DIFFERENTIATION GRADED CLASS WORK AND PRACTICE SHEET

4. For each of the following write down f˝(x) 7. Find the coordinates of the points on the
1. Write down the gradient functions of the following curves a which the gradient has the
following curves 1 given values
1 a) f ( x ) = 2 x3 − x 2 + x −1 − x −2 − 3 dy
a) y=x 2 2 a) y = x2 , =8
3 dx
b) y = 3x 7 b) f ( x ) = x 4 − 2 x3 + x + 5 dy
y = 5 x 2 − 3x
4 b) y = x (2 − x), =2
f ( x) = 2( x + x)
c) 2 dx
c)
d) y =3 dy
f ( x ) = ( x + 1)( x − 2 ) c) y = x3 − 6 x 2 + 4, = −12
e) y = 10 x − 7 d)
dx
2 dy
f ( x) = − 3x 4 − 18 y = x ( x − 3) , =0
2
2. Write down the gradient functions of the e) 2
d)
following curves x dx
2
a) y = 2x 3 5. Find the y-coordinate and the gradient at the 8. Find the coordinates of the points on the
points on the following curves corresponding to following curves a which the gradient has the
b) y = 4 x −5 − 100 the given values of x. given values
2
3 a) y = x 2 − 2 x + 1, x = 2 dy
c) y = 5x + x5 a) y = x3 , = 12
4 2 dx
b) y = x2 + x + 1, x = 0 and x =
d) y = −8 5 b) y = x 4 − 2 x3 + 1,
dy
=0
y = 12 − 7 x y = ( 4 x − 5) , x = 3 dx
2
e) c)
dy
3. For each of the following write down f˝ (x) d) y = 3x3 − 2 x3 , x = −2 c) y = x 2 − x3 , = −1
dx
dy
a) f ( x ) = 3x 4 − 2 x3 + x 2 − x + 10 d) y = x 2 − 3x + 1, =0
6. Find they-coordinate and the gradient at the dx
2 1 1
f ( x ) = 2 x 7 − x5 − x3 − 3 + 5
points on the following curves corresponding to
b) the given values of x.
5 4 x 9. Differentiate the following functions,
f ( x ) = ax − bx + cx
3 2 a) y = x − 3x, x = −1
3 expressing your answer as simply as possible.
c)
y = ( x + 2 ) ( x − 4), x = 3 a) (4 x − 1)2
f ( x ) = 2 x (12 x − 7 x )
b)
(x )
4
d) 5
c) y = x3 − 6 x 2 + 4, x = −12 b)
2
+ 3x
10 x 4 − 5 x 2 (1 − 2 x)6
e) f ( x) = 1 c)
3x3 d) y = x 4 − 2 x3 + 1, x =
2 d) 6x + 5
e) x 2 − 4x
1
(3x )
f) 2
2
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g) (i) an expression for , (i) an expression for ,
5 dx dx
 x
2 + 
 2 (ii) the equation of the tangent to the curve at the
3 (ii) the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point where x = 2.
 1 point where x = 2.
h) 2 − 
20. Find the gradient of the curve y = 9 x − x at
3
 x
4 the point where x =1. Find the equation of the
 1  12. Find the equations of the tangents to the
i)  + 3 following curves at the points corresponding to
tangent to the curve at this point. Where does
 2x  the given values of x: the curve meet the line y = x?
1 a) y = x2 , x = 2 21. Find the equations of the tangents to the curve
(3 − x )
j)
4
b) y = 3x 2 + 2, x = 4 y = x3 − 6 x 2 + 12 x + 2 which are parallel to
k)
1 c) y = 3x 2 − x + 1, x = 0 the line y = 3x.

