3.5E: Exercises for Section 3.5

In exercises 1 - 10, find $\dfrac{dy}{dx}$ for the given functions.

1) $y=x^2−\sec x+1$

Answer

$\dfrac{dy}{dx}=2x−\sec x\tan x$

2) $y=3\csc x+\dfrac{5}{x}$

3) $y=x^2\cot x$

Answer

$\dfrac{dy}{dx}=2x\cot x−x^2\csc^2 x$

4) $y=x−x^3\sin x$

5) $y=\dfrac{\sec x}{x}$

Answer

$\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{x\sec x\tan x−\sec x}{x^2}$

6) $y=\sin x\tan x$

7) $y=(x+\cos x)(1−\sin x)$

Answer

$\dfrac{dy}{dx}=(1−\sin x)(1−\sin x)−\cos x(x+\cos x)$

8) $y=\dfrac{\tan x}{1−\sec x}$

9) $y=\dfrac{1−\cot x}{1+\cot x}$

Answer

$\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{2\csc^2 x}{(1+\cot x)^2}$

10) $y=(\cos x)(1+\csc x)$

In exercises 11 - 16, find the equation of the tangent line to each of the given functions at the indicated values of $x$. Then use a calculator to graph both the function and the tangent line to ensure the equation for the tangent line is correct.

11) [T] $f(x)=−\sin x,\quad x=0$

Answer

$y=−x$

12) [T] $f(x)=\csc x,\quad x=\frac{π}{2}$

13) [T] $f(x)=1+\cos x,\quad x=\frac{3π}{2}$

Answer

$y=x+\frac{2−3π}{2}$

14) [T] $f(x)=\sec x,\quad x=\frac{π}{4}$

15) [T] $f(x)=x^2−\tan x, \quad x=0$

Answer

$y=−x$

16) [T] $f(x)=5\cot x, \quad x=\frac{π}{4}$

In exercises 17 - 22, find $\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2}$ for the given functions.

17) $y=x\sin x−\cos x$

Answer

$\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2} = 3\cos x−x\sin x$

18) $y=\sin x\cos x$

19) $y=x−\frac{1}{2}\sin x$

Answer

$\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2} = \frac{1}{2}\sin x$

20) $y=\dfrac{1}{x}+\tan x$

21) $y=2\csc x$

Answer

$\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2} = 2\csc(x)\left(\csc^2(x)+\cot^2(x)\right)$

22) $y=\sec^2 x$

23) Find all $x$ values on the graph of $f(x)=−3\sin x\cos x$ where the tangent line is horizontal.

Answer

$x = \dfrac{(2n+1)π}{4}$,where $n$ is an integer

24) Find all $x$ values on the graph of $f(x)=x−2\cos x$ for $0<x<2π$ where the tangent line has slope 2.

25) Let $f(x)=\cot x.$ Determine the points on the graph of $f$ for $0<x<2π$ where the tangent line(s) is (are) parallel to the line $y=−2x$.

Answer

$\left(\frac{π}{4},1\right),\quad \left(\frac{3π}{4},−1\right),\quad\left(\frac{5π}{4},1\right),\quad \left(\frac{7π}{4},−1\right)$

26) [T] A mass on a spring bounces up and down in simple harmonic motion, modeled by the function $s(t)=−6\cos t$ where s is measured in inches and $t$ is measured in seconds. Find the rate at which the spring is oscillating at $t=5$ s.

27) Let the position of a swinging pendulum in simple harmonic motion be given by $s(t)=a\cos t+b\sin t$. Find the constants $a$ and $b$ such that when the velocity is 3 cm/s, $s=0$ and $t=0$.

Answer

$a=0,\quad b=3$

28) After a diver jumps off a diving board, the edge of the board oscillates with position given by $s(t)=−5\cos t$ cm at $t$ seconds after the jump.

a. Sketch one period of the position function for $t≥0$.

b. Find the velocity function.

c. Sketch one period of the velocity function for $t≥0$.

d. Determine the times when the velocity is $0$ over one period.

e. Find the acceleration function.

f. Sketch one period of the acceleration function for $t≥0$.

29) The number of hamburgers sold at a fast-food restaurant in Pasadena, California, is given by $y=10+5\sin x$ where $y$ is the number of hamburgers sold and $x$ represents the number of hours after the restaurant opened at 11 a.m. until 11 p.m., when the store closes. Find $y'$ and determine the intervals where the number of burgers being sold is increasing.

Answer

$y′=5\cos(x)$, increasing on $\left(0,\frac{π}{2}\right),\;\left(\frac{3π}{2},\frac{5π}{2}\right)$, and $\left(\frac{7π}{2},12\right)$

30) [T] The amount of rainfall per month in Phoenix, Arizona, can be approximated by $y(t)=0.5+0.3\cos t$, where $t$ is months since January. Find $y′$and use a calculator to determine the intervals where the amount of rain falling is decreasing.

For exercises 31 - 33, use the quotient rule to derive the given equations.

31) $\dfrac{d}{dx}(\cot x)=−\csc^2x$

32) $\dfrac{d}{dx}(\sec x)=\sec x\tan x$

33) $\dfrac{d}{dx}(\csc x)=−\csc x\cot x$

34) Use the definition of derivative and the identity $\cos(x+h)=\cos x\cos h−\sin x\sin h$ to prove that $\dfrac{d}{dx}(\cos x)=−\sin x$.

For exercises 35 - 39, find the requested higher-order derivative for the given functions.

35) $\dfrac{d^3y}{dx^3}$ of $y=3\cos x$

Answer

$\dfrac{d^3y}{dx^3} = 3\sin x$

36) $\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2}$ of $y=3\sin x+x^2\cos x$

37) $\dfrac{d^4y}{dx^4}$ of $y=5\cos x$

Answer

$\dfrac{d^4y}{dx^4} = 5\cos x$

38) $\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2}$ of $y=\sec x+\cot x$

39) $\dfrac{d^3y}{dx^3}$ of $y=x^{10}−\sec x$

Answer

$\dfrac{d^3y}{dx^3} = 720x^7−5\tan(x)\sec^3(x)−\tan^3(x)\sec(x)$