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3.R: Chapter 3 Review Exercises

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Chapter Review Exercises

True or False? Justify the answer with a proof or a counterexample.

1) Every function has a derivative.

Answer
False

2) A continuous function has a continuous derivative.

3) A continuous function has a derivative.

Answer
False

4) If a function is differentiable, it is continuous.

In exercises 5 and 6, use the limit definition of the derivative to exactly evaluate the derivative.

5) f(x)=x+4

Answer
f(x)=12x+4

6) f(x)=3x

In exercises 7 - 15, find the derivatives of the given functions.

7) f(x)=3x34x2

Answer
f(x)=9x2+8x3

9) f(x)=(4x2)3

10) f(x)=ex2+3

Answer
f(x)=2xex2+3

11) f(x)=ln(x+2)

12) f(x)=3x74x+1

Answer
f(x)=31(4x+1)2

13) f(x)=3x2+2

14) f(x)=83x2+4

Answer
f(x)=24x(3x2+4)32

15) x2y=(y+2)+4x

In exercises 16 - 18, find the indicated derivatives of various orders.

16) Second derivative of y=1x

Answer
d2ydx2=2x3

17) Third derivative of y=(3x+2)2

18) Second derivative of y=3x4x+1

Answer
d2ydx2=24(4x+1)3

In exercises 19 and 20, find the equation of the tangent line to the following equations at the specified point.

19) y=x25x+3 at x=1

20) y=x+ex1x at x=1

Answer
y=(2+e)x2

In exercises 21 and 22, draw the derivative of the functions with the given graphs.

21)

The function begins at (−3, 0.5) and decreases to a local minimum at (−2.3, −2). Then the function increases through (−1.5, 0) and slows its increase through (0, 2). It then slowly increases to a local maximum at (2.3, 6) before decreasing to (3, 3).

22)

The function decreases linearly from (−1, 4) to the origin, at which point it increases as x^2, passing through (1, 1) and (2, 4).

Answer
The function is the straight line y = −4 until x = 0, at which point it becomes a straight line starting at the origin with slope 2. There is no value assigned for this function at x = 0.

Questions 23 and 24 we are given the following information: The cost function for a company that manufactures widgets is given by C(q)=100+2q+q4, where q is the number of widgets manufactured.

23) Find the equation for the marginal cost function, MC(q).

24) Find MC(20). What is the meaning of this value?

Answer
MC(20)=0.245. This is an approximation to the cost of the 21st widget manufactured.

Questions 25 and 26 consider the wind speeds of Hurricane Katrina, which affected New Orleans, Louisiana, in August 2005. The data are displayed in a table.

Hours after Midnight, August 26 Wind Speed (mph)
1 45
5 75
11 100
29 115
49 145
58 175
73 155
81 125
85 95
107 35

Wind Speeds of Hurricane KatrinaSource: news.nationalgeographic.com/n..._timeline.html.

25) Using the table, estimate the derivative of the wind speed at hour 39. What is the physical meaning?

26) Estimate the derivative of the wind speed at hour 83. What is the physical meaning?

Answer
7.5. The wind speed is decreasing at a rate of 7.5 mph/hr

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