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Calculus 1

Find the derivative of y=tan(2x)x2y = \frac{\tan{(2x)}}{x^2}

Use the definition of ee as the unique positive number for which limh0eh1h=1\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{e^{h} - 1}{h} = 1 and the definition of the derivative to show that derivative of the exponential function, f(x)=exf(x) = e^x is equal to exe^x

Determine the derivative of f(x)=2x53e6xf(x) = 2x^5 - 3e^{6x}

Use logarithmic differentiation to find the derivative in the following example

g(x)=log3(2x25x)g(x) = \log_{3}(2x^{2} - 5x)

Use the chain rule to find the derivative of the following function

f(x)=3x3+10xf(x) = \sqrt{3x^3 + 10x}

Find the derivative of f(x)=25x2+3xf(x) = \frac{2}{5x^2 + 3x}

Given y=4(3x+4)5y = 4 (3x + 4)^5 find dydx\frac{dy}{dx}

Find dydx\frac{dy}{dx} when x3+3y4=2x+7x^3 + 3y^4 = 2x + 7

For the following equation, differentiate implicitly to find dydx\frac{dy}{dx}

e(x+y)=sin(x)+cos(y)e^{(x + y)} = \sin{(x)} + \cos{(y)}

Determine the first and second derivatives, dydx\frac{dy}{dx} and d2ydx2\frac{d^{2}y}{dx^2} for the following equation

x2+xy=4x^2 + xy = 4

Show that ddx(arcsinx)=x1x2\frac{d}{dx}(\arcsin{x}) = \frac{x^{\prime}}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}}

Determine the derivative of the following inverse trig function

f(x)=arctan(x)f(x) = \arctan{(\sqrt{x})}

Determine the derivative of the inverse trigonometric function

f(x)=sec1(5x)f(x) = \sec^{-1}{(5x)}

Find the derivative of f(x)=2arccos(x3)f(x) = 2\arccos{(\frac{x}{3})}

Find the derivative of sinh(x)\sinh{(x)} and cosh(x)\cosh{(x)}

Find the derivative of tanh(3x2+4x)\tanh{(3^{x^2} + 4x)}

A 10 by 6 foot rectangular swimming pool is being filled. Find the rate at which the height of the water rises if the hose is pouring at 20ft3hour20 \frac{{ft}^3}{hour}

Find the rate of change of the height of the water level if the hose is pouring 2ft3m2 \frac{{ft}^3}{m}

A man is walking away from a lamp at 5fts5 \frac{ft}{s}

a. Find the rate at which the tip of his shadow is changing

b. Find the rate at which the length of his shadow is changing

A street light is at the top of a 16 ft tall pole. A woman 6 ft tall walks away from the pole with speed of 4 ft/sec along a straight path. How fast is the tip of her shadow moving when she is 35 ft from the base of the pole?