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(Maa 5.3) Chain Rule

This document contains an exercise on differentiating functions using the chain rule from an International Baccalaureate Mathematics textbook. It provides practice questions to differentiate various functions involving exponentials, logarithms, trigonometric functions, and their inverses. The functions get progressively more complex, involving compositions of basic functions. Students are asked to take the derivatives and compare their answers to the correct derivatives provided in a table.

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(Maa 5.3) Chain Rule

This document contains an exercise on differentiating functions using the chain rule from an International Baccalaureate Mathematics textbook. It provides practice questions to differentiate various functions involving exponentials, logarithms, trigonometric functions, and their inverses. The functions get progressively more complex, involving compositions of basic functions. Students are asked to take the derivatives and compare their answers to the correct derivatives provided in a table.

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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

Mathematics: analysis and approaches

MAA

EXERCISES [MAA 5.3]


CHAIN RULE
Compiled by Christos Nikolaidis

O. Practice questions

1. [Maximum mark: 2 per function] [without GDC]


Differentiate the functions below. [cover the 3rd column; then compare with your answer]

Function f ( x ) Derivative f ( x ) Correct answer

f ( x )  e x 5 f ( x)  e x 5

f ( x)  e 2 x f ( x)  2e 2 x

f ( x )  e 2 x 5 f ( x)  2e 2 x 5

f ( x )  e5 2 x f ( x)  2e5 2 x

2 2
5 5
f ( x)  e 2 x f ( x)  4 xe 2 x

7 7
5 5
f ( x)  e 2 x f ( x)  14 x 6 e2 x

f ( x )  sin( x  5) f ( x )  cos( x  5)

f ( x )  sin 2 x f ( x )  2 cos 2 x

f ( x )  sin(2 x  5) f ( x )  2 cos(2 x  5)

f ( x )  sin(5  2 x ) f ( x )  2 cos(5  2 x )

f ( x)  sin(2 x 2  5) f ( x)  4 x cos(2 x 2 5)

f ( x)  sin(2 x 7  5) f ( x)  14 x 6 cos(2 x 7 5)

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[MAA 5.4] CHAIN RULE

Function f ( x ) Derivative f ( x ) Compare with


correct answer

f ( x )  cos( x  5) f ( x )   sin( x  5)

f ( x )  cos 2 x f ( x )  2 sin 2 x

f ( x )  cos(2 x  5) f ( x )  2sin(2 x  5)

f ( x )  cos(5  2 x ) f ( x )  2 sin(5  2 x )

f ( x)  cos(2 x 2  5) f ( x)  4 x sin(2 x 2  5)

f ( x)  cos(2 x 7  5) f ( x)  14 x 6 sin(2 x 7  5)

1
f ( x )  ln( x  5) f ( x) 
x 5
2 1
f ( x )  ln 2 x f ( x)  
2x x
2
f ( x)  ln(2 x  5) f ( x) 
2x  5
2 2
f ( x)  ln(5  2 x) f ( x)  
5  2x 2x  5
4x
f ( x)  ln(2 x 2  5) f ( x) 
2 x2  5

14 x 6
f ( x)  ln(2 x 7  5) f ( x) 
2 x7  5
1
f ( x)  x  5 f ( x) 
2 x 5
1
f ( x)  2 x  5 f ( x) 
2x  5
1
f ( x)  5  2 x f ( x) 
5  2x
2x
f ( x)  2 x 2  5 f ( x) 
2 x2  5
7 x6
f ( x)  2 x  5
7 f ( x) 
2 x7  5

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[MAA 5.4] CHAIN RULE

Function f ( x ) Derivative f ( x ) Compare with


correct answer

f ( x)  ( x  5)3 f ( x)  3( x  5) 2

f ( x)  (2 x  5)3 f ( x)  6(2 x  5) 2

f ( x)  (5  2 x)3 f ( x)  6(5  2 x) 2

f ( x)  (2 x 2  5)3 f ( x)  12 x(2 x 2  5) 2

f ( x)  (2 x 7  5)3 f ( x)  42 x 6 (2 x 7  5) 2

f ( x)  ( x  5) 3 f ( x)  3( x  5) 4

f ( x)  (2 x  5) 3 f ( x)  6(2 x  5) 4

f ( x)  (5  2 x) 3 f ( x)  6(5  2 x) 4

f ( x)  (2 x 2  5) 3 f ( x)  12 x(2 x 2  5) 4

f ( x)  (2 x 7  5) 3 f ( x)  42 x 6 (2 x 7  5) 4

1
f ( x)  1
x5 f ( x ) 
( x  5) 2
 ( x  5) 1
1
f ( x)  2
2x  5 f ( x ) 
(2 x  5) 2

