UDPG1673 Mathematics for Bioscience

Tutorial 7

UDPG1673 Tutorial 7
1.

2.

Find

dy
when y is given by
dx

y = 5x 2 2x + 1

c)

y = 3x 5 +

b)

y = x 2 / 3 + e 3 x + cos x

d)

y = 3e 2 x

Find the derivative of the following with respect to x .

1/ 3
1
a)
g)
x x3 +1
2
3x 1
ln(2 x)
b)
e x
h)
x
x
c)
e (sin x + cos x )
i)
ln( x 2 + 1)

d)
e)
f)
3.

Find
a)

4.

3
+ ln x
x3
+ 5 cot x

a)

x 2 2x
( x + 2) 2

j)

1
x
y = sin(3 x + 2)
x+

k)
l)

ln sin 2 x

tan x
2x + 1
(2 x + 4)7 (3x 5)2

dy
by implicit differentiation to the following
dx
sin x + 2 cos 2 y = 1
c)
sin x = x (1 + tan y )

b)

x3 y3 y = x

a)

Given y = cos x , show that

b)

d2y
1
dy
i)
4y = 1 y4
ii)
= ( y 3 + y )
2
4
dx
dx
2
dy
d y
and
and hence prove that
If y = (3 + 4 x)e 2 x , find
dx
dx 2
d2y
dy
+ 4 + 4y = 0
2
dx
dx

d)

y = sin(xy )

5.

A circle of pollution is spreading from a broken underwater waste disposal pipe, with
the radius increasing at the rate of 4 ft per minute. Find the rate of change of the area
of the circle when radius if 7 ft.

6.

a)
b)

c)

A manufacturer wants to design a box having a square base and a surface area
of 108 m 2 . What dimension will produce a box with maximum volume?
Suppose the rate of growth of a plant in a controlled environment is given by
the model h = 0.2 + 0.03 sin 2 t , where h is the height of the plant in cm and
t is the time in days with t = 0 corresponding to midnight.
i)
During what time of day is the rate of growth a maximum?
ii)
During what time of day is the rate of growth a minimum?
Find two positive numbers whose sum is 110 and whose product is maximum.

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7.

a)
b)
c)

8.

a)
b)

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Find the rate of change of y = (3 x 2 x 1 )(2 x + 5) with respect to x when

x = 1.
Each edge of a cube is extending in a rate of 0.2 cms 1 , when the edge
reaches 6cm , find the rate of change of its volume and surface area.
The perimeter of a rectangle is fixed at 24 cm. If the length l of the rectangle
is increasing at the rate of 1 cms 1 , for what value of l does the area of the
rectangle start to decrease?
Use a differential to estimate the change in f ( x) = ( x 3 + 5)1 / 5 , if x is
decreased from 1 to 0.9.
Use a differential to estimate (33) 1 / 5 .

9.

The measurement of a side of a square is 15 cm . The possible error in measuring the

side is 0.05 cm .
a)
Approximate the percentage of error in computing the area of the square.
b)
Estimate the maximum allowable percentage error in measuring the side if the
error in computing the area cannot exceed 2.5%.

10.

a)

b)

11.

a)
b)

c)

12.

Find z xx , z xy , z yx and z yy when

i)

z = x cos y y cos x

ii)

z = y + x 2 y + 4 y 3 ln( y 2 + 1)

Find f xy if

i)

f ( x, y ) = x ln xy

ii)

f ( x, y ) = xe y

/2

z
at the point (1, 1, 1) if xy + z 3 x 2 yz = 0 .
x
w
w
Use Chain Rule to find
and
for w = 2 xy where x( s, t ) = s 2 + t 2 and
s
t
s
y ( s, t ) = .
t
w
w
Find
and
when s = 1 and t = 2 for the function given by
s
t
w = xy + yz + xz where x = s cos t , y = s sin t and z = t .
Find the value of

Use a total differential to approximate

(5.05) 2 + (3.1) 2 5 2 + 3 2

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Answers

1.

a)
c)

2.

f ( x) =

c)

f ( x) = 2e x sin x

e)

f ( x) =

g)

f ( x) = x 3 + 1

i)

f ( x) =

k)

a)
c)

5.

56pi

6.

a)
b)
c)

7.

a)
b)
c)

b)
d)

3x
(3 x 1) 3 / 2

a)

k)

3.

dy
= 10 x 2
dx
dy
9 1
= 15 x 4 4 +
dx
x
x

b)

d)

x2 1
2( x 2 + 1)1/ 2 x3 / 2

) (2 x
2 / 3

dy 2 1 / 3
= x
3e 3 x sin x
dx 3
dy
= 6e 2 x 5 csc 2 x
dx

+1

2x
x +1
(2 x + 1) sec 2 x 2 tan x

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

f ( x) =

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

f)

f ( x) = 3 cos(3 x + 2)

h)

f ( x) =

j)

f ( x) = 2 cot x

1 ln(2 x)
x2

f ' ( x) = 2(2 x + 4 ) (3 x 5)(27 x 23)

6

dy
cos x
=
dx 4 sin 2 y
dy cos x 1 tan y
=
dx
x sec 2 y

b)
d)

dy 1 3 x 2 y 3
=
dx 3 x 3 y 2 1
dy
y cos( xy )
=
dx 1 x cos( xy )

V is maximum when x = 3 2 , y = 3 2
i)
h is maximum at 6am everyday.
ii)
h is minimum at 6pm everyday.
Let x and y be two positive numbers and P be their products
P is maximum when x = y = 55

dy
= 18 + 30 + 5 = 53
dx
dV
dA
= 21.6cm3 s 1
= 14.4cm 2 s 1
dt
dt
dA
< 0 , when l > 6 .
dt

when x = 1 ,

f = 0.01431

8.

a)

b)

9.

Let x be the side of the square.

a)
The percentage of error is 0.67%

0.496875

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10.

b)

x
100% 1.25%
x

a)

i)

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z x = cos y + y sin x ,

z xx = y cos x , z xy = sin y + sin x

z y = x sin y cos x , z yx = sin y + sin x ,

z x = 2 xy ,

ii)

z xy = 2 x ,

z y = 1 + x 2 + 12 y 2
z yy = 24 y 2
b)

11.

a)
b)
c)

12.

z yy = x cos y

z xx = 2 y

2y
, z yx = 2 x
y2 +1

2y2 + 2
( y 2 + 1) 2
1
y

i)

f ( x, y ) = x ln xy

f x = ln xy + 1 ,

f xy =

ii)

f ( x, y ) = xe y

fx = ey

f xy = ye y

At the point (1, 1, 1) ,

w
s
w
s
w
t
w
t

2
(3s 2 + t 2 )
t

/2

/2

z
1+1
=
= 2
x
3 2
w 2 s 2
= 2 (t s 2 )
t t

= 2 s cos t sin t + t (cos t + sin t )

= s 2 (cos 2 t sin 2 t ) + st (cos t sin t ) + s (cos t + sin t )
= 2 + 2

f = 0.09432

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