Calculus 1 (Gr1-Wed) Homework Assignment #2 Spring 2022

Due date: 4:00 PM, April 9, 2022 (tentative Midterm exam date).
Instructions:

ˆ The solutions must be in the order as listed, that is, Q1, Q2, Q3, ..., Q25. You can
temporarily leave a blank for a question without a solution (and can go back to resolve
it later).

ˆ As you knew, the Midterm exam is in-person (offline). The submissions for HW Assign-
ment 2 are in papers (offline). Submissions in papers will help us in reading your solutions
effectively. Please submit your solution in my mailbox named “Nguyen Minh
Quan” in front of O2. 610 by 4 PM, April 9, 2022.

ˆ Please write down your full name, ID, and mention the Group 1, Wednesday morning
(I am teaching another Calculus 1 class).

Exercises for Chapter 2

1. Differentiate the following functions

(a) f (x) = x3 sin(3x4 + 1) + e−2x .
1 + u2
(b) f (u) = u2 √ .
e + u
(c) y = sec θ tan θ.

2. For the function t whose graph is given, arrange the following numbers in increasing order
and explain your reasoning: 0, g ′ (−2), g ′ (0), g ′ (2), g ′ (4).

3. A roast turkey is taken from an oven when its temperature has reached 185o F and is
placed on a table in a room where the temperature is 75o F. The graph shows how the
temperature of the turkey decreases and eventually approaches room temperature. By
measuring the slope of the tangent, estimate the rate of change of the temperature after
an hour

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4. A ball is thrown vertically upward with a initial velocity 80 ft/s (feet/second), then its
height after t seconds is
s = 80t − 16t2 .
(a) At what time does the ball reach the maximum height? What is the maximum height
reached by the ball?
(b) After 2 seconds, what is the height of the ball? Does the ball reach this height at
another time?
(c) What is the velocity of the ball when it is 90 ft above the ground on its way up? on
its way down?

5. Find the following limits √

sin( π4 + h) − sin( π4 ) ex − 1 5x − 5 4
16 + h − 2
(a) lim , (b) lim , (c) lim , (d) lim .
h→0 h x→0 x x→1 x − 1 h→0 h
Hint: Using the definition of derivative.

6. Let
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x2 sin 2x if x ̸= 0
f (x) =
0 if x = 0
(a) Show that f (x) is continuous everywhere.
(b) Determine whether f ′ (0) exist.

7. Differentiate the following functions

x2
√  2x 
1−e 3 3/2
(a) f (x) = 2 , (b) f (x) = 2x − 1, (c) f (x) = cos 1+e2x , (d) f (x) = (x + x − 1) .

8. Use logarithmic differentiation to find the derivative of the functions

sin2 x tan4 x √
cos( 2x)
(a) f (x) = , 0 < x < π/2, (b) f (x) = x , x>0
(x2 + 1)3
9. Given
x2 + 2xy − y 2 + x = 2, (y ̸= 0)
dy
(a) Find and y ′ (1).
dx
(b) Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the point (1, 2).

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10. Find theqderivative of the functions [(a) and (b)].

p √ √
(a) y = x + x + x, (b) y = 1 − x2 arcsin x.
(c) If F (x) = f (g(x)), where f (−2) = 8, f ′ (−2) = 4, f ′ (5) = 3, g(5) = −2, and g ′ (5) = 6,
find F ′ (5).

11. Find dy/dx by implicit differentiation [(a), (b), and (c)]

√
(a) xy = 1 + x2 y, (b) x cos y + y cos x = 1, (c) xy = y x .
Hint for (c): Use logarithmic differentiation: y ln x = x ln y, then differentiate both sides
with respect to x.
(d) Given x cos(f (x)) + f (x) cos x = 1. Find f (0) and f ′ (0). Write the equation of the
tangent line to the graph of y = f (x) at the point (0, f (0)).

