A Level AQA Maths 3 hours 35 questions

Exam Questions

Implicit
Differentiation
Implicit Differentiation

Easy (8 questions) /40

Medium (9 questions) /60 Scan here to return to the course

Very Hard (9 questions) /49

Total Marks /198

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Easy Questions
dy
1 Find an expression for when
dx

(i) x 2 + y = 3,

(ii) 5x 4 + y 2 − 4 = 0,

(iii) sin 3x − 3y = 0

(iv) e x + e y = 2x .

(8 marks)

2 Find the gradient of the curve with equation 3y 2 − 2x 3 = 10 at the point (1 , 2).

(3 marks)

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 dy
3 Show that if x − sin y = 0 then = sec y .
dx

(3 marks)

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4 (a) The curve C has equation

y 2 − 4x + 2 = 0 .

⎛⎜ 1 ⎞
Show that C intersects the x-axis at the point ⎜ , 0 ⎟⎟ .
⎝2 ⎠

(2 marks)

dy
(b) (i) Find an expression for .
dx

(ii) Explain why the curve C does not have any stationary points.

(3 marks)

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 ⎛ 4 π ⎞⎟
5 (a) Show that the point ⎜⎜−, ⎟ lies on the curve with equation 2cos 2y = xy .
⎝ π 2 ⎠

(2 marks)

dy
(b) Find an expression for .
dx

(3 marks)

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6 (a) Find the gradient of the curve with equation 12x 2 − 4y 2 + 24 = 0 at the point (1 , 3).

(2 marks)

(b) Hence, find an equation of the tangent to the curve at the point (1 , 3).

(2 marks)

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7 (a) Given 3x 2 − 2y = xy , find an expression for .
dx

(3 marks)

(b) Hence show that the stationary points of 3x 2 − 2y = xy lie on the line y = 6x .

(2 marks)

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8 (a) The curve C has equation x 3 + 9xy 2 = 54.

Find the gradient of the tangent to C at the point (3 , 1).

(4 marks)

(b) Hence find the equation of the normal to C at (3 , 1), giving your answer in the form
ax + by + c = 0 , where a, b and c are integers to be found.

(3 marks)

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Medium Questions
dy
1 Find an expression for in terms of x and y for the following
dx

(i) 2xy + y 2 = 4

(ii) 3sin y − y = 2x − 1

(4 marks)

2 Find the gradient of the curve with equation

3x 2y + 4x − y = 39

at the point with coordinates (2 , 3).

(4 marks)

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3 (a) The curve C has equation

1 2 y
x e =5
5

Show that C intersects the x-axis at the points (-5 , 0) and (5 , 0).

(2 marks)

dy
(b) Find an expression for in terms of x and y.
dx

(2 marks)

(c) Hence find the gradients of C at the two points where C intercepts the x-axis.

(2 marks)

4 Show that if y = arcsin x , then

dy 1
=
dx 1 − x2

(3 marks)

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5 (a) Show that the point (0 , π) lies on the curve with equation

3tan y = 2xy

(2 marks)

dy
(b) Find an expression for .
dx

(3 marks)

(c) Find the gradient at the point (0, π).

(2 marks)

(d) Hence find an equation of the tangent to the curve at the point (0 ,π).

(3 marks)

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6 (a) The curve C is defined by the equation ln y = 1 − xy .

The point P(1 , 1) lies on C.

Show that

dy y2
=−
dx 1 + xy

(4 marks)

(b) Find the gradient of the tangent to C at point P, and hence find the gradient of the
normal to C at point P.

(3 marks)

(c) Find the equation of the normal to C at point P, giving your answer in the form
ax + by + c = 0 , where a, b and c are integers to be found.

(2 marks)

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 dy
7 (a) Find an expression for in terms of x and y given that
dx

2x 2 − y = xy 2

(3 marks)

dy
(b) Show that = 0 when 4x = y 2 .
dx

(2 marks)

(c) Hence, or otherwise, find the coordinates of the stationary points.

(3 marks)

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8 (a) The curve C is given by the equation e xy = y − x .

Find the coordinates of the points where C intersects the coordinate axes.

(2 marks)

dy
(b) Find an expression for
dx

(3 marks)

(c) Show that the tangents to C, at the points where it meets the coordinate axes, have
equations

y = 2x + 1 and 2y = x + 1

(4 marks)

(d) The tangents meet at point Q.

