Applied Calculus I, HW 5

Larissa Oliveira de Morais

October 7, 2018

Problem 1.a.
x ln x
f (x) =
x+1

0 −xlnx + (x + 1)(xlnx)0
f (x) =
(x + 1)2
−xlnx + (x + 1)(1 + lnx)
=
(x + 1)2
x + lnx + 1
=
(x + 1)2
At x=1, f 0 (x) = m = 0.5, f (x) = y = 0. Thus, the equation of tangent line is
y − y1 = m(x − x1 )
1
y = (x − 1)
2
Problem 1.b. √
f (x) = 1 + ex
√
0 d( 1 + ex ) d(1 + ex )
f (x) =
d(1 + ex ) dx
√
At x=1, f 0 (x) = 2√e1+e , f (x) = y = 1 + e. Thus, the equation of tangent line is

y − y1 = m(x − x1 )
e(x − 1) √
y= √ + 1+e
2 1+e
Problem 2.a.
x = 10 ± 0.5
y = (x − 5)2 + 1 = x2 − 10x + 26
dy
∆y = ∆x = (2x − 10)∆x = 5
dx
Thus, the value of y is 26 ± 5.

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Problem 2.b.
x = 3 ± 0.2
y = (x2 − 1)3/2
dy d((x2 − 1)( 3/2)) d(x2 − 1) 1
∆y = = ∆x = 2x∆x = 0.1
dx d(x2 − 1) dx 3(x2 − 1)2/3
Thus, the value of y is 2 ± 0.1.

Problem 3.a. A(t) = A0 e−kt . The half life is 5760 years. Thus,

k = −ln(0.5)/5760 = −0.00012/year

Problem 3.b.
A(t)
r(t) = = e−kt
A0
lnr
k(r) = −
t
If r = 0.1 = e−kt ,
ln(0.1)
t= = 19188years
0.00012
Problem 3.c.
∆r
= 0.1
r
r = e−kt
lnr
t=−
k
−t
∆t =
rk
No, this bone is not of dinosarous since it is just 20,000 years.

Problem 4.a.
f (x) = x3/2 − x−3/2
3 3
f 0 (x) = x1/2 + x−5/2
2 2

3 15
f 00 (x) = x−1/2 − x−7/2
4 4
Problem 4.b.
f (x) = x2 ex
f 0 (x) = x2 ex + 2xex

f 00 (x) = x2 ex + 2xex + 2(xex + ex )

= x2 ex + 4xex + 2ex

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Problem 4.c. √
f (x) = 1 + 3x2
√
0 d( 1 + 3x2 ) d(1 + 3x2 ) 3x
f (x) = = √
d(1 + 3x2 dx 1 + 3x2
√ √
3 1 + 3x 2 − 9x2 / 1 + 3x2 3
f 00 (x) = 2
=
1 + 3x (1 + 3x2 )3/2

Problem 4.d.
1+x
f (x) =
1−x
2
f 0 (x) =
(1 − x)2
00 d(2(1 − x)−2 d(1 − x) 4
f (x) = =
d(1 − x) dx (1 − x)3