1
f ( x)  2
5  2x f ( x) 
(5  2 x) 2

1
f ( x)  4 x
2x  5
2
f ( x) 
(2 x 2  5) 2

1
f ( x)  14 x 6
2x  5
7
f ( x ) 
(2 x 7  5) 2

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[MAA 5.4] CHAIN RULE

Function f ( x ) Derivative f ( x ) Compare with


correct answer

f ( x)  esin x f ( x)  esin x cos x

cos(ln x)
f ( x )  sin(ln x ) f ( x) 
x

f ( x)  sin 4 x f ( x)  4sin 3 x cos x

f ( x)  cos(e x ) f ( x)  e x sin(e x )

f ( x)  3cos 2 x f ( x )  6 cos x sin x

 sin x
f ( x )  ln cos x f ( x)    tan x
cos x

f ( x)  (1  e x )3 f ( x)  3e x (1  e x ) 2

1  ex
f ( x)  x  e x f ( x) 
2 x  ex

cos x
f ( x)  sin x f ( x) 
2 sin x

1 sin x
f ( x)  f ( x ) 
cos x cos 2 x

3 6 cos x
f ( x)  f ( x)  
sin 2 x sin 3 x

f ( x)  e x sin x f ( x)  e x sin x (sin x  x cos x)

f ( x )  x 2 e3 x f ( x )  2 xe 3 x  3 x 2 e 3 x

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[MAA 5.4] CHAIN RULE

2. [Maximum mark: 24] [without GDC]

Find the derivatives of the following functions

dy
y  f ( x)  f ( x)
dx

y  e2 x  ln(2 x  3)

y  e 2π  ln(2π  3)

y  x 5  2x  1

2x  1
y
3x  5

2x  1
y
(3 x  5) 2

2x  1
y  ln
(3 x  5) 2

(2 x  1)3
y  ln
(3 x  5) 2

x3
y  ln
( x  1)3

3. [Maximum mark: 8] [without GDC]


ds
Find for each of the following functions
dt
ds
s (t )
dt

s  10 cos t

s  cos(10 t )

s  cos(t 10 )

s  cos10 t

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4. [Maximum mark: 3 per function] [without GDC]


Complete the following table, using the chain rule.

dy dy
Function: y Derivative: Function: y Derivative:
dx dx

y  f ( x )3 y  f ( x3 )

y  e f ( x) y  f (e x )

y  sin f ( x ) y  f (sin x )

y  ln f ( x ) y  f (ln x )

y f ( x) y  f ( x)

5. [Maximum mark: 3 per function] [without GDC]


The following table shows the values of two functions f and g and their derivatives
when x  0 and x  1 .
x f ( x) f ( x) g ( x) g ( x)
0 4 1 –4 5
1 –2 3 –1 2
Find the derivatives of the following functions when x  1 .

Function Derivative Derivative at x  1

f (x) 3 3 f ( x) 2 f ( x) 3 f (1) 2 f (1)  3  ( 2) 2  3  36

f ( 2 x  2)

e f (x)

ln f ( x)

f (ln x)

f  g (x) 

g  f ( x)  2 

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6*. [Maximum mark: 10] [without GDC]


1
(a) Show that the derivative of y  tan x is . [2]
cos 2 x
(b) Hence, differentiate the functions
(i) y  x tan x (ii) y  tan 3 x

(iii) y  tan 2 x (iv) y  tan 3 x [8]

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[MAA 5.4] CHAIN RULE

A. Exam style questions (SHORT)

7. [Maximum mark: 4] [without GDC]


