I. Illustrate the tangent line to the graph of a function at a given point.

1. Draw the tangent line at each specified point on the curve. Make sure that you mark
all stationary points (where the tangent line is horizontal) and inflection points (where
the tangent line “cuts through” the graph).
II. For each of the following functions, find the indicated derivative.

1. f ( x )=x 2−4 x +1; f ' (2) 11. f ( x )=x 2 cos x ; f ' (0)
2. f ( x )=x 3 +3 ; f ' (−2) 12. f ( x )=e x+1 ; f ' (−1)
f ( x )=2 x 4 +3 x 3−2 x+7 ; f ' (0) 3
3. 13. f ( x )= √ x−1 ; f ' (9)
4. f ( x )= √ 2 x+ 1; f ' (1) 14. f ( x )= √3 7 x +6 ; f ' (3)
5. f ( x )=1+ √ x 2+ 3 x +6 ; f ' (2) 15. f ( x )=tan (3 x) ; f ' (π /4)
x 16. f ( x )=2 cos x−3 sin (2 x ); f '( π / 6)
6. f ( x )= ; f ' (−3)
x +4 17. f ( x )=1−3 sin2 x ; f '( π /3)
x2 +3
7. f ( x )= ; f ' (−1)
4−x 2 18. f ( x )=x e x ; f '(1)
√ x+3 ; f ' (1) x
8. f ( x )= 19. f ( x )= ; f '(1/2)
x−4 1+sin ( πx )
3−√5 x−9 x +cos ( 3 πx )
9. f ( x )= ; f ' (2) 20. f ( x )= ; f ' (1)
2 x−1 x2
10. f ( x )=2 sin ( πx ) ; f ' (−3)

III. Find the standard (slope-intercept form) equation of the tangent line to the following
functions at the specified points.

1. f ( x )=3 x 2−12 x+1 at the point (0 , 1)

2. f ( x )=2 x 2−4 x+5 at the point (−1 , 11)

3. f ( x )= √ x +9 at the point where x=0

4. f ( x )= √ 25−x 2 at the point where x=4

*5. f ( x )=x 2 + √ x at the point where x=1

IV. Determine the relationship between differentiability and continuity of a function.

1. Suppose f is a function such that f ' (5) is undefined. Which of the following
statements is true? If it is false, give a counterexample.
a. f must be continuous at x = 5.
b. f is definitely not continuous at x = 5.
c. There is not enough information to determine whether or not f is
continuous at x = 5.
 2. Suppose that f is a function that is continuous at x = -3. Which of the following
statements are true?
a. f must be differentiable at x = -3.
b. f is definitely not differentiable at x = -3.
3. Determine the values of x for which the function is continuous.
x+ 5 4x
a. f ( x )= 2 d. f ( x )= 2
x −5 x+ 4 x −9
x e. f ( x ) = √ x−3
b. f ( x )= 2
4−x x−2
c. f ( x )= 2
3 x+1
2 x −8 x
√
f. f ( x )=
x+ 3

4. Determine the largest subset of R where f ( x )= √ 25−x 2 is continuous.

5. Is the function defined by g ( x )=x 2−sin x+5 continuous at x = π?

6. Is the function defined by f ( x )=| x−1| differentiable at x = 1?

x 3−3 if x ≤ 2
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7. Is the function defined by f ( x )= 2 if x >2
x +1
a. continuous at x = 2? b. differentiable at x = 2?

8. Consider the function defined by f ( x )= √ x . Is f differentiable

a. at x = 1? b. at x = 0? c. at x = -1?

V. Apply the differentiation rules in computing the derivative of an algebraic functions.

1. Find the derivative of the following functions.

GIVEN FUNCTIONS
5
2
a. y=( x +1 ) f. y=( 2 x 2 +2 ) ( x 2+3 ) 1 2
( )
k. f ( x )= x +
x
2
b. f ( x )= √2 x+ 1 x +1 2 3
l. y=x ( x −1 )
g. f ( x )=
x 2−1
c. y= (3 x−1 ) ( 2 x +5 ) h. y=x 3−4 x 2−3 x 2x
m. f ( x )=
3 x 2+1
d. g ( x )=x 3−3 x 2+2 i. f ( x )=5 x 3−3 x 5 x
n. y= 2
x +1
2 x+ 5 j. y= (2 x +3 )2 o. f ( x )=( x−2 )( x +3 )
e. y=
3 x−2
2. Use the Rules of Differentiation to differentiate the following functions:

a. f ( x )=2 x 3+ 6 x d. h ( x )=( 3 x+ 4 )2

b. g ( x )=7 x 3−3 x2 2
2
e. h ( x )=9 x 3 + 4
√x
c. y ( x ) =4 x 3−18 x 2 +6 x
3. Find the derivative of each of the following functions:

a. f ( u )=( 4 u +5 ) ( 7 u3−2 u ) f. f ( r )=( r 2 +2 r−3 ) ( 3 r + 4 )

4
h ( t )= 2
b. 3 b−4
t3 g. g ( b ) = ∙ ( 2b +5 )
b+5
3 1
c. f ( z )=−6 z −
2z h.
3
3 s−s 3 v 2−4 v +1
d. g ( s )= 2 h ( v )=
s +1 ( 3 v 2−2 v +1 ) ( 7 v 3 −v 2 +3 v −5 )
17 1
e. f ( a )= 3
+ 2 −11 a
2a 8a

dy
4. Find and simplify the result, if possible.
dx

1 sin x−1 g. y=x 2 sin x cos x

a. y= √ x− d. y=
√x cos x

b. y=x 2 + π 2 + x π 1 8
e. y= x h. y= −tan x cot x
e +2 x
c. y=x 2 sec x
f. y=e x + x e +e e

5. Find the derivative of f ( x )=x 2−3 x . Use the result to find the slope of the tangent
line to the curve f ( x )=x 2−3 x at the point where x = 2.

1 1
6. If y= , find y ' and use this result to find the points on the curve y= where the
x x
tangent line has a slope -4.

7. Find the derivative of f defined by f ( x )=4 x 2+ 2 then use it to find an equation of

the tangent line to the curve at the point (0,2).
8. Find all points on the graph of y= ( x +3 )2 at which the tangent line is parallel to the
line with equation y−4 x +2=0.