Tutorial 1(A) Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1: DIFFERENTIATION
TUTORIAL 1(A)

1.1 Derivative of a Function

1. State the definition of differentiation.

2. Find the derivative of the following functions using differentiation from first
principle.
4
(a) f x   2
3x
1
(b) f x  
x

3. Using differentiation from first principle, determine whether the following

function is differentiable at x  2.
3x  4, x  2
f x    2
 x  x, x  2

4. Using differentiation from first principle, determine whether the function

f x   x  3 is differentiable at x  3.

1.2 Rules of Differentiation

5. List the five (5) rules of differentiation.

6. Differentiate the functions below with respect to x.

(a) y  9
2

(b) y  3x 3

1
(c) y  2 x 2  x
2

(d) y  x  5 x 2  3 
7. Differentiate the function below using sum or difference rule.
f x  
x  1x  2
x3

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8. Differentiate the function y  x 4 x  10 with respect to x.

x 1 dy 1
9. If y  , show that  .
x 1 dx x  x 1  2

 
10. Find the derivative of y with respect to x if y  2u 3 and u  x 4  1 .

11. Find the first and second derivative of the following function using special
(simpler) chain rule.
2
 3 
y  
2 x

dy d 2 y d3y 1
12. Find , 2 and for y  .
dx dx dx 3
3x  52