BACS 1263 Mathematics for Computer Science II Faculty of Information and Communications & Technology

Tutorial 2 - The Derivative

The Slope of a Straight Line 1. Find the equations: a) Slope is 1 3 ; (-6,2) on line b) Slope is 1 2 ; intercept is (0,0) c) (5,-3) and (-1,3) on line d) Parallel to 3x + y = 7 ; (-1,-1) on line

2. Find the equation and sketch the graph a) With slope 1 3 and y-intercept (0,1) b) Through (-1,3) with slope 0
The Slope of a Curve at a Point

1. Find the slope of a tangent line to the graph of y = x 2 at the point where x = 1 2 . 2. Write the equation of the tangent line to the graph of y = x 2 at the point where x = 0.6 . 3. Find the point on the graph of y = x 2 where the curve has slope -4. 4. Find the point on the graph of y = x 2 where the tangent line is parallel to the line x + 2y = 4 . 5. Find the slope of the curve y = x 3 at the point where x = 1 4 . 6. Write the equation of the line tangent to the graph of y = x 3 at the point where x = 1 2 .
The Derivative

1. Find the derivative: 1 x 2. Find the derivative of f ( x) at the designated value of x . a) f ( x) = x 3 at x = 1 4 b) Find the slope of the curve y = x 4 at x = 3 a) f ( x) = x 1 4 b) f ( x) = x 3 c) f ( x) =
3

d) f ( x) =

1 x5

c) If f ( x) = x 3 2 , compute f (16) and f '(16) . 3. Find the slope of the tangent line to the curve y = x at the point (25,5) and write the equation of this line. 4. Find the indicated derivative: d 3 d 13 dy a) b) c) (x ) (x ) if y = x 4 dx dx dx 2 5. Given g ( x + h) g ( x) = 8 xh + h + 4h , use the secant line calculation to find g '( x) .

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6. Show that the derivative of f ( x) = x is

1 2 x

7. As h approaches 0, what value is approached by

(3 + h) 2 (3) 2 ? h [Hint: This quotient is secant line approximation for f ( x) = x 2 .]

8. As h approaches 0, what value is approached by

4+h 4 ? h [Hint: This quotient is a secant-line approximation for f ( x) = x .] 9. Suppose that y = x 2 x + 4 . Calculate the y if a) x increases by 0.02 from the value of 3. b) x decreases by 0.1 from the value of 3.

10. Let y = x 2 + 3x 4 . Suppose that x increase from 2 to 2 + x . Calculate y x in case a) x = 0.1 b) x = 0.00005
Limits and the Derivative

1. For each of the following function g ( x) , determine whether or not lim g ( x) exists.
x 3

a) y

b) y

2 1.5

.
x 3 d)

c) y

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2. Determine which of the following limits exist. Compute the limits that exist. x 1 x2 x 6 a) lim b) lim( 6 x + 3x )( x 2 4) c) lim x 2 x 2 x 6 x 3 3 x3 4x 5x 4 1 c) lim d) lim x 0 x ( x 2 + 3 x + 5) x 0 3x 2 + 2 3. Use limits to compute the following derivatives a) f '(0) where f ( x) = x 2 + 2 x + 2 b) f '(4) where f ( x) = 2 x 1 1 c) f '(3) where f ( x) = d) f '(2) where f ( x) = (5 x 4) 2 7 2x 4. Each limit below is a definition of f '(a) . Determine the function f ( x) and the value of a . (2 + h)3 8 (64 + h)1 3 4 (1 + h) 1 2 1 a) lim b) lim c) lim h 0 h 0 h 0 h h h 5. Compute the following limits 1 1 x2 + x a) lim 2 b) lim c) lim 2 x x x 3 x + 5 x x 1
Differentiability and Continuity

1. Is the function whose graph below continuous at the following values of x ? Check also if the function differentiable at the values of x .

a) x = 0 d) x = 0.001

b) x = 3 e) x = 2

c) x = 3 f) x = 2

2. Determine whether each of the following function is continuous at x = 1 . x + 2 for 1 x 1 x for x 1 a) f ( x) = b) f ( x) = 3 x for 1 < x 5 2 for x = 1
x 1 for 0 x < 1 c) f ( x) = 1 for x = 1 2 x 2 for x>1 3. The functions below are defined for all x except for one value of x . If possible, define f ( x) at the exceptional point in a way that makes f ( x) continuous for all x. x 2 + x 12 9+ x 9 , x 4 ,x 0 a) f ( x) = b) f ( x) = x+4 x