In class exercise.

Q1. Differentiate the following functions:

a) x7(3x4+12x-1)2 b) [(-2x3+x)(6x-3)]4
x+3
c) [(3x2+2x+2)(x-2)]2 d)
√ x 2 +1

( x +1)3 x+ 11 3
e)
(x−5)2
f) ( x−3 )
Q2. Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve y=(x-2) 5(x+1)2 at the point (-2,-1024).

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Q3. Find the inflexion points on the graph of y= 2 .
x +1

( x−2)5
Q4. Find all the x- coordinates of the points (x,y) on the curve y= , where the tangent line is
(x−4)3
horizontal.

dy x+ 1 t2
Q5. Compute y= , x= , t0=3
dt x−1 4

Q5. When a company produces and sells x thousand units per week, its total weekly profit is P thousand
200 x
dollars, where P= . The production level at t weeks from the present is x=4+2t.
100+ x 2

dP
(a) Find the marginal profit, .
dx
dP
(b) Find the time rate of change of profit, .
dt
(c) How fast ( with respect to time) are profits changing when t=8.
 In Class Exercises 2

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Q1. The daily output of a coal mine after t hours of operation is approximately 40t +t 2- t tons, 0≤t≤
15
12. Find the maximum rate of change of output (in tons of coal per hour)

Q2. Advertising for a certain product is terminated, and t weeks later the weekly sales are f(t) cases,
where f(t)= 1000(t+8)-1 -4000(t+8)-2. At what time is the weekly sales amount falling the fastest?

Q3. A rectangular garden of area 75 square feet is to be surrounded on three sides by a brick wall
costing $10 per foot and on one side by a fence costing $5 per foot Find the dimensions of the garden
that minimizes the cost of materials.

Q4. Sketch the graph of the following functions:

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i) f(x)= x3-6x2+12x-6 ii) y= + x
x 4
Q5. Sketch the graph indicating all relative extreme points and inflexion points: y=x 3-3x+2.
 In Class 3.

Q1. The depreciation of a computer t years after the purchase is v(t)= 2000e -35t dollars. At what rate is
the computer’s value falling after 3 years?

Q2. Differentiate the following:

2 e2 x −1
a) √ e 2 x−2 b) e x −5 x +4 c)
e 2 x+ 1
d)

x+ e2 x
ex

Q3. Suppose that the price p(in dollars) and the weekly sales x( in thousands of units) of a certain
commodity satisfy the demand equation 2p3+x2=4500. Determine the rate at which the sales are
changing at a time when x=50,p=10, and the price is falling at the rate of $50 per week.

Q4. The monthly advertising revenue A and the monthly circulation x of a magazine are given by the
equation A=6√ x 2−400 , x≥20, where A is given in thousands of dollars and x is ameasured in
thousands of copies sold. At what rate is the advertising revenue changing if the circulation is growing at
the rate of 2 thousand copies per month

Q5. Suppose that the price p(in dollars) and the weekly sales x( in thousands of units) of a certain
commodity satisfy the demand equation 6p+x+xp=94. How fast is the demand changing at a time when
x=4,p=9, and the price is rising at the rate of $2 per week?
 In Class 4.

Q1. The production costs per week for producing x widgets is given by,C(x)=500+350x−0.09x2,0≤x≤1000.

Answer each of the following questions.

What is the cost to produce the 301st widget? ($295.91)

What is the rate of change of the cost at x=300? ($296)

Q2. The production costs per day for some widget is given by, C(x)=2500−10x−0.01x 2+0.0002x3.What is
the marginal cost when x=200, x=300and x=400? (10,38,78)

Q3. Maximizing Revenue

The demand equation for a certain product is p = 6− 1 2 x dollars. Find the level of production that result
in maximum revenue. ($18)

Q4. The weekly cost to produce x widgets is given by C(x)=75,000+100x−0.03x 2+0.000004x 3,0≤x≤10000

and the demand function for the widgets is given by, p(x)=200−0.005x ,0≤x≤10000

Determine the marginal cost, marginal revenue and marginal profit when 2500 widgets are sold and
when 7500 widgets are sold. Assume that the company sells exactly what they produce.

(Marginal Cost =25,325, Marginal Revenue=175,125, Marginal profit=150,-200)

Q4. Maximizing Profits

Suppose that the demand equation for a monopolist is p = 100 − .01x and the cost function is C(x) = 50x
+ 10,000. Find the value of x that maximizes the profit and determine the corresponding price and total
profit for this level of production. (2500, p=$75, P=$52,500)

Q5. An apartment complex has 250 apartments to rent. If they rent xx apartments then their monthly
profit, in dollars, is given by,P(x)=−8x 2+3200x−80,000.How many apartments should they rent in order to
maximize their profit? (200)
Q6.A production facility is capable of producing 60,000 widgets in a day and the total daily cost of
200,000,000
producing xx widgets in a day is given by,C(x)=250,000+0.08x+ .How many widgets per day
x
should they produce in order to minimize production costs? (50,000)

In class Exercise 5.

Q1. Find the derivatives of the following functions:

(iv) y= (lnx)2+ln(x2) (v) y=(1+lnx)3 (vi) y=(x2+1)ln(x2+1)

(vii) y=√ ln 2 x (viii) y= [ln(e 2 x +1]2 (ix) y=ln ( x−1

1
(x) y=
lnx

1000lnx
Q2. If a cost function is C(x)= , find the marginal cost when x= 25.
√ 100−3 x
45
Q3. If the demand equation for a certain commodity is p= , determine the marginal revenue
ln x
function and compute the marginal revenue when x=20.

Q4. Suppose that the total revenue function for a manufacturer is R(x)= 300ln(x+1) and the total
cost of production is given by C(x)= 2x. Find the value of x when the profit function is maximized.

Q5. Differentiate the following functions:

( x+1 )4
(i) y=ln[(x+5)(2x-1)(4-x)] (ii) y=ln[(1+x)2(2+x)3(3+x)4] (iii) y=ln
e x−1
ex √ x
(iv) y= ln
[ ]
( x +1 )6