WORKSHEET IX

Chain Rule, I mplicit Differentiation, Logarithmic Differentiation,

I nverse Trig functions

I Compute dy/dx using the Chain Rule:
8
) sin 1 ( . 1 x y + =


5 3
2 5 . 2 x x y + + =


x
e y
cos 1
. 3
+
=


x
e e
e e
y
x x
x x
tanh . 4 =
+

) cos 13 sin( . 5 x y =


x e y
x
5 tan . 6
4
=


11 3 sin . 7
4
+ + = x x y


7 5
) 13 3 ( ) 1 ( . 8 + = x x y


1 2
3 sec
. 9
+
=
x
x
y


) ln sinh( . 10 x x y + =



II For each of the following curves, find all critical points (i.e.,
points for which dy/dx = 0).
8 5
) 1 2 ( ) 1 ( . 1 + = x x y

9 3
) 4 ( . 2 + =

x e y
x

3
5
) 1 2 (
) 5 3 (
. 3
+

=
x
x
y


x x y sin . 4 + =

x x y 4 sin 3 13 . 5 + =


III 1. Given y = tan
2
tu/8 and u = 1 + 2x
2
4x
3
+ 3, find dy/dx
when x=1.

2. Sketch the curve y = (2x 1)
4
(3x + 1)
5
and locate all zeroes,
perform a sign analysis, study limiting behavior and locate all
critical points.

3. Sketch the curve y = e
x
(x-1)
4
and locate all zeroes, perform
a sign analysis, study limiting behavior and locate all critical
points.

4. Show that the derivative of ln x is 1/x. (Hint: Let y = ln x;
then x=e
y
.)

5. Find dy/dx if y = ln(sec x + tan x) and simplify your
answer.

6. Find dx/dt if x(t) = ln(ln(t)).

IV Using implicit differentiation, find dy/dx:
7 . 1 + = + xy x y

xy x y sin . 2
2 2
+ =

xy
y
y =1
1
sin . 3


V 1. Prove the power rule for rational exponents: (d/dx) x
n
=
nx
n-1
if n is rational.
2. Find d
2
y/dx
2
if y
2
+ xy = 1.
3. Consider the curve defined implicitly by: x
2
+ xy y
2
= 1.
Verify that the point P = (2, 3) lies on this curve. Find the
equations of the tangent and normal lines to this curve at the
point P.
4. Find equations for the tangent and normal lines to the
cissoid of Diocles (from 200 B.C.):
y
2
(2 x) = x
3
at Q = (1, 1).


0 1 2 3 4
2
1
0
1
2


VI Using implicit differentiation, find dy/dx for y = arc sin x, y =
arc tan x, and y = arc sec x.
Find dy/dx for each of the following:
) 5 2 arcsin( . 1 + = x y

|
.
|

\
|
=
x
y
1
arctan . 2

) sec ln( . 3 x arc y =

( )
5
2
) arcsin( . 4 x y =


VII Using logarithmic differentiation, find dy/dx for each of the
following:
11 5
) 4 3 ( ) 1 ( . 1 + = x x x y

5 3
7 5
. 2
+
+
=
x
x
y

) 1 7 )( 4 (
) 5 2 )( 1 3 (
. 3

+ +
=
x x
x x x
y


It is often better to be in chains than to be free.
- Franz Kafka, The Trial


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