MAT1581 

Assignment 3 Solutions  Semester 1, 2022 
This assignment is a written assignment based on Study Guide 2, Chapters 6 and contributes 25% to your 
year mark. 
Pay attention to how you write down your answers.  Your reasoning must be clear to the marker.   

QUESTION 1
1.1 lim x  3 Use direct substitution
x  3

x2  2x 0
1.2 lim Direct substitution gives
x 2 x2 0
Use factorisation to simplify argument or use l'Hospital's rule
Method 1 (factorisation):
x  x  2
 lim
x 2 x2
 lim x
x 2

2
Method 2 (l'Hospital's rule)
2x  2
 lim (differentiate numerator and denominator)
x 2 1
2
 4  h
2
 42
1.3 lim
h 0 h
4  8h  h 2  42
2
 lim simplify
h 0 h
8h  h 2
 lim
h 0 h
h 8  h 
 lim
h 0 h
 lim  8  h 
h 0

8
7 x4  5x2
1.4 lim
x  x5  2
7 x4 5x2
5
 5
 lim 5 x x
x  x 2
5
 5
x x
7 5
 3
 lim x x
x  2
1 5
x
0

1
0
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MAT1581  Assignment 3 Solutions  Semester 1, 2022 
QUESTION 2
Differentiate the following to the appropriate variable and simplify where possible:
3
2.1 g  x  4
 5x2
x
g ' x   4  3  x 5   (2)(5)( x)
12
  10 x
x5
2.2 f  x    2 x  1  3 x 2  x 
f '  x    2   3 x 2  x    2 x  1 6 x  1 Use the product rule
 6 x 2  2 x  12 x 2  4 x  1
 18 x 2  2 x  1
2.3 h  t   sin  7t 
h '  t   7 cos  7t 
2x 1
2.4 q  x 
4 x2  1
1
1
4 x 2  1   2 x  1    4 x 2  1 2  8 x 

 2
q ' x  2 Use the quotientrule
 
2
4 x2  1
1
 4 x  2 x  1
 2   4 x 2  1 2  1 1


 4 x2  1 2 
 4 x 2  1 2
4x 2
 1
4x 2
1
 1 2
2  4 x 2  1   4 x  2 x  1
 3

4x 2
 1 2

8x2  2  8x2  4 x
 3

 4 x2  1 2
2  4x
 [10]
4x  1
2 3

QUESTION 3
dy
Determine of the following and simplify if possible:
dx
dy
says to differentiate. Simplify says I must do something after differentiation. First identify the rules to use. Table
dx
of integrals can be used in reverse to find the derivatives of some functions.

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MAT1581  Assignment 3 Solutions  Semester 1, 2022 

3.1 y  n  x 3   8 x (3)

Write root as an exponent. Use chain (function –of –a function) rule with the power rule.
1

 
y  n x 3  8 x  n x 3  8 x     2

   
dy 1  3 
 n x 3  8 x 2   8 
dx 2 x 
3  8x

2 x n x 3  8 x 
No marks if students split the square root over the negative sign.
y  n x 3  8 x  n x 3  8 x .

2
e x
3.2 y  2x (4)
3  tan x
d f ( x)
Quotient rule. + Standardform a  a f ( x ) f '( x)n a
dx
2
e x
y  2x
3  tan x
   
2 2

dy 2 xe  x 32 x  tan x  e  x 32 x. 2.n3  sec 2 x


2

  
e  x 2 x 32 x  tan x  2n3.32 x  sec 2 x 
3 
2x 2
 tan x

  3 
2 1
Students can also write y  e  x 2x
 tan x and use the productrule.

No marks if the students make up their own rule and differentiate the numerator and denominator
and leave that as an answer.

3.3 y  2 n t  e t
Careful, there is no x as variable, t must be regarded as a constant.
dy
0
dx

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MAT1581  Assignment 3 Solutions  Semester 1, 2022 
3.4 ye n  cos x 
n sin x 

Can simplify before we start to differentiate using rules for exponents and derivatives
1
y   sin x   n  cos x   2
1
1  
1
1 
  cos x   n  cos x   2   sin x     n  cos x   2 
dy
   sin x 
dx 2  cos x 
1
sin 2 x
  cos x   n  cos x   2 
2 cos x  n  cos x  

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QUESTION 4
Find the gradient of the curve y  4 x 2 at x  3 . [3]
Gradient = value of derivative at the point
dy
=
dx x  3

 8x x  3
 24
QUESTION 5
27
If P   r 2 , determine the value of r for which P will be a minimum. Use the second derivative
4r
test to show that P will indeed be a minimum for the calculated value of r. [5]

minimum keyword to indicate an application of differentiation. Find critical values(turning points) by putting the first
derivative equal to zero. Use the second derivative to find the nature of the turning points
Turning points (Critical values):
dP
0
dr
27
 2  2r  0
4r
8r 3  27
3 27 33
r  
8 23
3
r
2
Nature of critical values:
d 2 P 54
 2
dr 2 4r 3
3 d 2P
At r  , 2  0, that gives a minimum value.
2 dr

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MAT1581  Assignment 3 Solutions  Semester 1, 2022 
Total: 40

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