Differentiate the following functions:
(a) f ( x)  2( x 2  5) 3 [2]
2
1
(b) f ( x)  2e x [2]

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8. [Maximum mark: 4] [without GDC]


Differentiate the following functions:
x
(a) f ( x)  7e  x  8e 2 [2]

(b) f ( x)  3cos 3 x  x [2]

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9. [Maximum mark: 8] [without GDC]


Differentiate the following functions:
π 
(a) f ( x)  ln  x 2  1  2 cos  x  [4]
2 

(b) f ( x)  x 2  5 + 3 x [4]

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10. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


Differentiate the following functions:
(a) f ( x)  (2 x  5)3  (2 x  5) 2  2 x  5 [4]

(b) f ( x)  sin 2 x  cos 2 x [2]

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11. [Maximum mark: 4] [without GDC]


Differentiate each of the following with respect to x .
(a) y  x sin 3 x [2]

ln x
(b) y [2]
x

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12. [Maximum mark: 4] [without GDC]


Differentiate with respect to x: (i) y  ( x 2  1) 2 . (ii) y  ln(3 x  1)

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[MAA 5.4] CHAIN RULE

13. [Maximum mark: 4] [without GDC]


Differentiate with respect to x (i) 3  4x (ii) esin x

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14. [Maximum mark: 5] [without GDC]


x
Let f ( x )  e 3  5 cos 2 x . Find f ( x) .

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15*. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


Let f ( x )  (2 x  7)3 and g ( x )  cos 2 (4 x) . Find (i) f ( x) ; (ii) g ( x )

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16. [Maximum mark: 5] [without GDC]


2
d y
If y  ln(2 x  1) , find .
dx 2

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17. [Maximum mark: 4] [without GDC]


1
If f ( x)  ln(2 x  1) , x  find f ( x ) and the value of x where the gradient of f ( x )
2
is equal to x .

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18. [Maximum mark: 4] [without GDC]

1 
The point P  , 0  lies on the graph of the curve of y  sin(2 x  1) .
2 
Find the gradient of the tangent to the curve at P.

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[MAA 5.4] CHAIN RULE

19. [Maximum mark: 5] [without GDC]


dy 2
Let y  sin(kx )  kx cos( kx ) , where k is a constant. Show that  k x sin(kx).
dx

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20. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]

Consider the function f ( x )  ln x 2  4 . Find (a) f (x) (b) f (x)

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[MAA 5.4] CHAIN RULE

21. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


Let f (x) = cos 2x and g(x) = ln(3x – 5).
(a) Find f ′(x). [2]
(b) Find g′(x). [2]
(c) Let h(x) = f (x) × g(x). Find h′(x). [2]

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22. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


(a) Let f ( x )  e . Write down f ( x ) .
5x
[2]
(b) Let g ( x )  sin 2 x . Write down g ( x ) . [2]

(c) Let h( x )  e5 x sin 2 x . Find h( x ) . [2]

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23. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


 π
Let f (x) = e–3x and g(x) = sin x   .
 3

(a) Write down (i) f ′(x); (ii) g ′(x). [2]

 π π
(b) Let h(x) = e–3x sin  x   . Find the exact value of h′   . [4]
 3 3

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24. [Maximum mark: 6] [with / without GDC]

The population p of bacteria at time t is given by p = 100e0.05t. Calculate


(a) the value of p when t = 0; [2]
(b) the rate of increase of the population when t = 10. [4]

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[MAA 5.4] CHAIN RULE

25. [Maximum mark: 8] [with GDC]

The number of bacteria, n, in a dish, after t minutes is given by n = 800e013t.


