Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.

5 : Derivatives of Trig Functions

3.5 Derivatives of Trig Functions

For problems 1 - 3 evaluate the given limit.

sin (10z)
1. lim
z→ 0 z
sin (12α)
2. lim
α→ 0 sin (5α)

cos (4x) − 1
3. lim
x→ 0 x

For problems 4 - 10 differentiate the given function.

4. f (x) = 2 cos (x) − 6 sec (x) + 3

5. g (z) = 10 tan (z) − 2 cot (z)

6. f (w) = tan (w) sec (w)

7. h (t) = t3 − t2 sin (t)

√
8. y = 6 + 4 x csc (x)
1
9. R (t) =
2 sin (t) − 4 cos (t)

v + tan (v)
10. Z (v) =
1 + csc (v)

11. Find the tangent line to f (x) = tan (x) + 9 cos (x) at x = π.

12. The position of an object is given by s (t) = 2 + 7 cos (t) determine all the points where the
object is not moving.

13. Where in the range [−2, 7] is the function f (x) = 4 cos (x) − x is increasing and decreasing.

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Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.6 : Derivatives of Exponentials & Logarithms

3.6 Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithm Functions

For problems 1 - 6 differentiate the given function.

1. f (x) = 2ex − 8x

2. g (t) = 4 log3 (t) − ln (t)

3. R (w) = 3w log (w)

4. y = z 5 − ez ln (z)
y
5. h (y) =
1 − ey
1 + 5t
6. f (t) =
ln (t)

7. Find the tangent line to f (x) = 7x + 4ex at x = 0.

8. Find the tangent line to f (x) = ln (x) log2 (x) at x = 2.

t
9. Determine if V (t) = is increasing or decreasing at the following points.
et
(a) t = −4 (b) t = 0 (c) t = 10

10. Determine if G (z) = (z − 6) ln (z) is increasing or decreasing at the following points.

(a) z = 1 (b) z = 5 (c) z = 20

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Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.7 : Derivatives of Inverse Trig Functions

3.7 Derivatives of Inverse Trig Functions

For each of the following problems differentiate the given function.

1. T (z) = 2 cos (z) + 6 cos−1 (z)

2. g (t) = csc−1 (t) − 4 cot−1 (t)

3. y = 5x6 − sec−1 (x)

4. f (w) = sin (w) + w2 tan−1 (w)

sin−1 (x)
5. h (x) =
1+x

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Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.8 : Derivatives of Hyperbolic Functions

3.8 Derivatives of Hyperbolic Functions

For each of the following problems differentiate the given function.

1. f (x) = sinh (x) + 2 cosh (x) − sech (x)

2. R (t) = tan (t) + t2 csch (t)

z+1
3. g (z) =
tanh (z)

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Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.9 : Chain Rule

3.9 Chain Rule

For problems 1 - 27 differentiate the given function.

4
1. f (x) = 6x2 + 7x

−2
2. g (t) = 4t2 − 3t + 2
√
3
3. y = 1 − 8z

4. R (w) = csc (7w)

5. G (x) = 2 sin (3x + tan (x))

6. h (u) = tan (4 + 10u)

7
7. f (t) = 5 + e4t+t

8. g (x) = e1−cos(x)

9. H (z) = 21−6z

10. u (t) = tan−1 (3t − 1)

11. F (y) = ln 1 − 5y 2 + y 3

12. V (x) = ln (sin (x) − cot (x))

13. h (z) = sin z 6 + sin6 (z)

√
14. S (w) = 7w + e−w

15. g (z) = 3z 7 − sin z 2 + 6

10
16. f (x) = ln (sin (x)) − x4 − 3x
√
17. h (t) = t6 5t2 − t

18. q (t) = t2 ln t5

19. g (w) = cos (3w) sec (1 − w)

sin (3t)
20. y =
1 + t2
1 + e−2x
21. K (x) =
x + tan (12x)

22. f (x) = cos x2 ex

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Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.9 : Chain Rule

p
23. z = 5x + tan (4x)

3
24. f (t) = e−6t + sin (2 − t)

10
25. g (x) = ln x2 + 1 − tan−1 (6x)

26. h (z) = tan4 z 2 + 1

√
−1
27. f (x) = 3
12x + sin2 (3x)
√
28. Find the tangent line to f (x) = 4 2x − 6e2−x at x = 2.

29. Determine where V (z) = z 4 (2z − 8)3 is increasing and decreasing.

30. The position of an object is given by s (t) = sin (3t) − 2t + 4. Determine where in the interval
[0, 3] the object is moving to the right and moving to the left.

31. Determine where A (t) = t2 e5−t is increasing and decreasing.

32. Determine where in the interval [−1, 20] the function f (x) = ln x4 + 20x3 + 100 is increasing

and decreasing.

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Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.10 : Implicit Differentiation

3.10 Implicit Differentiation

For problems 1 - 3 do each of the following.

(a) Find y 0 by solving the equation for y and differentiating directly.

(b) Find y 0 by implicit differentiation.

(c) Check that the derivatives in (a) and (b) are the same.
x
1. =1
y3

2. x2 + y 3 = 4

3. x2 + y 2 = 2

For problems 4 - 9 find y 0 by implicit differentiation.

