Pure Mathematics

Differentiation Assignment 1
∎ Basic Differentiation:

1. Differentiate the following with respect to 𝑥:

1 7
(a) 2𝑥 2 (b) 10𝑥 5 (c) 𝑥 3 (d) 2𝑥 4

2 2𝑥 5√𝑥 1
(e) (f) 3 (g) 𝑥3
(h) 𝑥 3 +
√𝑥 √𝑥 √𝑥

2 1 1 1 2
(i) 4𝑥 2 + 3 (j) 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 𝑥 2 (k) 4√𝑥 − 4 (l) 3𝑥 2 − 𝑥 2
√𝑥 √𝑥

2. Differentiate the following with respect to 𝑡:

3
3𝑡 2 −4𝑡 3𝑡 2 −4𝑡 3 3√𝑡−4 𝑡+ √𝑡
(a) (b) 𝑡3
(c) (d)
√𝑡 √𝑡 √𝑡

𝑡 3 +𝑡 1
(e) 𝑡2
(f) √𝑡 +
√𝑡

3. Find the derivative of each of the following:

(a) (2𝑥 + 3) 2 (b) (𝑥 2 − 1)2 (c) (𝑥 2 + 2)2

4 2 2 2 2
(d) (3𝑥 + 𝑥) 2 (e) (𝑥 2 + 𝑥) (f) (√𝑥 + )
√𝑥

1 3
(g) 3𝑥 4 + 3𝑥4 + 2𝑥 2 (h) (𝑥 3 + 2)(𝑥 2 − 1) (i) (2 + 3√𝑥)(2 − 2√𝑥)

1
(j) (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 2 + 3𝑥) (k) (𝑥 2 + 3)(2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 5) (l) (2𝑥 3 + 5𝑥) (𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 4)

Answers:
3 14 1 4 25 1 1
[1] (a) 4𝑥, (b) 50𝑥 4 , (c) − 𝑥 4, (d) − 𝑥 5, (e) − , (f) 3 , (g) − , (h) 3𝑥 2 − , (i) 8𝑥 − ,
√𝑥 3 3 √𝑥 2√𝑥 7 2√𝑥 3 3√𝑥 3

1 2 1 1 4 9 2 3 2 1 1 1
(j) 2𝑥 + 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 3 , (k) 4 + 4 , (l) 6𝑥 + 𝑥 3, [2] (a) 2 √𝑡 − , (b) − 𝑡 2, (c) , (d) 2 − 6 , (e) 1 − 𝑡 2,
4 √𝑥 3 4 √𝑥 5 √𝑡 √𝑡 3 √𝑡 6 √𝑡 7

1 1 32 8 4
(f) 2 − , [3] (a) 8𝑥 + 12, (b) 4𝑥 3 − 4𝑥, (c) 4𝑥 3 + 8𝑥, (d) 18𝑥 − 𝑥 3 , (e) 4𝑥 3 − 𝑥 3 + 4, (f) 1 − 𝑥 2,
√𝑡 2√𝑡 3

4 3 1
(g) 12𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 5 − 𝑥 3 , (h) 5𝑥 4 − 3𝑥 2 + 4𝑥, (i) − 6, (j) 3𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 + 6, (k) 8𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 3,
√𝑥

(l) 10𝑥 4 + 39𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 20.

∎ Chain Rule:
1. Differentiate the following with respect to 𝑥:

(a) (3𝑥 + 4)5 (b) (2𝑥 3 + 7)6 (c) √2𝑥 + 5

3 1 3 2
(d) √2𝑥 2 − 5 (e) 𝑥 4 +7 (f) √𝑥 + 𝑥

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1 2 3 5
(g) (h) (i) (𝑥 2 + )
√2𝑥 2 −5 3√𝑥 2 −5𝑥 𝑥

3 1
(j) √2𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 5 (k) √𝑥 3 − 10𝑥 − 1 (l) (2𝑥 2 +7𝑥+9)4

2. Differentiate the following, where 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are constants with respect to 𝑥:

1
(a) (𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 3 + 𝑐)5 (b) √𝑎𝑥 2 − 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 (c)
√𝑎 2 −2𝑥
2
(d)
√𝑥 2 −3𝑎2 +2𝑏

Answers:
2
1 4𝑥 −4𝑥 3 1 2 2 −3
[1] (a) 15(3𝑥 + 4)4 , (b) 36𝑥 2 (2𝑥 3 + 7)5 , (c) , (d) 3 , (e) (𝑥4 +7)2 , (f) 3 (1 − 𝑥 2 ) (𝑥 + 𝑥) ,
√2𝑥+5 3 √(2𝑥 2 −5) 2

−3𝑥 2 5−2𝑥 3 4 3 2(𝑥−1) 3𝑥 2 −10 −4(4𝑥+7)

(g) , (h) 1 , (i) 5 (𝑥 2 + ) (2𝑥 − ), (j) , (k) 3 , (l) (2𝑥 2 ,
√(2𝑥 3 −5)3 𝑥 𝑥2 √2𝑥 2 −4𝑥+5 3 √(𝑥 3 −10𝑥−1)2 +7𝑥+9)5
3(𝑥 2 −5𝑥)2

