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AP Calculus AB/BC
Unit 3 Review
DIFFERENTIATION – Compositions, Implicit and Inverse Functions

dy 2.) Find f (x) if f ( x) = cos5 ( 4 x )

1.) Find for y = x 3 x + 1 and simplify.
dx

3.) Find f ( ) if f ( ) = sin ( 2 ) 4.) Given f ( x) = x 2 (2 x − 5) 2 , find f '( x) and

simplify.
 d2y csc x
5.) Find 2
for x 2 + xy + y 2 = 3 6.) Find y  for y =
dx 2

7.) Find y for y = ln x 2 − 4 x − 7 x( x − 1)3

8.) Find h ( x ) for h( x) = ln . You do not
x−2
have to simplify.

9.) Find y for y = −4esec x 10.) Find y for y = 35 x

11.) Suppose that h( x) = f ( g ( x)) and g (14) = 2, g (14) = 5, f (14) = 15 and f (2) = 12. Find h (14).

dy
12.) Find for y = x 4 x + 1 .
dx

dy x3 9 x 8 dy 4 x3
(A) (B) =
dx 2 x 1 dx 2 x + 1

dy x3 (9 x 1) dy
(C) (D) = 4 x3 x + 1
dx 2 x 1 dx

13.) Suppose that f ( x ) and g ( x ) and their derivatives have the following values at x = −1 and x = 0 .

x f ( x) g ( x) f ( x) g( x)
−1 0 −1 2 1
0 −1 −3 −2 4

Evaluate the first derivative of each of the following combinations of f ( x ) and g ( x ) at the given value of x .

a.) g ( f ( x ) ) , x = −1 b.) f ( g ( x ) ) , x = −1 c.) g ( x + f ( x ) ) , x=0

14.) Find f  ( x ) if f ( x) = tan 5 x + x 2 .

(A) f  ( x ) = sec 2 5 x + 2 x (B) f  ( x ) = 50sec 5 x  tan 5 x + 2 x

(C) f  ( x ) = 10sec 2 5 x  tan 5 x + 2 (D) f  ( x ) = 50sec 2 5 x  tan 5 x + 2

15.) The functions f and g are differentiable for all real numbers x. The table below gives values of the
function and their first derivatives at selected values of x with a being a constant.

x f(x) f' (x) g(x) g' (x)

a.) If h( x) = sin ( f ( x) ) , write an equation of the line
3 1
tangent to h at the point where x = 1. 1 2 0
4 a

2 8 −6 3 −4

1
3 1 5 4
2

4 5 2a2 9 3

1 c.) Find the value(s) of a if the tangent lines to

b.) If r ( x) = , find r ( x) at x = 2.
g (2 x) f ( g ( x) ) and g ( f ( x) ) are perpendicular at x = 3.
 dy
16.) Find if ye x − x = y 2 .
dx

17.) Consider the curve given by 2 x + y − xy = 4 .

2

dy
a.) Find .
dx

b.) Write the equations of the tangent lines when x = 1 .

c.) Find the coordinates of each point on the curve 2 x + y − xy = 3 where the tangent line is vertical.
2
18.) Consider the graph of x 2 + xy + y 2 = 1 .
dy y
a.) Find an expression for in terms of x and y .
dx 

x
− 

−

b.) Find all points on the curve where the tangent line is c.) Find all x-values on the curve where the tangent is
parallel to the line y = −2 x . horizontal.

( ) 21.) Let f ( x ) = e x + 3x + 8 and let

19.) Given:
20.) Find f −1 (−12) for the
f ( 4 ) = 6, f  ( 4 ) = 7, f ( 6 ) = 10,
1 3 5 g be the inverse of the function f .

f  ( 6 ) = −5 . What is ( f ) (10 ) ?
−1 function f ( x) = x + x+2. Given f ( 0 ) = 3 , what is the value of
3 3
g  ( 3) ?
22.) Find the derivative of the function f ( x) = arccos 3x 2 − 1 . ( )
6x 3x 2 − 1
(A) f  ( x ) = − (B) f ( x) = −
1 + ( 3x 2 − 1) 1 − ( 3 x 2 − 1)
2 2

6x 6x
(C) f  ( x ) = − (D) f  ( x ) = −
( 3x − 1) − 1 1 − ( 3x 2 − 1)
2 2 2

23.) Find the derivative of the function f ( x ) = x 2  arctan ( 5 x ) .

10 x 10 x 2
(A) f ( x) = (B) f ( x) =
1 + 25 x 2 1 + 25 x 2
5x2 5x2
(C) f  ( x ) = 2 x arctan ( 5 x ) + (D) f  ( x ) = 2 x arctan ( 5 x ) +
1 + 25 x 2 1 + 5x2

24.) Let f ( x ) = arcsin x − 2 x .

a.) Find f  ( x ) .

b.) Find the equation of the tangent line to f ( x ) at the point where x = 0 .
 25.) For each of following problems, use correct units when necessary and round according to the
rules discussed in class.

Parts a and b refer to the following situation.

The position of a particle moving along the x-axis for any time, t  0, is given by
( )
s(t ) = cos ( e1−t ) + tan ( sin t ) where s (t ) is measured in inches and t is measured in seconds.
2

a. Find the velocity of the particle at t = 2 seconds.

b. Find the acceleration of the particle at t = 6 seconds.

Parts c and d refer to the following situation.

The graph of the relation x 2 = −2 + y + 5cos y for values of y such that
−1  y  11 is shown to the right.

dy 2x
c. It is known that = . Verify that this is true.
dx 1 − 5sin y

d. For y  11 , the graph possesses three different vertical tangent

lines. What is the equation of the vertical tangent line that has
the smallest positive x-value.