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    IB MATH SL Derivatives

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    This document provides instructions and questions for a math derivatives test. It includes 7 questions testing students' ability to take derivatives of various functions, find tangent lines, stationary points, and fit a cubic function to given points. Question 6 in particular asks students to determine the coefficients of a cubic function given a local maximum, point of inflection, and minimum point are provided.

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    IB

    MATH SL
    DERIVATIVES

    Name: __________________________________________________________________________________
    INSTRUCTIONS
    Answer All Questions
    You may have access to a GDC
    Unless it stated differently, all numerical answers must be given exact or
    corrected to three decimal places.

    MAXIMUM MARK:

    Question 1 (14 marks)
    dy
    Calculate the derivative for each of the following functions:
    dx
    4 sin x 2 3 2 3
    (a) y = 7 x 3 − 2 − 5e x − (b) y = 1 + + 2 (c) y = x 2 (1 + + 2 )
    5 x x x x
    2x + 1
    (d) y = 2 x + ln x (e) y = 2 x ln x (f) y =
    3x − 5
    2
    1+ x + x
    (g) y =
    x2


    Question 2 (12 marks)
    Differentiate the following functions:
    2
    a) f ( x) = 2( x 2 + 5) 3 + x b) f ( x) = 2e x +1
    +e
    x
    c) f ( x) = 7e − x + 8e 2 d) f ( x) = 3 tan 3x +3
    π
    e) f ( x) = ln( x 2 + 1) + 2 cos( x) f) f ( x) = x 2 + 5 + 3 x
    2


    Question 3 (14 marks)
    Let f ( x) = 2(3 − x) 2 − 3x .
    a) Find the tangent and the normal line at x = 3 [8 marks]
    b) Find the tangent line which is parallel to the line y = 5 x − 7 [6 marks]
    Question 4 (10 marks)
    Let f ( x) = ax 3 + bx 2 + x
    Find the values of a and b, given that f (1) = 5 and f ʹ(1) = 10


    Question 5 (15 marks)

    Find, showing all your work the coordinates of the stationary points of the curve
    x−3
    f ( x) = 2
    x −x−2
    and determine their nature.




    Question 6 (35 marks)
    Let f ( x) = ax 3 + bx 2 + cx
    a) Find the first and second derivatives of f (x) (in terms of a,b,c) [4 marks]
    b) The graph has a local maximum at (1,4) (i.e. it passes through (1,4)
    and has a maximum at x=1), and a point of inflection at x=2.
    Write down three linear equations representing this information. [10 marks]
    c) Hence find the values of a,b,c [5 marks]
    d) The function has a local minimum at x = d. Find the value of d
    and justify that it is a minimum. [10 marks]
    e) Sketch the graph of of f (x) for 0 ≤ x ≤ 4 and indicate the
    information given in questions b) an d) above. [6 marks]



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