2𝑎𝑥+𝑏 1 −2𝑥
[2] (a) 5(𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 3 + 𝑐)4 (2𝑎𝑥 + 3𝑏𝑥 2 ), (b) , (c) , (d) 3 .
2√𝑎𝑥 2 +𝑏𝑥+𝑐 √(𝑎 2−2𝑥)3 (𝑥 2 −3𝑎2 +2𝑏)2

∎ Product Rule:
Differentiate the following with respect to 𝑥:

1. 𝑥(2𝑥 + 3)7 2. 3𝑥(4𝑥 + 1)10 3. (4𝑥 + 3)(1 − 7𝑥)8

4. (2𝑥 + 3)5 (1 − 3𝑥)7 5. 𝑥 3 (𝑥 − 5)10 6. (𝑥 + 1)3 (𝑥 + 3)5

7. (𝑥 + 5)3 (𝑥 − 4)6 8. (2𝑥 + 3)5 (𝑥 + 2)8 9. (2𝑥 2 + 3)4 (𝑥 2 − 3𝑥)5

Answers:

[1] (2𝑥 + 3)6 (16𝑥 + 3), [2] (4𝑥 + 1)9 (132𝑥 + 3), [3] (1 − 7𝑥)7 (−252𝑥 − 164),

[4] (2𝑥 + 3)4 (1 − 3𝑥)6 (−72𝑥 − 53), [5] 𝑥 2 (𝑥 − 5)9 (13𝑥 − 15), [6] 2(𝑥 + 1)2 (𝑥 + 3)4 (4𝑥 + 7),

[7] 9(𝑥 − 4)5 (𝑥 + 5)2 (𝑥 + 2), [8] 2(2𝑥 + 3)4 (𝑥 + 2)7 (13𝑥 + 22), [9] 3(2𝑥 2 + 3)3 (𝑥 2 − 3𝑥)4

(12𝑥 3 − 26𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 − 15).

∎ Quotient Rule:
Differentiate the following with respect to 𝑥:
(1+2𝑥) 3𝑥+2 𝑥−1 5𝑥−2
1. 5−𝑥
2. 𝑥+4
3. 3𝑥+4 4. 3−8𝑥

𝑥2 𝑥 5 𝑥+4
5. 5𝑥−2 6. 𝑥 2 −1 7. 3𝑥−1 8. 𝑥 2 −2

Answers:

11 10 7 1 𝑥(5𝑥−4) 𝑥 2 +1 15 𝑥 2 +8𝑥+2
[1] (5−𝑥)2 , [2] (𝑥+4)2 , [3] (3𝑥+4)2, [4] − (3−8𝑥)2, [5] (5𝑥−2)2 , [6] − (𝑥2 −1)2 , [7] − (3𝑥−1)2, [8] − (𝑥 2 −2)2
.

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∎ Miscellaneous:
𝑑𝑦 3𝑥+2
1. = 𝑥 √𝑥 + 1 , show 𝑑𝑥 = 2 .
√𝑥+1

𝑑𝑦 3(𝑥+5)
2. Given that 𝑦 = 𝑥√2𝑥 + 15, show that = . [M11/22/Q5(i)]
𝑑𝑥 √2𝑥+15

𝑑𝑦 6(𝑥+2)
3. Given that 𝑦 = 𝑥√4𝑥 + 12, show that = . [N09/02/Q6(i)]
𝑑𝑥 √4𝑥+12

𝑑𝑦 3(𝑥+1)
4. Given that 𝑦 = 2(𝑥 − 5)√𝑥 + 4, show that 𝑑𝑥 = . [M08/02/Q10(b)(i)]
√𝑥+4

𝑥 𝑑𝑦 1
5. = , show 𝑑𝑥 = 3 .
√1−3𝑥 2 (1−3𝑥 2 )2

2𝑥−7 𝑑𝑦 2𝑥+11
6. = , show that = .
√𝑥+1 𝑑𝑥 2√(𝑥+1)3

5𝑥 2 𝑑𝑦 10𝑥
7. A curve is such that = 1+𝑥2 , show that 𝑑𝑥 = (1+𝑥 2 )2 . [N12/12/Q11(i)]

2𝑥 𝑑𝑦 2 𝑥
8. Given that 𝑦 = , show that 𝑑𝑥 = − 3 . [N10/11/Q11(ii)]
√1+𝑥 (√1+𝑥) (√1+𝑥)

𝑑𝑦 (𝑎 2 𝑥−3𝑥 3 )
9. = (𝑎2 + 𝑥 2 )√𝑎2 − 𝑥 2 , show = .
𝑑𝑥 √𝑎 2 −𝑥 2

2 𝑑𝑦 −2𝑥
10. = , show 𝑑𝑥 = 3 .
√𝑥 2 −3𝑎2 +2𝑏 (𝑥 2 −3𝑎2 +2𝑏)2

∎ First and Second Derivatives:

