Intro to Calculus: Derivative exercises

Use the graphs of f ( x ) and g ( x ) shown here to

evaluate the following. The graph of f ( x ) passes
through the points (-1.5, -2), (-0.5, 2), and (0.5, 3).
[1] f ( 1)

[4]

[6]

d
f ( g ( x ) )
dx
x =2

[10]

d x3

dx g ( x )

[7]

d
g ( f ( x ) )
dx
x =3

[11]
x =2

d f ( x)

dx g ( x )

[8]

d
f ( x ) g ( x )
dx
x =3

x =3

d f ( 2x)

dx g ( 3 x )

d g ( x)

dx f ( x )

[5]

d
f ( x 2 + 1)

dx
x =1

[12]

d
x f ( x )
dx
x =1

[2] g ( 1) [3]

[9]

d
x g ( 3 x 4 )
dx
x =1

x =1

dd[13 - 22] Consider the values in the following table and compute the derivative values.
x
f ( x)

2
4

3
5

4
7

6
11

10
16

f ( x)

-1

g ( x)

-2

-5

-7

-8

-3

g( x )

-2

-3

-4

[13] h ( x ) = f ( 3 x 1) ; find h (1)

[15] k ( x ) = f ( x ) g ( x ) ; find k ( 6 )
[17] n ( x ) =

g ( x)
; find n ( 3)
f ( x)

[14] j ( x ) = f ( x 2 + 1) ; find
[16] m ( x ) = x 4 g ( x ) ; find
[18] p ( x ) =

f ( x ) ; find

dj
dx

dp
dx

x =3

dr
dx

x =6

[20] r ( x ) = ( f ( x ) ) ; find

[21] s ( x ) = f ( g ( x ) ) ; find s ( 3)

1
dv
[22] v ( x ) =
; find
f ( 2x)
dx

x =3

dm
dx x=2

[19] q ( x ) = g ( f ( x ) ) ; find q ( 2 )

x =3

x =3

[23 - 32] Compute the derivative for each function.

[23] f ( x ) = x 2 + 4

[25] f ( x ) =

( 4x + 3 )

1
2x 3

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

[31]

1
x x
5

[26] f ( x ) = ( 2 x + 1) ( 3 x 2 )

[27] f ( x ) = ( x 2 + 1) ( x 1 )

[29] f ( x ) =

[24] f ( x ) =

[28] f ( x ) = 3 5 x + 2

[30] f ( x ) =

3x + 5

( 2x + 1)

[32] f ( x ) = ( 3 x 2 x 3) 3