Assignment II - CALCULUS I

Dr. Duong Thanh PHAM

Deadline: 8am, Saturday 27th October 2018

Exercise 1. Let f (x) = x2 − 2x. By using the definition of derivative, find f 0 (a) and f 0 (3).

Exercise 2. Consider the function f defined by


−x + a if x < 0


f (x) = x2 +1 if 0 ≤ x ≤ 1

x − b

if x > 1

where a and b are constants.

(i) Find values of a and b such that f is continuous on (−∞, ∞).

(ii) Sketch the graph of f with a and b found in (i). Is f differentiable at x = 1?

Exercise 3. Let (
2x + 1 if x<0
f (x) =
x2 + 1 if x ≥ 0.

(i) Show that f (x) is continuous at x = 0

(ii) Is f (x) differentiable at x = 0? Explain your answer.

(iii) Find
max f (x) and min f (x)
x∈[−3,4] x∈[−3,4]

Exercise 4. Find the values of a and b that make

(
x2 + 1 if x ≥ 0,
f (x) =
a sin x + b(x + 1) if x < 0,

differentiable everywhere.

Exercise 5. Let
1



x + a
 if x < −1
f (x) = x if − 1 ≤ x ≤ 1


(x − b)2 + 1

if x > 1,

(i) Find the values of a and b such that f (x) is defined and continuous everywhere.

(ii) With the values of a and b found in part (i), find any horizontal asymptotes, and sketch the
graph of f (x).

(iii) Show that f (x) is not differentiable at x = 1.

Exercise 6. Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve x3 + y 3 = x − y + 6 at the point (2, 0).

Exercise 7. Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve

x sin y + x3 = (x − 1)2 + 1,

at the point (1, 0).

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Exercise 8. Find the equation of the tangent line to the the graph of

x2 y + y 4 = 4 + 2x

at (−1, 1).

Exercise 9. Find the derivative of  

sin x
f (x) = .
x
√
Exercise 10. (i) Let f (x) = 1 + x3 ; g(x) = e−2x+1 . Evaluate the derivatives f 0 (x), g 0 (x), and
d
(f (g(x))).
dx
(ii) Let
4x2 + 2xy 3 − 5y 2 = 0.
Find dy/dx in terms of x and y.

(iii) Let
x9
f (x) =
x8 +1
and let g be the inverse of f . Find g 0 (1/2).

Exercise 11. (i) Suppose f and g are two differentiable functions on (−∞, ∞) and f (1) = 5,
f 0 (1) = −3, g(1) = 1, g 0 (1) = −1. Find F 0 (1) where

F (x) = f (g(2x − 1)).

(ii) Let f (x) = x cos x, x > 0. Use logarithmic differentiation to find the derivative of f .

Exercise 12. Let g be a differentiable function on (−∞, ∞). Assume that

g(x) + x sin(g(x)) = x2 , x ∈ (−∞, ∞).

Find g 0 (0) and write the equation of the tangent line to the graph of g at the point (0, 0).