6(2 x 2 + 1)
3
4 d) y = 3 − 4x − 2x2 , x = 1 22.
y = 9 x − x , x = −3
2 A curve has the equation y = 2x2 − 5x + 3. Find
(x )
1 e)
l)
3
+ 6x 3
(i) the x-coordinate of the minimum point
13. Find the values of x for which the gradient
10. Differentiate the following with respect to x: function of the curve y = 2 x 3x 12 x + 3 is
3 2
(ii) the equation of the normal to the curve at
y=x ( x + 1)
2 3
a) zero . Hence find the equations of the tangents the point where x = 2.
[6]
y = x ( x 2 + 1)
4 of the curve which are parallel to the x-axis
b)
23.
y = ( x + 1) ( x 2 − 1)
2 14. Find the equations of the normal to the curve in
c) no. 12 (above) at the given points.
h cm
d) y = x −1 x2 + 1 15. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve

( x − 1)
2 y = 3x3 − 4 x 2 + 2 x − 10 at the point of x cm
e) y= intersection with the y-axis. 3x cm
x
f) y = x+2 x+3 16. Find the gradient of the normal to the curve The diagram shows a closed cardboard box in the
y = (2x − 7)5 at the point on the curve where shape of a cuboid with base 3x cm by x cm and
1− x x = 4.
g) y= height h cm. The total surface area of the cardboard
1+ x (i.e. the outside of the box) is 1152 cm2
17. Find the equation of the normal to the curve (i) By first expressing h in terms of x, show that
( x + 3)
2
y = 3x2 − 8x + 7 at the point where x = 2. the volume of the box, V cm3, is given by
h) y=
( x + 2) V = 9x (48 − 14 x2 ).
3 [5]
18. Find the equation of the normal to the curve
(3x − 4)
5 y = 6 − (x − 2)4 at the point on the curve where (ii) Given that x can vary, find the maximum
11. A curve has the equation y = . Find x = 1. value of V, explaining why it is a maximum
16 and not a minimum. [5]
(3x − 4)5
19. A curve has the equation y = . Find
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 from thin sheet metal. The total external surface area 26.
10x cm of the cylinder is A cm2 .
24. 1000
h cm (i) Show that A = 2 r2 + .
10x cm r
(ii) Find the value, to two significant figures, of r
and of h for which A has a stationary value.
(iii) Calculate the stationary value of A and
determine whether it is a maximum or a minimum.
[12]

A sphere of radius r has a volume of 4

3
 r 3 and a
The solid prism shown surface area of 4 r2. The diagram shows a solid
B
The diagram shows a container of a square open top in the diagram has A
with rectangular sides, each 10x cm by h cm, and an body which consists of a hemisphere fixed, with no
triangular ends overlap, to the end of a right circular cylinder of
inverted regular pyramid. The perpendicular height 4x cm 3x cm
perpendicular to the D radius r cm and height h cm.
of the pyramid is 12x cm. parallel edges AD, BE y cm (a) Given that the total volume of the solid is 360
and CF. The length of y cm
(i) Find an expression, in terms of x, for the area y cm cm3, express h in terms of r.
each of the edges AD,
of a triangular face of the pyramid. BE and CF is y cm.
[3] (b) Hence show that the total surface area, A cm2, of
The triangles have right E
D the solid is given by
angles at C and F. The
The container is made of sheet metal whose area 3x cm  144 r 2 
edges AC and DF are A = 5  
4x cm
+ [4]
is 1200 cm2. each of length 4x cm F  r 3 

and the edges BC and
60 − 13x 2 EF are each of length 3x cm. Given that the volume
(ii) Show that h = . [2] (c) Given that r can vary, find
2x of the prism is 1500 cm3,
(i) the value of r for which A has a stationary
The volume of the pyramid is (i) obtain an expression for y in terms of x,
value,
1
 base area  perpendicular (ii) show that the total surface area, S cm2, is given
[4]
3 (ii) the overall height of the body when A has
by
height. a stationary value, [1]
3000
S = 12x2 + . [5]
3
(iii) Show that the volume, V cm , of the container is x
(iii) the stationary value of A. [1]
given by V = 3000x − 250x3. Given that the volume remains constant and
[2] that x varies, find Determine whether the stationary value of A is a
dS maximum or a minimum. [2]
(iii) an expression for in terms of x,
(iv) Given that x can vary, find the value of x for dx
which V has a stationary value. Find this value
of V and determine whether it is a maximum or (iv) the stationary value of S.
a minimum. [5]

25. A closed can, in the shape of a circular cylinder,

is to contain 500 cm3 of liquid when full. The
cylinder, of radius r cm and height, h cm, is made
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