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 (4 marks)

9 Use implicit differentiation to show that

d ⎡ ⎤
⎢ a x ⎥ = a x ln a
dx ⎣ ⎦

where a is a constant.

(3 marks)

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Hard Questions
dy
1 Find an expression for in terms of x and y for the following
dx

(i) 2ye x + 5x 2y 2 = 8,

(ii) 3x tan y = 2x 2 .

(4 marks)

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2 (a) Given that

y 2 + 4x 2 − e y = 0,

find the positive value of x when y = 0 .

(1 mark)

(b) Hence, or otherwise, find the value of the gradient of

y 2 + 4x 2 − e y = 0

at the point where y = 0 and x is positive.

(4 marks)

3 Show that if y = arccos 2x , then

dy 2
=− .
dx 1 − 4x 2

(3 marks)

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4 (a) The curve C has equation 2xy 2 − x 2 = 16 , Line L has equation x = 4 .

Show that the two points where C intersects L have equal gradients.

(5 marks)

(b) What else can you deduce about the two points where C and L intercept?

(1 mark)

5 Verify that the point (-1 , 0) lies on the curve with equation

3xe y + 2x + 5 = 4y

and find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point (-1 , 0). Give your answer in
the form ax + by + c = 0 , where a, b and c are integers to be found.

(5 marks)

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6 (a) Show that the derivative function of the curve given by

ln y − 2xy 3 = 8

is given by

dy 2y 4
= .
dx 1 − 6xy 3

(5 marks)

(b) Find the equation of the normal to the curve given in part (a) at the point where y = 1 ,
giving your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0, where a , b and c are integers to be
found.

(3 marks)

7 Show that the stationary points on the curve with equation

xy 2 − 4x 2 = 64

occur when x = 4 , and find the exact y-coordinates of the stationary points.

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 (6 marks)

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8 (a) Verify that the point A(1 , 1) lies on the curve with equation

ln( xy ) + xy 2 = 1 .

(1 mark)

(b) The tangent at point A intercepts the x-axis at point B and the y-axis at point C.

Find the area of the triangle OBC.

(8 marks)

9 Show that

d ⎡ kx ⎤
⎢ a ⎥ = ka kx ln a
dx ⎣ ⎦

where a and k are constants.

(3 marks)

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Very Hard Questions
dy
1 Find an expression for in terms of x and y for the following
dx

(i) e xy + ln (xy ) = cosec (x ) + 4

2
(ii) 4cos (x 2 y ) − 3 e x y = 4 e y

(5 marks)

2 Find the gradient at the point where x = − 2 and y is an integer on the curve with
equation x 2y 2 − 5x = 22y .

(5 marks)

3 Show that if 2y = arctan x 2 , then

dy x
=
dx 1 + x 4

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 (3 marks)

4 An ellipse has equation

x2 y2
+ =1
4 9

dy
Find an expression for and hence show that the gradient of the ellipse at any point
dx
where it meets a line of the form y = kx (k ≠ 0) is independent of x and y.

(4 marks)

5 The curve C is described by the equation

ln y + x 2y 2 = 9 .

⎛⎜ 37 ⎞⎟
Show that the tangents of the two points on C where y = 1 meet at the point ⎜0 , ⎟.
⎝ 19 ⎠

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 (5 marks)

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6 (a) The curve C is described by the equation

3x 2 + 2xy 3 + 16 = 0 .

Show that the normal to C at the point where x = − 4 is parallel to the normal to C at the
point where x = 4 .

(4 marks)

(b) Find the distance between the y-axis intercepts of these two normals.

(4 marks)

7 Find the stationary points and determine their nature for the curve with equation
y 2 = 3x 2 − 2xy + 3 .

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 (8 marks)

8 The curve C is defined by

esin xy = 1 { y > 0}

Points A and B have coordinates

The tangents to C at points A and B intersect at the point P. The tangent to C at point
A intersects the x-axis at point Q. The tangent to C at point B intersects the x-axis at point
R.

Find the area of triangle PQR.

(8 marks)

9 Show that

d ⎡⎢ x k ⎤⎥
⎢⎣ a ⎥⎦ = ka x k x k − 1 ln a
dx

where a and k are constants.

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 (3 marks)

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