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Differentiation
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Course CIE IGCSE Maths (Extended)

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Medium Questions
Question 1a
Differentiate 6 + 4x − x 2 .
[2 marks]

Question 1b
Find the coordinates of the turning point of the graph of y = 6 + 4x − x 2 .

( ...................... , ...................... )
[2 marks]

Question 2a
dy
Use differentiation to find for the following:
dx
y = x4
[1 mark]

Question 2b
y = 2x 3
[1 mark]

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Question 2c
y = 4.
[1 mark]

Question 3a
For the curve with equation y = 2x 2 − 6x − 11:
dy
find
dx
[2 marks]

Question 3b
find the coordinates of the point on the curve where the gradient is 2.
[2 marks]

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Hard Questions
Question 1a

f (x ) = x (x + 2) (x – 3)
On the diagram, sketch the graph of y = f (x ) for – 3 ⩽ x ⩽ 4 .
Show the values of the intersections with the axes.
[3 marks]

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Question 1b
Expand and simplify.
x (x + 2) (x – 3)
[3 marks]

Question 1c
A is the point (1, – 6) .
The tangent to the graph of y = f (x ) at A meets the y -axis at B .
Find the coordinates of B .
[5 marks]

Question 2
y = x 4 − 4x 3
Find the two stationary points on the graph of y = x 4 − 4x 3 .

( ..................... , ..................... )
( ..................... , ..................... )
[6 marks]

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Question 3a
A curve has equation y = x 3 − 3x + 4 .
Work out the coordinates of the two stationary points.
( .................... , ....................)
( .................... , ....................)
[5 marks]

Question 3b
Determine whether each stationary point is a maximum or a minimum.
Give reasons for your answers.
[3 marks]

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Question 4a
y = x 3 – 6x 2 – 15x .
dy
Find .
dx
dy
= ....................................
dx
[2 marks]

Question 4b
The curve with equation y = x 3 – 6x 2 – 15x has two stationary points.
Work out the coordinates of these two stationary points.
[4 marks]

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Very Hard Questions

The diagram shows a sketch of the curve y = x 2 + 3x − 4 .

[2]
ii) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point (2, 6).

[3]
[5 marks]

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Question 2
y = x p + 2x q
dy dy
= 11x 10 + 10x 4 , where is the derived function.
dx dx

Find the value of p and the value of q .

p = ................................................
q = ................................................
[2 marks]

Question 3a
A curve, C, has equation y = 2x 2 + 8k 2x − 3 where k is a constant.
Show that when k = 0, the turning point on C has coordinates (0, -3).
[2 marks]

Question 3b
Show that when k ≠ 0 , the turning point on C must have a negative x-coordinate.
[4 marks]

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Question 3c
When k ≠ 0 determine whether or not the y -coordinate of the turning point is negative.
[2 marks]

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