 3 2 3 2

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 Answers to Assignment (ID: 1)
1) f ' ( x) = -3 1 3) f ' ( x) = 4x
()
2) f ' x =
2 x+1
1 dy dy 5
4) f ' ( x) = - 2 5) = -3 6) =
x + 8x + 16 dx dx 10
x=1 x=3
7) 8 2 1 3 2 5
8) 9) y = - x - 10) y = - x +
3 16 16 3 3

11)
dy
dx
=
2
3
12) f ' ()p
4
=2
13) 0 14) 2

2p
x=
3
15) y = 4x + 2 - 3p 16) y = -4x + 2p 17) -1 18) -2
19) y = -x + 3 20) y = -5x - 3 21) -3 22) 2
5 24) Average: -4 Instant.: -3 25) y = x + 1
23) Average: Instant.: 3
2
26) y = -2 3
27) Secant: y = x + 1 Tangent: y = x + 1
2
28) Secant: y = x + 1 Tangent: y = 1 29) h' (1) = f ' (1) + g' (1) = 3
3 31) h' (4) = f (4) × g' (4) + g(4) × f ' (4) = -1
30) h' (3) = f ' (3) - g' (3) =
2
g(2) × f ' (2) - f (2) × g' (2) 1 33) h' (2) = 2 × f (2) × f ' (2) = 6
32) h' (2) = 2
=-
( g(2)) 4
34) h' (4) = f ' ( g(4)) × g' (4) = 1

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