1. Find the first and second derivatives of the following with respect to 𝑥:
1
(a) 𝑦 = 3𝑥 4 (b) 𝑦 = 𝑥 (c) 𝑦 = 5𝑥 − 7

(d) 𝑦 = (3𝑥 + 2)10 (e) 𝑦 = √𝑥 − 4 (f) 𝑦 = 3𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 1

𝑑𝑦 𝑑2 𝑦
2. Find 𝑑𝑥 and 𝑑𝑥 2 for each of the following with respect to 𝑥:

𝑥 𝑥+1 𝑥+1
(a) 𝑦 = (b) 𝑦 = (c) 𝑦 =
𝑥−1 𝑥−1 𝑥2

𝑥2 𝑥 3 +𝑥 3𝑥 3 −𝑥
(d) 𝑦 = 𝑥+1 (e) 𝑦 = 𝑥2
(f) 𝑦 =
√𝑥

Answers:
1 3
1 2 1 1
[1] (a) 12𝑥 3 , 36𝑥 2 , (b) − 𝑥 2 , 𝑥 3 , (c) 5, 0, (d) 30(3𝑥 + 2)9 , 810(3𝑥 + 2)8 , (e) 2 (𝑥 − 4)−2 , − 4 (𝑥 − 4)−2 ,
1 2 2 6
(f) 6𝑥 + 5, 6, [2] (a) −(𝑥 − 1)−2 , 2(𝑥 − 1)−3, (b) −2(𝑥 − 1)−2 , 4(𝑥 − 1)−3, (c) − 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 3 , 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 4 ,

𝑥 2 +2𝑥 2 1 2 15 3 1 1
45 1 1 3
(d) (𝑥+1)2 , (𝑥+1)3 , (e) 1 − 𝑥 2 , 𝑥 3 , (f) 2
𝑥2 − 2 𝑥 −2 , 4
𝑥2 + 4 𝑥 −2 .

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∎ Exponential Differentiation:
1. Differentiate with respect to 𝑥:

(a) 𝑒 7𝑥 (b) 𝑒 3𝑥 (c) 3𝑒 5𝑥 (d) 2𝑒 −4𝑥

𝑥 2 +1
(e) 6𝑒 −2 (f) 𝑒 3𝑥+1 (g) 𝑒 𝑥 (h) 5𝑥 − 3𝑒 √𝑥
1 𝑒 𝑥 +𝑒 −𝑥 2
(i) 2 + 𝑒 3𝑥 (j) 2(3 − 𝑒 2𝑥 ) (k) 2
(l) 5(𝑥 2 + 𝑒 𝑥 )

Answers:
𝑥 2 +1 3𝑒 √𝑥
[1] (a) 7𝑒 7𝑥 , (b) 3𝑒 3𝑥 , (c) 15𝑒 5𝑥 , (d) −8𝑒 4𝑥 , (e) −3𝑒 −2 , (f) 3𝑒 3𝑥+1 , (g) 2𝑥𝑒 𝑥 , (h) 5 − 2√𝑥
, (i) −3𝑒 −3𝑥 ,

𝑒 𝑥 −𝑒 −𝑥 2
(j) −4𝑒 2𝑥 , (k) 2
, (l) 10𝑥(1 + 𝑒 𝑥 ).

∎ Trigonometric Differentiation:
1. Differentiate with respect to 𝑥:

(a) 2 + sin 𝑥 (b) 2 sin 𝑥 + 3 cos 𝑥 (c) 2 cos 𝑥 − tan 𝑥 (d) 3 sin 2𝑥
𝜋
(e) 4 tan 5𝑥 (f) 2 cos 3𝑥 − sin 2𝑥 (g) tan(3𝑥 + 2) (h) sin (2𝑥 + 3 )

𝜋
(i) 2 cos (3𝑥 − 6 )

2. Differentiate with respect to 𝑥:

(a) sin3 𝑥 (b) 5 cos 2(3𝑥) (c) sin2 𝑥 − 2 cos 𝑥 (d) (3 − cos 𝑥)4
𝜋 1
(e) 2 sin3 (2𝑥 + 6 ) (f) sin3 2𝑥 (g) 2 cos 𝑥 2 , (h) sin 𝑥 3

Answers:

[1] (a) cos 𝑥, (b) 2 cos 𝑥 − 3 sin 𝑥, (c) −2 sin 𝑥 − sec 2 𝑥, (d) 6 cos 2𝑥, (e) 20 sec 2 5𝑥, (f) −6 sin 3𝑥 − 2 cos 2𝑥,

𝜋 𝜋
(g) 3 sec 2(3𝑥 + 2), (h) 2 cos (2𝑥 + ), (i) −6 sin (3𝑥 − ), [2] (a) 3 sin2 𝑥 cos 𝑥, (b) −30 cos 3𝑥 sin 3𝑥,
3 6

𝜋 𝜋 −6 cos 2𝑥
(c) 2 sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥 + 2 sin 𝑥, (d) 4(3 − cos 𝑥)3 sin 𝑥, (e) 12 sin2 (2𝑥 + 6 ) cos (2𝑥 + 6 ), (f) sin4 2𝑥
,

(g) −4𝑥 sin 𝑥 2 , (h) 3𝑥 2 cos 𝑥 3 .

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