C3 Differentiation

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C3 Differentiation 1

1.

The point P lies on the curve with equation

1
x .
3 The x-coordinate of P is 3.

y ln

Find an equation of the normal to the curve at the point P in the form y = ax + b, where a and b
are constants.
(5)

2.

The curve C has equation

x = 2 sin y.

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(a)

Show that the point

2,

4 lies on C.
(1)

(b)

dy 1

2 = at P.
Show that dx
(4)

(c)

Find an equation of the normal to C at P. Give your answer in the form y = mx + c, where
m and c are exact constants.
(4)

3.

A curve C has equation

y = 3sin2x + 4cos2x, x .
The point A(0, 4) lies on C.
(a)

Find an equation of the normal to curve C at A.

(5)

(b)

Express y in the form Rsin(2x+), where R > 0 and

2.

Give the value of to 3 significant figures.

(4)

(c)

Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of the curve C with the x-axis.
Give your answers to 2 decimal places.
(4)

4.

x cos(2 y ) at 0, .
4

Find the equation of the tangent to the curve

Give your answer in the form y = ax + b, where a and b are constants to be found.
(6)

5.

(i)

Differentiate with respect to x

(a)

x cos 3x
(3)

1n( x 2 1)

(b)

x 2 1
(4)

(ii)

A curve C has the equation

y = (4x + 1), x >

1
4,y>0

The point P on the curve has x-coordinate 2. Find an equation of the tangent to C at P in
the form ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers.
(6)

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6.

A curve C has equation

3
,
(5 3 x ) 2

5
3

The point P on C has x-coordinate 2. Find an equation of the normal to C at P in the form
ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers.
(7)

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C3 Differentiation 2
2

1.

f(x) = (x + 1) ln x,
(a)

x > 0.

Use differentiation to find the value of f'(x) at x = e, leaving your answer in terms of e.
(4)

(b)

Find the exact value of

e
1

f ( x ) dx
(5)

2.

(a)

Differentiate with respect to x

(i)

2 3x+2

xe

,
(4)

(ii)

cos(2 x 3 )
.
3x
(4)

(b)

dy
Given that x = 4 sin(2y + 6), find dx in terms of x.
(5)

3.

Differentiate, with respect to x,

(a)

3x

+ ln 2x,
(3)
3

(b)

(5 x 2 ) 2
(3)

4.
y

4
P
The figure above shows part of the curve with equation

y = (2x 1) tan 2x, 0 x < 4

The curve has a minimum at the point P. The x-coordinate of P is k.
(a)

Show that k satisfies the equation

4k + sin 4k 2 = 0.
(6)

The iterative formula

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1
x n 1 ( 2 sin 4 x n ),
4

x0 0.3,

is used to find an approximate value for k.

(b)

Calculate the values of x1, x2, x3 and x4, giving your answers to 4 decimal places.
(3)

(c)

Show that k = 0.277, correct to 3 significant figures.

(2)

5.

(i)

The curve C has equation

x
.
9 x2

Use calculus to find the coordinates of the turning points of C.

(6)

(ii)

Given that

y 1 e 2x

3
2

dy
1
at x
d
x
2 ln 3.
find the value of
(5)

6.

A curve C has equation

2 x

y=x e .

(a)

dy
Find dx , using the product rule for differentiation.
(3)

(b)

Hence find the coordinates of the turning points of C.

(3)

(c)

d2 y
.
2
d
x
Find
(2)

(d)

Determine the nature of each turning point of the curve C.

(2)

7.

A curve C has equation

y e 2 x tan x, x (2n 1)
(a)

Show that the turning points on C occur where tan x = 1.

(6)

(b)

Find an equation of the tangent to C at the point where x = 0.

(2)

8.

(a)

Differentiate with respect to x,

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(i)

3x

e (sinx + 2cosx),
(3)

(ii)

x ln (5x + 2).
(3)

Given that

(b)

3x 2 6 x 7
, x 1
( x 1) 2
,

dy
20

3
show that dx ( x 1) .
(5)

(c)

d2 y
d2 y
15

2
2
4 .
Hence find dx and the real values of x for which dx
(3)

9.

(a)

dy
Find the value of dx at the point where x = 2 on the curve with equation
y x 2 (5 x 1) .
(6)

(b)

sin 2 x
2
Differentiate x
with respect to x.
(4)

f ( x)

10.
(a)

2x 2
x 1

x 2x 3 x 3
2

Express f (x) as a single fraction in its simplest form.

(4)

f' ( x)
(b)

Hence show that

2
( x 3) 2
(3)
x

11.

f(x) = 3xe 1
The curve with equation y = f (x) has a turning point P.
(a)

Find the exact coordinates of P.

(5)

The equation f (x) = 0 has a root between x = 0.25 and x = 0.3

(b)

Use the iterative formula

x n 1

1 xn
e
3

with x0 = 0.25 to find, to 4 decimal places, the values of x1, x2 and x3.
(3)

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(c)

By choosing a suitable interval, show that a root of f(x) = 0 is x = 0.2576 correct to 4

decimal places.
(3)

12.

The function f is defined by

f( x ) 1

2
x8

,
( x 4) ( x 2)( x 4) x

f( x)
(a)

Show that

, x 4, x 2

x 3
x2
(5)

The function g is defined by

g ( x)

ex 3
ex 2 ,

g' ( x)
(b)

Differentiate g(x) to show that

, x 1n 2

ex
,
(e x 2) 2
(3)

(c)

Find the exact values of x for which g(x) = 1

(4)

13.

(i)

Given that

dy
ln( x 2 1)
,
x
find dx .
(4)

(ii)

dy
1

.
2
Given that x = tan y, show that dx 1 x
(5)

14.

(a)

1
d (sec x)
,
cos
x
dx
By writing sec x as
show that
= sec x tan x.
(3)
2x

Given that y = e sec 3x,

(b)

dy
.
find dx
(4)

x ,
6 has a minimum turning point at (a, b).
The curve with equation y = e sec 3x, 6
2x

(c)

Find the values of the constants a and b, giving your answers to 3 significant figures.
(4)

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15.

2
x
The diagram above shows a sketch of the curve C with the equation y 2 x 5 x 2 e .

(a)

Find the coordinates of the point where C crosses the y-axis.

(1)

(b)

Show that C crosses the x-axis at x = 2 and find the x-coordinate of the other point where
C crosses the x-axis.
(3)

(c)

dy
Find dx .
(3)

(d)

Hence find the exact coordinates of the turning points of C.

(5)

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