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Question 1. Find the equation of the line tangent to \(y=-3x^2-x+9\) at \(x=1\).
Step 1: Differentiate the function to find the slope of the tangent line: \(y'=-6x-1\). Step 2: Substitute \(x=1\): \(m=-6(1)-1=-7\). Step 3: Find the point on the curve when \(x=1\): \(y=-3(1)^2-1+9=5\), so the point is \((1,5)\). Step 4: Use point-slope form: \(y-5=-7(x-1)\). Step 5: Simplify: \(y-5=-7x+7\), so \(y=-7x+12\). Answer: \(y=-7x+12\)
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Question 2. Find \(f'(x)\), if \(f(x)=9x^3\sec^{-1}x\).
Step 1: Use the product rule with \(u=9x^3\) and \(v=\sec^{-1}x\). Step 2: Differentiate each part: \(u'=27x^2\) and \(v'=\frac{1}{|x|\sqrt{x^2-1}}\). Step 3: Apply \(f'(x)=u'v+uv'\). Step 4: Substitute the derivatives: \(f'(x)=27x^2\sec^{-1}x+9x^3\frac{1}{|x|\sqrt{x^2-1}}\). Answer: \(27x^2\sec^{-1}x+9x^3\frac{1}{|x|\sqrt{x^2-1}}\)
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Question 3. The graph of a function \(f\) is shown below. Which of the following could be a graph of \(f'\), the derivative of \(f\)?
Step 1: Look at where the original graph is increasing and decreasing. It increases first, then decreases, then increases again. Step 2: Therefore, the derivative must be positive, then negative, then positive. Step 3: The original graph has a local maximum at a negative \(x\)-value and a local minimum at a positive \(x\)-value, so \(f'\) should have two zeros at those points. Step 4: A derivative graph with positive-negative-positive behavior is an upward-opening parabola crossing the \(x\)-axis twice. Step 5: Among the choices, Graph A matches this behavior. Answer: Graph A
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Question 4. True or False: If \(y=2x^8+\frac{7}{x^{1/2}}\), then \(\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}=112x^6+\frac{21}{4x^{5/2}}\).
Step 1: Rewrite the function using exponents: \(y=2x^8+7x^{-1/2}\). Step 2: Find the first derivative: \(y'=16x^7-\frac{7}{2}x^{-3/2}\). Step 3: Differentiate again: \(y''=112x^6+\frac{21}{4}x^{-5/2}\). Step 4: Rewrite \(\frac{21}{4}x^{-5/2}\) as \(\frac{21}{4x^{5/2}}\). Step 5: The given second derivative is correct. Answer: True
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Question 6. True or False: \(\frac{d}{dx}\sin(\ln(-8x^8))=\cos(\ln(-8x^8))\frac{8}{x}\).
Step 1: Use the chain rule. The outside function is \(\sin(u)\), so its derivative is \(\cos(u)u'\). Step 2: Let \(u=\ln(-8x^8)\). Step 3: Differentiate \(u\): \(u'=\frac{1}{-8x^8}(-64x^7)=\frac{8}{x}\). Step 4: Substitute into the chain rule: \(\frac{d}{dx}\sin(\ln(-8x^8))=\cos(\ln(-8x^8))\frac{8}{x}\). Step 5: The statement is correct. Answer: True
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Question 10. If \(f(x)=(x^2+1)^x\), then \(f'(x)=?\)
Step 1: Use logarithmic differentiation because both the base and exponent involve \(x\). Step 2: Let \(y=(x^2+1)^x\). Step 3: Take natural log of both sides: \(\ln y=x\ln(x^2+1)\). Step 4: Differentiate implicitly: \(\frac{1}{y}y'=\ln(x^2+1)+x\cdot\frac{2x}{x^2+1}\). Step 5: Simplify: \(\frac{1}{y}y'=\ln(x^2+1)+\frac{2x^2}{x^2+1}\). Step 6: Multiply by \(y\): \(y'=(x^2+1)^x\left(\ln(x^2+1)+\frac{2x^2}{x^2+1}\right)\). Answer: \((x^2+1)^x\left(\ln(x^2+1)+\frac{2x^2}{x^2+1}\right)\)
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Step 1: A secant line connects two points on the graph, such as \((2,f(2))\) and \((2+h,f(2+h))\). Step 2: The slope of this secant line is \(\frac{f(2+h)-f(2)}{(2+h)-2}=\frac{f(2+h)-f(2)}{h}\). Step 3: As \(h\to0\), the second point \((2+h,f(2+h))\) moves closer and closer to \((2,f(2))\). Step 4: When the two points become infinitely close, the secant line approaches the tangent line at \(x=2\). Step 5: The slope of the tangent line is the derivative at that point. Step 6: Therefore, \(\lim_{h\to0}\frac{f(2+h)-f(2)}{h}=f'(2)\). Answer: The limit gives the slope of the tangent line to \(f(x)\) at \(x=2\), which is \(f'(2)\).
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