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Fundamental Calculus Assignment 03 CSE Spring 2023

This document provides an assignment on calculus concepts including: 1) Finding average velocities, instantaneous velocities, and drawing tangent lines for position functions. 2) Finding slopes of tangent lines and equations of tangent/secant lines for various functions. 3) Taking derivatives using the limit definition and finding equations of tangent lines. 4) Sketching derivatives of functions based on the original function graph. 5) Analyzing continuity/differentiability and sketching graphs of functions and their derivatives. 6) Finding velocities, accelerations, tangent lines, and horizontal tangents for various functions. 7) Matching function graphs to their derivative graphs and using the chain rule.

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Fundamental Calculus Assignment 03 CSE Spring 2023

This document provides an assignment on calculus concepts including: 1) Finding average velocities, instantaneous velocities, and drawing tangent lines for position functions. 2) Finding slopes of tangent lines and equations of tangent/secant lines for various functions. 3) Taking derivatives using the limit definition and finding equations of tangent lines. 4) Sketching derivatives of functions based on the original function graph. 5) Analyzing continuity/differentiability and sketching graphs of functions and their derivatives. 6) Finding velocities, accelerations, tangent lines, and horizontal tangents for various functions. 7) Matching function graphs to their derivative graphs and using the chain rule.

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United International University

School of Science and Engineering


Assignment–03, Spring 2023
Fundamental Calculus (Math 1151), CSE
Due: April–4(Sat/Tue) and April–5(Sun/Wed) in class

Solve all questions.

1. Suppose that the following functions are the position function of a particle, where s
is in meters and t is in seconds.

(a) s = f (t) = 3 − 6t − 4t2 (b) s = g(t) = 8 − 4t + 2t2

i. Find the average velocities of the particle over the time interval [0, 2] for
f (t) and g(t).
ii. Find the particle’s instantaneous velocity at time t = 2 for f (t) and g(t) s.
iii. Draw the function f (t) and g(t) and the tangents at t = 2.
iv. What do the instantaneous velocities mean?

2. Consider the following functions:

(a) f (x) = x3 + 2 (b) g(x) = 4x − x2

i. Find the instantaneous rate of change of f (x) and g(x) with respect to x
at an arbitrary value of x.
ii. Use (i) to find the slope of the tangent lines for x = 1.
iii. Find the equation of the tangent lines to the graphs at x = 1.
iv. Find the equation of the secant lines in the interval [−1, 1].
v. Draw the graph of f (x) and g(x) together with the tangent lines and secant
lines.

3. Consider the following functions:

(a) f (x) = −3x2 (b) g(x) = −4 + x3

i. Find the derivative of the functions with respect to x by using the formula
f (x+h)−f (x)
f ′ (x) = lim h
.
h→0
ii. Find the equation of the tangent lines to the functions at x = −1.
iii. Draw the functions and the tangents on the same plot.
4. The following graph (Figure 1) is the function of y = g(x). Hence, Sketch the graph
of g ′ (x).
Figure 1:

(a) On which interval or intervals is the original function g(x) increasing, decreas-
ing, constant?
(b) Is the function g(x) ever positive? That is, is there any x so that g(x) > 0?

5. Consider the function



4 − x if x < 0
f (x) =
4 − x2 if x ≥ 0

(a) Determine whether the function f (x) is continuous and differentiable at x = 0.


(b) Sketch the graph of f (x).
(c) Sketch the graph of f ′ (x).

6. Answer the following questions.


(a) The equation of motion of a particle is s = t4 − 2t3 + t2 − t, where s is in meters
and t is in seconds.
i. Find the velocity and acceleration as functions of t.
ii. Find the acceleration after 1 s.
x
(b) The curve y = 1+x 2 is called a serpentine.

i. Find an equation of the tangent line to this curve at the point (1, 0.5).
ii. Illustrate part (i) by graphing the curve and the tangent line on the same
screen.
sec x
(c) Differentiate f (x) = 1+tan x . For what values of x does the graph of f have
a horizontal tangent?

7. (a) Find all points on the graph of the function f (x) = 2 sin x + sin2 x at which the
tangent line is horizontal.

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(b) At what point on the curve y = 1 + 2x is the tangent line perpendicular to
the line 6x + 2y = 1?
(c) Consider f (x) = sec3 (x5 ) − x2 cos 3x − 5. find f ′ (x).

8. Match the graphs of the functions shown in (a–d) (Figure 2) with the graphs of their
derivatives in (I–IV) (Figure 2).
Figure 2:

9. The following table gives some information about f (x), f ′ (x), g(x) and g ′ (x).

x f (x) f ′ (x) g(x) g ′ (x)


-1 2 3 2 -3
2 0 4 1 -5

If F (x) = f (g(x)) and G(x) = g(f (x)), use the Chain Rule to calculate F ′ (−1) and
G′ (−1).

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