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Calculus 1

Find the derivative of the trig function, f(x)=sin(x2+x)f(x) = \sin{(x^2 + x)}

Determine the slope of the tangent line to the function f(x)=2e3xf(x) = 2e^{-3x}at (0,2)(0,2)

For the following problem, find the derivative of f(x)=5x34f(x) = 5^{x^{3} - 4}

Use the properties of logarithms to show that the derivative of logax=1(lna)x\log_{a}x = \frac{1}{(\ln{a})x}

Use implicit differentiation to show that the derivative of lnx=1x\ln{x} = \frac{1}{x} for x>0x > 0

Note that many classes introduce logarithmic differentiation before implicit differentiation.

Find the derivative of f(x)=ln(2x)x4f(x) = \frac{\ln{(2x)}}{x^4}

Find the derivative of y=(2x5)2y = {(2x - 5)}^2

Find the derivative of y=(x2+3x)7y = {(x^2 + 3x)}^7

Find the derivative of the following function

y=ln(x1)xπ+1y = \frac{\ln{(x - 1)}}{\sqrt{x^{\pi} + 1}}

Find the derivative of yy with respect to xx for the following equation

y(x+4)=x23y(x+4) = x^2 - 3

Find dydx\frac{dy}{dx} for x2+y3=log(x+y)x^2 + y^3 = \log{(x + y)}

Find the derivative, yy^{\prime} of the following implicit function

y=tan1(xy)y = \tan^{-1}(xy)

Find dydx\frac{dy}{dx} and the slope of the tangent line at (0,3) for the curve given by

y3+x2y5x4=27y^3 + x^{2}y^{5} - x^4 = 27

Show that for y=cos1(x)y = \cos^{-1}(x) the first derivative, dydx=1x2+1\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{1}{x^2 + 1}

For the following function, find the first derivative

θ=tan1(2r)πr\theta = \frac{\tan^{-1}(2r)}{\pi{r}}

Find the derivative of the following hyperbolic function

f(x)=sin(sinh(x))f(x) = \sin{(\sinh{(x)})}

A 20 foot ladder is leaning against a wall and the base of the ladder is sliding away at 6 feet a second. How fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the base of the ladder is 12 feet from the wall?

Let y=2(x23x)y = 2(x^2 - 3x)

a. Find dydt\frac{dy}{dt} when x=3x = 3 given dxdt=2\frac{dx}{dt} = 2

b. Find dxdt\frac{dx}{dt} when x=1x = 1 given dydt=5\frac{dy}{dt} = 5

A kite 100 ft above the ground moves horizontally at a speed of 8 ft/s. At what rate is the angle between the string and the horizontal decreasing when 200 ft of string has been let out?

For the following function, use logarithmic differentiation to find dydx\frac{dy}{dx}

y=(x+2)2x2+1y = \frac{{(x + 2)}^2}{\sqrt{x^2 + 1}}