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13. LIMITS AND DERIVATIVES

September 2015
tanx
..................
x 0
x

1. a) Lt

ii) 1

i) 1

iii) 0

iv) 2

Sin4 x
x 0
sin 2 x

b) Find Lt

(1)

(2)

c) Find the derivative of cosx using first principle

(3)

OR
a) Derivative of x 2 2 at x = 10 is ..
i) 10

iii) 10

ii) 20

2 x 3 ,
3 x 1 ,

b) f x

x0
.Find Lt f x and Lt f x
x 0
x 1
x0

c) If xy c , prove that x
2

dy
c2 0
dx

iv) -20

(1)
(2)

(3)

March 2015
2. a) Match the following:

(3)

e2 x 1
i) Lt
x 0
x

1) 1

ii) Lt cos 5 x

2) 0

sin8 x
x 0
x
Lt

3) 2

iii)

4) 8

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b) Find the derivative of tanx using the first principle.

(3)

OR

a) Match the following

x 4 16
x 2 x 2

(3)
1) 0

i) Lt

sin x
x 0
cos 2 x

2) 32

ii) Lt

iii) Lt r 2

3) 3.0

r 1

4)

If f x

x100 x 99
x2

....... x 1, prove that f ' 1 100 f .0.

100 99
2

(3)

September 2014
sin ax
..................
x 0
bx

3. Lt

(3)

4. Using first principle find the derivative of cosx.

(3)

OR

cos x
2x 3

(3)

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March 2014
5. Find the derivative of f x sin x, using first principle.

(3)

OR
Find the derivative of

a) The value of Lim

x 0

b) Evaluate Lim
x 0

x 5 cos x
using the first principle.
sin x

Sin5 x
is
5x

(1)

Sinax
, ab 0
Sinbx

(2)

September 2013
a bx ; x 1

; x 1 and
6. If f x 4
b ax ; x 1

lim
x 1

f x f 1 , then find the values of a and b.

7. Find the derivative of y cosec x from first principle.

(2)

(4)

OR
Find the derivative of

x 1
from first principle.
x 1

(4)

March 2013

b) Evaluate lim
x a

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x10 a

(1)

(2)

x a

xn an
is
xa

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9. a) Find the derivatives of f x sin x from the first principle.

(3)

OR
Find the derivative of

x cos x
tan x

(4)

September 2012

10. Find the derivatives of the following:

a) f x
b)

2x 3
x 1

(2)

f x cos x 5

(2)
OR

Compute the derivative of sec x with respect to x from first principle.

(4)

March 2012
x3 27
11. a) Evaluate lim 2

x 3
x 9

(1)

tanx sinx

3
sin x

b) Evaluate lim
x 3
12. a) Prove that

(2)

d cosx
1

dx 1 sinx
1 sinx

(3)

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b) Find the derivative of y cotx from first principles.

OR

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2011 March
x2 5x 6
13. i) Evaluate lim
x 1
x 1

(1)

Sin x
x 1
x

(2)

ii) Evaluate lim

14. Using the first principle of derivative, find the derivative of f x

1
x

(3)

OR
Using the quotient rule, find the derivative of f x cot x

(3)

2010 September
15. Choose the most appropriate answer from those given in the bracket.
Choose either (a), (b), (c) or (d), (e), (f)

x p 2p
a) If lim
192 then 2,4,6,10
x 2
x2
b)

lim it
x 0

c)

lim
x 0

1 x 1
.........
x

(1)

0,
1,
, not defined

sin ax
.......... 0, a, b, not defined
x cos bx

(1)

(1)

OR

e)

tan x
4
is ............ 0, 1, , not defined
lim

x 0
4

x 0

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(1)

lim

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z 1
1 1

...... 0, , , 1
1 z
2 2

d)

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16. a)

If

lim it
x 0

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f ( x)
f x 0, 1, k , not defined
k 0 , find lim
x 0
x2

Find the derivative of

1
from first principle.
x

b) Find the derivative of ax b n ax c m

(1)

(1)
(2)

March 2010
17. i)

ii)

Evaluate lim
x 1

lim
x 0

x7 1
x4 1

(1)

cos 2 x 1
cosx 1

(2)

18. If xy c , prove that x

2

dy
c2 0
dx

(3)
OR

Find the derivative of y tan x from first principles.

(3)

September 2009

(1)

x3 8
b) Evaluate lim 2
x 2
x 4

(2)

c) Evaluate lim cos ecx cot x

(3)

x 0

20. a) Find the derivative of x

1
with respect to x.
x

OR
Find the derivative of 3 4 x
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(1)

x a

x a
xa

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19. a) Evaluate lim

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ii) Find the derivative of sin x from first principle.

(3)

OR
21. If y

sin x a
dy cos a

, then prove that

cos x
dx cos 2 x

March 2009

22. a) Choose the correct value of

Lt
x 1

x10 x5 1
x 1 from the bracket.

1 1 1
, , , 0
2 2 3
b) Evaluate

(1)

Lt 1 x 1

x 1
x

(2)

1 cos 4 x

x2

(3)

c) Evaluate lim
x 0

23. a) Choose the correct derivate of

x with respect to x from the bracket.

1
1
1

2
,
,
2
x
,
x
2 x 2 x

(1)

OR

Choose the correct derivative of Log x from the bracket. x, xloga, 0,

b) Using the first principle, find the derivative of tan x

1
.
x
(3)

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Using the first principle, find the derivative of cos x .

OR