12. The cost (in dollars) of producing units of a certain commodity is C (x) = 5000 + 10x +
0.05x2 .
(a) Find the average rate of change of C(x) with respect to x when the production level
is changed from x = 100 to x = 105.
(b) Find the instantaneous rate of change of C(x) with respect to x when x = 100. (This
is called the marginal cost.)
p
13. If g(x) = f (x) where the graph of f (x) is shown, evaluate f ′ (3) and g ′ (3).

14. If f and g are the functions whose graphs are shown, let P (x) = f (x) g (x), Q (x) = fg(x)
(x)
,
′ ′ ′ ′′ −1 ′
and C (x) = f (g (x)). Find (a) P (2), (b) Q (2), (c) C (2), (d) g (2), and (e) (g ) (2).

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15. Under certain circumstances a rumor spreads according to the equation

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p (t) = ,
1 + ae−kt
where p(t) is the proportion of the population that knows the rumor at time t, and a and
k are positive constants.
a. Find lim p (t). What does your answer mean?
t→∞
b. Find the rate of spread of the rumor.

16. Suppose f and f −1 are both differentiable for all x with f (1) = 2 and f ′ (1) = −3. Find
the line tangent to the graph of f −1 (x) at (2, 1)?
Hint: Use derivative of the inverse function.
π
17. Find the linearization of the function f (x) = tan(x) at x = and then use it to approx-
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imate tan(46o ).
Hint: Note that 1o = π/180 radian.

t
18. A particle moves along the x-axis, its position at time t given by x (t) = , t ⩾ 0,
1 + t2
where t is measured in seconds and x in meters.
(a) Find the velocity at time t.
(b) When is the particle moving to the right? When is it moving to the left?
(c) Find the total distance traveled during the first 4 s.
Hint: (c) |s(1) − s(0)| + |s(4) − s(1)| = 1/2 + (1/2 − 4/17) = 13/17.

19. Consider the following function

√ 3
x + 1 (x2 + 1)
f (x) = √3
, (x > −1) .
x2 + 2x + 8
(a) Use logarithmic differentiation to find the derivative.
(b) Find the tangent line to the graph of y = f (x) at (0, 1/2).

20. The radius of a sphere was measured and found to be 21 cm with a possible error in
measurement of at most 0.025 cm. What is the maximum error in using this value of the
radius to compute the volume of the sphere?
Hint: Use differential.

21. The population of a particular species of insect grows according to the equation
5, 000
P (t) = ,
1 + 4e−0.1t
where t is measured in weeks.
(a) Find lim P (t).
t→∞
(b) Find the rate of growth of the population.
(c) Find the inverse function of P (t). Estimate how long it takes for the population to
reach 2, 000?

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22. Let T (t) be the temperature (in ◦ F) in Dallas hours after midnight on June 2, 2001. The
table shows values of this function recorded every two hours.
(a) Estimate T ′ (10) and interpret its practical meaning.
(b) The average rate of change of T with respect to t on an interval [0, 14].

23. The cost, in dollars, of producing x yards of a certain fabric is

C(x) = 1200 + 12x − 0.1x2 + 0.0005x3

a. Find the marginal cost function.

b. Find C ′ (200) and explain its meaning. What does it predict?
c. Compare C ′ (200) with the cost of manufacturing the 201st yard of fabric.

24. A bacteria culture initially contains 100 cells and grows at a rate proportional to its size.
After an hour the population has increased to 420.
a. Find an expression for the number of bacteria after hours.
b. Find the number of bacteria after 3 hours.
c. Find the rate of growth after 3 hours.
d. When will the population reach 10,000?
Hint: P ′ (t) = kP (t), hence, P (t) = P (0)ekt , where P (0) = 100. Use P (1) = 100 to
calculate k.

25. A car is traveling at night along a highway shaped like a parabola with its vertex at the
origin (see the below figure). The car starts at a point 100 m west and 100 m north of the
origin and travels in an easterly direction. There is a statue located 100 m east and 50
m north of the origin. At what point on the highway will the car’s headlights illuminate
the statue?

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