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Math 31 Logs and Exps Review

This document provides a review of exponential and logarithmic functions. It includes finding derivatives of various logarithmic and exponential expressions, finding equations of tangent lines, analyzing properties of functions, and using logarithmic differentiation and implicit differentiation.

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Math 31 Logs and Exps Review

This document provides a review of exponential and logarithmic functions. It includes finding derivatives of various logarithmic and exponential expressions, finding equations of tangent lines, analyzing properties of functions, and using logarithmic differentiation and implicit differentiation.

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Math 31 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions Review

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1. Find dx for each of the following.
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(a) y = ln (x−7)
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(e) y = log3 (4x − 2)

(b) y = ln(5 − (x − 8)11 ) (f) y = log(sec x)

 
x2 −3
(c) y = ln(tan2 x) (g) y = log4 5x+7

(d) y = (ln(5x2 + x))2 (h) y = 3x2 ln x4

1
ln x3
(i) y = x2
(n) y = e−x ln x

(j) y = (x + ln x)3 (o) y = e−x cos x

(k) y = 2xex (p) y = e5x (2x − 3)4

2
(l) y = (x − ln x)ex (q) y = e5x
ln 5x

e3x
(m) y = x3 (r) y = 3x sin x

2
(s) y = 2ln x (v) y = sin2 (ln x)

5x
(t) y = x (w) y = tan(e2x )

4 2
(u) y = 2x (x) y = sec(etan x )

2. Find the equation of the line tangent to y = x ln x which has a slope of 2.

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3. Find the equation of the line tangent to the curve y = e−x + e2x at the point where x = 0.

4. Discuss the intervals of increase and decrease, maxima and/or minima, concavity and point(s) of
inflection for each of the following functions:
2
(a) y = e−x (b) y = (ln x)2

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5. Use logarithmic differentiation to find dx for the following functions:
√
ex x2 +1 (b) y = xcos 3x
(a) y = (x2 +2)3

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(x+1)3
(c) y = (cos x)sin x (d) y = (x+2)5 (x+3)7

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6. Using implicit differentiation, find dx for the following functions:

(a) y 3 e3x + xy 2 = 3 (b) ln x + ln y = x

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Solutions: Use the following link to access the worked solutions.

https://sites.google.com/a/epsb.ca/math-31-review-packages/

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