4. 2y 3 + 4x2 − y = x6

5. 7y 2 + sin (3x) = 12 − y 4

6. ex − sin (y) = x

7. 4x2 y 7 − 2x = x5 + 4y 3
2
8. cos x2 + 2y + x ey = 1

9. tan x2 y 4 = 3x + y 2

For problems 10 & 11 find the equation of the tangent line at the given point.
√

10. x4 + y 2 = 3 at 1, − 2 .

11. y 2 e2x = 3y + x2 at (0, 3).

For problems 12 & 13 assume that x = x (t), y = y (t) and z = z (t) then differentiate the given
equation with respect to t.

12. x2 − y 3 + z 4 = 1

13. x2 cos (y) = sin y 3 + 4z

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Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.11 : Related Rates

3.11 Related Rates

1. In the following assume that x and y are both functions of t. Given x = −2, y = 1 and x0 = −4
determine y 0 for the following equation.

6y 2 + x2 = 2 − x3 e4−4y

2. In the following assume that x, y and z are all functions of t. Given x = 4, y = −2, z = 1,
x0 = 9 and y 0 = −3 determine z 0 for the following equation.

x (1 − y) + 5z 3 = y 2 z 2 + x2 − 3

3. For a certain rectangle the length of one side is always three times the length of the other
side.
(a) If the shorter side is decreasing at a rate of 2 inches/minute at what rate is the longer
side decreasing?

(b) At what rate is the enclosed area decreasing when the shorter side is 6 inches long and
is decreasing at a rate of 2 inches/minute?

4. A thin sheet of ice is in the form of a circle. If the ice is melting in such a way that the area
of the sheet is decreasing at a rate of 0.5 m2 /sec at what rate is the radius decreasing when
the area of the sheet is 12 m2 ?

5. A person is standing 350 feet away from a model rocket that is fired straight up into the air at
a rate of 15 ft/sec. At what rate is the distance between the person and the rocket increasing
(a) 20 seconds after liftoff? (b) 1 minute after liftoff?

6. A plane is 750 meters in the air flying parallel to the ground at a speed of 100 m/s and is
initially 2.5 kilometers away from a radar station. At what rate is the distance between the
plane and the radar station changing (a) initially and (b) 30 seconds after it passes over the
radar station?

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Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.11 : Related Rates

7. Two people are at an elevator. At the same time one person starts to walk away from the
elevator at a rate of 2 ft/sec and the other person starts going up in the elevator at a rate of
7 ft/sec. What rate is the distance between the two people changing 15 seconds later?

8. Two people on bikes are at the same place. One of the bikers starts riding directly north at
a rate of 8 m/sec. Five seconds after the first biker started riding north the second starts to
ride directly east at a rate of 5 m/sec. At what rate is the distance between the two riders
increasing 20 seconds after the second person started riding?

9. A light is mounted on a wall 5 meters above the ground. A 2 meter tall person is initially 10
meters from the wall and is moving towards the wall at a rate of 0.5 m/sec. After 4 seconds of
moving is the tip of the shadow moving (a) towards or away from the person and (b) towards
or away from the wall?

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Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.11 : Related Rates

10. A tank of water in the shape of a cone is being filled with water at a rate of 12 m3 /sec. The
base radius of the tank is 26 meters and the height of the tank is 8 meters. At what rate is the
depth of the water in the tank changing when the radius of the top of the water is 10 meters?
Note the image below is not completely to scale....

11. The angle of elevation is the angle formed by a horizontal line and a line joining the observer’s
eye to an object above the horizontal line. A person is 500 feet way from the launch point of
a hot air balloon. The hot air balloon is starting to come back down at a rate of 15 ft/sec. At
what rate is the angle of elevation, θ, changing when the hot air balloon is 200 feet above the
ground. See the (probably bad) sketch below to help visualize the angle of elevation if you
are having trouble seeing it.

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Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.12 : Higher Order Derivatives

3.12 Higher Order Derivatives

For problems 1 - 5 determine the fourth derivative of the given function.

1. h (t) = 3t7 − 6t4 + 8t3 − 12t + 18

2. V (x) = x3 − x2 + x − 1
√
5 1 √
3. f (x) = 4 x3 −2
− x
8x
w
4. f (w) = 7 sin + cos (1 − 2w)
3
5. y = e−5z + 8 ln 2z 4

For problems 6 - 9 determine the second derivative of the given function.

6. g (x) = sin 2x3 − 9x

7. z = ln 7 − x3

2
8. Q (v) =
(6 + 2v − v 2 )4

9. H (t) = cos2 (7t)

For problems 10 & 11 determine the second derivative of the given function.

10. 2x3 + y 2 = 1 − 4y

11. 6y − xy 2 = 1

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Chapter 3 : Derivatives Section 3.13 : Logarithmic Differentiation

3.13 Logarithmic Differentiation

For problems 1 - 3 use logarithmic differentiation to find the first derivative of the given func-
tion.

7 √
1. f (x) = 5 − 3x2 6x2 + 8x − 12

sin 3z + z 2


2. y =
(6 − z 4 )3
√ p
5t + 8 3 1 − 9 cos (4t)
3. h (t) = √4 2
t + 10t

For problems 4 & 5 find the first derivative of the given function.

4. g (w) = (3w − 7)4w

sin(2x)
5. f (x) = 2x − e8x

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