(a) Find the value of n when t = 0. [2]
(b) Find the rate at which n is increasing when t = 15. [2]
(c) After k minutes, the rate of increase in n is greater than 10 000 bacteria per
minute. Find the least value of k, where k  . [4]

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26. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


An experiment is carried out in which the number n of bacteria in a liquid, is given by

the formula n  650e kt , where t is the time in minutes after the beginning of the
experiment and k is a constant. The number of bacteria doubles every 20 minutes. Find
(a) the exact value of k ; [3]
(b) the rate at which the number of bacteria is increasing when t  90 . [3]

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27. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


Given that f (1)  2 and f (1)  4 , find the derivatives of the following functions at x =1
(i) y  f ( x) 2 (ii) y  f ( x2 )

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28. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


Given that f (1)  2 and f (1)  4 , find the derivatives of the following functions at x =1
(i) y  f ( x )3 (ii) y  f ( x3 )

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29. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


Given that f (1)  2 and f (1)  4 , find the derivatives of the following functions at x =1
(i) y  ln f ( x ) (ii) y f ( x)

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30. [Maximum mark: 8] [without GDC]


The following table shows the values of two functions f and g and their derivatives

when x  0 and x  1 :

3 f ( x)
(a) Find the derivative of when x  0 . [4]
g ( x)  1
(b) Find the derivative of f ( g ( x )  2 x ) when x  1 . [4]

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31. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


1
For the function f : x ֏ sin 2 x  cos x ,
2
(a) find the possible values of sin x for which f ( x )  0 . [3]

(b) solve the equation f ( x )  0 for  π  x  2π . [3]

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32. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


Let y  e sin(πx ) . Find
3x

dy
(a) . [3]
dx
dy
(b) the smallest positive value of x for which = 0. [3]
dx

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33*. [Maximum mark: 6] [without GDC]


Let f ( x )  cos 3 ( 4 x  1) , 0  x  1 . Find

(a) f (x) [3]

(b) the exact values of the three roots of f ( x)  0 . [3]

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34*. [Maximum mark: 6] [with / without GDC]

Let f ( x)  x  5 x  5 , x  2 .
2

x2
(a) Find f (x) [3]

(b) Solve f ( x )  2 . [3]

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35. [Maximum mark: 7] [with GDC]


Let f ( x )  3 x  e x  2  4 , for 1  x  5 .
(a) Find the x -intercepts of the graph of f . [3]

(b) On the grid below, sketch the graph of f . [3]


(c) Write down the gradient of the graph of f at x  2 . [1]

y
3
2
1

x
–2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5
–6
–7
–8
–9
–10

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B. Exam style questions (LONG)

36. [Maximum mark: 10] [with GDC]


Let f ( x )  1  3cos(2 x ) for 0  x   , and x is in radians.

(a) (i) Find f ( x ) .

(ii) Find the values for x for which f ( x )  0 ; Give your answers in terms of  . [6]


The function g ( x ) is defined as g ( x )  f (2 x )  1 , 0  x  .
2
(b) (i) The graph of f may be transformed to the graph of g by a stretch in the
1
x -direction with scale factor 2
followed by another transformation.

Describe fully this other transformation.


(ii) Find the solution to the equation g ( x )  f ( x ) . [4]

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37*. [Maximum mark: 14] [with GDC]


The following diagram shows a waterwheel with a bucket. The wheel rotates at a
constant rate in an anticlockwise (counterclockwise) direction.

diagram not to scale


The diameter of the wheel is 8 metres. The centre of the wheel, A, is 2 metres above
the water level. After t seconds, the height of the bucket above the water level is given
by h = a sin bt + 2.
(a) Show that a = 4. [2]
The wheel turns at a rate of one rotation every 30 seconds.
π
(b) Show that b = . [2]
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In the first rotation, there are two values of t when the bucket is descending at a rate of

0.5 m s–1.
(c) Find these values of t. [6]
(d) Determine whether the bucket is underwater at the second value of t. [4]

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38*. [Maximum mark: 18] [with GDC]


Let f (x) = 3sinx + 4 cos x, for –2π ≤ x ≤ 2π.
(a) Sketch the graph of f. [3]
(b) Write down
π
(i) the amplitude; (ii) the period; (iii) the x-intercept between  and 0. [3]
2
(c) Hence write f (x) in the form p sin (qx + r). [3]
(d) Write down one value of x such that f ′(x) = 0. [2]
(e) Write down the two values of k for which the equation f (x) = k has exactly two
solutions. [2]
(f) Let g(x) = ln(x + 1), for 0 ≤ x ≤ π. There is a value of x, between 0 and 1, for which
the gradient of f is equal to the gradient of g. Find this value of x. [5]

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